The winner picks up $30,000
The first AMP longlist was announced back in October, featuring acts like Grenadiers, Daniel Johns and Courtney Barnett up for the 11th Australian Music Prize this March. Today, AMP have released its final longlist with 12 new albums added to the list, with the likes of Darren Hanlon, Gang Of Youths, Tuka and more.
The shortlist is due out in early February, with the winner announced on 9 March at the Amped Up In Conversation event. The winner will received a generous $30,000 in prize money thanks to the PPCA.
Check out the full longlist of 56 albums below, with new additions marked with an asterisk.
The Apartments No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal
* Au.Ra Jane’s Lament
Bad//Dreems Dogs At Bay
Blank Realm Illegals In Heaven
Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
Cured Pink As A Four Piece Band
Dan Kelly Leisure Panic
Daniel Johns Talk
* Darren Hanlon Where Did You Come From
Daughter's Fever Daughter's Fever
Dick Diver Melbourne, Florida
* Dumbsaint Panorama, In Ten Pieces
Förstöra For All That Will Save Or Destroy Us
F**k the Fitzroy Doom Scene Facing The Ruin
* Gang of Youths The Positions
Gold Class It's You
The Grates Dream Team
Grenadiers Summer
* GUM Glamorous Damage
Hermitude Dark Night Sweet Light
Hiatus Kaiyote Choose Your Weapon
* Hierophants Parallax Error
High Tension Bully
HOLY HOLY When The Storms Would Come
Jaala Hard Hold
Jess Ribeiro Kill It Yourself
King Parrot Dead Set
* Leah Senior Summer’s On The Ground
Marlon Williams Marlon Williams
* Mathas Armwrestling Atlas
Melanie Horsnell Quatre Chemins
Methyl Ethel Oh Inhuman Spectacle
* Moses Gunn Collective Mercy Mountain
My Disco Severe
Nite Fields Depersonalisation
Oh Mercy When We Talk About Love
Oisima Nicaragua Nights
* Orpheus Omega Partum Vita Mortem
Palms Crazy Rack
Parkway Drive Ire
Peter Bibby Butcher/Hairstylist/Beautician
POND Man, It Feels Like Space Again
Rand & Holland Rand & Holland
Roland Tings Roland Tings
Royal Headache High
Sally Greenaway Aubade & Nocturne
Sally Whitwell I Was Flying
* Sampa The Great The Great Mixtape
Sarah Blasko Eternal Return
Sarah Mary Chadwick 9 Classic Tracks
Szymon Tigersapp
Tame Impala Currents
Terrible Truths Terrible Truths
Thy Art Is Murder Holy War
Totally Mild Down Time
* Tuka Life Death Time Eternal
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