Caribou Takes Canadian Polaris Prize
09/30/2008
Beats out Black Mountain, Stars, Kathleen Edwards and others...
By Fred Mills
As previously announced, Canada's annual Polaris Prize - that country's equivalent of Britain's Mercury Prize - had some strong contenders this year. Whittled down from about 40 deserving artists, this year's finalists were:
- Black Mountain - In The Future
- Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue
- Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
- Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
- Caribou - Andorra
- Shad - The Old Prince
- Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
- Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
- Holy Fuck - LP
- The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Yesterday an 11-judge panel made its final determination and the winner is to receive $20,000. Previous winners included Patrick Watson and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett, and for 2008 it is.... Caribou, a/k/a Dan Snaith, whose brilliant Andorra (Merge) was one of the highlights of 2007.
Check out the video below of Patrick Watson announcing the winner on MySpace TV.
Patrick Watson (2007 winner) announces 2008 Polaris Music Prize!
