Long List nominees Arcade Fire, Gord Downie, and the Weather Station are out of the running for the Canadian music prize

The Short List for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed. The nominees include U.S. Girls (In a Poem Unlimited), Alvvays (Antisocialites), Weaves (Wide Open), Daniel Caesar (Freudian), Pierre Kwenders (MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time), Partner (In Search of Lost Time), and more. Artists who made the 40-artist Long List but not the Short List include Arcade Fire, Gord Downie, and the Weather Station. See the full list via the Polaris Prize website. The winner will be revealed at the annual Polaris Gala on September 17.

Last year’s Polaris Music Prize went to Lido Pimienta’s album La Papessa, which won over albums by Leonard Cohen and Feist. Previous winners include Kaytranada, Feist, Arcade Fire, Tanya Tagaq, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fucked Up, and Caribou. Read Pitchfork’s “Why You Need to Know Lido Pimienta, Who Just Won Canada’s Most Important Music Prize.”