The Polaris Music Prize has announced the 2010 Long List of the media-selected top Canadian albums at NXNE. The long list of 40 acts includes the following 20 artists that have performed at Halifax Pop Explosion in year’s past:

Basia Bulat

Broken Social Scene

By Divine Right

Dan Mangan

Greg MacPherson

Hannah Georgas

Hawksley Workman

Holy F—k

Jason Collett

Meaghan Smith

Owen Pallett

Plants And Animals

Tegan And Sara

The Besnard Lakes

The Sadies

The Wooden Sky

You Say Party! We Say Die!

Young Galaxy

Yukon Blonde

Zeus

Stay tuned for this year’s initial festival lineup announcement happening in early July. For up-to-date info and reports from festival director Jonny Stevens at NXNE this weekend follow our twitter at twitter.com/halifaxpopx