2013 Polaris Music Prize
The 2013 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 23, 2013[1] at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
The award was won by Godspeed You! Black Emperor for their album 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!.[3] The band subsequently released a statement criticizing the prize's gala trappings in a time of austerity, asserting that "organizing a gala just so musicians can compete against each other for a novelty-sized cheque doesn't serve the cause of righteous music at all. Maybe the next celebration should happen in a cruddier hall, without the corporate banners and culture overlords."[2] Despite their criticism the band accepted the award, but donated the prize money to a Quebec-based program of music education in prisons.[2]
Shortlist
The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 16.[4]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!- A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
- Zaki Ibrahim, Every Opposite
- Metric, Synthetica
- METZ, METZ
- Purity Ring, Shrines
- Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
- Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob
- Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
- Young Galaxy, Ultramarine
Longlist
The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 13.[1]
- A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
- Alaclair Ensemble, Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir
- Anciients, Heart of Oak
- The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Le Treizième étage
- Daphni, Jiaolong
- Mac DeMarco, 2
- Evening Hymns, Spectral Dusk
- Hannah Georgas, Hannah Georgas
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
- Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano II
- Jim Guthrie, Takes Time
- Hayden, Us Alone
- Zaki Ibrahim, Every Opposite
- KEN mode, Entrench
- Kid Koala, 12 Bit Blues
- Kobo Town, Jumbie in the Jukebox
- Pierre Lapointe, Punkt
- Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner
- Les sœurs Boulay, Le poids des confettis
- Corb Lund, Cabin Fever
- The Luyas, Animator
- Majical Cloudz, Impersonator
- Metric, Synthetica
- METZ, METZ
- Danny Michel with the Garifuna Collective, Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me
- A.C. Newman, Shut Down the Streets
- Old Man Luedecke, Tender Is the Night
- Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes & Truckstops
- Peter Peter, Une version améliorée de la tristesse
- Purity Ring, Shrines
- Rah Rah, The Poet's Dead
- Rhye, Woman
- Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me
- Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
- Suuns, Images du futur
- Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob
- Al Tuck, Stranger at the Wake
- Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
- Young Galaxy, Ultramarine
References
- "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List" Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, June 13, 2012.
- "Polaris winner critical of award gala in a 'time of austerity'". CBC News, September 23, 2013.
- "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Music Prize". Pitchfork, September 23, 2013.
- "Polaris Prize shortlists Tegan and Sara, A Tribe Called Red". CBC News, July 16, 2013.