The nominees for the 2013 AIR Awards have been announced! Continuing on with news regarding this year's ceremony, including their new sponsorship deal with Carlton Dry and the unveiling of the bands set to perform at the Melbourne event in October, the list of nominees is indeed impressive as well.
Sydney's Jagwar Ma have come out triumphant already, topping the list of nominees with the most nominations awarded to an artist/band. Their debut album, Howlin', has reaped in the recognition, scoring the duo a whopping FIVE nominations.
2013 AIR AWARDS NOMINEES
BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Big Scary
Dick Diver
Flume
Jagwar Ma
The Drones
BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM
Big Scary - Not Art (Pieater)
Dick Diver - Calendar Daus (Chapter Music)
Flume - Flume (Future Classic)
Jagwar Ma - Howlin (Future Classic)
The Drones - I See Seaweed (MGM)
BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Courtney Barnett
Kirin J Callinan
Seth Sentry
The Rubens
Vance Joy
BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP
Big Scary - "Luck Now" (Pieater)
Courtney Barnett - "History Eraser" (Milk! Records)
Flume - "Holdin' On" (Future Classic)
Jagwar Ma - "Man I Need" (Future Classic)
Vance Joy - God Loves You When You're Dancing (Liberation Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
Bliss N Eso - Circus in the Sky (Illusive)
Illy - Bring It Back (Obese Records)
Seth Sentry - This Was Tomorrow (High Score Records)
Spit Syndicate - Sunday Gentlemen (Obese Records)
Urthboy - Smokey's Haunt (Elefant Traks)
BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Baylou - Go To Hell and I Love You (ABC Music)
Catherine Britt - Always Never Enough (ABC Music)
Karl Broadie - A Side B Side Seaside (WJO)
The Sunny Cowgirls - What We Do (WJO)
Lee Kernaghan - Beautiful Noise (ABC Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Mama Kin - The Magician's Daughter (MGM)
Mia Dyson - The Moment (MGM)
Paul Kelly - Spring and Fall (Gawd Aggie Recordings)
Tim Rogers - Rogers Sings Rogerstein (Four|Four)
The Cat Empire - Steal The Light (Two Shoes Record)
BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK, HEAVY OR PUNK ALBUM
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise (Flightless)
Kingswood - Change of Heart (Capgun Kids)
Parkway Drive - Atlas (Resist Records)
The Mark of Cain - Songs of the Third and Fifth (Feel Presents)
The Smith Street Band - Sunshine and Technology (Poison City Records)
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Allan Browne Trio - Lost In The Stars (Jazzhead)
Christopher Hale - Sylvan Coda (Which Way Music)
Jonathan Zwartz - The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air (Planet)
Magnet - Magnet (Magnet Sounds)
Trichotomy - Fact Finding Mission (Jazzhead Records)
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE
Charles Murdoch - "Dekire" ft Oscar Key Sung (Future Classic)
Flight Facilities - "Clair de Lune" ft Christine Hoberg (Independent/AWAL)
Flume - "Holdin' On" (Future Classic)
Jagwar Ma - "Man I Need" (Future Classic)
RUFUS - "Take Me" (Sweat It Out)
