Alvvays and Feist among 2023 Polaris Prize nominees
nme.comAlvvays and Feist among the nominees.The prestigious Canadian music prize, worth $50,000 (£38,000) will be awarded to the winner at a September 19 ceremony at Toronto’s Massey Hall.
Previous winners include Kaytranada, Caribou and Fucked Up.Others on the 2023 shortlist include Daniel Caesar, The Sadies, Begonia and Debby Friday.
The 2022 prize was won by Pierre Kwenders for his album ‘José Louis And The Paradox Of Love’.See the full shortlist for 2023 below.Alvvays – ‘Blue Rev’Aysanabee – ‘Watin’Begonia – ‘Powder Blue’Dan Mangan – ‘Being Somewhere’Daniel Caesar – ‘Never Enough’Debby Friday – ‘Good Luck’Feist – ‘Multitudes’Gayance – ‘Masquerade’The Sadies – ‘Colder Streams’Snotty Nose Rez Kids – ‘I’m Good, HBU?’2022’s Polaris Prize longlist included Arcade Fire and The Weeknd, and was then wittled down to a shortlist including Destroyer, Charlotte Day Wilson and more.Alvvays released their Polaris-nominated third album ‘Blue Rev’ late last year.
In a four-star review, NME said: “‘Blue Rev’ is 14 songs of what Alvvays do so very well: layers of jangly guitars hit all the right notes and are backed up by the band’s metronomic rhythm section, featuring new members – drummer Sheridan Riley and bassist Abbey Blackwell – for this album.
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