Independent Music Award nominees, new host announced

01 September 2010

Sia, Dan Sultan and Cloud Control lead the nominations for the fifth annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards, announced today.

All three will vie for the coveted titles of Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Album, with Sia also in contention for Best Independent Single (for Clap Your Hands), Sultan up for Best Blues & Roots Album and Cloud Control competing for Breakthrough Independent Artist.

As part of a new deal with media sponsor Nova, the awards will also feature a new Most Popular Independent Artist category with listeners voting from a short list at novafm.com.au.

See the full list of nominees below.

Nova 969 breakfast host Scott 'Dools' Dooley will host the event alongside a string of special guest presenters and the event will once again be filmed by Channel [V].

Sponsored by The City Of Melbourne, the awards will be the marquis event in Melbourne Music, a new 12-day programme designed to celebrate the city’s music scene.

MOST POPULAR INDEPENDENT ARTIST (as voted by Nova listeners):
Basement Birds
Birds Of Tokyo
Bliss N Eso
John Butler Trio
Little Red
Midnight Juggernauts
Philadelphia Grand Jury
Sia
The Cat Empire
The Temper Trap

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)

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 (Compass Brothers)
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)

BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM
Alister Spence Trio - Fit (Rufus Records)
Allan Browne Quintet - Une Saison En Enfer (Jazzhead)
Ben Winkelman Trio - Odysseys (Jazzhead)
Bernie McGann - Double Dutch (Independent)
Jamie Oehlers and Paul Graboswky - On A clear Day (Jazzhead)
Joe Chindamo - Another Place Another Time (Jazzhead)
Jonathan Zwartz - The Sea (Independent)
Mike Nock Trio - An Accumulation Of Subtleties (FWM Records)
Stu Hunter - The Gathering (Vitamin)
Way Out West - The Effects Of The Weather (Jazzhead)
(nominees in this category will be reduced to five pre-event)

For more info on the Awards, Charts and Independent music check out http://www.ausindies.com/