Choice MusicPrize shortlist
The 2009 award line up looks like this:
Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
Mick Flannery - White Lies
Halfset - Another Way of Being There
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
David Holmes - The Holy Pictures
Jape - Ritual
Messiah J & The Expert - From The Word Go
Oppenheimer - Take The Whole Mid-Range And Boost It
R.S.A.G. - Organic Sampler
Now that that has been said I would like to know where the hell are the likes of Autamata, Give A Man A Kick and Adebisi Shank? In any list of creative artists who deserve more lime light than they get these three are no brainers.David Reid co- founder of the whole thing said
“We’re hoping that the key players in Irish radio will stop and take a look at some of the good albums on this list which might not have come to their direct attention until now”.
So why are these guys missing and the Script (who hardly need more exposure) tipped to win the thing?!
That said I am happy to see David Holmes, MJEX and Lisa Hannigan on there so its not all bad. Each act will play live in Vicar Street on March 4th 2009 before the winner gets announced.
The winner will get their grubby paws on 10 grand and a trophy.


As the editor of this blog seams to have gotten lost in a pothole, or more likely a bog hole or watering hole, in Galway, here’s an overdue post on the