Yet another award for ArcadeFire's 'The Suburbs"?

Update:
Coming as no great shock Arcade Fire have won the $30,000 prize. They are the sixth act to win the prize following Karkwa, Fucked Up, Caribou, Patrick Watson and Final Fantasy

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Arcade Fire have swept through multiple awards and categories at the Grammys, the Brits, the Junos and the NME Awards arleady this year and now they’re closing in on another award with a place on the 2011 Polaris Music Prize’s long list.

The Awards are Canada’s equivalent to the Australian Music Prize and the UK’s Mercury Prize.

Forty albums have been named on the Polaris list, touching the surface of Canada’s best new music including Neil Young, Destroyer, Stars, Austra, The Weeknd, Black Mountain and The Dears.

The full 2011 Polaris Music Prize long list:

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Austra – Feel It Break
Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart
Braids – Native Speaker
Buck 65 – 20 Odd Years
Louise Burns – Mellow Drama
D-Sisive – Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
The Dears – Degeneration Street
Destroyer – Kaputt
Diamond Rings – Special Affections
Dirty Beaches – Badlands
Luke Doucet and The White Falcon – Steel City Trawler
Eternia & MoSS – At Last
Galaxie – Tigre et Diesel
Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
Hey Rosetta! – Seeds
Hooded Fang – Album
Imaginary Cities – Temporary Resident
Land Of Talk – Cloak and Cipher
Little Scream – The Golden Record
The Luyas – Too Beautiful To Work
Malajube – La Caverne
Miracle Fortress – Was I The Wave?
One Hundred Dollars – Songs Of Man
Doug Paisley – Constant Companion
PS I Love You – Meet Me At The Muster Station
Daniel Romano – Sleep Beneath the Willow
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer
Shotgun Jimmie – Transistor Sister
Sloan – The Double Cross
Frederick Squire – March 12
Stars – The Five Ghosts
Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On
The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
Women – Public Strain
Neil Young – Le Noise
Young Galaxy – Shapeshifting

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Update:
The shortlist has been confirmed with Arcade Fire, Destroyer, The Weeknd, Colin Stetson, Austra, Braids, Ron Sexsmith, Timber Timbre, Galaxie, and Hey Rosetta! making the cut.