The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).[1][2]

Jury and selection process

No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.[3]

Past winners and nominees

Atlantis Music Prize

Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums
2008 Mercy, the Sexton - Another Month
2009 Curtis Andrews - The Offering of Curtis Andrews
  • Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter
  • Chris Kirby - Vampire Hotel
  • The Class War Kids - Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
  • The Dardanelles - The Dardanelles
  • Errand Boy - Cape Disappointment
  • Kujo - Kujo
  • Map to Temenos - O! Sweet Guillotine
  • The Novaks - Things Fall Apart
  • The Once - The Once
2010 Gramercy Riffs - It's Heartbreak

Pathological Lovers - Calling All Favours

  • Colonel Craze and the Hunch - Reptilian Lipstick
  • Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté - Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté
  • Idlers - Keep Out
  • Jake Nicoll - Wild Machines
  • Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds - Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds
  • McKudo - Kudos
  • Sherman Downey - Honey For Bees
  • The Subtitles - Quick and Painless
2011 All the Wiles - Painted
  • Andrew O'Brien & The Searchers - Songs for Searchers
  • The Burning Hell - Flux Capacitor
  • Casual Male - Bonding
  • Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
  • John Cossar - Another Bridge to Burn
  • Mark Bragg & The Butchers - Your Kiss
  • Monsterbator - Precious Rhino
  • Repartee - Repartee
  • The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know

Borealis Music Prize

Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums Ref
2014 Jon Hynes – Watchful Creatures
  • Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind
  • Green and Gold - The Body Knows
  • Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case - The Sun in Your Eyes
  • Fog Lake - Virgo Indigo
 [4]
2015 Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
  • Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
  • Fog Lake - Victoria Park
  • Kat McLevey - Tell Me Once
  • Ouroboros - Ouroboros
 [5]
2016 Jake Nicoll - Two Things/Half of Nothing
  • Damn Nature - Damn Nature
  • Duane Andrews - Conception Bay
  • Pilot to Bombardier - Wild Bells
  • Repartee - All Lit Up
 [6]
2017 Steve Maloney - The Memory Game
  • Amelia Curran - Watershed
  • Fog Lake - Dragonchaser
  • Kubasonics - Kubfundland
  • Ouroboros - Kitchuses
 [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album". Archived from the original on 2 July 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2006.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Rules". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. ^ Pelley, Chad (December 1, 2014). "Man of Many bands Goes Solo; Wins Our Big Award". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. ^ May, Sandy (January 3, 2017). "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Petty, Brad (January 5, 2018). "Steve Maloney's The Memory Game Wins Our Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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