This year’s AMP shortlist is pretty damn impressive.
The shortlist for the Australian Music Prize was announced today in Sydney.
Last year the saccharine and generally bland Lisa Mitchell took out the prize of $30,000 and Oh Mercy also nabbed $15 000.
This year the entries are all pretty solid and it will definitely be a tough competition.
The artists and their nominated albums are:
Cloud Control – Bliss Release
Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush To Relax
Gareth Liddard – Strange Tourist
Pikelet – Stem
Richard In Your Mind – My Volcano
Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
The Holidays – Post Paradise
It’d be a waste to see Tame Impala rack this one up as well, and Eddy Current snagged the AMP a couple of years ago. Gareth Liddiard, Richard In Your Mind, Dan Kelly and Cloud Control would make us pretty happy, with The Holidays, Pikelet and Sally Seltmann being not all too bad either.
The AMP is announced in early March. Stay tuned.
