2024 AIR Awards Nominees Revealed

The nominees for the 2024 AIR Awards have been revealed.

The annual awards recognise and celebrate the success of Australia's independent music scene, with past winners including Courtney Barnett, Genesis Owusu, Flume, Amyl and the Sniffers, and Tones and I.

The nominees for the 2024 AIR Awards were announced today, alongside the reveal of two new industry categories – the Independent Music Video of the Year and the Independent Producer of the Year awards.

Genesis Owusu is in with a chance of winning big again, nominated in several categories including Independent Album of the Year for STRUGGLER. He'll face strong competition from Cub Sport, Jen Cloher, Maple Glider, and RVG in the category.

You can check out the extensive list of nominees below, from classical artists to blues and roots albums.

The 2024 AIR Awards will be held at the Queen’s Theatre in Adelaide on Thursday, August 1st.

“The Malinauskas Government is proud to support the AIR Awards and Indie-Con Australia Conference," Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels MP shares. "It is fantastic to be hosting the awards here in Adelaide again – Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music – and I congratulate all of the nominees.

"It’s a wonderful opportunity to recognise the work the independent music industry does in providing talented and emerging artists and music businesses with a platform to share their art with a wider audience."

Find out more about the 2024 AIR Awards here.

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2024 AIR Awards Nominees

BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM OR EP

DAN SULTAN - Dan Sultan DOPE LEMON - Kimosabè GEORGIA MOONEY - Full of Moon LEAH SENIOR - The Music That I Make THE TESKEY BROTHERS - The Winding Way

BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM OR EP

GENESIS OWUSU - STRUGGLER JK-47 - Revision For Regrowth TEETHER & KUYA NEIL - Stressor URTHBOY - Savour ZIGGY RAMO - Sugar Coated Lies

BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM OR EP

FANNY LUMSDEN - Hey Dawn HENRY WAGONS - South of Everywhere MAPLE GLIDER - I Get Into Trouble THE WOLFE BROTHERS - Livin' The Dream TRAVIS COLLINS - Any Less Anymore

BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM OR EP

ELIXIR - A Small Shy Truth GRIEVOUS BODILY CALM - Cascades LANCE GURISIK & JEREMY ROSE - Cull Portal MIKE NOCK - Hearing THE ROOKIES - Feed the Fire

BEST INDEPENDENT CLASSICAL ALBUM OR EP

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / RICHARD TOGNETTI - Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica' KAREN JACOBSEN - Misogyny Opus NEIL GAIMAN & FOURPLAY STRING QUARTET - Signs of Life RUSSELL MORRIS - The Real Thing Symphonic Concert SLAVA GRIGORYAN - Gratitudes

BEST INDEPENDENT CHILDREN’S ALBUM OR EP

AMBER LAWRENCE - A Very Aussie Aussie Christmas EMMA MEMMA- Ballet Time JOSH PYKE - It's Gonna Be a Great, Great Day! THE WIGGLES - Ready Steady Wiggle WHISTLE & TRICK - Bananas and Other Delicious Things

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE

CONFIDENCE MAN - "On & On (Again)" FISHER & KITA ALEXANDER - "Atmosphere" MEMPHIS LK - "Black And Blue" ODD MOB & OMNOM - "Losing Control" THE JUNGLE GIANTS - "Trippin Up"

BEST INDEPENDENT PUNK ALBUM OR EP

ENOLA - All Is Forgiven EP LUCA BRASI - The World Don't Owe You Anything PRIVATE FUNCTION - 370HSSV 0773H RADIO FREE ALICE - Radio Free Alice TEENAGE JOANS - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest

BEST INDEPENDENT HEAVY ALBUM OR EP

C.O.F.F.I.N - Australia Stops GLITORIS - Glitoris POLARIS - Fatalism REDHOOK - Postcard From a Living Hell VOID OF VISION - CHRONICLES

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE OR ELECTRONICA ALBUM OR EP

BIG WETT - PU$$Y CUB SPORT - Jesus at the Gay Bar HAIKU HANDS - Pleasure Beast SIMONA CASTRICUM - SINK SKELETEN - Under Utopia

BEST INDEPENDENT ROCK ALBUM OR EP

ALEX LAHEY - The Answer Is Always Yes PACIFIC AVENUE - Flowers ROYEL OTIS - Sofa Kings RVG - Brain Worms TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS - I Love You

BEST INDEPENDENT SOUL/RNB ALBUM OR EP

BUMPY - Morning Sun EP IMMY OWUSU - LO-LIFE! RUBY JACKSON - Sweeter for Me WILSN - Those Days Are Over WOMEN OF SOUL COLLECTIVE - Feel Good

BEST INDEPENDENT POP ALBUM OR EP

HATCHIE - Giving The World Away (Deluxe) JACK RIVER - Endless Summer KATE CEBERANO - My Life Is a Symphony MOLLY MILLINGTON - 5 Stages NAT VAZER - Strange Adrenaline

BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR – PRESENTED BY PPCA

BIG WETT CHLOE DADD ENOLA PACIFIC AVENUE ROYEL OTIS

INDEPENDENT SONG OF THE YEAR

GENESIS OWUSU - "Leaving the Light" JEM CASSAR-DALEY - "King of Disappointment" MAPLE GLIDER - "Don't Kiss Me" RVG - "Nothing Really Changes" TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS - "I Used to Be Fun"

INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR

CUB SPORT - Jesus at the Gay Bar GENESIS OWUSU - STRUGGLER JEN CLOHER - I Am the River, the River Is Me MAPLE GLIDER - I Get Into Trouble RVG - Brain Worms

BEST INDEPENDENT LABEL

ABC MUSIC DOT DASH RECORDINGS OURNESS POISON CITY RECORDS SPINNING TOP RECORDS

INDEPENDENT MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR

DOMESTIC LA LA - Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, I Love You I OH YOU, MUSHROOM - DMA’S, How Many Dreams? IVY LEAGUE, MUSHROOM - The Teskey Brothers, The Winding Way SLOW CLAP- PRIVATE FUNCTION, 370HSSV 0773H THE ANNEX, OURNESS, AWAL - Genesis Owusu, STRUGGLER

INDEPENDENT PUBLICITY TEAM OF THE YEAR

I OH YOU, MUSHROOM - DMA’S, How Many Dreams? JANINE MORCOS - Teenage Joans, The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest JESSICA SEARLE - Jen Cloher, I Am the River, the River Is Me THINKING LOUD - Genesis Owusu, STRUGGLER THIS MUCH TALENT - Nat Vazer, Strange Adrenaline

INDEPENDENT MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

ADAM MUNNINGS - Cub Sport, "Keep Me Safe" CHRIS COWBURN - Emma Donovan, "Blak Nation" HAYDEN SOMERVILLE - RVG, "Nothing Really Changes" SEAN HIGGINS - Adam Noviello, "Fumbling" TOBIAS WILLIS - Georgia Mooney, "War Romance"

INDEPENDENT PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

BONNIE KNIGHT - ENOLA, All Is Forgiven EP KONSTANTIN KERSTING - DMA's, How Many Dreams? OSCAR DAWSON - Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, I Love You PNAU - multiple singles in 2023 TOM IANSEK - Maple Glider, I Get Into Trouble