Last week, the Polaris Music Prize announced the 2015 long list at an event at The Carleton club in Halifax.
The non-profit Polaris Music Prize organization annually celebrates and rewards the creativity and diversity of all recorded Canadian music regardless of sales or genre.
From this years 197 eligible titles, the Polaris jury of 196 music journalists whittled down the field to 40 recordings now in competition to make the short list.
The Polaris Music Prize 2015 Long List is:
ABSOLUTELY FREE – Absolutely Free
THE ACORN – Vieux Loup
LYDIA AINSWORTH – Right From Real
ALVVAYS – Alvvays
ARKELLS – High Noon
RICH AUCOIN – Ephemeral
BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Sour Soul
BAHAMAS – Bahamas Is Afie
THE BARR BROTHERS – Sleeping Operator
BRAIDS – Deep In The Iris
STEPH CAMERON – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
CARIBOU – Our Love
JAZZ CARTIER – Marauding In Paradise
JENNIFER CASTLE – Pink City
COLD SPECKS – Neuroplasticity
LOUIS-JEAN CORMIER – Les grandes artères
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 – The Physical World
DRAKE – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
FRAZEY FORD – Indian Ocean
TOBIAS Jesso Jr. – Goon
B.A. JOHNSTON – Shit Sucks
PIERRE KWENDERS – Le dernier empereur Bantou
LEE HARVEY OSMOND – Beautiful Scars
JEAN LELOUP – À Paradis City
METZ – II
MILK & BONE – Little Mourning
TRE MISSION – Stigmata
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Brill Bruisers
JOEL PLASKETT – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE – Power In The Blood
ELIZABETH SHEPHERD – The Signal
SISKIYOU – Nervous
COLIN STETSON AND SARAH NEUFELD – Never were the way she was
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country, 1966-1985
VIET CONG – Viet Cong
PATRICK WATSON – Love Songs For Robots
THE WEATHER STATION – Loyalty
WHITE LUNG – Deep Fantasy
WHITEHORSE – Leave No Bridge Unburned
YOUNG GUV – Ripe 4 Luv
Next, the jury’s short list will be announced on July 16th at The Carlu in Toronto with the final 2015 Polaris Music Prize being awarded at a Gala evening on September 21st also at The Carlu.
To listen to all the 40 titles in the long list check out the Spotify Polaris Playlist