2013 Polaris Music Prize

Annual Canadian music award ceremony thumb|Polaris Music Prize, 2013, by Dustin Rabin The 2013 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 23, 2013"Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List" https://web.archive.org/web/20130618090238/http://exclaim.ca/News/polaris_music_prize_unveils_2013_long_list 2013-06-18 . Exclaim!, June 13, 2012. at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario."Polaris winner critical of award gala in a 'time of austerity'". CBC News, September 23, 2013. The award was won by Godspeed You! Black Emperor for their album 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!."Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Music Prize". Pitchfork, September 23, 2013. The band subsequently released a statement criticizing the prize's gala trappings in a time of austerity, asserting that "organizing a gala just so musicians can compete against each other for a novelty-sized cheque doesn't serve the cause of righteous music at all. Maybe the next celebration should happen in a cruddier hall, without the corporate banners and culture overlords." Despite their criticism the band accepted the award, but donated the prize money to a Quebec-based program of music education in prisons. Shortlist The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 16."Polaris Prize shortlists Tegan and Sara, A Tribe Called Red". CBC News, July 16, 2013. 30em Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation Zaki Ibrahim, Every Opposite Metric, Synthetica METZ, METZ Purity Ring, Shrines Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss Young Galaxy, Ultramarine Longlist The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 13. 30em A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation Alaclair Ensemble, Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir Anciients, Heart of Oak The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO Louis-Jean Cormier, Le Treizième étage Daphni, Jiaolong Mac DeMarco, 2 Evening Hymns, Spectral Dusk Hannah Georgas, Hannah Georgas Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano II Jim Guthrie, Takes Time Hayden, Us Alone Zaki Ibrahim, Every Opposite KEN mode, Entrench Kid Koala, 12 Bit Blues Kobo Town, Jumbie in the Jukebox Pierre Lapointe, Punkt Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner Les sœurs Boulay, Le poids des confettis Corb Lund, Cabin Fever The Luyas, Animator Majical Cloudz, Impersonator Metric, Synthetica METZ, METZ Danny Michel with the Garifuna Collective, Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me A.C. Newman, Shut Down the Streets Old Man Luedecke, Tender Is the Night Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes & Truckstops Peter Peter, Une version améliorée de la tristesse Purity Ring, Shrines Rah Rah, The Poet's Dead Rhye, Woman Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Suuns, Images du futur Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob Al Tuck, Stranger at the Wake Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss Young Galaxy, Ultramarine References External links Polaris Music Prize Category:2013 in Canadian music Category:2013 music awards 2013