The final list of Australian albums that will be competing for the tenth annual Coopers AMP prize has been confirmed.
Six final albums by acts such as Bertie Blackman and Lanie Lane have been added to the Coopers AMP Longlist, rounding out the list at 65 albums. The winner will receive $30,000 in prizemoney at the award ceremony in March.
The winner is decided by a panel of 15 judges, including music journalists, record store owners and musicians including Urthboy, Dave Faulkner, and Sam Lockwood.
The longlist in full is as follows:
#1 Dads ‘About Face’
Allday ‘Startup Cult’
Andras & Oscar ‘Cafe Romantica’
Angus and Julia Stone ‘Angus and Julia Stone’
Augie March ‘Havens Dumb’
Ball Park Music ‘Puddinghead’
Bertie Blackman ‘The Dash’
Bird Traps ‘The Colour Fields’
Black Cab ‘Games of the XXI Olympiad’
Blank Realm ‘Grassed Inn’
Bored Nothing ‘ Some Songs’
Briggs ‘Sheplife’
Buried In Verona ‘Faceless’
C.W. Stoneking ‘Gon’ Boogaloo’
Caitlin Park ‘The Sleeper’Chet Faker ‘Built On Glass’
Collarbones ‘Return’
Daily Meds ‘Sour Milk’
Dune Rats ‘Dune Rats’
DZ Deathrays ‘Black Rat’
East Brunswick All Girls Choir ‘Seven Drummers’
Emma Russack ‘You Changed Me’
Firekites ‘Closing Forever Sky’
Fishing ‘Shy Glow’
Flight Facilities ‘Down To Earth’
Four Hours Sleep ‘Four Hours Sleep’
Guerre ‘Ex Nihilo’
GUM ‘Delorean Highway’
Harmony ‘Carpetbombing’
Harts ‘Daydreamer’
Hilltop Hoods ‘Walking Under Stars’
Hits‘Hikikomori’
HTRK ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders ‘Playmates’
Jane Tyrell ‘Echoes In The Aviary’
Joelistics ‘Blue Volume’
John Butler Trio ‘Flesh & Blood’
Kate Miller-Heidke ‘O Vertigo’
Kimbra ‘The Golden Echo’
King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’
Krakatau ‘Water Near A Bridge’
Lanie Lane ‘Night Shade’
Laura Jean ‘Laura Jean’
Lowlakes ‘Iceberg Nerves’
Lowtide ‘Lowtide’
Mia Dyson ‘Idyllwyld’
Mike Rivett ‘Digital Seed’
Nun ‘Nun’
One Day ‘Mainline’
REMI ‘Raw X Infinty’
Richard In Your Mind – ‘Ponderosa’
Sally Seltmann ‘Hey Daydreamer’
Seekae ‘The Worry’
Shiny Joe Ryan ‘Shiny Joe Ryan & The Cosmic Microwave Background’
Sticky Fingers ‘Land Of Pleasure’
Straight Arrows ‘Rising’
Sweet Amphetamines ‘Duke’
Tape/Off ‘Chipper’
Teeth & Tongue ‘Grids’
The Amity Affliction ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’
The Ocean Party ‘Soft Focus’
The Peep Tempel ‘Tales’
Thundamentals – ‘So We Can Remember’
Tom E. Lewis ‘Beneath The Sun’
The tenth Coopers AMP will announce a shortlist on Wednesday January 21, followed by the winner being announced on Wednesday March 4. Full details are available on the Coopers AMP website.
