Stars, Plaskett nominated for Galaxie music honour
Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2008 | 3:29 PM ET
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The New Pornographers, the Weakerthans and Stars are among the recording artists vying for CBC Galaxie's Rising Stars Award at the Indie Awards next month.
Organizers announced on Monday a short list of 10 acts competing for the annual honour, which carries a cash prize of $3,000 and is presented at the Indie Awards during Canadian Music Week each March.
The short list includes:
- Basia Bulat for Oh My Darling.
- The Besnard Lakes for The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse.
- Caribou for Andorra.
- Jenn Grant for Orchestra for the Moon.
- Joel Plaskett Emergency for Ashtray Rock.
- The New Pornographers for Challengers.
- Stars for In Our Bedroom After the War.
- Tegan and Sara for The Con.
- The Weakerthans for Reunion Tour.
- Wintersleep for Welcome to the Night Sky.
While the Indie Awards are fan-voted, the Galaxie prize is a critics' honour that judges a recording's artistic merit and pushes aside any sales figures or airplay numbers.
Organizers poll music journalists from across the country — representing print, broadcast and online media — for their picks of the top five Canadian indie releases of the past year. The selections are boiled down to a short list, from which the critics pick a single winner.
The 2008 winner of the Galaxie Rising Stars Award will be announced March 8 at the Indie Awards in Toronto.
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