The list is posted below but you can visit the Polaris site for more info on the jury, the process, etc.
Who do you think will be on the short list? I have my ten picked out. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours...
• Arkells - Jackson Square
• Jill Barber - Chances
• Beast - Beast
• Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
• Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
• Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth
• Cœur De Pirate - Cœur De Pirate
• Leonard Cohen - Live In London
• D-Sisive - Let The Children Die
• Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas
• Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
• Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
• Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
• Handsome Furs - Face Control
• Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
• Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
• Japandroids - Post-Nothing
• Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
• K'NAAN - Troubadour
• K-OS - YES!
• La patère rose - La patère rose
• Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
• Lhasa - Lhasa
• Malajube - Labyrinthes
• Metric - Fantasies
• One Hundred Dollars - Forest Of Tears
• Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
• Joel Plaskett - Three
• Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
• Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project
• Rae Spoon - superioryouareinferior
• The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
• Think About Life - Family
• Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
• Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
• Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
• Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
• Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
• Women - Women
• Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
C/W Houndstooth Europa