Meteor Choice Music Prize - nominees announced

The 2012 Meteor Choice Music Prize shortlist has been announced this afternoon. And the nominees are...

And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs (Richter Collective)
Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup (Belly Up Records)
Cashier No. 9 – To The Death Of Fun (Bella Union)
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger (Hoop Records)
The Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance (EMI)
Jape – Ocean of Frequency (Music Is For Losers)
Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup (Osaka Records)
Pugwash – The Olympus Sounds (EMI/1969 Records)
Tieranniesaur – Tieranniesaur (Popical Island)
We Cut Corners – Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards (Delphi)

The Meteor Choice Music Prize will be awarded to the lucky winner on Thursday March 8 in Dublin's Olympia Theatre. Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, January 13 from [link]www.ticketmaster.ie[/link].