• 2021 Choice Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

    January 5, 2022 - By 

    The shortlist for the 2021 RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year has been announced. Presented in association with IMRO and IRMA, the shortlist is yet another strong genre-spanning affair, featuring the likes of Bicep, For Those I Love, Kojaque, Villagers and Elaine Mai. Check out the full shortlist below. Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune) Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – In the Game (Rosaleen Records / Rosa Productions) For Those I Love – For Those I Love (September Recordings) Orla Gartland – Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music) HousePlants – Dry Goods (Bone China Records) Kojaque – Town’s…

  • Choice Music Prize 2014 Shortlist Revealed

    January 8, 2014 - By 

    Now in its ninth year, the shortlist for the Meteor Choice Music Prize has been announced. Including the long overdue comeback albums from genre-defining shoegaze My Bloody Valentine, the breakthrough second album from Belfast-based four-piece Girls Names and the Mercury Prize-nominated {Awayland} by Dublin’s Villagers, the winner of the ten-act shortlist will be announced at Dublin’s Vicar Street on Thursday, February 27. Check out the full nominations below: And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures (Sargent House) Bell X1 – Chop Chop (Belly Up Records) Girls Names – The New Life (Tough Love) Kodaline – In…