The Audreys, The Beards, Bad/Dreems and Ash Gale are among the multi-nominees for the 2014 Fowler’s Live Music Awards.
Other SA names who have received national attention – including Luke Million, Tkay Maidza, Allday, Tracer, Collarbones, Shaolin Afronauts, Truth Corroded, The Timbers and Sincerely, Grizzly – are also represented.
Organiser Peter Darwin, who runs the Fowler’s Live club, said of the peer-nominated awards, “[It] is a well regarded group of artists and industry initiatives. We’re pleased to be able to recognise these individuals, and we all look forward to celebrating our local industry at the Awards event in November.”
This year, there is a new category, SA Songwriter(s) of the Year. It is sponsored by APRA AMCOS and awards the winner $500 cash. APRA AMCOS is also giving $500 cash to the winner of the public-voted SA Song of the Year.
The nominees are:
ACOUSTIC: Kaurna Cronin, Laura Hill, Tom West. Timberwolf, Glenn Skuthorpe.
INDIE: Swimming, Sparkspitter, Jessie Davidson. The Aves, The Dunes.
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ROCK: Tracer, Glass Skies Horror My Friend, Bad//Dreems, Sincerely, Grizzly.
ELECTRONICA: Collarbones, Luke Million, Flamingo, Tkay Maidza, Oisima.
HIP HOP: Funkoars, Allday Jimblah, K21, Kimence.
METAL / HC: Alkira, Truth Corroded, Arcadia, Life Pilot, A Ghost Orchestra.
ROOTS: Max Savage and The False Idols, Shaolin Afronauts. The Timbers, The Audreys, Kelly Menhennett.
POP: Echo and The Empress, Germein Sisters, Ash Gale. The Beards, Julia Henning.
PUNK: God God Dammit Dammit, Paper Arms, She’s The Band, Grenadiers, Dead Joe.
MUSIC VIDEO: Grace (Timberwolf), Heaven Hours (Ash Gale), London Town (Echo and The Empress), I Think I Might Be Dying / Vision (Beaver), Closer Now (Bill Parton Trio - feat. K21 & Cam Blokland).
MUSIC INITIATIVE: Moving Music, The Porch Sessions, Music Room, Semaphore Music Festival, AMC SA Music Hall of Fame.
MUSIC ORGANISATION: Pilot Records, Adelaide Music Collective, 5/4 Entertainment, Clarity Records, The Jam Room.
MUSIC MANAGER: Jason North + Greg Shaw, Ross McHenry, Craig Lock, Sue Germein, Taasha Coates.
SA SONGWRITER(s) OF THE YEAR: James Alberts, John Baker, The Beards, Bad//Dreems, The Audreys.
The awards are held on Thursday November 13 from 5.30 pm. A 2013 award winner, Bad//Dreems, will perform.
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