2015 J Award nominees announced

PRESS RELEASE:

November is Ausmusic Month, the annual celebration of Australian music on triple j. At the centre of this are the J Awards, which highlight the outstanding musical talent of artists in our own backyard.

The 2015 J Award nominees are:  

Australian Album of the Year  

Alison Wonderland - Run  

Alpine - Yuck  

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit  

Gang Of Youths  - The Positions  

Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light  

Jarryd James - Thirty One   

Parkway Drive (pictured) - Ire  

Seth Sentry - Strange New Past  

Tame Impala - Currents   

The Rubens - Hoops  

Unearthed Artist of the Year  

Boo Seeka  

Feki  

Gordi  

Tired Lion  

Vallis Alps  

Double J Artist of the Year   

Blank Realm  

Emma Donovan & the PutBacks  

Hiatus Kaiyote  

Paul Kelly  

Tim Rogers  

Australian Music Video of the Year  

Boy & Bear ‘Walk The Wire’
Director: Darcy Prendergast & Josh Thomas   

Briggs ‘The Children Came Back’  
Executed by: Heath Kerr & Josh Davis  

Courtney Barnett ‘Pedestrian At Best’
Director: Charlie Ford  

Flume (feat Andrew Wyatt) ‘Some Minds’
Director: Clemens Habicht  

Life Is Better Blonde ‘Mine’
Director: Natalie Erika James  

Winners will be announced at the J Awards and broadcast live on triple j from 4.30pm Thurs 19 Nov.     

Another big focus of Ausmusic Month is spotlighting local talent through even more Australian content across the station. There’s all-Aussie Live at the Wireless sets from Courtney Barnett, Gang Of Youths, Seth Sentry, In Hearts Wake and The Rubens, 8pm every Monday in November. Plus Aussie’s covering Aussie’s with Like A Version’s from Tuka (ft. Thelma Plum), The Jungle Giants and Tame Impala, 7.30am every Friday. Peking Duk, One Day, Elizabeth Rose and Basenji take over Mix Up, 9pm every Saturday.   

You can hear Aussie specials on specialist music shows The Racket Tues 3 Nov, Short.Fast.Loud. Wed 11 Nov, The Hip Hop Show Thurs 19 Nov, Roots N All Mon 23 Nov and Friday Night Shuffle Fri 27 Nov. Plus you can get to know Adelaide with Dom Alessio, as local bands like Hilltop Hoods and Bad//Dreems take you on a musical tour of their home town for Home & Hosed, 9pm Weds 25 Nov.   

Then really get to know Perth hometown heroes Tame Impala via the J Files, simulcast on Double J + triple j, 8pm Thurs 5 Nov, followed by all Australian J Files on Missy Higgins, Regurgitator and Warumpi Band, 8pm every Thursday in November.  

triple j is also hosting another triple j Unearthed ARIA Week showcase, featuring some of the very best artists on Unearthed. Head to Newtown Social Club on Weds 25 Nov for incredibly special performances by Vallis Alps, Airling and Gordi. FREE and 18+.