2013 Polaris Music Prize
The 2013 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 23, 2013[ 1] at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto , Ontario .[ 2]
The award was won by Godspeed You! Black Emperor for their album 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! .[ 3] 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."[ 2] Despite their criticism the band accepted the award, but donated the prize money to a Quebec -based program of music education in prisons .[ 2]
Shortlist
The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 16.[ 4]
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.[ 1]
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
By year Winners
Owen Pallett , He Poos Clouds (2006)
Patrick Watson , Close to Paradise (2007)
Caribou , Andorra (2008)
Fucked Up , The Chemistry of Common Life (2009)
Karkwa , Les Chemins de verre (2010)
Arcade Fire , The Suburbs (2011)
Feist , Metals (2012)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor , 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2013)
Tanya Tagaq , Animism (2014)
Buffy Sainte-Marie , Power in the Blood (2015)
Kaytranada , 99.9% (2016)
Lido Pimienta , La Papessa (2017)
Jeremy Dutcher , Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018)
Haviah Mighty , 13th Floor (2019)
Backxwash , God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (2020)
Cadence Weapon , Parallel World (2021)
Pierre Kwenders , José Louis and the Paradox of Love (2022)
Debby Friday , Good Luck (2023)
Jeremy Dutcher , Motewolonuwok (2024)