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Blue Rodeo, BSS on Polaris long list

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Brad Wheeler
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Show me the money? The Polaris people say don't bother. With the release of the list of the 40 contending albums for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, the 200-plus jury members once again strictly enforced its mandate to select "quality Canadian albums" without regard to sales history or label affiliations.

Top-selling works by Michael Bublé, Justin Bieber, Billy Talent and Robin Thicke failed to make a long list populated by obscure works from Brasstronaut, Frog Eyes, Karkwa, Mister Valaire and South Rakkas Crew.

The Polaris short list of 10 albums contending for the $20,000 prize will be revealed on July 6.

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The winner will be debated by a jury and announced on Sept. 20.

The full long list:

Apollo Ghosts - Mount Benson (Vancouver)

Bahamas - Pink Strat (Toronto)

The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night (Montreal)

Blue Rodeo - The Things We Left Behind (Toronto)

Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera (Vancouver)

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Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (Toronto)

Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own (London)

By Divine Right - Mutant Message (Toronto)

Caribou - Swim (Dundas)

Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat (Toronto)

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II) (Toronto)

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Amelia Curran - Hunter Hunter (Halifax)

Fred Fortin - Plastrer La Lune (Montreal)

Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph (Victoria)

Hannah Georgas - This Is Good (Vancouver)

Ghostkeeper - Ghostkeeper (Calgary)

Holy Fuck - Latin (Toronto)

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Karkwa - Les Chemins De Verre (Montreal)

LeE HARVeY OsMOND - A Quiet Evil (Hamilton)

Greg MacPherson - Mr. Invitation (Winnipeg)

Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Vancouver)

Misteur Valaire - Golden Bombay (Montreal)

The New Pornographers - Together (Vancouver)

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Owen Pallett - Heartland (Toronto)

Plants And Animals - La La Land (Montreal)

Radio Radio - Belmundo Regal (Montreal)

Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows (Toronto)

The Sadies - Darker Circles (Toronto)

Shad - TSOL (London)

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Elizabeth Shepherd - Heavy Falls The Night (Toronto)

The Slew - 100% (Montreal)

Meaghan Smith - The Cricket's Orchestra (London)

South Rakkas Crew - The Stimulus Package (Toronto)

Tegan And Sara - Sainthood (Vancouver)

The Wooden Sky - If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone (Toronto)

Hawksley Workman - Meat (Huntsville)

You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX (Vancouver)

Young Galaxy - Invisible Republic (Montreal)

Yukon Blonde - Yukon Blonde (Vancouver)

Zeus - Say Us (Toronto)

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