Polaris Music Prize 2013 Short List Announcement

 

Today was the 2013 Polaris Music Prize short-list announcement at the Drake Hotel in Toronto. "This moody and exciting list is proof that the 'Canadian sound' has no stylistic boundaries. In equal measure we welcome the seven rookies and three repeat nominees to this year's Short List,” said Founder and Executive Director Steve Jordan.

SHORT LIST

Godspeed You! Black Emperor'Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (music review)

Zaki IbrahimEvery Opposite

MetricSynthetica (CJLO Top 100 of 2012)

METZMETZ (show review & live CJLO session)

Purity RingShrines (music review)

Colin StetsonNew History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Tegan and SaraHeartthrob (feature)

A Tribe Called RedNation II Nation

WhitehorseThe Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss

Young GalaxyUltramarine

 

Click here to view the long list of 2013 nominees.