Music Awards Shortlist Announces Nominess

An innovative awards program that promotes and honors non-mainstream music, The Shortlist Organization has revealed this year’s “Long List” of 73 initial nominations for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, as selected by a panel of 20 “Listmakers” including top recording artists and music journalists. Nomination to the Long List is the first step towards the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, presented by XM Satellite Radio and MTV2. The 10 Finalists for the coveted award will be announced in late September, and the Prize will be awarded during a multi-artist concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on November 10th.

This year’s Long List reflects several trends in popular music. More than half of the 2004 Long List nominees come from independent record labels. Also emergent is a renewed “British Invasion” that ranges from rock to rap. Artists from the UK accounted for an unprecedented 15 nominees, including Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal, Scottish new sensation Franz Ferdinand, and previous Shortlist finalists PJ Harvey and The Streets. The complete Long List and the individual selections of each Listmaker can found on the official Shortlist website.

READ ON FOR MORE DETAILS & THE ENTIRE LIST OF 2004 NOMINEES AND JUDGES.

Listmaker Norah Jones nominated unique singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart, and a resurgent Loretta Lynn, who is gaining a new generation of fans with an acclaimed album produced by Jack White of alt-rock fave White Stripes. Visionary female artists were also spotlighted by John Mayer, who selected piano stylist Nellie McKay, and hard rocker Serj of System of a Down, who nominated the legendary Cape Verde singer Cesaria Evoria.

Many of the Listmakers nominated artists well outside their own musical genre. Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, drummer of the Roots, named mellow rockers Wilco and fierce indie band “TV On The Radio” to his list. Listmaker 3D of British electronica standout Massive Attack reached across the ocean to tap Las Vegas up and comers The Killers.

The 2004 Long List includes artists from eleven countries. Latin artists include Argentinian songstress Juana Molina, Brazilian Bebel Gilberto, and Mexican faves Café Tacuba and Julieta Venegas. France featured two nominees, with electronica acts Phoenix and Air on the Long List. The Long List also includes nominees from Norway (Teitur), Australia (Sleepy Jackson), and Ireland (Simple Kid).

The Shortlist Music Prize culminates in a multi-artist concert in Los Angeles in November. At the end of the concert, the winner of the Shortlist Music Prize will be announced, and presented with a check for $10,000 courtesy of Shortlist Co-Presenting sponsor XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR). XM also will present special Shortlist-themed programming in the weeks leading up to the Shortlist Concert, featuring music nominated by this is year’s Listmaker panel, along with commentary from the Listmakers. Co-Presenting sponsor MTV2 will, in September, begin featuring interviews with this year’s Listmakers throughout its programming and will air regular updates on the award in MTV2’s underground music show “Subterranean” airing on Sunday nights at 12am EST/9pm PST. MTV2 will air its complete Shortlist Music Prize special later this Fall. The annual Shortlist Music Prize was founded in 2001 by industry veterans Greg Spotts and Tom Sarig to create opportunities for emerging left-of-center culture, and is presented by The Shortlist Organization.

