Polaris Long List

The Polaris Music Prize is a competition where various music critics and bloggers across canada choose the best album from last year (Jun 08 – May 09). Today, the long list of nominees was announced. So if you would like to hear 40 of the best albums Canada has to offer, head over to the Polaris Website for the list, as well as links to each nominee’s myspace page.

Of note, Bruce Peninsula, our March Album Club selection, is on the list. Also, a number of my favourite albums of 2008 has made the list, namely Hey Rosetta (my #4 favourite album), Land of Talk (#6) and Wolf Parade (#7).  The list also includes a number of albums that I have been actively thinking of selecting for our club in future months.

The short list (top 5 nominees) will be announced on July 7.