International Songwriting Competition- Aussie Finalists

The International Songwriting Competition’s list of finalists is out, boasting a very strong  Aussie showing. Maybe the judges are onto us now after Kate Miller-Heidke’s win last year, taking home US$25 000 in cash and a tonne of other prizes. We’ll be taking a look at artists from the list between now and the announcement of winners in April – there are just too many to do justice to in one post.

Finalists:

Ben Stewart – ‘Love Is A Cruel Machine’ (Brisbane)
Sparkadia – ‘Mary’ (Sydney)
Garth Adam – ‘The Boat’ (Edgecliffe, NSW)
Oh Mercy – ‘Get You Back’ (Melbourne)
Missing Hours – ‘Not For You’ (Geelong, VIC)
Mama Kin – ‘Tore My Heart Out’ (Fremantle, WA)
Matt Gow Joe & The Dead Leaves – ‘Come What May’ (Melbourne)
Matt Ellis – ‘Heart of Mine’ (Sydney)
Daxton – ‘Moody Liz’ (Sydney)
8 Ball Aitken – ‘ Yellow Moon’ (Brisbane)
Nadia Sunde – ‘The Goat and The Goose’ (Gold Coast, QLD)
Scared Weird Little Guys – ‘1985′ (Melbourne)
Col Meredith – ‘Colostomy Bag’ (Noosa Heads, QLD)
Andrew Cochrane, Simon Boyce – ‘Don’t Come Over ’til I’m Over You’ (Brisbane)
Troy Cassar-Daley – ‘I Love This Place’ (Brisbane)
Metals – ‘Drop Ya Guard’ (Melbourne)
Diamond Trick – ‘I Like Girlz’ (Geelong, VIC)
Sarah Blasko – ‘Bird on A Wire’ (Sydney)
Sam Buckingham – ‘Feel Like Walking’ (Sydney)
Nicola Watson – ‘Windmills’ (Hotham Hill, VIC)
Tom Poulter, Angela Cox – ‘Every Time’ (Shellharbour, NSW)
Roma Waterman – ‘Footsteps Of My Father’ (Melbourne)
Marcela Taylor – ‘Sand Storm’ (Melbourne)
Mark Isaacs – ‘Minsk’ (Como, NSW)
Cam MacKellar – ‘Where I’m Calling From ‘ (Killcare, NSW)
The Paper Scissors – ‘Howl’ (Sydney)
Mason Rachinger ‘Seen Her b4′ (Palm Beach, QLD)
Yves Klien Blue – ‘Polka’ (Brisbane)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – ‘The Good News’ (Sydney)
Bob Evans – ‘Pasha Bulker’ (Melbourne)
Andy Bull – ‘Small Town Girl’ (Sydney)
Chasing Bailey – ‘The Right Time ‘ (Waverton, NSW)
Faker – ‘This Heart Attack’ (Sydney)
True Live – ‘Look To The Skies’ (Dingley, VIC)
Heartbreak Club – ‘Chin Up’ (Sydney)
Eskimo Joe – ‘Foreign Land’ (Perth)
The Medics – ‘Joseph’ (Cairns, QLD)
Shihad – ‘One Will Hear The Other’ (Melbourne)
Children Collide – ‘Social Currency’ (Melbourne)
The Living End – ‘White Noise’ (Melbourne)
The Basics – ‘With This Ship’ (Melbourne)
Tom Ugly – ‘Bad With Love’ (Sydney)
Andrew James Redford – ‘City’ (Maroochydore, QLD)