The 2004 Long List of Nominees
Artist “Title” (Label)AC Newman “The Slow Wonder” (Matador)
Air “Talkie Walkie” (Astralwerks)
Amel Larrieux “Bravebird” (Bliss Life)
Bad Acid Trip “Lynch The Weirdo” (Serjical Strike/RED INK)
Bebel Gilberto “Bebl Gilberto” (Six Degrees)
Belle & Sebastian “Dear Catastrophe Witness” (Sanctuary)
Blanche “If We Can’t Trust The Doctors” (Cass)
Blonde Redhead “Misery Is A Butterfly” (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
Bob Schneider “I’m Good Now” (Shockorama/Vanguard)
Buckethead “Bucketheadland 2” (ION)
Cafe Tacuba “Cuatra Caminos” (MCA)
Cee-Lo “Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine” (Arista)
Cesaria Evora “Voz D’Amor” (Bluebird Jazz/RCA)
David Bowie “Reality” (ISO/Columbia)
Dead Prez “Revolutionary But Gangsta” (Columbia)
Devendra Banhart “Rejoicing In The Hands” (Young god)
Dios “Dios” (Startime)
Dizzee Rascal “Boy In Da Corner” (Matador/XL)
Eagles Of Death Metal “Peace Love Death Metal” (Ant Acid Audio)
Elbow “Cast Of Thousands” (V2)
Fiery Furnaces “Gallowsbird’s Park” (Rough Trade)
Franz Ferdinand “Franz Ferdinand” (Domino/Epic)
Galactic “Ruckus” (Sanctuary)
Gary Jules “Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets” (Universal)
Ghostface Killah “The Pretty Toney Album” (Def Jam)
Holly Golightly “Truly She Is None Other” (Damaged Goods)
Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days” (Sub Pop)
Jamie Cullum “Twentysomething” (Verve)
Jaylib “Champion Sound” (Stones Throw)
Jem “Finally Woken” (ATO)
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter “Oh, My Girl” (Barsuk)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros “Streetcore” (Hellcat/Epitaph)
Josh Ritter “Hello Starling” (Signature)
Juana Molina “Segundo” (Domino)
Julieta Venegas “Si” (RCA International)
Keane “Hopes And Fears” (Interscope)
Keb Mo “Keep It Simple” (Epic/Okeh)
Loretta Lynn “Van Lear Rose” (Interscope)
Macy Gray “The Trouble With Being Myself” (Epic)
Magnetic Fields “I” (Nonesuch)
Melt Banana “Cell-Scape” (A-Zap)
Muse “Absolution” (Warner Bros)
My Morning Jacket “It Still Moves” (ATO)
Neil Young “Greendale” (Reprise)
Nellie McKay “Get Away From Me” (Columbia)
Non Prophets “Hope” (Lex)
Oceansize “Efflorese” (Beggars Banquet)
Patti Smith “Trampin'” (Columbia)
Patty Griffin “Impossible Dream” (ATO)
Peaches “Fatherfucker” (Beggars/XL)
Phil Kline “Zippo Songs” (Cantaloupe)
Phoenix “Alphabetical” (Astralwerks)
PJ Harvey “Uh Huh Her” (Island)
Rufus Wainwright “Want One” (Dreamworks)
Ryan Adams “Love Is Hell” (Lost Highway)
Scarling “Sweet Heart Dealer” (Sympathy For the Record Industry)
Simple Kid “1” (Vector)
Slum Village “Detroit Deli: A Taste Of Detroit” (Priority/Capitol)
Snow Patrol “Final Straw” (A & M/Interscope)
Teitur “Poetry & Aeroplanes” (Universal)
The Coral “Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker” (Deltasonic/Columbia)
The Honorary Title “Anything Else But The Truth” (Doghouse)
The Killers “Hot Fuss” (Island)
The Secret Machines “Now Here Is Nowhere” (Reprise)
The Sleepy Jackson “Lovers” (Astralwerks)
The Streets “A Grand Don’t Come For Free” (Vice)
The Weakerthans “Reconstruction Site” (Epitaph)
Travis “12 Memories” (Epic)
TV On The Radio “Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes” (Touch & Go)
Ty “Upwards” (Big Dada)
Van Hunt “Van Hunt” (Capitol)
Wilco “A Ghost Is Born” (Nonesuch)
Wrens “Meadowlands” (Absolutely Kosher)

The LISTMAKER Panel for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize:3D (Massive Attack)Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson (The Roots)
Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional)
Dixie Chicks
Jack Black
Jim Jarmusch
John Mayer
Johs Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Josh Tyrangiel
Margeaux Watson
Neil Strauss
Nic Harcourt
Norah Jones
Perry Farrell
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Serj Tankian (System Of A Down)
Thor Christensen
Tom Moon
Toure
Will-I-Am (Black Eyed Peas)