The 2019 AIR Independent Music Awards will be announced in Adelaide on 25, July 2019.
The Independent Music Awards are part of Indie-Con Australia in Adelaide on 25 and 26 July at Lot Fourteen, Adelaide. The keynote speakers at the conference for 2019 are Helen Smith, Executive Chair of IMPALA and Mom+Pop co-owner and co-president Thaddeus Rudd as keynote speakers at this year’s conference.
2019 AIR Independent Music Awards nominees
Best Independent Artist
Courtney Barnett
Gurrumul
Julia Jacklin
Laura Jean
Methyl Ethel
Best Independent Album Or Ep
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Emma Louise – Lilac Everything
Gurrumul – Djarimirri
Laura Jean – Devotion
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Best Independent Single
A.B. Original – Blaccout
Courtney Barnett – Nameless, Faceless
G Flip – About You
Laura Jean – Girls On The Tv
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue
Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year
Confidence Man
Didirri
Emily Wurramara
G Flip
Hatchie
Best Independent Hip Hop Album
B Wise – Area Famous
Cool Out Sun – Cool Out Sun
Milwaukee Banks – No Time
Space Invadas – Wild World
Tasman Keith – Mission Famous
Best Independent Country Album
Beccy Cole – Lioness
Halfway – Rain Lover
Lachlan Bryan And The Wildes – Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music
The Wolfe Brothers – Country Heart
William Alexander – The Kid From Bourke
Best Independent Blues And Roots Album
Dan Sultan – Killer Under A Blood Moon
Emily Wurramara – Milyakburra
Garbriella Cohen – Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love
John Butler Trio – Home
Mia Dyson – If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back
Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy Or Punk Album
Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends
Dz Deathrays – Bloody Lovely
High Tension – Purge
Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls
West Thebarton – Different Beings Being Different
Best Independent Dance/Electronica
Album Or Ep
Braille Face – Lightletting
Confidence Man – Confident Music For Confident People
Nina Las Vegas ¬– Lucky Girl
Paces – Zag
Total Giovanni – Euphoria
Best Independent Dance, Electronica Or Club Single
Dom Dolla – Take It
Fisher – Losing It
Hermitude – Stupid World Feat. Bibi Bourelly
Odd Mob – Intrinsic
What So Not – Beautiful (Feat. Winona Oak)
Best Independent Jazz Album
Harry James Angus – Struggle With Glory
James Morrison/William Morrison/Harry Morrison/Patrick Danao – Midnight Till Dawn
Jonathan Zwartz – Animarum
Mildlife – Phase
Best Independent Classical Album
Aco Collective – Collective Wisdom
Grigoryan Brothers/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey – Bach Concertos
Gurrumul – Djarimirri
Nicole Car/Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti – Heroines
The 2019 AIR Awards will be held at the Freemasons Hall, Adelaide on Thursday 25 July.
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