Polaris Music Prize 2006-2010 - Plenty of good young Canadian music

Karkwa: "we just won Polaris 2010 but we're not on Spotify, (canadian) d'oh!"

ACHTUNG! THESE PLAYLISTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN 2011. NEW VERSIONS HERE.

I just saw a movie called Frozen. Two boys and a girl stranded on a chairlift, halfway up the mountain, with none caring about them but some wolves, well... hungry like wolves. Chilling. So I decided that tonight playlist is coming from a cold country, full of wolves (I guess), chairlifts (I guess, again: they just hosted Winter Olympics!) and great rock band (I'm definitely sure). A North-American one. Not US. Yep, you got it. The other one.

From Wikipedia:

"The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 and includes a C$20,000 cash prize".

Deaf to the evil call of money, as usual, this Spotirama couple of playlists will involve not only the lucky winners but all the shortlisted albums in the first five years of Polaris Music Prize. First one is the mammoth, with full albums. Second one is the lite, with just three songs each album. Recently, canadian people recorded a lot of great music. Here you have a fine selection. Enjoy!

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THE PLAYLISTS

ACHTUNG! THESE PLAYLISTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN 2011. NEW VERSIONS HERE.

2006
Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds (winners!)
Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
Cadence Weapon – Breaking Kayfabe
The Deadly Snakes – Porcella
Sarah Harmer – I'm a Mountain
K'naan – The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Malajube – Trompe-l'oeil
Metric – Live It Out
The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary

2007
Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise (winner!)
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up
Feist - The Reminder
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
Chad VanGaalen - Skelliconnection

2008
Caribou - Andorra (winners!)
Black Mountain - In the Future
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers
Holy Fuck - LP
Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
Shad - The Old Prince
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

2009
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (winners!)
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
K'naan - Troubadour
Malajube - Labyrinthes
Metric - Fantasies
Joel Plaskett - Three (actually, the condensed three-albums-in-one version)
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms

2010
Karkwa - Les Chemins de verre (winners!)
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Caribou - Swim
Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Radio Radio - Belmundo Regal
The Sadies - Darker Circles
Shad - TSOL
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood


ACHTUNG! THESE PLAYLISTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN 2011. NEW VERSIONS HERE.

The Mammoth (37 full albums out of 50, 74%, 427 tracks, about 1 day)

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP Link, URI. (SR0221)

The Lite (111 tracks, three each album, about 7 hours)

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP Link, URI. (SR0222)