Polaris Prize Shortlist 2019

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another typically eclectic bunch, though I'm guessing Marie Davidson will be the ILM favorite

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Marie Davidson: Working Class Woman	2
FET.NAT: Le Mal	2
Elisapie: The Ballad of the Runaway Girl	1
Les Louanges: La nuit est une panthère	1
Shad: A Short Story About a War	0
Jessie Reyez: Being Human in Public	0
PUP: Morbid Stuff	0
Haviah Mighty: 13th Floor	0
Dominique Fils-Aimé: Stay Tuned!	0
Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Trapline	0

― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 03:35 (five years ago)

my sleeper choice is FET.NAT, who I caught as an opening act maybe 5-6 years ago with maybe 20 people in attendance and they pretty much completely blew me away. I'm consistently impressed at the quality of acts the Polaris jury zeroes in on.

― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 03:39 (five years ago)

am i dreaming or does Shad get nom'd for one of these every year

― alpine static, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 04:31 (five years ago)

this is apparently his third nomination since 2010, so no it is not entirely your imagination

also, Snotty Nose Rez Kids were shortlisted last year

― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 04:39 (five years ago)

I've only heard the Marie Davidson and FET:NAT and while I liked them both well enough, all I can think to myself is: where is Big Brave?

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 09:52 (five years ago)

justice for rook and devi ffs

― imago, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 09:53 (five years ago)

Fet.Nat are local; I saw them once and they put on a great live show. (I'm counting Gatineau as local since I can walk there from my apartment.) Tbh, I don't think I've listened to the whole album yet but I will address that. Something like a mix of RIO, modern jazz, postpunk, and funk influences in the live sound?

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 10:10 (five years ago)

"where is Big Brave?" <-- alas metal tends to not get a ton of love in these things

― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 10:42 (five years ago)

Tbf A Gaze Among Them strikes me as a less jarring listen than Le mal.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 10:43 (five years ago)

Linsey Wellman, who plays sax with Fet.Nat is a mainstay of the local avant-jazz and free improv scenes and a v good player imo.

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:11 (five years ago)

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 14 September 2019 00:01 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 15 September 2019 00:01 (five years ago)

Oh this Fet.Nat record slaps! Great discovery thank you!

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 15 September 2019 16:23 (five years ago)

How is the Polaris prize viewed by Canadians in the music industry? Is it considered to be a positive for artists and the industry, or is it just masturbatory?

I’m neither Canadian, nor in the industry, and I actually quite like tuning into the gala each year. Exposes me to a lot of new artists I otherwise might not have known.

― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:57 (five years ago)

I'm not "in" the industry but I think it's mainly viewed as pretty innocuous/harmless

― Simon H., Monday, 16 September 2019 20:55 (five years ago)

I've unfamiliar with elisapie, this performance is sick

― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:35 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Q42MfWEOI live stream

― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:35 (five years ago)

so uh I feel like I ask this every year but has anyone actually heard the winning album

― Simon H., Friday, 20 September 2019 01:15 (five years ago)

I listened to like two songs and decided it was Not For Me

― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 20 September 2019 15:19 (five years ago)

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