Tuesday 13 September 2011



CONTEST: Win the Polaris Music Prize ’11 Short List

Polaris 2011 Shortlist Contest: Win all 10 short listed albums

For the last 10 Mondays, Quick Before It Melts has been weighing in with thoughts and impressions of this year’s Polaris Music Prize short listed albums.  Deciding which of the 10 albums will win this year’s prize will fall on the shoulders of the grand jury next Monday night, but deciding which QBiM reader will win our final Polaris Prize giveaway is totally in our hands–and yours!

With thanks to Warner Music Canada, Killbeat Publicity, Sonic Recordings, C4 Records, Merge Records, Stage Fright Publicity and Paperbag Records, Canvas Media, and Constellation Records–plus yours truly–Quick Before It Melts has a prize pack that includes this year’s entire short list.  Winning it is simple:  visit the Quick Before It Melts Facebook page and find this post on the Wall; leave us a comment with your prediction of who will win the prize, or who you want to see win it and why.  A winner will be randomly selected from all the Comments left before midnight, September 19.  (Please be sure to check that your Facebook privacy settings will allow me to send you a message directly if you’re the lucky winner.)  For those not on Facebook, you can also enter by leaving a comment here through the link below.

In case you need a refresher, you’re entering to win a copy of The Suburbs (Deluxe DVD edition) by Arcade Fire, Feel It Break by Austra, Native Speaker by Braids, Kaputt by Destroyer, Galaxie’s Tigre et Diesel, Seeds by Hey Rosetta!, Long Player Late Bloomer by Ron Sexsmith, Colin Stetson’s New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, Timber Timbre’s Creep On Creepin’ On, and I’ll even give you The Weeknd’s House of Balloons if you don’t have it yet.

It’s been a great 10 weeks, and I wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who helped make this summer-long contest possible, and to those QBiM readers that have regularly participated in the discussions.  Good luck!

MP3: The Weeknd “House Of Balloons – Glass Table Girls”
Facebook: The Weeknd
Twitter: The Weeknd





by J. Di Gioia | 8 Comments »

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8 Responses to “CONTEST: Win the Polaris Music Prize ’11 Short List”

Brandi Kehoe September 13th, 2011 at 10:52 am

My prediction of the Polaris winner is going to be Destroyer – Kaputt, because I think Dan Bejar has what the Polaris jury is looking for. Kaputt has the good musicality, but also the weird umph that usually exists in the album of past winners.

Claire Riddell September 13th, 2011 at 10:53 am

I predict Austra will win.

karen September 13th, 2011 at 12:09 pm

I don’t have a prediction. If Destroyer or Timber Timbre win – I will not be disappointed. But,I really do want Ron Sexsmith to win. The first time I heard his ‘Get In Line’ on the March Issue of Word ‘Now Hear This’ I ran out and bought the album. He is a national treasure and needs to be recognized.

karen September 13th, 2011 at 12:11 pm

I don’t have a prediction. If Destroyer or Timber Timbre win – I will not be disappointed. But, I really do want Ron Sexsmith to win. The first time I heard his ‘Get In Line’ on the March Issue of Word ‘Now Hear This’ I ran out and bought the album. He is a national treasure and needs to be recognized.

MANUEL VIZCAYA September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm

I think that Ron Sexsmith will take it because he is so talented and deserves recognition

Nancy September 14th, 2011 at 12:36 am

I don’t think they will win, but I liked AF’s The Suburbs. Thx for the chance to win a great giveaway!

JB September 16th, 2011 at 4:26 am

With Arcade Fire likely winning Grammy’s and Juno’s for their album, it seems kind of strange that they won’t take this too. Loved the Austra album though!!

Shawna Naklicki September 18th, 2011 at 6:15 pm

I’d normally say Arcade Fire, and I am rooting for them because The Suburbs is incredible, however I think the jury is going to go with something more obscure. My prediction is Colin Stetson, honorable mention to Braids and Arcade Fire.

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