The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) will celebrate the 12th AIR Awards at Adelaide’s Queen’s Theatre on Thursday 26th July 2018. Thanks to the continued support from the South Australian Government, the return to the UNESCO City of Music will see over 40 of Australia’s finest recording artists nominated for one of this year’s prestigious awards. AIR will also host its second two-day Indie-Con Australia Conference at The Hindley on the 26th and 27th July and will be surrounded by a hive of activity with the excitement of Umbrella: Winter City Sounds, the Winter Reds Weekend and the Colour of Impressionism. AIR is dedicated to supporting the growth and development of Australia’s independent recording sector providing a launch-pad for some of Australia’s greatest success stories. Since its inauguration in 1996, the AIR Awards have recognised Australia’s most notable talent from the Hoodoo Gurus (1996) to TISM (1998), The Avalanches (2000), The Go-Betweens (2000), The John Butler Trio (2001), Silverchair (2002), Wolfmother (2004), Goyte (2006), Gurrumul (2008), Sia (2009), Dan Sultan (2010), Paul Kelly (2011), Flume (2012), Meg Mac (2013), Courtney Barnet (2015) and A.B Original (2017). With genres crossing jazz, classical, blues and roots, country, hip hop, hard rock/punk and dance/electronica, the 2018 AIR Awards Nominees 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 THE JUNGLE GIANTS – QUIET FEROCITY 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 FEAT. YIRRMAL METHYL ETHEL – UBU BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR – PRESENTED BY PPCA ANGIE MCMAHON – SLOW MOVER BAKER BOY – MARRYUNA RVG – A QUALITY OF MERCY STELLA DONNELLY – THRUSH METAL THE JUNGLE GIANTS – QUIET FEROCITY BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM HORRORSHOW – BARDO STATE BLISS N ESO – OFF THE 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 25THANNIVERSARY 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 BANOFFEE – RIPE BENSON – TRYING (FEAT. YEO) MOTEZ – THE FUTURE (FEAT. 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 MY NAME IS NOBODY – MY NAME IS NOBODY 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 VOLUME 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
Listen to 2018 AIR Awards Nominees Playlist on Apple Music HERE
Stay tuned for the AIR Awards nominations for Best Independent Label to be revealed soon.
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