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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: Polaris Music Prize 2009

Discuss and show your support for this year's Polaris nominees (hurr Metric hurr), or anything PMP related.

The Longlist is as follows, for those who haven't seen it:

Arkells - Jackson Square
Jill Barber - Chances
Beast - Beast
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth
Coeur De Pirate - Coeur De Pirate
Leonard Cohen - Live In London
D-Sisive - Let The Children Die
Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Japandroids - Post Nothing
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
K'NAAN - Troubador
La patere rose - La patere rose
Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Lhasa - Lhasa
Malajube - Labyrinthes
Metric - Fantasies
One Hundred Dollars - Forest Of Tears
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Joel Plaskett - Three
Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project
Rae Spoon - superioryouareinferior
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
Think About Life - Family
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Women - Women
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada C/W Houndstooth Europa

The shortlist will be released on April 7th.

Exclaim also has an awesome contest going where you choose the ten bands you'd like to see on the shortlist, and for those those who guess closest to the shortlist, your are entered to win a CD from every band on the longlist as well as special prints made exclusively for the nominees. Deadline for entry is July 5, two days before the shortlist comes out.

Link to the contest:

http://exclaim.ca/contests/ContestEntry.aspx?fid2=484

I chose Metric, Beast, Fucked Up, Handsome Furs, Hey Rosetta!, K-OS, Land of Talk, Joel Plaskett, Charles Spearin, and The Stills.
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leahjane · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:19 am Post subject:

It freaking breaks my soul to have to choose favourites.
This is going to take some time...
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GERARDAMO · rock me now Joined: 28 Dec 2008 Posts: 1933

I'm actually pretty disappointed at how easy it is for me to pick a favourite. Fantasies easily has my choice, the rest of these albums (The ones I heard anyway) didn't do too much for me, especially The Stills. I was really disappointed with their new album Sad

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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:26 am Post subject:

jayb · combat baby Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 900

I think I've listened to one of the bands on the long list. (I wonder which one.........)

Someone break it down for me: who is most likely to win this thing?
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GERARDAMO · rock me now Joined: 28 Dec 2008 Posts: 1933

I tried to vote and then I realized I don't live in Canada, which makes it hard for me to choose an option for Province. That's dumb that they ask for country after that. Won't they all obviously be Canada? >_<
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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:26 am Post subject:

TerraTempus25 · live it out Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 2490 Location: Here

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAD! Very Happy

Chad VanGaalen!!
He builds his own instruments, frigging awesome.

Also, Metric (obviously) and Land of Talk. Perhaps Hey Rosetta! and Wolf Parade if I'm in a good mood. Razz

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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:48 am Post subject:

NO CHAD FOR YOU!!!!
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TerraTempus25 · live it out Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 2490 Location: Here

Wha?

Lol
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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:50 am Post subject:

I shan't allow it! I will hunt down each and every member of the jury and force them to promise not to vote for him!

I respect the fact that he builds his own instruments, but I found his music (or at least what is on his MySpace page) intolerable.
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TerraTempus25 · live it out Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 2490 Location: Here

It's very very odd. VERY odd. But I like certain songs. My favourite would probably be either Traffic or Liquid + Light.
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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:54 am Post subject:

If Metric were to make the shortlist, which song from Fantasies do people think should be mixed in with the rest on the inevitable compilation album?
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TerraTempus25 · live it out Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 2490 Location: Here

The singles.
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EvanEtrics · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:56 am Post subject: