Chet Faker, Briggs Score Music Vic Awards, Public Award Nominees Named

16 October 2014 | 8:18 pm | Staff Writer

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:

Don't miss a beat with our FREE daily newsletter

Best Blues Album

Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men - 3am Blues Live   

Best Country Album

Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes - Black Coffee

Best Soul, Funk, R&B and Gospel Album

Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Blind Bet

Best Jazz Album

Anton Delecca Quartet – The Healer    

Best Hip Hop Album

Briggs - ShepLife

Best Electronic Act

Chet Faker

Best Heavy Album

Ausmuteants – Amusements

Best Indigenous Act

The Deans

Best Global or Reggae Album

Black Jesus Experience - Migration 

Best Folk Roots Album

Charles Jenkins - Too Much Water In The Boat

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act

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:

Best Album

Dan Sultan - Blackbird

HTRK – Psychic 9-5 Club

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Oddments

Teeth & Tongue – Grids

Total Control - Typical System

Best Band

Client Liaison

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Teeth & Tongue

Total Control

Wagons

Best Song

Banoffee - Got It

Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener

Fraser A Gorman - Book Of Love

Laura Jean - My First Love Song

Total Control – Flesh War

Best Male Artist

Chet Faker

Dan Sultan

Mikelangelo

Rob Snarski

Vance Joy

Best Female Artist

Courtney Barnett

Jen Cloher

Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue)

Laura Jean

Missy Higgins

Best Emerging Artist

Banoffee

Client Liaison

D.D Dumbo

Milwaukee Banks

Remi

Best Live Band

Cosmic Psychos

Graveyard Train

Harmony

King Parrot

Saskwatch

 

Best Venue

170 Russell, Melbourne

Cherry, Melbourne

Corner Hotel, Richmond

Howler, Brunswick

The Forum Theatre, Melbourne

Best Festival

Boogie

Falls Festival

Golden Plains

Laneway Festival

Meredith Music Festival

Best Regional Venue

Barwon Club, Geelong

Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine

Hallam Hotel, Hallam

Karova Lounge, Ballarat

Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan

Best Regional Act

Briggs

Cosmic Psychos

D.D Dumbo

Freya Hollick

Stonefield

Stay tuned for more Victoria Music Award news as it's announcement.