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Polaris Music Prize long list highlights 40 Canadian albums

Photo Shutterstock The long list for the Polaris Music Prize, which is an award given annually to the best Canadian full-length album, was announced today. Out of 225 albums considered by the 203 member jury there are 40 that have made the long list.

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The long list for the Polaris Music Prize, which is an award given annually to the best Canadian full-length album, was announced today.

Out of 225 albums considered by the 203 member jury there are 40 that have made the long list.

The 10 album short list will be announced on July 17 and the 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner will be revealed during a gala on Monday, September 17 at the Calu in Toronto that will be streamed online.

In total, 225 albums were considered by the 203 member jury for Long List selection.

The 2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List is:

a l l i e – Nightshade

Alvvays – Antisocialites

Arcade Fire – Everything Now

Bahamas – Earthtones

The Barr Brothers – Queens of the Breakers

Bernice – Puff LP: In the air without a shape

Jean-Michel Blais – Dans ma main

Bonjay – Lush Life

Booji Boys – Weekend Rocker

Philippe Brach – Le silence des troupeaux

Cadence Weapon – Cadence Weapon

Daniel Caesar – Freudian

Jennifer Castle – Angels of Death

Clairmont The Second – Lil Mont from The Ave

Gord Downie – Introduce Yerself

Jeremy Dutcher – Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Faith Healer – Try ?

FRIGS – Basic Behaviour

Zaki Ibrahim – The Secret Life of Planets

Iskwé – The Fight Within

Kacy & Clayton – The Siren’s Song

Lydia Képinski – Premier Juin

Pierre Kwenders – MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time

Pierre Lapointe – La science du coeur

Mélissa Laveaux – Radyo Siwèl

Hubert Lenoir – Darlène

Terra Lightfoot – New Mistakes

Loud – Une année record

Milk & Bone – Deception Bay

Partner – In Search Of Lost Time

Propagandhi – Victory Lap

Vivek Shraya & Queer Songbook Orchestra – Part-Time Woman

Sloan – 12

Snotty Nose Rez Kids – The Average Savage

U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited

The Weather Station – The Weather Station

Weaves – Wide Open

Charlotte Day Wilson – Stone Woman

Donovan Woods – Both Ways

YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN – Dirt