The usual suspects are all represented but APRA’s 2011 Song Of The Year nominees are still an eclectic bunch. Drum and bass stalwarts (and possible novelty entry?) Pendulum earn a nod for their reworking of the ABC news theme, as does the majority of Australia’s earworm brigade: Sia for “Clap Your Hands”, Little Red for “Rock It” and Tame Impala for “Solitude is Bliss”. Rowland S Howard earns a posthumous nod for “Golden Age of Bloodshed” while Birds of Tokyo, Thirsty Merc and Guy Sebastian double their chances with two nominations each. Also, with the endurance of Steve Moneghetti on the finest blue meth in all of New Mexico, The Temper Trap continue to subvert the conventions of time and earn a 2011 nomination for an album they released in 2009. Seriously Temper Trap, save some for the rest of ’em.
And the nominees are…
Pendulum – ABC TV News theme (remix) (Writers:Peter Wall P/ Anthony Ansell)
Graeme Connors – All The Money’s Gone (Writer: Graeme Connors)
Guy Sebastian – All To Myself (Writers: Guy Sebastian / Carl Dimataga)
Guy Sebastian Featuring Eve – Who’s That Girl (Writer: Guy Sebastian)
Gyroscope – Baby I’m Gettin Better (Writers:Daniel Sanders / Robert Nassif / Brad Campbell /Zoran Trivic)
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Writers: Angus Stone / Julia Stone)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Writers: Writers Sia Furler / Samuel Dixon)
Hoodoo Gurus – Crackin’ Up (Writer: Dave Faulkner)
Gotye – Eyes Wide Open (Writer: Wally De Backer)
Rowland S Howard – Golden Age of Bloodshed (Writer: Rowland Howard)
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird (Writer: Kasey Chambers)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Writers: Dougy Mandagi /Lorenzo Sillito/ Toby Dundas / Jonothan Aherne)
Thirsty Merc – Mousetrap Heart (Writer: Rai Thistlethwayte)
Thirsty Merc – All My Life (Writer: Rai Thistlethwayte)
Birds of Toyko – Plans (Writers: Anthony Jackson /Ian Kenny / Adam Spark/ Adam Weston)
Birds of Tokyo – Wild at Heart (Writer: Anthony Jackson /Ian Kenny / Adam Spark/ Adam Weston)
John Butler Trio – Revolution (Writer: John Butler)
Little Red – Rock It (Writer: Dominic Byrne)
Tame Impala – Solitude is Bliss (Writer: Kevin Parker)
Brooke Fraser – Something in the Water (Writers: Brooke Fraser/ Scott Ligertwood)
