PUP, White Lung, Dilly Dally among Polaris Music Prize nominees

The 2016 Polaris Music Prize Long List was announced today at a ceremony in Whitehorse, Yukon. The 40 albums from Canadian artists released from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016 will now compete for a spot on a 10 slot short list, with one to be crowned a $50,000 winner on September 19th. You can find the full list below, which includes a few punk rock acts including Vancouver's White Lung, and Toronto bands Pup and Dilly Dally.
The albums were nominated by an independent jury 192 music journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers from across Canada. A total of 183 records made the first ballot.

Polaris Music Long List
Art Bergmann — The Apostate Justin Bieber — Purpose Black Mountain — IV Jean-Michel Blais — II Basia Bulat — Good Advice Daniel Caesar — Pilgrim’s Paradise Tanika Charles — Soul Run City and Colour — If I Should Go Before You Coeur de pirate — Roses Dead Obies — Gesamtkunstwerk Destroyer — Poison Season Dilly Dally — Sore Drake — VIEWS Essaie pas — Demain est une autre nuit Fred Fortin — Ultramarr FOXTROTT — A Taller Us Grimes — Art Angels Half Moon Run — Sun Leads Me On Veda Hille — Love Waves Jazz Cartier — Hotel Paranoia Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION Junior Boys — Big Black Coat Kaytranada — 99.90% Jessy Lanza — Oh No Majid Jordan — Majid Jordan Michelle McAdorey — Into Her Future Nap Eyes — Thought Rock Fish Scale Safia Nolin — Limoilou Operators — Blue Wave Peaches — Rub PUP — The Dream Is Over Daniel Romano — Mosey Andy Shauf — The Party The Strumbellas — HOPE Suuns — Hold/Still U.S. Girls — Half Free Un Blonde — Good Will Come To You The Weeknd — Beauty Behind the Madness White Lung — Paradise Donovan Woods — Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled