Nick Cavern Shortlisted for 2024 Australian Music Reward

Albums by Nick Cavern & & the Bad Seeds, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dirty 3 and Hiatus Kaiyote are amongst the finalists for the 20th yearly Australian Music Prize, revealed Thursday, Nov. 14.

The 2024 shortlist functions 9 albums selected from a swimming pool of 600, and chosen below an overall of 46 chosen records launched throughout the previous year by Australian artists.

This year’s list sees experienced entertainers such as Nick Cavern & & the Bad Seeds making the list thanks to their 18th album Wild God In the two-decade history of the reward, Cavern has actually been chosen 4 times, consisting of for 2016’s Skeleton Tree, 2019’s Ghosteen, and his 2021 cooperation with Warren Ellis, Carnage

Punk attire Amyl and The Sniffers make another look on the shortlist, with 3rd album Animation Darkness offering them their 3rd election to date. On the other hand, Melbourne neo-soul quartet Hiatus Kaiyote are chosen for Love Heart Cheat Code, their 2nd election after 2021’s State Of Mind Valiant

First-timers such as Grace Cummings and Rowena Wise likewise make the list thanks to their Ramona and Ridiculous Acts of Charm records, respectively. Australia’s First Nations neighborhood are acknowledged by method of Walmatjarri Senior Kankawa Nagarra’s Wirlmarni and Dobby’s Warrangu; River Story

2 of the shortlisted albums from this year’s list are likewise up for ARIA Awards later on this month, consisting of Dobby’s record, which remains in contention for Best World Music Album, and Audrey Powne’s From the Fire, which remains in the running for Finest Jazz Album.

Led by creator and reward director Scott Murphy, previous AMP receivers consist of Sampa the Great (two times), the Avalanches, Courtney Barnett, the late Gurrumul, King Stingray, and latest champs RVG.

” On behalf of The AMP, SoundMerch, our market partners– and the Aussie music market as an entire, I seriously thank our judges for their contribution of time, know-how– and enthusiasm!” stated Murphy. “It’s no simple job examining over 600 albums and picking to highlight simply 9.”

The winning album will be revealed at an occasion held at APRA AMCOS on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The winning artist will take home a A$ 50,000 ($ 32,000) prize money, thanks to heading sponsor SoundMerch.

” Thank you to everybody for their assistance. It implies a lot to us to be acknowledged by AMP,” Nick Cavern & & the Bad Seeds stated in a declaration.

” We are grateful to be shortlisted for this reward,” echoed Amyl and The Sniffers’ Dec Mehrtens. “Australian music is dear to our hearts, and we are exceptionally happy to be able to produce and carry out the music we make.”

2024 AMP shortlist:

Audrey Powne– From the Fire
Amyl and The Sniffers– Animation Darkness
Dobby– Warrangu; River Story
Grace Cummings– Ramona
Hiatus Kaiyote– Love Heart Cheat Code
Kankawa Nagarra– Wirlmarni
Nick Cavern & & the Bad Seeds– Wild God
Rowena Wise– Ridiculous Acts of Charm
Unclean 3– Love Modifications Whatever