The Australasian Performing Right Association has announced the shortlist for its coveted song of the year award, and as normal it’s the usual mixed bag of major label crap and the odd diamond in the rough. The top 20 contenders were voted by APRA members with the five winners for each category set to be announced in May, with the awards ceremony for the winners to be held in June.
Some of the more notable inclusions include the late Rowland S Howard for ‘The Golden Age of Bloodshed’, Pendulum for their remix of the ABC news theme, and Little Red for ‘Rock It’. How Guy Sebastian or Thirsty Merc received two nominations is beyond us here at Tone Deaf – we’d sincerely hoped that the latter band had broken up. Check out the finalists here:
Pendulum – ABC TV News theme (remix) (Writers:Peter Wall P/ Anthony Ansell)
Graeme Connors – All The Money’s Gone (Writer: Graeme Connors)
Guy Sebastian – All To Myself (Writers: Guy Sebastian / Carl Dimataga)
Guy Sebastian Featuring Eve – Who’s That Girl (Writer: Guy Sebastian)
Gyroscope – Baby I’m Gettin Better (Writers:Daniel Sanders / Robert Nassif / Brad Campbell /Zoran Trivic)
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Writers: Angus Stone / Julia Stone)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Writers: Writers Sia Furler / Samuel Dixon)
Hoodoo Gurus – Crackin’ Up (Writer: Dave Faulkner)
Gotye – Eyes Wide Open (Writer: Wally De Backer)
Rowland S Howard – Golden Age of Bloodshed (Writer: Rowland Howard)
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird (Writer: Kasey Chambers)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Writers: Dougy Mandagi /Lorenzo Sillito/ Toby Dundas / Jonothan Aherne)
Thirsty Merc – Mousetrap Heart (Writer: Rai Thistlethwayte)
Thirsty Merc – All My Life (Writer: Rai Thistlethwayte)
Birds of Toyko – Plans (Writers: Anthony Jackson /Ian Kenny / Adam Spark/ Adam Weston)
Birds of Tokyo – Wild at Heart (Writer: Anthony Jackson /Ian Kenny / Adam Spark/ Adam Weston)
John Butler Trio – Revolution (Writer: John Butler)
Little Red – Rock It (Writer: Dominic Byrne)
Tame Impala – Solitude is Bliss (Writer: Kevin Parker)
Brooke Fraser – Something in the Water (Writers: Brooke Fraser/ Scott Ligertwood)
