Wins for King Parrot, Archie Roach, Kylie Auldist and more
The first year of The Age EG Music Victoria Awards got into full swing last night with a function that both announce the expert-determined genre awards and revealed the nominees for the main public-voted awards.
With Melbourne Ska Orchestra, King Parrot and Kylie Auldist among those who picked up genre awards, The Drones lead the nominations with three while Adalita, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Paul Kelly, Dick Diver, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes each scored two.
The new-look awards see the introduction of two new regional categories – for Best Act and Best Venue – while there is a $5,000 cash prize from APRA for Song Of The Year and the Best Emerging Artist will be flown to BIGSOUND for next year's conference.
Voting for the awards is now open here.
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The awards will take place at Billboard The Venue Wednesday 20 November, as part of Melbourne Music Week. The awards are open to the public and tickets are on sale now for $50 plus booking fee. Renee Geyer and Michael Gudinski will be inducted into the Hall Of Fame on the night.
Presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Three Kings – Three Kings
Presented by Addicted To Noise
Dan Waters – La Vita E'Bella
Presented by PBS
Kylie Auldist – Still Life
Presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Allan Browne Trio – Lost In The Stars
Presented by Capi Sparkling
Fraksha – My Way
Presented by Select AV
Nick Thayer
Presented by Wifire Music
King Parrot – Bite Your Head Off
Presented by Songlines
Crystal Mercy
Presented by Australasian Worldwide Music Expo
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Presented by GI & Sanicki Lawyers
Judith Hamann
Presented by White Sky
Archie Roach – Into The Bloodstream
Presented by The Age EG
Adalita – All Day Venus
Dick Diver – Calendar Days
The Drones – I See Seaweed
Big Scary – Not Art
Paul Kelly – Spring & Fall
Presented by City of Melbourne
Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes
Dick Diver
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Saskwatch
The Drones
Presented by APRA
Standish/Carlyon – Nono/Yoyo
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Head On/Pill
Courtney Barnett – History Eraser
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks – I'm In Love
Vance Joy – Riptide
Archie Roach
David Bridie
Gotye
Mikelangelo
Paul Kelly
Presented by The Music
Adalita
Courtney Barnett
Evelyn Morris (Pikelet)
Jen Cloher
Kylie Auldist
Presented by Travel Beyond/Bigsound
Andras Fox
Brighter Later
Damn Terran
Fraser A. Gorman
Hiatus Kaiyote
Presented by RockWiz
Bombay Royale
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
Harmony
Money For Rope
The Drones
Presented by Mountain Goat
The Caravan Club
The Corner Hotel
The Forum
The Old Bar
The Toff In Town
Presented by Crumpler
All Tomorrow's Parties / I'll Be Your Mirror
Boogie
Golden Plains
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain
Gold Fields
Hunting Grounds
Quarry Mountain Dead Rats
Stonefield
Yacht Club DJs
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Barwon Club, Geelong
The Bridge, Castlemaine