Awards

AMP organisers publish initial long list

By | Published on Tuesday 9 October 2012

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The initial longlist for the next Australian Music Prize has been announced, though this isn’t the final list. For the first time the Mercury-like AMP is attempting to consider all new Australian albums released in the last year, and not just those from artists or labels that paid to enter.

Judges reckon that means 230 albums are eligible, and so far they have listened to 130, from which the following long players have been longlisted. I think an initial list is being promoted now to encourage any other artists or labels who believe they have an eligible record to make sure they send a copy to the award’s organisers.

Anyway, of the 130 Aussie albums considered so far, the following are still in the AMP running: Alpine – A Is For Alpine, Bearhug – Bill Dance Shiner, Bushwalking – First Time, Catcall – The Warmest Place, Charge Group – Charge Group, Children Collide – Monument, Deep Sea Arcade – Outlands, Dirty Three – Toward The Sun, DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams, Emma Russack – Sounds Of Our City, Forty Thousand Sisters – Goodbye Broken Sled, Grand Salvo – Slay Me In My Sleep, Hermitude -Hyper-Paradise, Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun, House Vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth, Jess Ribeiro & The Bone Collectors – My Little River, Liz Stringer – Warm In The Darkness, Made In Japan – Sights & Sounds, Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle, Ollo – Ape Delay, Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim, The Bamboos – Medicine Man, The Hello Morning – The Hello Morning, The Maple Trail – Cable Mount Warning, Tim Hart – Milling The Wind, Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird.



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