Caribou (aka Dan Snaith) is the lucky recipient of this year’s Polaris Music Prize, an annual award given to the best Canadian album, as decreed by a panel of industry judges. Andorra (pictured), Caribou’s 2007 release, has earned Snaith a cool $20,000.

Caribou’s top contenders were Black Mountain: In the Future; Basia Bulat: Oh, My Darling; Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers; Holy Fuck: LP; Plants and Animals: Parc Avenue; Stars: In Our Bedroom After the War; Shad: The Old Prince; Two Hours Traffic: Little Jabs; and The Weakerthans: Reunion Tour.