NEWS: The Naked And Famous Win The APRA Silver Scrolls 2010

The Naked And Famous have won New Zealand's most prestigious songwriting award - the APRA Silver Scroll - for their number one single Young Blood.

The presentation was made at an awards ceremony tonight at Auckland's Town Hall, with hundreds of stars and music industry leaders present.

"Young Blood is outstanding; it's stroppy, it's youthful and energetic. It makes me want to be eighteen again" says APRA's Anthony Healey "It seems like the perfectly written song for this very point in time. It should take the world by storm" he says.

Many in the music industry consider the Silver Scroll Awards to be the highlight of the awards calendar, and that's not just because the food and drinks flow free for the invited guests.

Each of the five finalists songs are performed by another New Zealand musical act, usually of vastly different backgrounds, the identity of which are always a closely guarded secret.

Young Blood, written by Alisa Xayalith, Thom Powers and Aaron Short of The Naked and Famous was tonight given the reggae treatment by Three Houses Down.

The other finalists were performed by Music Awards Critics Prize nominees Street Chant (Artisan Guns' Autumn), The Unfaithful Ways (Julia Deans' A New Dialogue), Jared, Flick & Caoimhe (The Mint Chicks' Say Goodbye) and The Datsuns with an ear blasting version of Anika Moa's Running Through The Fire (Storm).

Other awards announced were the APRA Maioha Award to Jamie Greenslade aka Maitreya for Sin City) and the SOUNZ Contemporary Award to Chris Cree Brown for Inner Bellow).

Late 60's New Zealand music pioneers, The Fourmyula were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

The night began with an emotional musical tribute to Pauly Fuemana, who died in January.

- Sourced from NZHerald.co.nz

[Update] Press Release added.

Press Release

The APRA Silver Scroll Award, New Zealand’s most prestigious song writing award has been presented for the 45th time tonight at a star studded event at Auckland’s Town Hall.

The winner of the Silver Scroll Award for 2010 is: Alisa Xayalith, Thom Powers & Aaron Short The Naked & Famous “Young Blood”

“Young Blood is outstanding; it’s stroppy, it’s youthful and energetic. It makes me want to be eighteen again” says APRA’s Anthony Healey “It seems like the perfectly written song for this very point in time. It should take the world by storm” he says.

APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is the organisation that represents all New Zealand music writers. The Silver Scroll Award is the pre‐eminent peer voted prize for any music writer making music today. Previous winners have included writers as diverse as James Milne and Luke Buda, Neil Finn, Dave Dobbyn, Scribe and Chris Knox.

APRA is also proud to announce the following Awards presented at the Auckland Town Hall tonight:

APRA Maioha Award ‐ celebrating contemporary Maori music: Jamie Greenslade aka maitreya “Sin City (feat. Awa)”

SOUNZ Contemporary Award ‐ recognising creative excellence by a contemporary composer: Chris Cree Brown “Inner Bellow”

“Tonight we celebrate music‐writers of all genres, toiling away in studios and bedrooms throughout the country. They are slaves to their craft. Tonight’s winners have given us music to treasure and we applaud them” says APRA’s Anthony Healey.

Inducted in the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame were: The Fourmyula Wayne Mason, Carl Evenson, Martin Hope, Alistair Richardson & Chris Parry

Most Performed Work in New Zealand (most played on radio and television in New Zealand): “Cruel” by Dane Rumble, Te Awanui Reeder & Samuel King

Most Performed Work Overseas (most played on radio and television overseas): “Don’t Dream it’s Over” by Neil Finn