2012 Polaris Music Prize

The 2012 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 24, 2012^[1] at Toronto's Masonic Temple.

Feist accepts $ 30,000 cheque for her prize winning album "Metals" at The Polaris Gala in Toronto, 2010

The award was won by Feist for her album Metals.^[2]

Shortlist

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

Longlist

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