RVG & The Jungle Giants Dominate 2018 AIR Award Nominations

Best Independent Artist

Alex Lahey
Baker Boy
Jen Cloher
Stella Donnelly
The Jungle Giants

Best Independent Album or EP

RVG – A Quality of Mercy
Methyl Ethel – Everything Is Forgotten
Alex Lahey – I Love You Like a Brother
Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher
The Jungle Giants – Quiet Ferocity
Alex the Astronaut – See You Soon

Best Independent Single

RVG – A Quality of Mercy
Alex Lahey – Every Day’s the Weekend
The Jungle Giants – Feel the Way I Do
Baker Boy – Marryuna Feat. Yirrmal
Methyl Ethel – Ubu

Breakthrough Independent Artist of the
Year

Angie Mcmahon – Slow Mover
Baker Boy – Marryuna
RVG – A Quality of Mercy
Stella Donnelly – Thrush Metal
The Jungle Giants – Quiet Ferocity

Best Independent Hip Hop Album

Horrorshow – Bardo State
Bliss N Eso – Off the Grid
Allday – Speeding
Winston Surfshirt – Sponge Cake
Birdz – Train of Thought

Best Independent Country Album

Halfway – Live at the Triffid
Fanny Lumsden – Real Class Act
Caitlyn Shadbolt – Songs on My Sleeve
Lee Kernaghan – The 25th Anniversary Album

Best Independent Blues and Roots Album

The Teskey Brothers – Half Mile Harvest
The Waifs – Ironbark
Dan Sultan – Killer
All Our Exes Live in Texas – When We Fall
Caiti Baker – Zinc

Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album

RVG – A Quality of Mercy
Bad//Dreems – Gutful
Sleepmakeswaves – Made Of Breath Only
Northlane – Mesmer
The Smith Street Band – More Scared Of You Than You Are of Me
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Murder of the Universe

Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album or EP

PNAU – Changa
Crooked Colours – Vera
Thrupence – Ideas of Aesthetics
Slumberjack – Fracture

Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single

Touch Sensitive – Lay Down
PNAU – Go Bang
Banoffee – Ripe
Benson – Trying Feat. Yeo
Motez – The Future Feat. Antony and Cleopatra
Confidence Man – Bubblegum

Best Independent Jazz Album

The Vampires – The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke
James Morrison/BBC Concert Orchestra – The Great American Songbook
Jeremy Rose – Within And Without
My Name Is Nobody – My Name Is Nobody
Joseph Tawadros – Live At Abbey Road

Best Independent Classical Album

Grigoryan Brothers – Songs Without Words
Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti – Jonny Greenwood Water/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Night Music
Slava Grigoryan – Bach: Cello Suites Volume II
Sydney Chamber Choir/Paul Stanhope – Paul Stanhope: Lux Aeterna
Kate Miller-Heidke/Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey – Kate Miller-Heidke Live With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra