The $25,000 Australian Music Prize has today announced the long list of 25 finalists.
Artists that have made the list tend to lean more towards more established names, although a few completely unknowns have made it in.This list will be re-judged by the official AMP judges and narrowed down to a list of 8. That shortlist will then be re-judged again and one final award of $25,000 will be presented.
The full list is:
• 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 Fly "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"
Last year's winners were The Drones for their album '...Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By'
