who is this?

john farnham's old back-up vocalist?

Lisa Mitchell has won The Amp. Yawn.

Bobby Flynn odds-on favourite to win next year's AMP.

i like how she is being crucified on a big steering wheel made of flowers, i'm not sure i've seen that done before

i tried to click on the thing to listen to their music now on myspace music

but i couldn't find the thing

CONGRATULATIONS LISA, LOL :)

I guess now she has a dolla for the laundry so she can stop asking.

Hold on, I'm outraged, this is better then Pop Crimes?
See ya soon.

what a bitch. now she can buy an SM58 or something.

apparently it's ghosts of television wearing a suit made of human skin

She's not even Aussie!

She's not even Aussie!

Where is she from?

From Black Cab's Facebook:

''In Sydney today for AMP awards. Betfair created an actual new catagory of odds just for us (''No Fucking Way''). Another first for the Cab. And James plans to upset Lisa Mitchell by telling her tha Santa Claus is probably not real''

the important thing is she's good! or her album is.

''Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990 in Canterbury, England[1]),''

yay

they need to stop encouraging this vocal style

I still would

It's a decent debut record, but it's not the Australian album of the year. Putting aside Rowland S Howard being ignored, the Blasko record alone fars outweights Mitchell's. I feel sorry for her, there's a lot of unwelcome comparisons coming her way.

genuine question - so why do you reckon it got up Matho?

JoseJones is right.

What so great about Lisa Mitchell and Sarah Blasko anyway? It's self-important arty pop. They have pretty voices, there's no denying that. They can sing well. But they're not Bjork. They're dull dull dull.

A middle-of-the-road snore for wet blankets. Their music appeals to the same people who buy records by Keane and Mumford & Sons.

More evidence of the Middle-of-the-Road revival. See my earlier thread.

toadphoney said 4 hours ago:
There are no dumb questions on mess and noise - and nor are there dumb answers

Awesome answer Toadfecker! Remind me when you venture down to Perf next time to invite you out fer a beer so i can smack you up the side of the head. Proper hard. Luv xo

The AMP would lose their credibility if they picked the same indie-cred obscure band every year. I would say that picking this album is a lot ballsier than going with what the hipsters on this thread all want..

I'm with you, bebop.

Rowland S. Howard's album was pretty darn good, I must say. But, with all due respect, why would you give $30,000 to someone who's dead? You can't take it with you.

okay, it might be a bit ridiculous to give $30,000 to somebody who is dead (unless his family are stuck with $30,000 worth of medical bills or are in debt from his passing, then it'd be quite reasonable), but if you're going to pick an album as the best of the year based on what you picked last year then how can that be credible?

A middle-of-the-road snore for wet blankets.

It's a touch reductive to say Blasko is MOR. It's not re-writing to book but she's definitely not Wendy Matthews or Margaret Urlich.

The Pedestrian article makes the point that in most of the judges end of year lists Blasko's album was voted the best of last year and Mitchell didn't get a mention - so why then did she not win?

Margaret Urlich...there's a name I haven't heard of for years.

Where they come from, what they did, what tv show they went on and whether they're dead or not should have NOTHING to do with the voting process, and if it does, it renders the whole award redundant. The award is for best album, and a good album is a good album irespective of what genre it is. Even if the genre is ''mor snore fest'' to some, it doesn't mean it can't be a great complete album.

There are plenty of music critics who HATE the genre of music that they are critiquing, however will still give an album a good rating if it is just that. Some of you people need to take ''taste'' out of the mix when thinking about these sorts of things.

Rowland S. Howard's album was pretty darn good, I must say. But, with all due respect, why would you give $30,000 to someone who's dead? You can't take it with you.

why give an oscar to heath ledger then?

There are plenty of music critics who HATE the genre of music that they are critiquing, however will still give an album a good rating if it is just that. Some of you people need to take ''taste'' out of the mix when thinking about these sorts of things.

word.

some sense at last.

I also think, though, that the focus on the $30K in prize money tends to distort the meaning of the award implicitly - so that if someone who's already gained exposure, signed a lucrative contract or has fuckloads of airplay wins it, they're automatically seen as less deserving - the whole ''struggling artist'' argument. The question is whether this award's to reward great albums, give a leg up to artists that are under-resourced, or both.

Where they come from, what they did, what tv show they went on and whether they're dead or not should have NOTHING to do with the voting process, and if it does, it renders the whole award redundant. The award is for best album, and a good album is a good album irespective of what genre it is. Even if the genre is ''mor snore fest'' to some, it doesn't mean it can't be a great complete album.
There are plenty of music critics who HATE the genre of music that they are critiquing, however will still give an album a good rating if it is just that. Some of you people need to take ''taste'' out of the mix when thinking about these sorts of things.

And yet, none of that addresses the fact that, objectively, Blasko's album has been deemed significantly better than Mitchell's. And by a proportion of AMP voters too.

I agree with the substance of your comments but the issue is being clouded.

It's not the preponderance of 'mor snorefest' female singer-songwriters in the list (both of which I love, but I'm a loser with bad taste) that's the problem but the fact that, as the Pedestrian article goes to great lengths to detail, Mitchell's album was not rated anywhere near as highly as Blasko's on a number of AMP critic's end of year lists. That's a problem, at least in terms of a perception of an apprehension of bias towards a female artist winning this year.

But I still don't see how this is any different from the year the Mess Hall won (ie it's a poor decision, they've made one before, the circle of life etc).

As I said above - decent record, terrible result.

Here's hoping she makes a classic as a second record with that $30K. That'd be cool.

I've also tactfully sidestepped the Pop Crimes issue because, jeez louise, I can't explain that omission from the nominations at all. But it's separate from the Mitchell victory.

And yet, none of that addresses the fact that, objectively, Blasko's album has been deemed significantly better than Mitchell's. And by a proportion of AMP voters too.

also not true.

The Pedestrian piece names several music critics and AMP judges who favoured Blasko in November/December. But at the final AMP judgement last week (3 months later) those critics/judges were in fact far outnumbered by other judges who are not music critics and therefore hadn't had their opinions printed and for all anyone knows favoured Mitchell all along.

god help us if the M+N critics poll was ever open to such scrutiny!

its odd. my love of blasko knows no bounds, and its a lovely record. but if i'd been voting, i wouldnt have given her the money.

i think the AMP has an implicit element of 'potential' to it. the drones have certainly kicked on since they won it, and mitchell will hopefully make use of the cash to further her 'art'.

similarly, there ain't much potential to giving it to rowland. not to mention the fact that the most of the wider world outside our clique knew pop crimes even existed, let alone how good it was.

not saying it's right, it's just the way it is.

but monty, they already have a $15,000 red bull potential award, which was won by oh mercy.

hmm. possibly for the even more 'marginal' bands?

kind of the 2nd division championship?

or maybe im as confused and misguided as the voting jury?

god help us if the M+N critics poll was ever open to such scrutiny!

no oversized novelty cheques involved

none of the AMP winners have featured in a tv ad.

shit marketing by the insurance company, in my mind.

you may no longer post here shaun but you can't escape the circlejerk

Whatda mean Anony, Lisa Mitchel has had every one one of her songs in an ad??

who is this?