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
Billy Thorpe Scholarship
Babaganouj
Ayla Scanlan
Moses Gunn Collective
Sahara Beck
