GIT Award

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GIT Award
Awarded forNew Merseyside music
DateEvery April or May
VenueVarious
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Presented byGetintothis (music blog) [1] [2]
Reward(s)£1,000 (2017) [3]
First award27 April 2012;12 years ago (2012-04-27)
Final award13 May 2017;7 years ago (2017-05-13)
Website getintothis.co.uk/git-award

The GIT Award (short for Getintothis Award) was an annual English music prize recognising new and emerging music from Liverpool and the wider Merseyside region, awarded from 2012 to 2017. The award was established by the Liverpool-based music blog Getintothis [1] [2] in response to the revitalisation of the city's music scene following Liverpool's designation as European Capital of Culture in 2008. [4]

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The award was described as a "Scouse Mercury Prize" by Getintothis editor Peter Guy ahead of its official launch in November 2011. [5] [6] This comparison was widely used throughout the award's existence, including in national media outlets such as BBC, [1] The Guardian, [7] and NME. [8] [9]

The award was held annually for six editions; however, no ceremony took place in 2018 or in subsequent years. While no official termination has been announced, Getintothis editor Peter Guy attributed the award’s absence to declining arts funding, financial struggles for independent venues and festivals, and broader challenges within Liverpool's creative sector. [10]

Winners and shortlisted nominees

DateWinnerShortlisted NomineesInspiration AwardOne To WatchHost(s)Venue
1st27 April 2012Loved Ones [11] Bang On, Bill Ryder-Jones, Esco Williams, Ex-Easter Island Head, Forest Swords, Miss Stylie, Mugstar, Ninetails, Outfit, Stealing Sheep, The Tea Street Band The Kazimier [12] N/A John Robb Leaf [13]
2nd24 April 2013 Baltic Fleet Barberos, By The Sea, Nadine Carina, Clinic, Conan, Dan Croll, John Heckle, Jetta, Tyler Mensah, [note 1] Stealing Sheep, Wave Machines The Justice Collective [9] N/A Neil Atkinson
3rd11 April 2014 Forest Swords [14] [15] All We Are, Bill Ryder-Jones, Circa Waves, Dan Croll, Evian Christ, Ex-Easter Island Head, Mad Brains, Ninetails, Outfit, The Tea Street Band, VEYU Africa Oyé Låpsley [16] Howard Be Thy Name [17] The Kazimier
4th4 April 2015All We Are [18] Circa Waves, D R O H N E, Esa Shields, Gulf, Hooton Tennis Club, Jane Weaver, Låpsley, Roxanne Jones, Sundowners, Xam Volo, We Are Catchers Alan Wills† (posthumous award)Louis BerryImpropriety (Liverpool improv act [19] )
5th14 May 2016 Bill Ryder-Jones Clean Cut Kid, Dragged into Sunlight, Hooton Tennis Club, L U M E N, [20] MiC LOWRY, Mugstar, RongoRongo, [20] Stealing Sheep, Trudy, TVAM, [21] The Vryll Society Liverpool Vision‘s Kevin McManus Tayá [22] Roger Hill Constellations
6th13 May 2017 She Drew The Gun Aystar, Baltic Fleet, Louis Berry, The Coral, God Colony, Immix Ensemble, Ohmns, Or:la, Suedebrown, XamVolo, The Vryll Society24 Kitchen StreetZuzu [23]

Notes

  1. ↑ Then 15-year-old Tyler Mensah, currently known as Sub Blue (short for Suburban Blue), was awarded The People’s Choice Award, determined by votes from listeners and readers of Bido Lito!, Getintothis, Seven Streets, and Juice FM.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000023-QINU`"'

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 Youngs, Ian (28 April 2012). "Get Into This Award celebrates Liverpool music". BBC . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    2. 1 2 Fitzpatrick, Will (5 May 2017). "Community Music: The GIT Award 2017". The Skinny . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
    3. ↑ Homewood, Ben (16 March 2017). "Louis Berry and The Coral shortlisted for GIT Award 2017". Music Week . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    4. ↑ Nichols, Paul (1 July 2016). "Liverpool Echoes". PRS for Music . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
    5. ↑ Doran, John (8 November 2011). "GIT: "Scouse Mercury Prize" Launches". The Quietus . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    6. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Will (2 May 2012). "A Letter From… Liverpool #4". Clash . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
    7. ↑ Topping, Alexandra (29 April 2012). "Young musicians attract fan funding to avoid reliance on record industry". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    8. ↑ Cooper, Leonie (27 March 2012). "Shortlist announced for 'Scouse Mercury Prize' the GIT Award". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    9. 1 2 "The Justice Collective honoured with Inspiration Award at Liverpool GIT awards". NME . 20 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
    10. ↑ Guy, Peter (31 December 2018). "Getintothis' 2018 Year In Review: best gigs, event, albums, venues, festival, label, hero and more". Getintothis.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
    11. ↑ Fuertes Knight, Joanna (16 May 2012). "I Went to GIT Awards and It Was Boss". Vice Magazine . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    12. ↑ Price, Mike (18 November 2014). "In pictures: Cream and Kazimier remembered". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 7 February 2025.
    13. ↑ Hunter, Steve (25 April 2012). "Video: GIT Award finalists". LiverpoolFC.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    14. ↑ Stubbs, Dan (13 April 2014). "Forest Swords has won this year's GIT Award". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    15. ↑ Blog, NME (14 April 2014). "The Sound Of Young Liverpool – Hear 13 New Acts Giving The City A Good Name". NME . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
    16. ↑ "Liverpool's Music History". The ICMP . 16 July 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
    17. ↑ LiverpoolEcho, MSP (10 April 2014). "Liverpool music prize The GIT Award announces host Howard Be Thy Name and aftershow details". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    18. ↑ Benge, James (10 April 2015). "All We Are Win GIT Award". The Quietus . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    19. ↑ Sammons, Angie (30 November 2015). "To the Kazimier: Here's looking at you kid". Confidentials.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
    20. 1 2 Wood, Roanne (1 May 2016). "The GIT Award - putting Merseyside's music scene on the radar". The Unsigned Guide . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    21. ↑ Mills, Matthew (24 May 2016). "TVAM – Gas & Air". BBC Radio 6 Music . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    22. ↑ Awbi, Anita (12 May 2016). "GIT Awards 2016 tips newcomer Tayá". PRS for Music . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
    23. ↑ News Desk, BWW (17 May 2017). "She Drew the Gun Take Home the Git Award 2017". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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