Polaris Prize 2017 Short List: Feist, Leonard Cohen, Gord Downie, More
By Michelle Kim.
The Short List for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed. The list of 10 nominees has been narrowed down from the Long List, which featured 40 artists. The award goes to the best album by a Canadian artist, released between June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017. The remaining nominees include: Feist, Leonard Cohen, BADBADNOTGOOD, and 2014 Polaris winner Tanya Tagaq. Artists who made the Long List but not the Short List include Drake, the Weeknd, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mac DeMarco, Japandroids, and the New Pornographers. See the 2017 Polaris Music Prize Short List below. On September 18, the winner will be revealed at the annual Polaris Gala.
Kaytranada took last year’s Polaris Music Prize for his 99.9% record. His album beat out Grimes’ Art Angels, Carly Rae Jepsen's E•MO•TION, White Lung’s Paradise, and more. Previous Polaris winners include Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Arcade Fire, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Fucked Up, and Caribou.
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2017 Polaris Music Prize Short List:
A Tribe Called Red: We Are the Halluci Nation
BADBADNOTGOOD: IV
Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker
Feist: Pleasure
Lisa Leblanc: Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta: La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq: Retribution
Leif Vollebekk: Twin Solitude
This story originally appeared on Pitchfork.
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