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:
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.
