Nominees Announced For The 2024 AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Labels Association have announced the 2024 nominees for the annual AIR Awards. The ceremony, celebrating independent Australian music, will take place at the Queen’s Theatre in Adelaide on Thursday, August 1st. A full list of nominees can be found below.
As has become the norm for Australian music awards ceremonies, Genesis Owusu leads with the most nominations at five: Independent Album Of The Year for Struggler, Independent Marketing Team Of The Year, Independent Publicity Team Of The Year, Best Independent Hip-Hop Album Or EP and Independent Song Of The Year for ‘Leaving The Light’.
Melbourne post-punk band (and Australian Music Prize winners) RVG trail close behind on four nominations, a feat equaled by both Maple Glider and Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers. Cub Sport and Enola, meanwhile, have both received three nominations apiece.
Genesis Owusu – ‘Leaving The Light’
In a press statement, MP Andrea Michaels – the Minister For Arts – expressed her excitement at the ceremony taking place in her home state of South Australia. “It is fantastic to be hosting the awards here in Adelaide again – Australia’s only UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] City Of Music – and I congratulate all of the nominees.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to recognise the work the independent music industry does in providing talented and emerging artists and music businesses with a platform to share their art with a wider audience.”
Last year’s ceremony took place at the Freemasons Hall in Adelaide, and saw King Stingray win Independent Album Of The Year for their self-titled debut. Independent Song Of The Year was won by Genesis Owusu, for his stand-alone single ‘Get Inspired’.
AIR Awards 2024 Nominees
Best Independent Blues And Roots Album Or EP
Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan
Dope Lemon – Kimosabè
Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon
Leah Senior – The Music That I Make
The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way
Best Independent Soul/RnB Album Or EP
Bumpy – Morning Sun EP
Immy Owusu – Lo-life!
Ruby Jackson – Sweeter For Me
Wilsn – Those Days Are Over
Women Of Soul Collective – Feel Good
Best Independent Pop Album Or EP
Hatchie – Giving The World Away [Deluxe]
Jack River – Endless Summer
Kate Ceberano – My Life is a Symphony
Molly Millington– 5 Stages
Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline
Best Independent Rock Album Or EP
Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes
Pacific Avenue – Flowers
Royel Otis – Sofa Kings
RVG – Brain Worms
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You
Best Independent Country Album Or EP
Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn
Henry Wagons – South of Everywhere
Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble
The Wolfe Brothers – Livin’ the Dream
Travis Collins – Any Less Anymore
Independent Album Of The Year
Cub Sport – Jesus At The Gay Bar
Genesis Owusu – Struggler
Jen Cloher – I am The River, The River is Me
Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble
RVG – Brain Worms
Independent Marketing Team Of The Year
Domestic La La – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers, I Love You
I Oh You, Mushroom – DMA’s, How Many Dreams?
Ivy League, Mushroom – The Teskey Brothers, The Winding Way
Slow Clap – Private Function, 370HSSV 0773H
The Annex, Ourness, Awal – Genesis Owusu, Struggler
Independent Publicity Team Of The Year
I Oh You, Mushroom – DMA’s, How Many Dreams?
Janine Morcos, Dallas Does PR – Teenage Joans, The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
Jessica Searle, Collected PR – Jen Cloher, I am The River, The River is Me
Thinking Loud – Genesis Owusu, Struggler
This Much Talent – Nat Vazer, Strange Adrenaline
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year
Big Wett
Chloe Dadd
Enola
Pacific Avenue
Royel Otis
Best Independent Hip-Hop Album or EP
Genesis Owusu – Struggler
JK-47 – Revision for Regrowth
Teether & Kuya Neil – Stressor
Urthboy – Savour
Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies
Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Big Wett – Pu$$y
Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar
Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast
Simona Castricum – Sink
Skeleten – Under Utopia
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single
Confidence Man – ‘On & On (Again)’
Fisher & Kita Alexander – ‘Atmosphere’
Memphis LK – ‘Black and Blue’
Odd Mob & Omnom – ‘Losing Control’
The Jungle Giants – ‘Trippin Up’
Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Enola – All is Forgiven EP
Luca Brasi – The World Don’t Owe You Anything
Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H
Radio Free Alice – Radio Free Alice
Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops
Glitoris – Glitoris
Polaris – Fatalism
Redhook – Postcard From a Living Hell
Void of Vision – Chronicles
Independent Song of the Year
Genesis Owusu – ‘Leaving the Light’
Jem Cassar-Daley – ‘King of Disappointment’
Maple Glider – ‘Don’t Kiss Me’
RVG – ‘Nothing Really Changes’
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – ‘I Used to Be Fun’
Independent Label of the Year
ABC Music
Dot Dash Recordings
Ourness
Poison City Records
Spinning Top Records
Independent Music Video of the Year
Adam Munnings – Cub Sport, ‘Keep Me Safe’
Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan, ‘Blak Nation’
Hayden Somerville – RVG, ‘Nothing Really Changes’
Sean Higgins – Adam Noviello, ‘Fumbling’
Tobias Willis – Georgia Mooney, ‘War Romance’
Independent Producer of the Year
Bonnie Knight – Enola, All is Forgiven EP
Konstantin Kersting – DMA’s, How Many Dreams?
Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, I Love You
PNAU – 2023 singles
Tom Iansek – Maple Glider, I Get Into Trouble
Further Reading
André 3000 Heads Up Sydney Art Gallery’s Volume 2024
All the Winners at the 2023 ARIA Awards – Genesis Owusu, Troye Sivan Dominate
All the Winners at the 2023 ARIA Awards – Genesis Owusu, Troye Sivan Dominate
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