2009 Polaris Music Prize

Winner

Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up won with their second album, The Chemistry of Common Life, which despite being controversial, received a great deal of acclaim when it was released in October 2008.

Shortlist

The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 7, 2009.

• '*Fucked Up, *The Chemistry of Common Life'''''
• Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
• Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
• Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
• K'naan, Troubadour
• Malajube, Labyrinthes
• Metric, Fantasies
• Joel Plaskett, Three
• Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
• Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms

Longlist

The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 15, 2009.

• Arkells, Jackson Square
• Jill Barber, Chances
• Beast, Beast
• Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows
• Bison B.C., Quiet Earth
• Bruce Peninsula, A Mountain is a Mouth
• Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
• Leonard Cohen, Live in London
• D-Sisive, Let the Children Die
• Elephant Stone, The Seven Seas
• Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
• Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
• Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
• Handsome Furs, Face Control
• Tim Hecker, An Imaginary Country
• Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
• Japandroids, Post-Nothing
• Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care
• K'naan, Troubadour
• k-os, Yes!
• La Patère Rose, La patère rose
• Land of Talk, Some Are Lakes
• Lhasa, Lhasa
• Malajube, Labyrinthes
• Metric, Fantasies
• One Hundred Dollars, Forest of Tears
• Pink Mountaintops, Outside Love
• Joel Plaskett, Three
• Snailhouse, Lies on the Prize
• Charles Spearin, The Happiness Project
• Rae Spoon, superioryouareinferior
• The Stills, Oceans Will Rise
• Think About Life, Family
• Timber Timbre, Timber Timbre
• Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
• Martha Wainwright, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
• Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms
• Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
• Women, Women
• Woodpigeon, Treasury Library Canada

Sponsors

Sirius Satellite Radio, which had been a supporting sponsor and broadcaster of the awards since their inception, became a primary presenting sponsor of the awards in 2009.

Media

In addition to being broadcast live on CBC Radio 3, the 2009 ceremony was also webcast on MuchMusic's website, as well as produced for later broadcast on MuchMusic.

Jury

The Polaris Music Prize blog began announcing the 2009 jurors one by one in late June 2009. Announced jurors included Corus Entertainment radio programmer Alan Cross, music blogger Bryan Acker (Herohill) and newspaper music critics Sue Carter Flinn (The Coast), Peter Hemminger (FFWD), Serge Paradis (Ici), Stuart Derdeyn (Vancouver Province) and Brendan Murphy (Hour).

References

References

1. [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/25/c7222.html "Polaris Music Prize announces Sirius Satellite Radio Canada as presenting sponsor, and Long List, Short List and gala dates for 2009"]. CNW Group, May 25, 2009.
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3. Guy Dixon, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/six-repeat-nominees-on-polaris-short-list/article1209734/ "Six repeat nominees on Polaris short list"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 7, 2009.
4. Ron Nurwisah, [https://archive.today/20090924154441/http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/09/22/f-up-wins-the-2009-polaris-music-prize.aspx "F***** Up wins the 2009 Polaris Music Prize"]. ''[[National Post]]'', September 22, 2009. Accessed 2009-09-22. [https://archive.today/20090924154441/http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/09/22/f-up-wins-the-2009-polaris-music-prize.aspx Archived] 2009-09-26.
5. (2009-07-07). "Ladies and Gentleman, the 2009 Short List". Polaris Music Prize.
6. [http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/06/Polaris-Music-Prize-Announces-Top-40-Long-List "CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist"]{{dead link. (June 2017)