Amy Shark, DZ Deathrays & More Named In Queensland Music Awards Finalists List

The finalists for the 2018 Queensland Music Awards have officially been announced today, which features some of the state's established and emerging acts. 

Following her new single and debut album announce, Amy Shark leads the pack with three nominations (including Best Pop Song with Weekends), as well as The Jungle Giants, while acts such as Tia Gostelow, Cub Sport and The Kite String Tangle have picked up two nominations. 

Brisbane legends DZ Deathrays will also battle it out for Best Rock Song against Jeremy Neale, WAAX and Landings.

Meanwhile, four finalists are in the running for the $10,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship this year; Yoste, Keelan Mak, Harry Phillips and Greta Stanley.

Check out all of the categories and finalists below. 

The 2018 Queensland Music Awards take place at Brisbane Showgrounds on 14 May; check out our QMAs tab for more details on how to vote.

album of the year

The Jungle Giants — Quiet Ferocity

The Creases — Tremolow 

Cub Sport — BATS

The Kite String Tangle — The Kite String Tangle

Airling — Hard to Sleep, Easy to Dream

pop

Amy Shark — Weekends

Cub Sport — Chasin'

Sheppard — Coming Home

The Jungle Giants — Feel The Way I Do

rock

DZ Deathrays — Total Meltdown

Jeremy Neale — Dancin' & Romancin'

Landings — Everybody Wants

WAAX — Wild & Weak

blues/roots

AlfanAnt — Comes A Time

Dana Gehrman — Rogue Train (Rattle On By)

Karl S Williams — Blood to Give

Ruby Gilbert — Oh, Bones

video

The Jungle Giants — Feel The Way I Do

FAIRCHILD — So Long & Thank You 

Anatole feat. Tom Iansek — Outgrown

WAAX — Same Same

country

Brad Butcher — Well Dressed Man 

Dana Gehrman & Tim Rogers — Find A Way (Written by Danny Widdicombe)

Pete Cullen & The Biffs — Black Mountain

The Long Johns — Womble East

electronic/dance

Doolie — KØLD 

Golden Vessel — Shoulders (feat. Elkkle & Mallrat)

May Lyn — Soldiers

The Kite String Tangle — The Prize (feat. Bridgette Amofah)

heavy

Caligula's Horse — Will's Song (Let The Colours Run)

Machine Age — Chivalry is Dead

Silence The Sun — A Thousand Suns

The Brave — Ethereal

hip hop/rap

Carmouflage Rose — Late Nights

Chong Ali — Rose Coloured Tint

Crooked White — Put Me On

VEXED — Superficial

indigenous

CKNU — Plus One

Eleea — Conditions

Emily Wurramara — Ngarrukwujenama

King Social — Watch Out

jazz

Andrew Butt Trio + — Lullaby for Sarah-Jane & Catherine

Rafael Karlen — Ripple

Toby Wren — The Lighthouse

Trichotomy — Asset Or Liability

regional

Amy Shark — Weekends

Eliza & The Delusionals — Deep End

Greta Stanley — Dreamstate

Tia Gostelow — Hunger

singer/songwriter

Amy Shark — Weekends

Asha Jefferies — Coburg

Hazlett — First World Problems 

Tia Gostelow — Hunger

schools

Harry J Hart — It Calls Out

Laura Eban — The Film

Legends Of Perhaps — On Jupiter

Xander Holmes — Something Real

soul/funk/rnb

Eleea — Without You

King Social — Dance On Your Grave

Mayah — XO Girl

RIVAH — Cheerleader

world/folk

MZAZA — Sous La Lune

Sian Evans — Thorns

Sol — Canguru Jegue

Sue Ray — Junior Was His Name

people's choice awards

venue of the year  — regional

Night Quarter

Tanks Art Centre

Sol Bar

Miami Marketta

venue of the year  — metro

The Triffid

The Tivoli

The Zoo

Black Bear Lodge

festival of the year

Big Pineapple Festival

Bleach

Blues on Broadbeach

Brisbane Festival

Caloundra Music Festival

Earth Frequency Festival

FOMO Festival

Gympie Music Muster

Island Vibe Festival

Jungle Love Festival

Maroochy Music & Visual Arts Festival

Mountain Goat Valley Crawl

Queensland Music Festival

Stones Corner Festival

The End of The Line Festival

The Grass is Greener

Valley Fiesta

Woodford Folk Festival