Polaris Music Prize 2013 Short List Announcement

Today was the 2013 Polaris Music Prize short-list announcement at the Drake Hotel in Toronto. "This moody and exciting list is proof that the 'Canadian sound' has no stylistic boundaries. In equal measure we welcome the seven rookies and three repeat nominees to this year's Short List,” said Founder and Executive Director Steve Jordan.

SHORT LIST

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (music review)

Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite

Metric – Synthetica (CJLO Top 100 of 2012)

METZ – METZ (show review & live CJLO session)

Purity Ring – Shrines (music review)

Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob (feature)

A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation

Whitehorse – The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss

Young Galaxy – Ultramarine

Click here to view the long list of 2013 nominees.