From the presser:
• Amanda Handel / GL Seiler “Ghosts and Angels”
• Augie March “Moo, You Bloody Choir”
• Black Cab “Jesus East”
• Bob Evans “Friend”
• Brendan Gallagher “On Eve St”
• Dane Tucquet “Bury Me In My Headphones”
• Dappled Cities “Granddance”
• Fourth Floor Collapse “Books With Broken Spines”
• Gerling “4”
• Gotye “Hearts A Mess”
• Hilltop Hoods “The Hard Road”
• Howling Bells “Howling Bells”
• Jackie Marshall “Fight n’ Flight”
• Lisa Gerrard “The Silver Tree”
• Princess One Point Five “The Truth”
• Sarah Blasko “What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have”
• Sodastream “Reservations”
• Something For Kate “Desert Lights”
• The Drones “Gala Mill”
• The Grates “Gravity Won’t get You High”
• The Knives Of Neptune “Lakes”
• Tim Steward “How Does It End”
• Tobias Cummings and The Long Way Home “Join The Dots”
• True Live “The Shape Of It”
• You Am I “Convicts”
January 31st 2007 Media conference to announce the Short List 8
March 7th 2007 Winners event
the drones won last year.
i put my $$ on augie march
or blasko
Um... what is it?
Meh, it's actually the 2006 prize, of course.
Official Australian Music Prize site here.
Oh, right...
It could be Augie March's year.
The other strong contenders that stick out to me: Hilltop Hoods.
i reckon after ten years of slogging it, augie march deserve $25k or however much the prize is.
Gerling???? That was out last year????
Go Bob! Go Dappled!
I'm going to put my money on The Grates, because my other guesses have been taken...
Gerling???? That was out last year????
Yes, and no-one noticed or cared. Presence on the list a bit suss. See also: SFK, True Live.
At least I knew the SFK album was out... I totally thought 4 was out the year before. Poor Gerling...
ps - why do they drag the announcement out to two months ?????
Which makes it very odd that it's on the list.
Obviously quite a few of the voters a) knew and b) rated it.
Which is very odd.
slow judges....
ps - why do they drag the announcement out to two months ?????
There's a re-judging round in between.
January 31st 2007 Media conference to announce the Short List 8
psssh, its not myspace.
not a very long list for a long list, considering the short list is 8...
1/3 chance of making it?
Less if you're Gerling.
not a bad list all in all, not totally dominated by "big" artists.
Which is very odd.
They must have felt sorry for them because Darren still can't get a job, and they were good once upon a time.
Does anyone think The Grates a chance? Surely once they get exposed to the wider judgo-sphere, the polarising nature of the act will be enough to rule them out?
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They entered last year.
It was 2005
Yep, Veronicas was '05 too
They wuz robbed!
I guess that only leaves Steph McIntosh's record as pop fodder left out this year - was a pretty thin year for new Australian dance-pop, really.
Oh, and Young Divas of course.
what about this year's idol kids?
Wossisname, the winner, came out too late.
Good luck to Knives Of Neptune.
Does anyone really think Something For Kate need more money though?
very surprised bbk and the sleepy jackson didn't get nominations.
very surprised bbk and the sleepy jackson didn't get nominations
they both entered... just not long listed...
Latest BBK is the kind of thing you might think would do well at this - suitably epic, personal vision etc (and great production, for the battle-of-the-bands scorecard factor).
and artwork:
Wossisname, the winner, came out too late.
also, there are requirements relating to citizenship....
just goes to show how fucked the selection policy must be, lips.
"I listen to almost every track on an album I'm judging"
-- Rennee Geyer
That's generous of her!
*Renee
she's got a lot of time on her hands.
Is she still cocking the hammer?
Can't believe Dan Kelly didn't make the list
has it been pointed out that Bob Evans' album title is wrong. And apart from You Am I, it's the only album on the list I like.
Where was Darren Hanlon's nomination? oh well
Poor Darren.
Yeah they cocked up the album name on the press release but since the good ship M+N and mr Butler brought it to my attention it's been rectified I believe....
So, where are the "for your consideration" ads?
We'll know this prize is biting home when they start.