Polaris People For The Week Of June 14: Long List Reaction
We revealed the 2013 Polaris Music Prize Long List earlier this week.
It’s kind of a big deal.
It also means we’ve now entered into the Great Polaris Debateâ„¢ phase of our annual quest to determine the best Canadian album released this year.
The lack of a true jazz album on the Long List has been noticed in some quarters.
Elsewhere, the absence of Serena Ryder is causing others to call into question « the validity of the entire award. »
Over at Vulture they kinda, sorta made it about Justin Bieber. (Sly.)
And even a couple of charter Polaris People got in on the pile-on.
@PolarisPrize Your long list seems a little short to me. You forgot my two S’s—STARS and SNOWBLINK. The letter S is more powerful then P.
— Kevin Drew (@KevinSelection) June 14, 2013
Big congrats to all @PolarisPrize long-listers! But where’s @aidanknight ??
— Dan Mangan (@danmanganmusic) June 13, 2013
That’s OK, Owen Pallett, the 2006 champ and one of our presenters at the Long List reveal in Montreal, supports the acts who made it.
That’s cool, I love the Long List. That’s where the girls and gays and rappers hang out
— Owen Pallett (@owenpallett) June 13, 2013
The folks at Toronto record store Soundscapes have our back, too. (Go buy something from them.)
@polarisprize Long List display set up, will have to order some of the Québécois artists new to us pic.twitter.com/saCAvAk8hb
— Soundscapes (@soundscapesTO) June 13, 2013
Meanwhile, the actual people who made the Long List have have been weighing in on being part of the exclusive club of Polaris People. We tracked down a bunch of their Twitter reactions.
happy 2B longlisted for @PolarisPrize again and congrats to homies @suunsband @BesnardLakes @colinstetson @theluyas and Godspeed #MTLrepping
— Young Galaxy (@younggalaxy) June 13, 2013
I put out a record last year that is arguably 1 of the 40 best Canadian records of 2012, and my income reflects that. @PolarisPrize
— Carl Newman (@ACNewman) June 13, 2013
Very honoured to be included on the @PolarisPrize long list today! Thank you to all the Canadian music media who voted for Heartthrob!
— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) June 13, 2013
On est sur la longue liste du Polaris pis on capote pas mal. https://t.co/VbjoLitlkG
— Les soeurs Boulay (@LessoeursBoulay) June 13, 2013
Very honored to make the @PolarisPrize long list of nominations- thank you for the amazing support Canada! https://t.co/9LOG65WCpo
— Rhyemusic (@Rhyemusic) June 13, 2013
@PolarisPrize thanks Polaris p
Prize! Nice to be long— Old Man Luedecke (@OldManLuedecke) June 13, 2013
Thanks @PolarisPrize (and more accurately, everyone that voted for us) for the long-list nomination! Very, very awesome
— ㎡ΛJ¡¢âˆ€âŒ â‚¡Å✪υδΖ (@majicalcloudz) June 13, 2013
@alaskanband dudes, we’re SO confident we’ll win, we already picked out the boat we’re getting with the prize money! 😉
— KEN mode (@kenmodenoise) June 14, 2013
#TakesTime is the first solo record I’ve released in the @PolarisPrize era and I’m super thankful to everyone who listened, loved and voted.
— Jim Guthrie (@jampants) June 13, 2013
Very excited to be part of the Long List for @PolarisPrize 2013! Congrats to all of the other great CDN music that came out this yr.
— Hannah Georgas (@hannahmusic) June 13, 2013
Yay! We made the @PolarisPrize long-list! Thanks to those who voted for Spectral Dusk! Feelin’ honoured to sit beside these other nominees!
— evening hymns (@eveninghymns) June 13, 2013
We made it on the @PolarisPrize long list! https://t.co/hWh6mbxtWF
— The Besnard Lakes (@BesnardLakes) June 13, 2013
@PolarisPrize Wow, thanks! We are honoured that our debut album has made your 2013 Long List. #stoked #Canadianmetal
— ANCIIENTS (@ANCIIENTS) June 13, 2013
We’re at a loss for words for making this year’s @PolarisPrize #longlist #nationIInation . Chi meegwetch and many Nia:we to the voters!
— A Tribe Called Red (@atribecalledred) June 13, 2013
Finally, check out the YouTube playlist we made of the Long List.
