Once again it’s that time of the year. The Polaris Music Prize Long list was just announced last week and I did pretty well: 3 of my 5 picks made the cut which ain’t bad although I still feel like the Saukrates album, which didn’t make it, has been getting short shrift from his fans and the public at large.
As a member of the Polaris Music Prize jury who wants to do the right thing, now that these 40 artists have been deemed worthy by a panel of over 200 music writers and critics, I am going to listen to every album on the list at least once and will attempt to chronicle that journey here on the blog just like I did last year. Don’t expect full reviews though, work and life issues won’t allow it so unless an album really, really moves me positively (or negatively), a brief summation of what it sounds like and if I am f-cking with it or not is about all you’re gonna get. Also don’t necessarily expect me to go in alphabetical order either, I may skip around depending on where my whims carry me although I will start with first album on the list just to kick off in a somewhat orderly fashion.
Wanna hear me expound more at length on the long list though? Come check me sitting on the panel of this month’s edition of the Polaris Music Prize salon at The Drake tasked with discussing the 2012 long list picks. Should be lively!
As for A Tribe Called Red‘s self-titled album, when I first heard their mix of Native American beats and hipster EDM club-style beats, my first thought was that well known Dj and world music connoisseur (some have less kindly described his world musical passions as ‘culture vulturism’), Diplo would probably love this. My insticts were correct. Truthfully though, I love this album more as a concept than I do as an actual listening experience. It’s probably something that is either best heard in smaller 12″ inch or EP-sized doses or heard live in a club environment than as a full length album because after a few tracks it started to sound a bit samey to my ears or I started to get a little fatigued.
That being said, I can’t deny that, compared to the reams of indie roots rock and singer songwriter fare that tends to light up the Polaris jury panel’s hearts, the A Tribe Called Red album is something relatively fresh and unheard and there are a lot of folk in the Polaris ranks who really dig it so I wouldn’t be surprised to see it make the short list in a couple weeks. Also, the other day I was posting this shocking story of police brutality on my tumblr and the track “Woodcarver” (above) came on. The parallels in the stories are quite shocking making the timing obviously very apropos. Definitely a powerfully, affecting track either way though.
The A Tribe Called Red album is FREE for download via the widget above and worth surrendering your email to Topspin though to investigate further. If you do, drop a note below and let me know what you think!
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