The Polaris Prize honors the best Canadian album of the year, as decided by a team of journalists from across the country. While the Shortlist of 10 nominees will be announced on July 6th, this year’s Longlist was unveiled this past week. Some of the notable nominees include 2008 Polaris Prize winner Caribou, the Corduroy-profiled Basia Bulat and Shad, and Broken Social Scene for their latest album, “Forgiveness Rock Record.” The winner will be announced later this summer and receive a $20,000 cash prize. Check out the full Polaris Prize Longlist after the jump.

Apollo Ghosts – Mount Benson (Vancouver)
Bahamas – Pink Strat (Toronto)
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night (Montréal)
Blue Rodeo – The Things We Left Behind (Toronto)
Brasstronaut – Mt. Chimaera (Vancouver)
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record (Toronto)
Basia Bulat – Heart Of My Own (London)
By Divine Right – Mutant Message (Toronto)
Caribou – Swim (Dundas)
Jason Collett – Rat A Tat Tat (Toronto)
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (II) (Toronto)
Amelia Curran – Hunter Hunter (Halifax)
Fred Fortin – Plastrer La Lune (Montréal)
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph (Victoria)
Hannah Georgas – This Is Good (Vancouver)
Ghostkeeper – Ghostkeeper (Calgary)
Holy Fuck – Latin (Toronto)
Karkwa – Les Chemins De Verre (Montréal)
LeE HARVeY OsMOND – A Quiet Evil (Hamilton)
Greg MacPherson – Mr. Invitation (Winnipeg)
Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Vancouver)
Misteur Valaire – Golden Bombay (Montréal)
The New Pornographers – Together (Vancouver)
Owen Pallett – Heartland (Toronto)
Plants And Animals – La La Land (Montréal)
Radio Radio – Belmundo Regal (Montréal)
Justin Rutledge – The Early Widows (Toronto)
The Sadies – Darker Circles (Toronto)
Shad – TSOL (London)
Elizabeth Shepherd – Heavy Falls The Night (Toronto)
The Slew – 100% (Montréal)
Meaghan Smith – The Cricket’s Orchestra (London)
South Rakkas Crew – The Stimulus Package (Toronto)
Tegan And Sara – Sainthood (Vancouver)
The Wooden Sky – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone (Toronto)
Hawksley Workman – Meat (Huntsville)
You Say Party! We Say Die! – XXXX (Vancouver)
Young Galaxy – Invisible Republic (Montréal)
Yukon Blonde – Yukon Blonde (Vancouver)
Zeus – Say Us (Toronto)