Henry Wagons has bolted to a strong lead in the Best Male category of this year’s EG Awards in The Age online poll, counting down to the awards night at Billboard on November 20.
In the Best Song category Tame Impala’s Elephant is also well in front with a host of others, including Something For Kate’s Survival Expert, Chet Faker’s No Diggity and Drums by Oh Mercy chomping at the bit...
US musician Jack White’s tour of Australia is leading the Best Tour category, but there’s still two weeks to vote and grab tickets to the seventh annual EG Awards, which this year inducts Weddings Parties Anything into the Steve Waldon Hall of Fame. Joining Weddings Parties Anything on stage will be Courtney Barnett, the Murlocs and Immigrant Union, while Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy), Angie Hart, Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue), Mikelangelo, Ben Salter, Van Walker and Liz Stringer and Emma Russack are among this year’s guest vocalists playing with the EG All Stars.
Weddings Parties Anything, who will be inducted on the night by Tim Rogers, will celebrate with a 25th anniversary performance of their 1987 debut album, Scorn of the Women. Joining them for this one-off show will be original WPA member — and the writer of several Scorn tracks — Dave Steel.
Voting in the EG Awards is open until November 16 at The Age website, theage.com.au/egawards
Checkout who you can vote for in each category below..
BEST NEW TALENT;
Bombay Royale
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
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
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
Jack White - Festival Hall
Mark Lanegan – Forum
Prince - Rod Laver
The Beach Boys - Rod Laver
The Darkness – The Palace
The Wedding Present - Northcote Social Club
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A VICTORIAN ARTIST (PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK)
Ainslie Wills
Ben Browning
Boomgates
Chet Faker
Francolin
Galapagoose
Husky
Lower Plenty
Oh Mercy
New War
Teeth & Tongue
Twerps
