Dan Sultan, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Vance Joy and more score Public Award nominations
It’s been a big year for the The Age Music Victoria Awards, and this year’s talent pool reflects a solid 12 months for Victorian music, with Chet Faker, Briggs, and Evelyn Morris among others taking out industry awards tonight at The Age Media House.
Briggs’ new record ShepLife took out best hip-hop album, Faker scored Best Electronic album and The Deans left with Best Indigenous Act.
This year’s Age Music Victoria Genre Award Winners are:
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Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men - 3am Blues Live
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes - Black Coffee
Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Blind Bet
Anton Delecca Quartet – The Healer
Briggs - ShepLife
Chet Faker
Ausmuteants – Amusements
The Deans
Black Jesus Experience - Migration
Charles Jenkins - Too Much Water In The Boat
Evelyn Morris
Which leads us to the 11 publicly voted award categories that sees Dan Sultan, King Gizzard & The Lizard, and Teeth & Teeth score multiple nominations, Genre Award winners Chet Faker and Briggs also score nominations, Courtney Barnett, Missy Higgins and more up for Best Female Artist, and some of the state’s best venues, and festivals in the running.
Voting for the Public Awards opens Friday 17 October via theage.com.au, and the sold-out awards ceremony is set to go down at 170 Russell Street on Wednesday 19 November, with a special performance from Aussie rock legends Daddy Cool to accompanying their induction into The Age Music Victoria Hall Of Fame.
The Public Award Nominees are:
Dan Sultan - Blackbird
HTRK – Psychic 9-5 Club
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Oddments
Teeth & Tongue – Grids
Total Control - Typical System
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Teeth & Tongue
Total Control
Wagons
Banoffee - Got It
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Fraser A Gorman - Book Of Love
Laura Jean - My First Love Song
Total Control – Flesh War
Chet Faker
Dan Sultan
Mikelangelo
Rob Snarski
Vance Joy
Courtney Barnett
Jen Cloher
Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue)
Laura Jean
Missy Higgins
Banoffee
Client Liaison
D.D Dumbo
Milwaukee Banks
Remi
Cosmic Psychos
Graveyard Train
Harmony
King Parrot
Saskwatch
170 Russell, Melbourne
Cherry, Melbourne
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Howler, Brunswick
The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Boogie
Falls Festival
Golden Plains
Laneway Festival
Meredith Music Festival
Barwon Club, Geelong
Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Hallam Hotel, Hallam
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Briggs
Cosmic Psychos
D.D Dumbo
Freya Hollick
Stonefield
Stay tuned for more Victoria Music Award news as it's announcement.