Na madrugada do último dia de verão de 2009, foi escolhido o melhor álbum de música do canada, criado durante o ano passado. As bandas que estavam ainda em competição eram:
Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
K'naan, Troubadour
Malajube, Labyrinthes
Metric, Fantasies
Joel Plaskett, Three
Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms;

Depois de um processo complexo e muito moroso, o juri dos prémios decidiu-se por homenagear um dos nomes que nunca havia sido nomeado para esta short list dos polaris music prizes, assim sendo, o disco vencedor foi The Chemistry of Common Life para os Fucked Up!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPWFnti4pas

Little Girls - Heinz (Artery Cover)

York Redoubt - I Want To Die

The Danks - Die Young

Chad Vangaalen - Stuffed animal

Do Make Say Think - Do

Octoberman - Thirty Reasons

Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Young Galaxy - Smoke And Mirror Show

Islands - Everything Is Under Control

The Hidden Cameras - The Little Bit

The Awkward Stage - True Love On Three With Feeling

Two Hours Traffic - Happiness Burns

Joel Plaskett - One Look



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The London Apartments - For Safe Keeping

Black Mold - Swimming To Food

Slim Twig - Patty Ann

Azeda Booth - Squall

Automelodi - Buanderie Jazz

le couleur- deux et 2

Black Hat Brigade - Castlevania

Still Life Still- Neon Blue

The Most Serene Republic - No One Likes A Nihilist

Luxury Pond - Boulders

Dan Mangan - The Indie Queens Are Waiting

The CFL Sessions - Life is Like Canadian Football

Giant Hand - No Orchestra

Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle - Coma

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