Atlantis Music Prize
The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).[1][2]
Jury and selection process
No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.[3]
Past winners and nominees
2008
- Mercy, the Sexton, Another Month
- AE Bridger, I Am a Ghostly Leech
- Duane Andrews, Raindrops
- Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
- Idlers, Corner
- Narrows, Narrows
- Slippery Rabbits, La Marée Noire
- The Human Soundtrack, Organs for Sale
- The Satans, Renovabis Faciem Terrae
- Victor Lewis, Good Intentions
2009
- Curtis Andrews, The Offering of Curtis Andrews
- Amelia Curran, Hunter, Hunter
- Chris Kirby, Vampire Hotel
- The Class War Kids, Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
- The Dardanelles, The Dardanelles
- Errand Boy, Cape Disappointment
- Kujo, Kujo
- Map to Temenos, O! Sweet Guillotine
- The Novaks, Things Fall Apart
- The Once, The Once
2010
A tie.
- Gramercy Riffs, It’s Heartbreak
- Pathological Lovers, Calling All Favours
- Colonel Craze and the Hunch, Reptilian Lipstick
- Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté, Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté
- Idlers, Keep Out
- Jake Nicoll, Wild Machines
- Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds, Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds
- McKudo, Kudos
- Sherman Downey, Honey For Bees
- The Subtitles, Quick and Painless
2011
- All the Wiles, Painted
- Andrew O’Brien & The Searchers, Songs for Searchers
- The Burning Hell, Flux Capacitor
- Casual Male, Bonding
- Hey Rosetta!, Seeds
- John Cossar, Another Bridge to Burn
- Mark Bragg & The Butchers, Your Kiss
- Monsterbator, Precious Rhino
- Repartee, Repartee
- The Once, Row Upon Row of the People They Know
See also
- Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
- Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
- Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom)
- Prix Constantin (France)
- Shortlist Prize (United States)