Polaris Prize Long List

Congratulations to Kelowna’s Yukon Blonde for making the long-list of the 2010 Polaris Prize.

Here is this year’s Polaris Music Prize long list:

Apollo Ghosts – Mount Benson
Bahamas – Pink Strat
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Blue Rodeo – The Things We Left Behind
Brasstronaut – Mt. Chimaera
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Basia Bulat – Heart Of My Own
By Divine Right – Mutant Message
Caribou – Swim
Jason Collett – Rat A Tat Tat
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Amelia Curran – Hunter, Hunter
Fred Fortin – Plastrer La Lune
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
Hannah Georgas – This Is Good
Ghostkeeper – Ghostkeeper
Holy Fuck – Latin
Karkwa – Les Chemins De Verre
Lee Harvey Osmond – A Quiet Evil
Greg MacPherson – Mr. Invitation
Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Misteur Valaire – Golden Bombay
The New Pornographers – Together
Owen Pallett – Heartland
Plants And Animals – La La Land
Radio Radio –
Belmundo Regal
Justin Rutledge – The Early Widows
The Sadies – Darker Circles
Shad – TSOL
Elizabeth Shepherd – Heavy Falls The Night
The Slew – 100%
Meaghan Smith – The Cricket’s Orchestra
South Rakkas Crew – The Stimulus Package
Tegan And Sara – Sainthood
The Wooden Sky – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone
Hawksley Workman – Meat
You Say Party! We Say Die! – XXXX
Young Galaxy – Invisible Republic
Yukon Blonde – Yukon Blonde
Zeus – Say Us

Some cool upcoming Rock shows!

– Stand Down w/ Guests, Tuesday June 22nd – O’Flannigans Kelowna BC
– Life w/ Whiskey Dick and Channel Eight, Friday June 25th Flashbacks Kelowna BC
– Econoline Crush w/ Shattered Tone and Rattlesnake Vendetta, Sunday June 27th – Club 2929 Vernon BC