Sia, Dan Sultan and Cloud Control lead the nominations for the fifth annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards.
You might know them better under their previous moniker of the AIR Awards.Sia, Dan Sultan and Cloud Control have all been nominated for Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Album.
Sia also scored a nom for Best Independent Single Or EP, Sultan for Best Independent Blues And Roots Album and Cloud Control for Breakthrough Independent Album.
The ceremony will be held in October, with live sets, back stage shenanigans and interviews with the artists filmed by Channel [V].
The full list of nominations is below.
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)
