Some of Adelaide’s best have received much-deserved accolades, with the winners of this year’s Fowler’s Live Music Awards being unveiled.

The third annual FLMA saw Bad/Dreems take out the APRA AMCOS-supported, peer-nominated SA Songwriter(s) Of The Year award, and take home $500 cash as well as Best Rock Act, with Timberwolf and Julia Henning also scoring multiple awards, and Tkay Maidza, Allday, The Beards and a range of other industry personnel receiving recognition for their work.

Speaking to theMusic.com.au in the lead up to the event, director Peter Darwin said this year’s awards was about drawing focus to new talent.

“There’s that generalisation that [Adelaide’s] not really keeping pace with the eastern state, or people don’t go out, or it’s a small tour and nobody wants to pay for anything or buy tickets. People keep harping back to the ‘70s or ‘80s with bands like Cold Chisel, rather than looking forward and looking for people actually doing stuff,” Darwin said.

“If you are looking at the same acts over and over, you’re probably not progressing the situation much at all.”

Here's who cleaned up this year's awards:

PEER VOTED CATEGORIES

acoustic

Kaurna Cronin
Laura Hill
Tom West
Timberwolf - winner
Glenn Skuthorpe

indie

Swimming
Sparkspitter - winner
Jesse Davidson
The Aves
The Dunes

rock

Tracer
Glass Skies
Horror My Friend
Bad//Dreems - winner
Sincerely
Grizzly

electronica

Collarbones
Luke Million
Flamingo
Tkay Maidza - winner
Oisima

hip hop

Funkoars
Allday - winner
Jimblah
K21
Kimence

metal / hc

Alkira
Truth Corroded – winner
Arcadia
Life Pilot
A Ghost Orchestra

roots

Max Savage And The False Idols
Shaolin Afronauts – winner
The Timbers
The Audreys
Kelly Menhennett

pop

Echo and The Empress
Germein Sisters
Ash Gale
The Beards - winner
Julia Henning

punk

God God Dammit Dammit
Paper Arms - winner
She’s the Band
Grenadiers
Dead Joe

music video

Grace (Timberwolf) - winner
Heaven Hours (Ash Gale)
London Town (Echo and The Empress)
I Think I Might Be Dying / Vision (Beaver)
Closer Now (Bill Parton Trio – feat. K21 & Cam Blokland)

music initiative

Moving Music
The Porch Sessions - winner
Music Room
Semaphore Music Festival
SA Music Hall of Fame

music organisation

Pilot Records
Adelaide Music Collective
5/4 Entertainment
Clarity Records
The Jam Room - winner

music manager

Jason North + Greg Shaw - winner
Ross McHenry
Craig Lock
Sue Germein
Taasha Coates

sa songwriter(s) of the year

James Alberts
John Baker
The Beards
Bad//Dreems – winners
The Audreys

PUBLIC VOTED CATEGORIES

Favourite SA song of the year

Tempest - Julia Henning

Favourite SA band / artist

Julia Henning

Favourite SA live music venue

Governor Hindmarsh Hotel

Favourite SA live music event

WOMADelaide

Favourite SA music media source

Rip It Up

Achievement Award

Ross McHenry

MUSIC ASSOCIATION GENRE AWARDS

Best Blues Artist

Lazy Eye

Best Country Artist

Sandra Humphries

Best Jazz Artist

Ross McHenry