De nominerede albums Nordic Music Price er netop blevet offentliggjort. Det pan-nordiske nomineringsudvalg bestående af musikjournalister er kommet til enighed om 12 albums, der skal konkurrere om prisen om Best Nordic Album 2011.
Danmark er repræsenteret af Malk De Koijn, der i år vendte stærkt tilbage med albummet Toback To The Fromtime og punkbandet Iceage (billedet), der har slået sit navn fast i både ind- og udland med albummet New Brigade.
De nominerede til Best Nordic Album 2011 er
Ane Brun – It All Starts With One
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Rubik – Solar
Gus Gus – Arabian Horse
Malk De Koijn – Toback To The Fromtime
Siinai – Olympic Game
Bjørk – Biophilia
Iceage – New Brigade
Montée – Renditions Of You
Anna Järvinen – Anna Själv Trede
Goran Kajfes – X/Y
The Field – Looping state of mind
Listen med nominerede er videregivet til en international jury hvis dom vil blive offentliggjort d. 16. februar under By:Larm Festivalen i Oslo.
Juryen består af nedenstående:
Rob Young – Author of the new book Electric Eden, former editor of The Wire, now writer for Uncut and The Wire.
Andres Lokko – Scandianavias most influential music writer. Now based in London. Writes for Svenska Dagbladet.
Laurence Bell – Owner of Domino Records
Jeannette Lee – Former member of P.I.L. Owner of Rough Trade Records with Geoff Travis. Manager of Pulp and Jarvis Cocker.
Mike Pickering – Former Factory Records employee, now A&R at Columbia Records UK.
Zach Kelly – Washington, D.C.-based freelance music journalist and critic. Regular contributor at Pitchfork.com and Paper magazine.
Jonathan Galkin – founder and owner of DFA Records.
