Polaris shortlist announced

Arcade Fire won the award in 2011 for The Suburbs

THE shortlist for Canada's Polaris Music Prize was announced earlier this week.

The list of 10 features three repeat appearances alongside seven newcomers for the award, which "celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music".

It is similar to the UK's Mercury Music Prize and past Album Of The Year winners - who land $30,000 include Arcade Fire.

This year's shortlist is:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite

Metric – Synthetica

METZ – METZ

Purity Ring – Shrines

Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob

A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation

Whitehorse – The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss

Young Galaxy – Ultramarine

Founder and executive director of the awards, Steve Jordan, said: "This moody and exciting list is proof that the ‘Canadian sound’ has no stylistic boundaries."

The awards bash takes place in Toronto on September 23 and Spotify users can visit https://play.spotify.com/user/polarismusic prize to sample the nominated acts.