Music Victoria Awards Announce 2014 Genre Nominees

The annual Age/Music Victoria Awards have announced their full list of genre nominees for 2014, with a grand total of 55 acts up for the honours across the event's many categories.

Several high-profile artists and bands have a shot at being recognised this year, including Best Country Album nominees Tracy McNeil (also up for Best Folk/Roots album, for Nobody Ever Leaves) and Wagons, Best Soul/Funk/R&B/Gospel Album candidates Oscar Key Sung, Saskwatch and The Bamboos, and Best Jazz Album contenders Julien Wilson Trio, Tilman Robinson and the Black Jesus Experience (whose Migration is also up for Best Global/Reggae Album).

Joining those names on the list of nominees are the likes of Best Hip-Hop Album finalists Briggs, L-FRESH The Lion and Remi; Chet Faker, Client Liaison and Will Sparks among the Best Electronic Act nods; Ceres, Closure in Moscow and The Bennies for Best Heavy Album; Best Indigenous Act hopefuls Kutcha Edwards, Philly and Skin Choir; and The Bombay Royale, whose The Island of Dr Electrico scored them the nom for Best Global/Reggae Album.

The sold-out awards will be held at 170 Russell on November 19 and feature a special guest performance from Aussie legends Daddy Cool. The event is staged during wider Melbourne Music Week celebrations — check our dedicated page for a full rundown of news, information and details.

full list of 2014 age/music victoria awards genre nominees

Best Blues Album – presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Dreamboogie – Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men – 3am Blues Live
Ian Collard – Swamp, Stomp & Boogie
Kerri Simpson – 4am
Shaun Kirk – Steer The Wheel

Best Country Album – presented by Out On The Weekend
Eaten By Dogs – Eaten By Dogs
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – Black Coffee
T-Bones – A Long Time Coming
Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves
Wagons – Acid Rain & Sugar Cane

Best Soul, Funk, R’n’B and Gospel Album – presented by Plakkit
Chelsea Wilson – I Hope You’ll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Blind Bet
Oscar Key Sung – Holograms
Saskwatch – Nose Dive
The Bamboos – Fever In The Road

Best Jazz Album – presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider
Anton Delecca Quartet – The Healer
Black Jesus Experience – Migration
Julien Wilson Trio – Swailing
Tilman Robinson – Network of Lines

Best Hip Hop Album – presented by PBS
Briggs – Shep Life
Geko – Real Heads Don’t Listen
L-Fresh the Lion – One
Remi – Raw x Infinity
Tornts – Street Visions

Best Electronic Act – presented by Select AV
Andras Fox
Chet Faker
Client Liaison
Dizz1
Will Sparks

Best Heavy Album – presented by Sailor Jerry
Ausmuteants – Amusements
Ceres – I Don’t Want To Be Anywhere But Here
Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade
Iron Mind – Iron Mind
The Bennies – Rainbows In Space

Best Indigenous Act – presented by Songlines
Deline Briscoe
Kutcha Edwards
Philly
Skin Choir
The Deans

Best Global or Reggae Album – presented by Crumpler
Black Jesus Experience – Migration
Coloured Stone – Dance To the Sun
Tek Tek Ensemble – Terror in the Jungle
The Bombay Royale – The Island of Dr Electrico
The Chosen Ones – Self Titled

Best Folk Roots Album – presented by White Sky
Charles Jenkins – Too Much Water In The Boat
Laura Jean – Laura Jean
Oh Pep – II
Tobias Hengeveld – Fools Rush In
Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act – presented by Implant Media
Evelyn Morris
Joel Stern
Nik Kennedy
Ren Walters
Rosalind Hall