PUP, Shad and Marie Davidson nominated for Polaris Music Prize

The Polaris Music Prize honors the best album out of Canada and this year hip-hop is most heavily represented with Shad, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Haviah Mighty all getting a nod. The list also includes Toronto punk favorites PUP, electronic producer Marie Davidson, and funk-punk ensemble FET.NAT.

Full shortlist of 10 albums looks like this:

Marie Davidson – 'Working Class Woman'
Elisapie – 'The Ballad of the Runaway Girl'
FET.NAT – 'Le Mal'
Dominique Fils-Aimé – 'Stay Tuned!'
Les Louanges – 'La nuit est une panthère'
Haviah Mighty – '13th Floor'
PUP – 'Morbid Stuff'
Jessie Reyez – 'Being Human In Public'
Shad – 'A Short Story About A War'
Snotty Nose Rez Kids – 'Trapline'