Nominees for the 2019 Australian Music Prize have been revealed, with 107 releases making the cut for the prestigious award in its 15th anniversary year.
The final list of nominees has been culled from over 450 albums released throughout the year and represents a diverse collection of genres and artists from every corner of Australia.
Nominees include buzz acts like Thelma Plum, POND, Amyl & the Sniffers, Dope Lemon and Alex Lahey, Australian legends Jimmy Barnes, Archie Roach, Robert Forster, The Beasts and Russell Morris and underground discoveries like Daggy Man, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Hexdebt, Squaring Circles and Vulture Street Tape Gang.
With an expanded judging panel that includes forty of the country's most admired tastemakers, music media, retailers and artists, the first stage of judging is now complete. Stage two judges will then eliminate 98 entrants to deliver a shortlist of nine in January.
"Around 40 judges listened to a record number of 454 eligible Australian album releases and have delivered a list of 107 albums – the best of 2019," Australian Music Prize Director Scott Murphy says.
After intensively listening to those 9 shortlisted albums, the judges meet in March to discuss and select a winner of the coveted $30,000 cash prize.
The 15th Australian Music Prize is also increasing its consultation and inclusion across the industry to showcase the album format, shine a light on amazing records which may not have had the support they deserved and to celebrate great Australian albums.
Australian Music Prize 2019 Nominees
Ainslie Wills – 'All You Have Is All You Need'Air Land Sea – 'Air Land Sea'
Alex Lahey – 'The Best Of Luck Club'
Ali Barter – 'Hello, I’m Doing My Best'
Amyl & The Sniffers – 'Amyl & the Sniffers'
Alex Cameron – 'Miami Memory'
Allday – 'Starry Night Over The Phone'
Andrea Keller – 'Transients Volume 1'
Angie McMahon – 'Salt'
Archie Roach – 'Tell Me Why'
Art Of Fighting – 'Luna Low'
Ausmuteants – 'Present The World In Handcuffs'
Bad//Dreems – 'Doomsday Ballet'
Batts – 'The Grand Tour'
Belle Chen – 'Departure'
Bench Press – 'Not The Past, Can’t Be The Future'
Black Lung – 'The Great Manipulator'
Brightness – 'Brightness'
Carla Dal Forno – 'Look Up Sharp'
Ceres – 'We Are A Team'
Charlie Collins – 'Snowpine'
Chelsea Wilson – 'Chasing Gold'
Collarbones – 'Futurity'
Cool Sounds – 'More To Enjoy'
Corin – 'Manifest'
Cub Sport – 'Cub Sport'
Daggy Man – 'I’m Going To Love As Long As I Live'
Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier – 'The Words Of Men'
Dispossessed – 'Warpath Never Ended'
Dope Lemon – 'Smooth Big Cat'
Dying Adolescence – 'Please Be Kind'
Dyson Stringer Cloher – 'Dyson Stringer Cloher'
DZ Deathrays – 'Positive Rising: Part 1'
Elizabeth – 'The Wonderful World of Nature'
Emma Russack – 'Winter Blues'
Exek – 'Some Beautiful Species Left'
Ferla – 'It’s Personal'
Gena Rose Bruce – 'Can’t Make You Love Me'
Godtet – 'II'
Gold Fields – 'Dalawa'
Grace Cummings – 'Refuge Cove'
Hatchie – 'Keepsake'
Hermitude – 'Pollyanarchy'
Hexdebt – 'Rule Of Four'
Holy Holy – 'My Own Pool Of Light'
HTRK – 'Venus In Leo'
Huntly – 'Low Grade Buzz'
I Know Leopard – 'Love Is A Landmine'
J. McFarlane’s Reality Guest – 'TA DA'
Jade Imagine – 'Basic Love'
Jess Ribeiro – 'Love Hate'
Jimmy Barnes – 'My Criminal Record'
Jo Schornikow – 'Secret Weapon'
Julia Jacklin – 'Crushing'
June Jones – 'Diana'
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – 'Fishing For Fishies'
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – 'Infest The Rats’ Nest'
Kirin J Callinan – 'Return To The Centre'
Laurence Pike – 'Holy Spring'
Lachlan Denton & Studio Magic – 'A Brother'
Low Life – 'Downer EDN'
Lucky Oceans – 'Purple Sky'
Lucy Roleff – 'Left Open In A Room'
Lupa J – 'Swallow Me Whole'
Mansionair – 'Shadowboxer'
Married Man – 'Hard Bargain'
Martin Frawley – 'Undone At 31'
Methyl Ethel – 'Triage'
Montaigne – 'Complex'
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – 'Ghosteen'
No Mono – 'Islands (Part 2)'
Olympia – 'Flamingo'
On Diamond – 'On Diamond'
Oren Ambarchi – 'Simian Angel'
Parsnip – 'When the Tree Bears Fruit'
Paul Mac – 'Mesmerism'
Phil Slater – 'The Dark Pattern'
Polish Club – 'Iguana'
Pond – 'Tasmania'
Possible Humans – 'Everybody Split'
Rainbow Chan – 'Pillar'
Robert Forster – 'Inferno'
Russell Morris – 'Black & Blue Heart'
Ry X – 'Unfurl'
Sampa The Great – 'The Return'
Sarah Mary Chadwick – 'Queen Who Stole The Sky'
Skydeck – 'Eureka Moment'
Sleep D – 'Rebel Force'
Sports Bra – 'Talk It Out'
Squaring Circles – 'Motion'
Stella Donnelly – 'Beware Of The Dogs'
Stonefield - 'Bent'
Sui Zhen – 'Losing, Linda'
Sunbeam Sound Machine – 'Goodness Gracious'
The Beasts – 'Still Here'
The Money War – 'Home'
The Snakes – 'The Snakes'
Thelma Plum – 'Better In Blak'
These New South Whales – 'I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do'
Tropical Fuck Storm – 'Braindrops'
Two People – 'First Body'
U-Bahn – 'U-Bahn'
Underground Lovers – 'A Left Turn'
Vulture St. Tape Gang – 'More Mature Themes For Childish People'
Waax – 'Big Grief'
We Lost The Sea – 'Triumph & Disaster'
Wilson Tanner – 'II'
