Polaris Music Prize Preview: Ten Nominees, One Winning Album

Filed under: Between the Notes Heading into its fifth year, the Polaris Music Prize has attracted much kvetching about its supposed "indie" bias, but this year's shortlist of ten albums vying for the $20,000 award reveals a remarkably diverse array of records that includes everything from baroque pop (Owen Pallett) to narrative hip-hop (Shad) to psychedelic country-rock (the Sadies), and a bit of everything in between. With such a wide-open field, it's anyone guess as to who might t...

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