The 2018 AIR Awards returns to Adelaide this July for its second year in South Australia, coming to the Queen’s Theatre on July 26th. Along with the AIR Awards, the two-day Indie-Con Australia Conference also comes back to Adelaide, hosted by The Hindley on July 26th and 27th, welcoming industry folk from around the country to come and experience live music in Adelaide as well as mix it up with networking sessions, panels and more.
Bringing things back to the 2018 AIR Awards though, the nominees are representing some Australian artists who have had stomper 2017’s, namely Alex Lahey, Jen Cloher, The Jungle Giants and RVG – this crop in particular branching out with stellar albums and tour schedules that have landed them within the embraces of the international market.
Check the nominees out below!
2018 AIR AWARD NOMINEES
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 ft. Yirrmal – “Marryuna”
Methyl Ethel – “Ubu”
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE
Touch Sensitive – “Lay Down”
PNAU – “Go Bang”
BANOFFEE – “Ripe”
Benson ft. Yeo – “Trying”
Motez ft. Antony and Cleopatra – “The Future”
Confidence Man – “Bubblegum”
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 JAZZ ALBUM
The Vampires – The Vampires Meet Lionel Louecke
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 HIP HOP ALBUM
Horrorshow – Bardo State
Bliss n Eso – Off the Grid
Allday – Speeding
Winston Surfshirt – Sponge Cake
BIRDZ – Train of Thought
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 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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 Harves
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 the Universe
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM OR EP
PNAU – CHANGA
Crooked Colours – VERA
Thrupence – Ideas of Aesthetics
Slumberjack – Fracture
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