So, after a healthy batch of great records profiled in seven longlist posts, it's time for the fantastic stuff. My Top 20 was revealed on the 12th annual countdown show on UMFM, but if you didn't catch that on NYE, here's the skinny.
20 Tiff The Gift - It Gets Greater Later [Don't Sleep Records]
19 Library Tapes - Escapism [Independent]
18 Wadada Leo Smith - America's National Parks [Cuneiform]
17 Dori Freeman - Dori Freeman [Free Dirt Records]
16 Bill Laurance - Aftersun [GroundUP]
15 Jamila Woods - HEAVN [Closed Sessions]
14 Klô Pelgag - l'Etoile thoracique [Independent]
13 Kadhja Bonet - The Visitor [Fat Possum]
12 Black Mountain - IV [Dine Alone/Jagjaguwar]
11 Shabaka and the Ancestors - Wisdom of the Elders [Brownswood Recordings]
10 Josef Leimberg - Astral Progressions [World Galaxy/Alpha Pup]
09 BADBADNOTGOOD - IV [Innovative Leisure]
08 Anderson. Paak - Malibu [Steel Wool]
07 HINDS - Leave Me Alone [Mom + Pop]
06 Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book [Independent]
05 Kaytranada - 99.9% [XL Recordings]
04 Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math [ATO Records]
03 Aidan Knight - Each Other [Fulltime Habit]
02 David Bowie - Blackstar [RCA]
01 A Tribe Called Red - We Are The Halluci Nation [Radicalized Records]
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Thursday, June 30, 2016
My Polaris Ballots 2016
So last night at midnight ET was the deadline for jurors to cast their ballots for the Polaris Prize Shortlist. I had meant to make a post about my initial ballot for the Longlist around the time the top 40 were announced, but I was away on holiday and pretty much avoiding the internet for a week.
I actually tied my record for # of selections that made the Longlist with three out of five.
That's my Longlist ballot above, and only Heartbeat City and Aidan Knight were shut out. Kinda surprised by the Knight one, and much as I championed Thunder Amongst Us, I had little hope for it. I had a personal Longlist of 30 entries that I chose from in selecting my initial ballot and several of the albums I considered but didn't vote for the first go-round ended up on the Polaris Longlist so there was a clutch of albums to consider for my final two spots on the Shortlist ballot.
Here's the alphabetical list of what I considered:
01 Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite
02 Allison Au Quartet - Forest Grove
03 Bateau Noir - Bateau Noir
04 Beliefs - Leaper
05 Black Mountain - IV
06 Bob Moses - Days Gone By
07 Basia Bulat - Good Advice
08 Daniel Caesar - Pilrgim's Paradise
09 Tanika Charles - Soul Run
10 Sarah Davachi - Dominions
11 Dilly Dally - Sore
12 Dralms - Shook
13 Emilie & Ogden - 10,000
14 Grimes - Art Angels
15 Heartbeat City - Thunder Amongst Us
16 Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION
17 Kaytranada - 99.9
18 Aidan Knight - Each Other
19 LAL - Find Safety
20 Jessy Lanza - Oh No
21 Mas Ysa - Seraph
22 Tami Neilson - Dynamite
23 Safia Nolin - Limoilou
24 Laura Sauvage - Extraordinormal
25 Sorrey - Thick As Thieves
26 U.S. Girls - Half Free
27 Un Blonde - Good Will Come To You
28 Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music
29 Vulgaire - Heureuse
30 White Lung - Paradise
*selections in italics made the Longlist, bolded entries were my votes that made the cut.
After due consideration, the ballot below is what I officially entered.
That's my Longlist ballot above, and only Heartbeat City and Aidan Knight were shut out. Kinda surprised by the Knight one, and much as I championed Thunder Amongst Us, I had little hope for it. I had a personal Longlist of 30 entries that I chose from in selecting my initial ballot and several of the albums I considered but didn't vote for the first go-round ended up on the Polaris Longlist so there was a clutch of albums to consider for my final two spots on the Shortlist ballot.
Here's the alphabetical list of what I considered:
01 Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite
02 Allison Au Quartet - Forest Grove
03 Bateau Noir - Bateau Noir
04 Beliefs - Leaper
05 Black Mountain - IV
06 Bob Moses - Days Gone By
07 Basia Bulat - Good Advice
08 Daniel Caesar - Pilrgim's Paradise
09 Tanika Charles - Soul Run
10 Sarah Davachi - Dominions
11 Dilly Dally - Sore
12 Dralms - Shook
13 Emilie & Ogden - 10,000
14 Grimes - Art Angels
15 Heartbeat City - Thunder Amongst Us
16 Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION
17 Kaytranada - 99.9
18 Aidan Knight - Each Other
19 LAL - Find Safety
20 Jessy Lanza - Oh No
21 Mas Ysa - Seraph
22 Tami Neilson - Dynamite
23 Safia Nolin - Limoilou
24 Laura Sauvage - Extraordinormal
25 Sorrey - Thick As Thieves
26 U.S. Girls - Half Free
27 Un Blonde - Good Will Come To You
28 Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music
29 Vulgaire - Heureuse
30 White Lung - Paradise
*selections in italics made the Longlist, bolded entries were my votes that made the cut.
After due consideration, the ballot below is what I officially entered.
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