Currently in it’s fifth year, the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards returns this October to celebrate the best in independent Australian music across genres as diverse as blues and roots, hip hop, punk, country, dance and more. The field is particularly strong this year with nominees for the award’s most coveted gong, “Best Independent Album”, including Cloud Control’s Bliss Release, Dan Kelly’s Dan Kelly’s Dream, Dan Sultan’s Get Out While You Can, Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s Rush To Relax, Sia’s We Are Born and a posthumous nod to Rowland S Howard’s Pop Crimes.
Dan Sultan and Cloud Control headed up nominations with 3 nods each. The Jezebels and Eddy Current Supression Ring each picked up 2. Nominees are as follows:
BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST
British India (Independent/Shock)
Cloud Control (Ivy League)
Dan Kelly (Independent/Shock)
Dan Sultan (Independent/MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Aaarght!)
Sia (Independent/Inertia)
BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Bridezilla (Inertia Recordings)
Cloud Control (Ivy League)
Otouto (Two Bright Lakes/Inertia)
Philadelphia Grand Jury (Boomtown Records/Shock)
Richard In Your Mind (Rice Is Nice/Other Tongues)
The Jezebels (Independent/MGM)
BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League)
Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream (Independent/Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (Independent/MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush To Relax (Aaarght! /Shock)
Rowland S Howard – Pop Crimes (Liberation)
Sia – We Are Born (Independent/Inertia)
BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP
Bliss N Eso – Down By The River (Illusive)
Little Red – Rock It (Liberation)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – The Good News (Boomtown/Shock)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Independent/Inertia)
The Jezabels – She’s So Hard (Independent/MGM)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation)
BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Ash Grunwald – Hot Mama Vibes (Delta Groove/Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (Independent/MGM)
Jeff Lang – Chimeradour (ABC Records)
Mama Kin -Beat and Holler (Independent/MGM)
The Beautiful Girls – Spooks (Independent/MGM)
The Red Eyes – Red Army (Independent/MGM)
BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK OR PUNK ALBUM
50 Lions – Where Life Expires (Resist/Shock)
Calling All Cars – Hold, Hold, Fire (Independent/Shock)
House Vs. Hurricane – Perspectives (Independent/Shock)
Parkway Drive – Deep Blue (Resist/Shock)
The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods (Boomtown/Shock)
BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Amber Lawrence – When It All Comes Down
Deborah Conway – Half Man, Half Woman (Independent/MGM)
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies – Lost Music Blues (Liberation)
The Dingoes – Tracks (Liberation)
The Sunny Cowgirls – Summer (Compass Brothers/Shock)
BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP/URBAN ALBUM
Horrorshow – Inside Story (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Lowrider – Round The World (Illusive)
M-Phazes – Good Gracious (Obese Records)
Ozi Batla – Wild Colonial (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Urthboy – Spitshine (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Faux Pas – Noiseworks (Sensory Projects/Inertia)
Jamie Lloyd – Beware Of The Light (Future Classic)
Midnight Juggernauts – The Crystal Axis (Siberia/Inertia)
Nick Thayer – Just Let It Go (Independent)
Opiuo – Slurp And Giggle (Addictech)
Space Invades – Soul:Fi (Invada Records)
