After judiciously listening to 364 albums, the 12th annual Australian Music Prize has revealed its longlist for 2016.
From debut albums by the likes of D.D Dumbo and Dope Lemon, to the 16th studio album release from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the 12th AMP Longlist represents excellence in Australian music.
Making an appearance on this year’s longlist are A.B Original forReclaim Australia, The Avalanches withWildflower, Camp Cope, The Delta Riggs, The Drones, Emma Russack, Flume, friendships, Gabriella Cohen withFull Disclosure and No Detail, Gawurra, The Jezabels, Liz Stringer, Melody Pool, Mike Noga, The Nation Blue, Ngaiire, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Peep Tempel, Remi, Violent Soho, Yeo and a whole lot more.
In 2015, 56 albums were Longlisted for the 11th AMP with Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett taking out the top prize for her acclaimed record,Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit.
Check the full list below:
A.B. Original –Reclaim Australia
Archie Roach –Let Love Rule
The Avalanches –Wildflower
Big Scary –Animal
Big White –Teenage Dreams
Camp Cope –Camp Cope
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks –One Of Us
Chook Race –Around The House
Curse Ov Dialect –Twisted Strangers
D.D Dumbo –Utopia Defeated
Deborah Conway/Willy Zygier –Everybody’s Begging
The Delta Riggs –Active Galactic
Dope Lemon –Honey Bones
Dorsal Fins –Digital Zodiac
The Drones –Feelin’ Kinda Free
Ducks! –Ding Ding Ding
Ela Stiles –Molten Metal
Emma Russack –In a New State
Flume –Skin
friendships –Nullarbor 1988 – 1989
Gabriella Cohen –Full Closure And No Detail
Gawurra –Ratja Yaliyal
Gentleforce –Refuge From The Great Sadness
Halfway –The Golden Halfway Record
Jagwar Ma –Every Now & Then
Jarrow –2003 Dream
The Jezabels –Synthia
Julia Jacklin –Don’t Let The Kids Win
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard –Nonagon Infinity
Koi Child –Koi Child
Liz Stringer –All Of The Bridges
Marcus Whale –Inland Sea
Mark Pritchard– Under The Sun
Melody Pool –Deep Dark Savage Heart
Mike Noga –King
The Moles –Tonight’s Music
Mt. Mountain –Cosmos Terros
The Nation Blue –Black
NGAIIRE –Blastoma
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds –Skeleton Tree
NO ZU –Afterlife
Olympia –Self Talk
Pale Earth –Always
The Peep Tempel –Joy
Pikelet –Tronc
Rainbow Chan –Spacings
REMI –Divas & Demons
Richard Cuthbert –Peach Plum
Safe Hands –Tie Your Soul To Mine
Sara Storer –Silos
Sarah Mary Chadwick –Roses Always Die
Solo Andata –In The Lens
Sophie Hutchings –Wide Asleep
Stu Hunter –the migration
Summer Flake –Hello Friends
Teeth & Tongue –Give Up On Your Health
Troy Cassar-Daley –Things I Carry Around
Twelve Foot Ninja –Outlier
Urthboy –The Past Beats Inside Me Like A Second Heartbeat
Violent Soho –WACO
Yeo –Ganbaru
The shortlist will be announced on January 18, with the winner announced in March 2016 and awarded $30,000 in prize money.
