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Shortlist Listmakers Longlists Listed

added 25 August 2004 at 10.29

Franz Ferdinand, Belle & Sebastian, Keane and Muse are amongst the artists nominated for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize.

The Shortlist is often compared to a stateside version of the Mercury Music Prize, aiming to champion more adventurous and alternative music than is usual at US music awards, by only honouring albums that have sold fewer than 500,000 copies (gold).

Massive Attack’s 3D, Josh Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age, Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Robert Smith and director Jim Jarmusch are amongst the panel of 20 ‘Listmakers’ who have been assembled to choose a 'Long List' of 73 nominations which will be whittled down to a 'Shortlist' of ten finalists to be announced in mid-September

Artists from the UK accounted for an unprecedented 15 nominees, including Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand, previous Shortlist finalists PJ Harvey and The Streets,  Belle & Sebastian, Keane, Muse and David Bowie.

The Shortlist Music Prize culminates in a concert in Los Angeles in November featuring many of the nominated artists, where the final winner is chosen (and given a prize of $10,000 cash).

Previous winners of the award are Sigur Ros and N*E*R*D, and past finalists have included Ryan Adams, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Doves, The Flaming Lips, DJ Shadow and PJ Harvey.

The full list of Shortlist nominations is:

• AC Newman 'The Slow Wonder'
• Air 'Talkie Walkie'
• Amel Larrieux 'Bravebird'
• Bad Acid Trip 'Lynch The Weirdo'
• Bebel Gilberto 'Bebl Gilberto'
• Belle & Sebastian 'Dear Catastrophe Witness'
• Blanche 'If We Can't Trust The Doctors'
• Blonde Redhead 'Misery Is A Butterfly'
• Bob Schneider 'I'm Good Now'
• Buckethead 'Bucketheadland 2'
• Cafe Tacuba 'Cuatra Caminos'
• Cee-Lo 'Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine'
• Cesaria Evora 'Voz D'Amor'
• David Bowie 'Reality'
• Dead Prez 'Revolutionary But Gangsta'
• Devendra Banhart 'Rejoicing In The Hands'
• Dios 'Dios'
• Dizzee Rascal 'Boy In Da Corner'
• Eagles Of Death Metal 'Peace Love Death Metal'
• Elbow 'Cast Of Thousands'
• Fiery Furnaces 'Gallowsbird's Park'
• Franz Ferdinand 'Franz Ferdinand'
• Galactic 'Ruckus'
• Gary Jules 'Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets'
• Ghostface Killah 'The Pretty Toney Album'
• Holly Golightly 'Truly She Is None Other'
• Iron & Wine 'Our Endless Numbered Days'
• Jamie Cullum 'Twentysomething'
• Jaylib 'Champion Sound'
• Jem 'Finally Woken'
• Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter 'Oh, My Girl'
• Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros 'Streetcore'
• Josh Ritter 'Hello Starling'
• Juana Molina 'Segundo'
• Julieta Venegas 'Si'
• Keane 'Hopes And Fears'
• Keb Mo 'Keep It Simple'
• Loretta Lynn 'Van Lear Rose'
• Macy Gray 'The Trouble With Being Myself'
• Magnetic Fields 'I'
• Melt Banana 'Cell-Scape'
• Muse 'Absolution'
• My Morning Jacket 'It Still Moves'
• Neil Young 'Greendale'
• Nellie McKay 'Get Away From Me'
• Non Prophets 'Hope'
• Oceansize 'Efflorese'
• Patti Smith 'Trampin''
• Patty Griffin 'Impossible Dream'
• Peaches 'Fatherfucker'
• Phil Kline 'Zippo Songs'
• Phoenix 'Alphabetical'
• PJ Harvey 'Uh Huh Her'
• Rufus Wainwright 'Want One'
• Ryan Adams 'Love Is Hell'
• Scarling 'Sweet Heart Dealer'
• Simple Kid '1'
• Slum Village 'Detroit Deli: A Taste Of Detroit'
• Snow Patrol 'Final Straw'
• Teitur 'Poetry & Aeroplanes'
• The Coral 'Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker'
• The Honorary Title 'Anything Else But The Truth'
• The Killers 'Hot Fuss'
• The Secret Machines 'Now Here Is Nowhere'
• The Sleepy Jackson 'Lovers'
• The Streets 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'
• The Weakerthans 'Reconstruction Site'
• Travis '12 Memories'
• TV On The Radio 'Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes'
• Ty 'Upwards'
• Van Hunt 'Van Hunt'
• Wilco 'A Ghost Is Born'
• Wrens 'Meadowlands'

The Listmaker Panel for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize is:

• 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)

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