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Choice Music Prize nominations announced

Jan 14, 2009, 10:17am

The Choice Music Prize shortlist has been announced today. The ten best albums as judged by a panel of media professionals including one of the State team is (in alphabetical order): Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (Model Citizen) Mick Flannery - White Lies (EMI) Halfset - Another Way of Being There (Casino Gravity Records) Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew (Own label) David Holmes - The Holy Pictures [...]

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