All We Are, Hooton Tennis Club and Jane Weaver are among the shortlisted artists for the Liverpool ‘Mercury Prize’, the GIT Award.
Taking place on 4 April at the Kazimier, the event champions the best in music from Merseyside.
The GIT Award is organised by the Getintothis music blog and will award the eventual winner with a cheque for £1,000
Peter Guy, GIT Award founder, said: ‘The GIT Award 2015 shortlist represents a new phase in Liverpool and the wider region's artistic development; these artists are creating new sounds quite unlike any other and surpassing most other cities in the world.
‘This year there's ten brand new names on the shortlist selected by judges who travelled from all corners of the UK to Liverpool to listen to them and deliver the final shortlist - it proves what a vital time in Merseyside music's history this truly is.’
Past winners include Loved Ones (2012), Baltic Fleet (2013) and Forest Swords (2014).
Click here for limited tickets for the awards evening featuring performances from many of the nominees.
The full shortlist is below:
All We Are
Circa Waves
Drohne
Gulf
Hooton Tennis Club
Roxanne Jones
Låpsley
Esa Shields
Sundowners
Xam Volo
Jane Weaver
We Are Catchers
Taking place on 4 April at the Kazimier, the event champions the best in music from Merseyside.
The GIT Award is organised by the Getintothis music blog and will award the eventual winner with a cheque for £1,000
Peter Guy, GIT Award founder, said: ‘The GIT Award 2015 shortlist represents a new phase in Liverpool and the wider region's artistic development; these artists are creating new sounds quite unlike any other and surpassing most other cities in the world.
‘This year there's ten brand new names on the shortlist selected by judges who travelled from all corners of the UK to Liverpool to listen to them and deliver the final shortlist - it proves what a vital time in Merseyside music's history this truly is.’
Past winners include Loved Ones (2012), Baltic Fleet (2013) and Forest Swords (2014).
Click here for limited tickets for the awards evening featuring performances from many of the nominees.
The full shortlist is below:
All We Are
Circa Waves
Drohne
Gulf
Hooton Tennis Club
Roxanne Jones
Låpsley
Esa Shields
Sundowners
Xam Volo
Jane Weaver
We Are Catchers
