I sincerely thank the Soundmerch AMP team of judges – their donation of time and passion is much greater than what most people would think.” “It’s incredibly diverse and truly captures another year of the world’s best music. “This is a very strong list,” comments Soundmerch AMP founder and prize director Scott B. They are: Amyl and The Sniffers’ Comfort to Me Baker Boy’s Gela Emma Donovan & The Putbacks’ Under These Streets Genesis Owusu’s Smiling with No Teeth Hiatus Kaiyote’s Mood Valiant King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Butterfly 3000 Martha Marlow’s Medicine Man Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’s Carnage and Odette’s Herald. The nine standouts, unveiled today, are judged on creative merit over mainstream popularity. The AMP, now in its 17th year, is inspired by Britain’s Mercury Music Prize and decided by a music industry panel, which is tasked with identifying Australia’s most important releases of the previous year.Īfter reviewing over 460 eligible Australian albums, the AMP’s judges last December reduced the batch to a longlist of 110 titles. Albums by Genesis Owusu, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and Hiatus Kaiyote are among the nine finalists for the coveted Australian Music Prize, details for which were announced Wednesday morning (Feb.
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