Today the albums nominated for the Ruido Award for National Album of the year awarded by the PAM, Associated Journalists for Music, have been revealed. Alcalá Norte won the 10th edition, and in the past artists such as María José Llergo, Rosalía or Niño de Elche have won. For the first time, more than 70 music journalists have voted for up to 244 different Spanish albums.
After the count, there is a list of 12 albums that reflects the richness and diversity of Spanish music, with works focused on pop, rock, electronic, shoegaze, flamenco, indie pop or hardcore. The 12 nominees of the 11th edition of Premio Ruido, in alphabetical order, are detailed below:
Amaia: If I open my eyes it’s not real
Carlos Ares: The Wolf’s Mouth
Open Front: War on all that
FUET!: Make It Happen
Guitarricadelafuente: Spanish Leather
Pumuky: Don’t let go of the ephemeral
Repion: 201
Rosalía: Lux
Rufus T. Firefly: All Good Things
rusowski: DAISY
shego: I won’t do it again
Valeria Castro: the body after all
The winning album of the 11th Ruido Prize will be released next Thursday, March 12 at the Sala Berlanga (Madrid), with the collaboration of AGEDI, Fundación SGAE, AIE and Radio 3.
