Polaris Music Prize 2009 - Long Listening, Part 2

Posted by Patrick Boyle in Srsly, You Guys

Between now and June 25, when I have to cast my second ballot for this year's Polaris Prize, I will be listening to and remarking on albums that I hadn't checked out or given a fair shake before the Long List came out.

Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas

I don't really care for this one. The sitar comes through really well in some places and it has some cool moments, but I just keep thinking how I'd rather be listening to the Brian Jonestown Massacre. I might be compelled to come back to it, but only if someone bothers to make the case.

La Patère Rose - S/T

This is the only one of the three Long-Listed francophone releases that I hadn't already heard, with the other two being Malajube (cool music, pretty bad lyrics) and Coeur de Pirate (kinda meh.) Anyways, I was pretty impressed by la Patère Rose and I think I will come back to it. It draws on an interesting collection of influences, melding a classic chanteuse style with modern electronic and rock flavours. I didn't listen too carefully because I was debugging code at the time (gross) but I will definitely be coming back to it before the deadline.

On deck: k-os, Tim Hecker, Jill Barber.


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