The annual Irish album of the year Meteor Choice Music Prize nominations will be announced tomorrow on Today FM after 3pm. Meteor and Today FM are also giving three acts €1,000 funding in January, February and March via a song competition if you’re into that. Bands can enter here. So, for a bit of future-gazing fun, here’s who I think will get the nod from the judges whoever they are revealed to be.
For the record, these are my favourite Irish albums of 2012 and the Readers’ poll results are here:
My guesses:
Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds Flying
Delorentos – Little Sparks
Glen Hansard – Rhythm & Repose
Heathers – Kingdom
Mick Flannery – Red to Blue
Owensie – Citizens
The Cast Of Cheers – Family
Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon
Wallis Bird – Wallis Bird
Windings – I Am Not A Crow
Well?
The Choice live event takes place on March 7th in Vicar St.
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No Ro?
I’d love there to be but I’m not sure there’s room. Depends on the judges.
yawn.
cast of cheers, heathers, lost brothers, sinead o’connor, adrian crowley, delerentos, julie feeney, glen hansard, original rude boys, wallis bird, two door cinema club, the script……
what it should be.
bats, funeral suits, gunnels, katie kim, cast of cheers, last days of 1984, Logikparty, sea pinks, seti the first, laura sheeran, spook of the13th lock ….. jedward.
@P – Seconded. FIRMLY.
We’ll find out tomorrow how predictable the list will be.
We were guessing this exercise last night – would like to see Bantum’s ‘Legion’ get in there
No Katie Kim would be so shameful 😐
Also some strong albums from:
Bantum – Legion
Nina Hynes (Dancing Suns) – Goldmine
Holy Roman Army – One Atom at a Time
Simon Bird – Sport
Lemonada – KellyGreen Vol 2
Ocho – Young Hunting
Croupier – Croupier
but it depends on the judges
Laura Sheeran might get a nod I reckon
I’m crossing my fingers for Ro. Kind of expecting Spook to be there too