Weddings Parties Anything, will be the 2012 inductees into the EG Hall of Fame at the seventh annual Age EG Awards on Tuesday November 20 at Billboard nightclub in the city, hosted by Myf Warhurst.
Nominees for this year’s reader-voted awards are:
BEST NEW TALENT Bombay Royal, Bushwalking Cactus Channel Chet Faker Courtney Barnett Jackson Firebird King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard,The Murlocs, Oscar + Martin Saskwatch Smith Street Band Woollen Kits
BEST FEMALE Butterfly Boucher Catcall Clare Bowditch Courtney Barnett Emma Russack Julia Stone Kate Miller-Heidke Lanie Lane Linda Johnston Liz Stringer Mia Dyson Sherry Rich
BEST MALE 360 Charles Jenkins Chet Faker Dave Graney Galapagoose Geoffrey O’Connor Henry Wagons Jordie Lane Mikelangelo Ron S Peno Spencer P Jones Tim Rogers
BEST ALBUM Alpine - A is For Alpine Clare Bowditch - The Winter I Chose Happiness Collarbones - Die Young Dirty Three – Toward the Low Sun Gruntbucket – Songs From an Empty Room(checkout out review here) Jim Keays - Dirty, Dirty Liz Stringer – Warm in the Darkness Oh Mercy - Deep Heat Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim Ponyface - Hypnotised Sherry Rich – Dakota Avenue Twerps – Twerps
BEST BAND Alpine Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes Dirty Three Even Graveyard Train Husky New War Oh Mercy Pond Something For Kate Temper Trap Twerps
BEST SONG Alpine - Villages Charles Jenkins – Pray My Dear Daughter Chet Faker - No Diggity Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes - Love Letter Graveyard Train – Get The Gold Mia Dyson - When the Moment Comes Oh Mercy - Drums Saskwatch - Your Love Something For Kate - Survival Expert Tame Impala - Elephant The Bamboos featuring Tim Rogers - I Got Burned Twerps - Dreamin’
BEST TOUR Dig It Up! - The Palace The Pogues – Festival Hall Dolly Parton - Rod Laver Fu Manchu - Cherryrock / HiFi Jack White - Festival Hall Lil Band O’ Gold – Regal Theatre / Gershwin Room Mark Lanegan – Forum Kanye West – Myer Music Bowl / Big Day Out Prince - Rod Laver The Beach Boys - Rod Laver The Darkness – The Palace The Wedding Present - Northcote Social Club
Dudes dressed in red are our picks for the category winners, they include faves and those most deserved....
Tickets for The Age EG Awards are on sale from Friday October 5 for $35 plus b/f from Oztix, Moshtix and billboardthevenue.com.au Voting in the EG Awards is open from October 5 until midday November 16 at The Age website, theage.com.au/egawards
