Queensland Music Awards Announce 2015 Nominees And Performers

The nominees for this year's Queensland Music Awards have been revealed, along with entertainment program for next month's ceremony.

Starting with the nominees list and there are a handful of artists who've scored a couple of different noms, including dance wunderkind The Kite String Tangle, alternative country-rock collective Halfway, indie-pop favourites The John Steel Singers, indigenous outfit King Social and emerging singer-songwriter Sahara Beck. Breakout 2014 act Sheppard, thrash duo DZ Deathrays, local veterans The Grates and metalcore heavyweights The Amity Affliction are also nominated in their respective genre categories. You can find the full nominations list below.

In terms of the night's entertainment, several nominated acts will perform including Halfway, Sahara Beck and Airling, as well as Blank Realm, MKO, Tjupurru & The Bulldawadda and a special collaboration performance from acclaimed singer-songwriter Katie Noonan and rising electronic producer cln.

The awards will take place at Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre on 30 Mar and will be hosted by triple j presenter Sarah Howells and Aussie hip hop veteran Rival MC, otherwise known as Fred Leone.

There are a limited amount of tickets available for the night, details of which you can find here.

Music fans will also be able to cast their vote in a couple of Most Popular categories, including Most Popular Female/Male and Most Popular Group. First round voting for these public categories opens next Monday, 23 Feb and more info can be found via the Queensland Music Awards website.

Pop

Sheppard — Geronimo
Airling — Wasted Pilots
Mosman Alder — Try Your Luck
Eves The Behavior — Zen

Rock

The Grates — Holiday Home
The John Steel Singers — Common Thread
DZ Deathrays — Reflective Skulls
Halfway — Dropout

Electronic/Dance

DUBARRAY — Visions Collide
Lawrence English — The Liquid Casket
The Kite String Tangle — Arcadia
Michelle Xen — Short Term Plan

Blues/Roots

Emma Bosworth — Penny
Leanne Tennant — Bearing The Crown
Pat Tierney — The World Don't Owe You Nothin'
The Bella Reunion — Tell Me Why

Heavy

Guards Of May — Numbers
Tria Mera — The Sacrifice
A Breach Of Silence — This Is The End
Drawcard — Give It Up

Jazz

Tjupurru — Korona
Lizzie O'Keefe — Leaden Heart
Rafael Karlen — The Promise Of Postcards
Kylie Southwell — Closing Time

Schools

Fionn Richards — Sapphire Eyes
Year 10 Brisbane Girls Grammar School — Mr Blue Moon
Saskia — Days Of Doom
Dean Brady — Crush On Candy

Indigenous

The Medics — Wake Up
Robbie Miller — Sunday
King Social — They Call It
Autumn & Fall — I Miss You Every Time I See You

Urban

Schoolfight — Australia
Bec Laughton — Worry Bout It
King Social — Family
Dubmarine — None The Wiser

Country

Halfway — Dulcify
Halfway — Shakespeare Hotel
Leanne Tennant — Bearing The Crown
King Social — Whiskey And My Gun

World

Alan Kelly & The Barleyshakes — The Smell Of Whiskey
Mzaza — Enfants du Chemin (Children of the Road)
Mrs Curly & the Norwegian Smoking Pipe — Plačam za…
Coisa Linda — Para de bobeira

Folk Singer/Songwriter

Sue-Anne Stewart — Saviour
Sahara Beck — Brother Sister
Sahara Beck — Pretender
Quintessential Doll — Live Like I'm Dying

Children's Music

The Kangagang — Hungry Crocodile Chomp
The Kangagang — Clarence The Cockatoo
Cilla Slack — Penny The Chook
Nadia Sunde — A Drop In The Ocean

Regional

King Social — They Call It
Electrik Lemonade — Ain't You Something
The Vernons — To The Sky
Drawcard — We Are The Future

Music Video

Bambini — Tough Night Out In The City
The Kite String Tangle — Arcadia
The John Steel Singers — Common Thread
The Amity Affliction — The Weigh Down