And The Talented Bunch Of 2015 ARIA Award Winners Are…

As you are probably already aware from the double Matt Okine news (I & II) we’ve already delivered you, the 2015 ARIA Awards are on in Sydney tonight. 

The red carpet began at 2pm, when it was absolutely bloody stinking hot – so if you’re not really into the awards, then at least feel sorry for all the blokes in suits, wandering around outside The Star Casino in Pyrmont.

For some totally bizarre reason, our biggest music awards show is not live, so half of the winners were announced hours before the show even went to air.

BUT, here we go!

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

Born Lion — Final Words
In Hearts Wake — Skydancer
King Parrot — Dead Set
Thy Art Is Murder — Holy War

WINNER  Northlane — Node 

Best Country Album

Catherine Britt — Boneshaker
Lee Kernaghan — Spirit Of The Anzacs
Mustered Courage — White Lies and Melodies
Troy Cassar-Daley — Freedom Ride

WINNERShane Nicholson — Hell Breaks Loose 

Best Urban Album

Citizen Kay — Democracy
Hiatus Kaiyote — Choose Your Weapon
The Meeting Tree — R U A Cop
Tuka — Life Death Time Eternal

WINNERSeth Sentry — Strange New Past

C.W. Stoneking — Gon’ Boogaloo
Marlon Williams — Marlon Williams
The Black Sorrows — Endless Sleep
The Waifs — Beautiful You

Tim Rogers & The Bamboos — The Rules of Attraction

WINNER C.W. Stoneking — Gon’ Boogaloo 

Best Children’s Album

Giggle and Hoot — Hootastic Tunes
Play School — Favourite Things — Songs and Nursery Rhymes from Play School
Rhys Muldoon — Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good
Sam Moran — Play Along With Sam: BOO!
The Wiggles — Rock & Roll Preschool

WINNER Sam Moran — Play Along With Sam: BOO! 

Best Comedy Release

Bondi Hipsters — Fuhck The Bahnks
Buddy Goode — Songs To Ruin Every Occasion
Matt Okine — Live at the Enmore Theatre
Ronny Chieng — Chieng Reaction
Sammy J & Randy — Live

WINNERMatt Okine – Live at the Enmore Theatre

Best Dance Release

Alison Wonderland — Run
Flight Facilities — Down To Earth
Hayden James — Something About You
Peking Duk — Take Me Over feat. SAFIA
Rüfüs — You Were Right

Best Female Artist

Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Jessica Mauboy — Can I Get A Moment?
Meg Mac — MEGMAC EP
Megan Washington — There There
Sia — Elastic Heart

WINNER Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 

Best Independent Release

Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light
Jarryd James — Do You Remember
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions — Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

WINNERCourtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Best Male Artist

#1 Dads — Nominal
Daniel Johns — Talk
Guy Sebastian — Tonight Again
Jarryd James — Do You Remember
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

WINNER Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

Best Rock Album

Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Dead Letter Circus — Aesthesis
Gang of Youths — The Positions
Tame Impala — Currents
The Preatures — Blue Planet Eyes

WINNER Tame Impala — Currents 

Best Australian Live Act

5 Seconds Of Summer — Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour
Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour
Gang of Youths — Gang of Youths National Tour
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light Tour
Hilltop Hoods — Cosby Sweater Australian Tour
Nick Cave — Nick Cave Australian Tour
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions — Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions Tour
Sheppard — The Bombs Away Tour
The Preatures — The Cruel Tour
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away Tour

WINNER5 Seconds Of Summer — Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour

Best International Artist

Calvin Harris — Motion
Ed Sheeran — X
Foo Fighters — Sonic Highways
Hozier — Hozier
James Bay — Chaos And The Calm
Mark Ronson — Uptown Special
Meghan Trainor — Title
One Direction — Four
Sam Smith — In The Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift — 1989

WINNEROne Direction — Four 

Best Video

Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland — “U Don’t Know” feat. Wayne Coyne
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett — “Pedestrian At Best”
Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns — “Aerial Love”
Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem — “Wings”
Clemens Habicht for Flume — “Some Minds” feat. Andrew Wyatt
Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude — “Through The Roof” feat. Young Tapz
Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan — “Spirit Of The Anzacs”
Filmery for Shane Nicholson — “Secondhand Man”
Luci Schroder for Vance Joy — “Georgia”
Matt Sharp & Daniel James for The Veronicas — “You Ruin Me”

Album of the Year

Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 
Flight Facilities — Down To Earth
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light 
Tame Impala — Currents 
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

Not to mention the Lifetime Achievement Award received by Tina Arena, who performed an incredible rendition of ‘Chains’ with The Veronicas and Jessica Mauboy, then went on to give a corker of a speech with so many quotable moments that we don’t even know where to start. God bless that beautiful, talented woman. 

How about that for #GirlPower?! @TheVeronicas @jessicamauboy & @tinaarena with a very special performance! #ARIAs https://t.co/pfrsNTZsF3

— Channel Ten (@channelten) November 26, 2015

Oh and YES, OF COURSE someone has already created a Twitter profile for Tina’s boobs:

Stoked I’m in the HALL OF FAME thanks to @BondsAus for the props #arias

— Tina Arenas boobs (@tinaarenasboobs) November 26, 2015

And that’s that for another year folks.