Last year proved to be another great year for Irish music yet again so with that in mind, the Choice Music Prize shortlist was always going to be interesting for this year.
The prize itself will guarantee the winner €10,000, a fund which is donated by the Irish Music Rights Organization and the Irish Recorded Music Association.
Many of the bands nominated will play the Choice Music Prize live show will take place in Dublin's Vicar Street on February 27th. Tickets will be available on Ticketmaster. The winner will be announced on the night.
Speaking of winners, here are the acts which have been shortlisted for the prize and boy, there are some amazing acts in here.
And So I Watch You From Afar - “All Hail Bright Futures”
Bell X1 - “Chop Chop”
Girls Names - “The New Life”
Kodaline - “In A Perfect World”
Little Green Cars - “Absolute Zero”
Mano Le Tough - “Changing Days”
My Bloody Valentine - “MBV”
O Emperor - “Vitreous”
Lisa O’Neill - “Same Cloth or Not”
Villagers - “{Awayland}”
The judges for this year's Choice Music Prize, according to the Irish Times, are:
Aidan Butler (RTE Radio One)
Niall Byrne (Nialler9, Irish Independent)
Steve Cummins (Irish Post)
Shilpa Ganatra (Daily Star)
Daniel Gray (Totally Dublin)
Laurence Mackin (Irish Times)
Una Mullally (Irish Times and TG4)
Fin O’Leary (MCD Concerts)
Colm O’Sullivan (Today FM)
Niall Stokes (Hot Press
Amy McGarrigle (BBC Northern Ireland)
Laura Kirkpatrick (Spotify)
For more info on tickets and the shortlist, head on over to the
Choice Music Prize website.
