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I like these juried competitions, like the Mercury and the Polaris - and I've only heard of three of these acts (yai, bob evans and augie march are all excellent). Some Convict willing to give some impressions:

 

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=1253

 

Australian Music Prize Longlist Confirmed

 

by Tim Cashmere - January 9 2007

photo by Tim Cashmere

 

The $25,000 Australian Music Prize has today announced the long list of 25 finalists.

 

Artists that have made the list tend to lean more towards more established names, although a few completely unknowns have made it in.

 

This list will be re-judged by the official AMP judges and narrowed down to a list of 8. That shortlist will then be re-judged again and one final award of $25,000 will be presented.

 

The full list is:

 

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the drones for me.

 

the drones are great but gala mill seems to recycle too many musical ideas for me when compared to "wait by the river..."

 

that being said i just watched the movie "the proposition" and the last song from gala mill is their interpretation of the movie and is as good as any dylan song.

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howling bells for me :thumbup

 

 

Howling Bells and Lisa Gerrard are the only two I know of. I presume she is the same Lisa that did music for Gladiator and worked with Dead Can Dance.

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So many lightweights on that list.

 

Any decision other than 'Gala Mill' is a pretty ordinary one. Doesn't matter if it's maybe not as good as 'Wait Long By the River...', it's still 10 times better than anything Augie Bloody March will ever put out. And here's thinking I have to sit through the Augie March singer before I can see Wilco next weekend. May spoil the whole night for me... or maybe not.

 

All IMHO, obviously ;)

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