Vance Joy and Birds of Tokyo lead the APRA Music Awards 2014 announcement with four nominations each including the centrepiece award for ‘Song of the Year’.
Matt Corby, The Drones and The Preatures have also been nominated for Song of the Year.
The APRA Song of the Year features awards across 10 categories. Multiple nominees this year include Sheppard, Bernard Fanning, O’Shea, Busby Marou, Bliss N Eso, Illy, M-Phazes, David Musumeci and Anthony Egizil (DNA Songs) and Matt Corby with Dominic Salole.
As well as the 10 Awards, Lindy Morrison will receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.
Song of the Year
The Drones – A Moat You Can Stand In
The Preatures – Is This How I Feel
Birds of Tokyo – Lanterns
Matt Corby – Resolution
Vance Joy – Riptide
Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year
James Keogh (Vance Joy)
Jona Ma and Gabriel Winterfield (Jagwar Ma)
Kylie Sackley
Louis Schoorl
Hiatus Kaiyote
Most Played Australian Work
Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns
Sheppard – Let Me Down Easy
Matt Corby – Resolution
Vance Joy – Riptide
Nathaniel – You
Country Work of the Year
Be With You Tonight – O’Shea
Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan
Thank You Angels – O’Shea
The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory – The Wolfe Brothers
I Learned The hard One – Chelsea Basham
Blues and Roots Work of the Year
Avenger – The Bamboos
Get You Out Of Here – Busby Marou
Luck – Busby Marou
Lydon Street Meltdown – Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Only One – John Butler Trio
Dance Work of the Year
Alive – Empire of the Sun
Bring It Back – Will Sparks and Joel Fletcher
Holdin On – Flume
Promises – The Presets
Saved In A Bottle – The Potbelleez
Rock Work of the Year
Battleships – Bernard Fanning
Lanterns – Birds of Tokyo
Southern Son – Boy & Bear
Tell Me How It Ends – Bernard Fanning
When The Night Falls Quietly – Birds of Tokyo
Pop Work of the Year
Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
Resolution – Matt Corby
Riptide – Vance Joy
What You’ve Done To Me – Samantha Jade
Nathaniel – You
Urban Work of the Year
Act Your Age – Bliss N Eso feat. Bluejuice
House of Dreams – Bliss N Eso
On and On – Illy
Run Alone – 360
Youngbloods – Illy
International Work of the Year
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia
Let Her Go – Passenger
Pompeii – Bastille
The 2014 APRA Music Awards will be held at the Brisbane City Hall on Monday June 23.
