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It’s here!

Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane
Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up – Chemistry of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs
Joel Plaskett – Three
K’Naan – Troubador
Malajube – Labyrinths
Metric – Fantasies
Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms

I’m so excited about Elliott Brood. So excited. I don’t think Patrick Watson will take it, just because he’s already won and the Prize is so new; it’s pretty exciting to see Chad VanGaalen and Joel Plaskett on that list, though. The winner will be announced September 21!

It is here, folks. It is here.

Arkells, Jackson Square
Jill Barber, Chances
Beast, Beast
Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows
Bison BC, Quiet Earth
Bruce Peninsula, A Mountain Is A Mouth
Coeur de Pirate, Coeur 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
Japandroid, 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
$100, 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

Talk amongst yourselves.

The Polaris Music Prize shortlist will be announced on July 7 in Toronto, and the CBC Radio 3 source post can be found right here.

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of 2008’s Polaris Music Prize:

Congrats to Dan Snaith and company! Check out Caribou’s official website or their page on New Music Canada.