Tim Rogers, the siblings Stone (fight! fight! fight!), Collarbones and The Presets are among the second wave of acclaimed local artists granted official selection to the increasingly self-aware/newly revamped Coopers Australian Music Prize. As previously reported, the facelift includes a few tweaks to the award’s ‘Long List’ process, with entry fees abolished and judges invited to be more proactive throughout the process and nominate specific albums for the long list, which now numbers 47. A third and final batch of artists will be announced in the coming weeks. The new additions include…
Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Archie Roach – Into The Bloodstream
Ball Park Music – Museum
Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough
Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes – Baby Caught The Bus
Clare Bowditch – The Winter I Chose Happiness
Collarbones – Die Young
Daily Meds – Happy Daze
Julia Stone – By The Horns
Knievel – Emerald City
Max Crumbs – Maidenhair
Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
Saskwatch- Leave It All Behind
Steve Lane And The Autocrats – The Romance Of Communication
The Presets – Pacifica
The Rubens – The Rubens
Tim Rogers – Rogers Sings Rogerstein
TZU – Millions of Moments
Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt
We All Want To – Come Up Invisible
Winter People – A Year At Sea
The Presets discuss the making of Pacifica.
They join the following previously announced artists…
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 – Towards The Low 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
Once the list of Official Entrants is finalised, judges will meet to determine which titles will make the final Shortlist, to be announced early 2013. The winner will be announced in March and receive a $30,000 cash prize, courtesy of Principal Partner PPCA.
