Jungle Giants, RVG lead AIR Awards nominations
Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants and Melbourne’s RVG (Romy Vager Group) dominate the nominations for the AIR Awards with four apiece.
They are held on Thursday July 26 in Adelaide at Queen’s Theatre.
Also notching up multi-nominations of 40 total noms were Alex Lahey, Baker Boy, Jen Cloher, Stella Donnelly, PNAU, Kate Miller-Heidke, Slava Grigoryan and Methyl Ethel.
The full listings are:
BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Alex Lahey
Baker Boy
Jen Cloher
Stella Donnelly
The Jungle Giants
BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM OR EP
RVG: A Quality of Mercy
Methyl Ethel: Everything Is Forgotten
Alex Lahey: I Love You Like A Brother
Jen Cloher: Jen Cloher
Alex The Astronaut: See You Soon
BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE
RVG: A Quality of Mercy
Alex Lahey: Every Day’s The Weekend
The Jungle Giants: Feel The Way I Do
Baker Boy: Marryuna ft. Yirrmal
Methyl Ethel: UBU
BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(presented by PPCA)
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
RVG
Stella Donnelly
The Jungle Giants
BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
Horrorshow: Bardo State
Bliss N Eso: Off he Grid’
Allday: Speeding
Winston Surfshirt: Sponge Cake
Birdz: Train of Thought
BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Halfway: Live At The Triffid
Fanny Lumsden: Real Class Act
Caitlyn Shadbolt: Songs On My Sleeve
Lee Kernaghan: The 25th Anniversary Album
BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
The Teskey Brothers: Half Mile Harvest
The Waifs: Ironbark
Dan Sultan: Killer
All Our Exes Live In Texas: When We Fall
Caiti Baker: Zinc
BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK, HEAVY OR PUNK ALBUM
RVG: A Quality of Mercy
Bad//Dreems: Gutful
Sleepmakeswaves: Made of Breath Only
Northlane: Mesmer
The Smith Street Band: More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Murder of The Universe
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM OR EP
Pnau: Changa
Crooked Colours: Vera
Thrupence: Ideas of Aesthetics
Slumberjack: Fracture
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE
Touch Sensitive: Lay Down
Pnau: Go Bang
Benson: Trying (ft Yeo)
Motez: The Future (ft Antony and Cleopatra)
Confidence Man: Bubblegum
BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM
The Vampires: The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke
James Morrison/ BBC Concert Orchestra: The Great American Songbook
Jeremy Rose: Within And Without
Joseph Tawadros: Live At Abbey Road
BEST INDEPENDENT CLASSICAL ALBUM
Grigoryan Brothers: Songs Without Words
Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti: Jonny Greenwood Water/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Night Music
Slava Grigoryan: Bach Cello Suites Voumel II
Sydney Chamber Choir/ Paul Stanhope: Paul Stanhope/ Lux Aeterna
Kate Miller-Heidke/ Sydney Symphony Orchestra/ Benjamin Northey: Kate Miller-Heidke Live With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The AIR Awards are held in Adelaide as part of the support of the South Australian government, which also includes the two-day Indie-Con Australia conference at The Hindley on July 26 and 27.
As part of the government’s branding of Adelaide as an UNESCO City of Music, these events will be accompanied by Umbrella: Winter City Sounds, the Winter Reds Weekend and the Colour of Impressionism.