Feist, Weaves and more are nominated for Canada's Polaris Music Prize

The shortlist for this year’s Polaris Music Prize has been revealed.

The Canadian equivalent of the UK’s Mercury Prize, an initial longlist has been reduced down to ten albums, with a final winner announced at a ceremony in Toronto on 18th September.

This year’s list includes records from Weaves, Feist, Leonard Cohen and BADBADNOTGOOD, amongst others. The full list reads:

A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation BADBADNOTGOOD – IV Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker Gord Downie – Secret Path Feist – Pleasure Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? Lido Pimienta – La Papessa Tanya Tagaq – Retribution Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude Weaves – Weaves

The nomination sees Feist clock up her third nomination, while A Tribe Called Red, BADBADNOTGOOD and Tanya Tagaq have all had two previous nods. The final winner will recieve a prize of $50,000.