Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has dominated tonight’s 2008 AIR Awards ceremony, held at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel. The awards, now in their third year, celebrate the very best in Australian independent music. Geoffrey picked up three awards on the night – including that for Best New Australian Independent Artist.
Sydney hip-hop outfit The Herd also picked up two awards, including the coveted ‘Best Australian Independent Artist’ gong. Other winners on the night included The Getaway Plan, Bec Willis and Peret Mako. Check out the full list of those who picked up the awards below;
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Grafton Primary – Relativity
Meem – The Bumpy EP
Peret Mako – The Devil Is In The Detail
Jamie Lloyd – More Trouble
Theatre Of Disco – Theatre Of Disco
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
Muph & Plutonic – …And Then Tomorrow Came
Katalyst – What’s Happening
Resin Dogs – More?
A-Love – Ace Of Hearts
The Herd – Summerland
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM
Gest8 – Koleidoscope
Matt McMahon & Guy Strazz – 2@1
Mike Nock Project – Meeting Of The Waters
Oehlers/Grabowsky/Beck – Lost And Found
Tina Harrod – Work Songs
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Noll Brothers – A Country Heart
The Flood – Everybody’s Favourite
Davidson Brothers – Davidson Brothers
Felicity Urquhart – My Life
Bec Willis – Bec Willis
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Birds Of Tokyo – Universes
The Getaway Plan – Other Voices, Other Rooms
Magic Dirt – Girl
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours
Horsell Common – The Rescue
LEFT: Winner of ‘Best Australian Independent Blues/Roots Album’ AND ‘Best Australian Independent Album’, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performs live at the 2008 AIR Awards. Geoffrey has also just won the award for the ‘Best New Independent Artist’ award, announced at Melbourne’s The Corner Hotel a short time ago.
(our thanks to Jenny for the picture)
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT BLUES/ROOTS ALBUM
Gin Club – Junk
The Waifs – Sun Dirt Water
Lior – Corner Of An Endless Road
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
John Butler – One Step
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT SINGLE/EP
Stealing O’Neal – Collidescope
Wolf & Cub – One To The Other
Sneaky Sound System – Kansas City
The Getaway Plan – Where The City Meets The Sea
Grafton Primary – Relativity
Ricki-Lee – Can’t Sing A Different Song
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT ALBUM
Lior – Corner Of An Endless Road
Little Red – Listen To Little Red
British India – Thieves
Sneaky Sound System – 2
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Drapht
Little Red
Abbe May
A-Love
BEST AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT ARTIST
The Waifs
Ricki-Lee
The Getaway Plan
Lior
The Herd
Birds Of Tokyo
auspOp congratulates all the nominees and all the winners in tonight’s third AIR Awards ceremony.
We also thank our delightful contact in the crowd for keeping us up to date with all the winners.
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