Previous winner Boris Carloff among nominees for Apollo best LP prize

Morphosis by previous winner Boris Carloff is among the nominees for the 2014 Apollo award for best Czech pop album of the year. Analogous to the Mercury Prize in the UK, the award is voted on by leading music critics and was first presented in 2011. The other nominees are Adrian T. Bell (for Different World), Lenka Dusilová and Baromantika (V hodině smrti), Dva (Nipomo), Kieslowski (Mezi lopatky), Skleník (Champagne Cork Pop) and Zrní (Následuj kojota). The winner – who gets CZK 60,000 and a statuette designed by Maxim Velčovský – will be announced on February 5.

Author: Ian Willoughby