Melbourne’s folk-rock stalwarts Weddings Parties Anything will be inducted into the EG Hall of Fame at the EG Awards in November.
Weddings Parties Anything, EG Awards Launch: Photo Ros O'Gorman
Mick Thomas, Mark ‘Squeezebox Wally’ Wallace and Jen Anderson took to the front foyer of The Age in Melbourne last night to play a few surprise songs for the industry gathering to announce the nominees.
It was a big night for EG editor Jo Roberts who is a big fan of “The Weddos”. “No band has since come close to giving fans such a sense of belonging, of family, of being at some holy communion. It’s the sort of meat- and-potatoes integrity, combined with a distinctly Melbourne voice, that EG loves and embraces. The Weddoes are as Melbourne as they come,” she said.
The nominees for this year’s seven reader-voted awards are:
BEST NEW TALENT
Bombay Royale Bushwalking Cactus Channel Chet Faker Courtney Barnett Jackson Firebird King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard The Murlocs
Oscar + Martin Saskwatch Smith Street Band Woollen Kits
BEST FEMALE
Butterfly Boucher Catcall Clare Bowditch Courtney Barnett Emma Russack Julia Stone
Kate Miller-Heidke Lanie Lane Linda Johnston Liz Stringer
Mia Dyson Sherry Rich
BEST MALE
360 Charles Jenkins Chet Faker Dave Graney Galapagoose Geoffrey O’Connor Henry Wagons Jordie Lane Mikelangelo Ron S Peno Spencer P Jones Tim Rogers
BEST ALBUM
Alpine – A is For Alpine Clare Bowditch – The Winter I Chose Happiness Collarbones – Die Young Dirty Three – Toward the Low Sun Gruntbucket – Songs From an Empty Room Jim Keays – Dirty, Dirty Liz Stringer – Warm in the Darkness Oh Mercy – Deep Heat Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim Ponyface – Hypnotised Sherry Rich – Dakota Avenue Twerps – Twerps
BEST BAND
Alpine Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes Dirty Three Even Graveyard Train Husky New War Oh Mercy Pond Something For Kate Temper Trap Twerps
BEST SONG
Alpine – Villages Charles Jenkins – Pray My Dear Daughter Chet Faker – No Diggity Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes – Love Letter Graveyard Train – Get The Gold Mia Dyson – When the Moment Comes Oh Mercy – Drums Saskwatch – Your Love
Something For Kate – Survival Expert Tame Impala – Elephant The Bamboos featuring Tim Rogers – I Got Burned
Twerps – Dreamin’
BEST TOUR
Dig It Up! – The Palace The Pogues – Festival Hall Dolly Parton – Rod Laver Fu Manchu – Cherryrock / HiFi Jack White – Festival Hall Lil Band O’ Gold – Regal Theatre / Gershwin Room Mark Lanegan – Forum Kanye West – Myer Music Bowl / Big Day Out Prince – Rod Laver The Beach Boys – Rod Laver The Darkness – The Palace The Wedding Present – Northcote Social Club
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A VICTORIAN ARTIST (PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK)
Ainslie Wills Ben Browning Boomgates Chet Faker Francolin Galapagoose Husky Lower Plenty Oh Mercy New War Teeth & Tongue Twerps
