Music

Nominees for the 2018 AIR Awards have been announced.

Radio Adelaide is proud to again be supporting the AIR Awards, celebrating the best in independent Australian music.

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) will celebrate the twelfth AIR Awards at Adelaide’s Queen’s Theatre on Thursday 26 July, 2018, with over 40 of Australia’s finest recording artists nominated in this year’s prestigious awards.

AIR will also host its second two-day Indie-Con Australia Conference at The Hindley on 26 and 27July 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).

Nominees for the 2018 AIR Awards 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

• 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 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
• 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