Polaris Prize 2015 short list announced

Tthe Polaris Music Prize 2015 short list was announced today, culled down from the 40-album long list that featured numerous Toronto musicians from hiphop artists Drake and BADBADNOTGOOD, to bands including Death From Above 1979, METZ and relative newcomer, Alvvays, as well as Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook's new project Young Guv.

Here's the 2015 Polaris Music Prize short list, which also has a strong showing of Torontonians.

• Alvvays - Alvvays
• BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah- Sour Soul
• Braids - Deep In The Iris
• Caribou - Our Love
• Jennifer Castle - Pink City
• Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
• Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
• The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
• Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power in The Blood
• Viet Cong - Viet Cong

This year's winner, to be announced on September 21 in Toronto, is in luck because the Polaris Prize is no longer $30,000; it's been upped to $50,000.

Who do you think should win this year's Polaris Music Prize? Let us know in the comments.

by Amy Grief via blogTO