Feist accepts $ 30,000 cheque for her prize winning album "Metals" at The Polaris Gala in Toronto, 2010 The 2012 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 24, 2012[ 1] Masonic Temple .
The award was won by Feist for her album Metals [ 2]
The 10-album shortlist was revealed on July 17, 2012.[ 3]
Feist , Metals Cadence Weapon , Hope in Dirt City Cold Specks , I Predict a Graceful Expulsion Drake , Take Care Kathleen Edwards , Voyageur Fucked Up , David Comes to Life Grimes , Visions Handsome Furs , Sound Kapital Japandroids , Celebration Rock Yamantaka // Sonic Titan , YT//ST The presenters of the longlist; from left to right, Francois Marchand, Hannah Georgas , Dan Mangan and Veda Hille . The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 14 at The Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver .[ 1]
A Tribe Called Red , A Tribe Called Red Marie-Pierre Arthur , Aux alentours Rich Aucoin , We're All Dying to Live Avec pas d'casque , Astronomie Azari & III , Azari & III Bahamas , Barchords The Barr Brothers , The Barr Brothers Blackie and the Rodeo Kings , Kings and Queens Cadence Weapon , Hope in Dirt City Kathryn Calder , Bright and Vivid Cannon Bros. , Firecracker/Cloudglow Cœur de pirate , Blonde Leonard Cohen , Old Ideas Cold Specks , I Predict a Graceful Expulsion Rose Cousins , We Have Made a Spark Mark Davis , Eliminate the Toxins Drake , Take Care Kathleen Edwards , Voyageur Fucked Up , David Comes to Life Feist , Metals Great Lake Swimmers , New Wild Everywhere Grimes , Visions Handsome Furs , Sound Kapital Japandroids , Celebration Rock Dan Mangan , Oh Fortune Mares of Thrace , The Pilgrimage Ariane Moffatt , MA Lindi Ortega , Little Red Boots Parlovr , Kook Soul Sandro Perri , Impossible Spaces Joel Plaskett Emergency , Scrappy Happiness PS I Love You , Death Dreams John K. Samson , Provincial Shooting Guns , Born to Deal in Magic: 1952-1976 The Slakadeliqs , The Other Side of Tomorrow Patrick Watson , Adventures in Your Own Backyard Bry Webb , Provider The Weeknd , Echoes of Silence Yamantaka // Sonic Titan , YT//ST Yukon Blonde , Tiger Talk
By year Winners
Owen Pallett , He Poos Clouds Patrick Watson , Close to Paradise Caribou , Andorra Fucked Up , The Chemistry of Common Life Karkwa , Les Chemins de verre Arcade Fire , The Suburbs Feist , Metals Godspeed You! Black Emperor , 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Tanya Tagaq , Animism Buffy Sainte-Marie , Power in the Blood Kaytranada , 99.9% Lido Pimienta , La Papessa Jeremy Dutcher , Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Haviah Mighty , 13th Floor Backxwash , God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It Cadence Weapon , Parallel World Pierre Kwenders , José Louis and the Paradox of Love Debby Friday , Good Luck Jeremy Dutcher , Motewolonuwok Yves Jarvis , All Cylinders
