The shortlist for the Choice Music Prize 2009 has been announced, and is as follows:
Fight Like Apes - 'Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion'
Mick Flannery - 'White Lies'
Halfset - 'Another Way of Being There'
Lisa Hannigan - 'Sea Sew'
David Holmes - 'The Holy Pictures'
Jape - 'Ritual'
Messiah J and The Expert - 'From the Word Go'
Oppenheimer - 'Take the Midrange and Boost It'
R.S.A.G. - 'Organic Sampler'
The Script - 'The Script'
The winner will be announced at a ceremony at Vicar Street on March 4th (tickets are €27 and on sale this Monday from usual outlets).
The 12 judges who will decide the winner are:
Niall Byrne (State/Nialler9 blog)
Edel Coffey (Irish Independent)
Ian Dempsey (Today FM)
James Foley (Record of the Day)
Andrew Hamilton (Clare People)
Kieran Hurley (Cork Campus Radio)
Paul Mallon (Irish Daily Star Sunday)
Lauren Murphy (Entertainment.ie)
Sinead Ni Mhorda (Phantom FM)
Ed Power (Freelance)
Rigsy (BBC Northern Ireland's Across the Line/AtL TV)
Ian Wilson (2FM)