The cream of Australia’s independent music industry assembled in Melbourne last night for the 2014 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards.
Celebrating the contribution and the success of our indies, awards were presented across a range of categories, including the Best Independent Single/EP, Best Independent Album and Best Independent Artist.
Melbourne songstress Courtney Barnett was one of the biggest winners of the night, taking out the awards for Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Single/EP for her single ‘Avant Gardener’.
Rockers Violent Soho walked away with the spoils too; nabbing the gongs for Best Independent Album and Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album for their LP ‘Hungry Ghost’.
The Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year Award went to Brisbane’s Sheppard, who experienced unprecedented success with their breakout smash ‘Geronimo’ earlier in the year.
Nominees, with winners of the respective categories in italics, are below.
BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Courtney Barnett
Chet Faker
John Butler Trio
Sia
Violent Soho
BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM
Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic)
RÜFÜS – Atlas (Sweat it Out)
Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear (Monkey Puzzle)
Total Control – Typical System (Independent)
Violent Soho – Hungry Ghost (I Oh You)
BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR presented by PPCA
D.D Dumbo
DMA’s
Meg Mac
Remi
Sheppard
BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP presented by Levi’s
Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener (Milk Records!)
DMA’s – DMA’s EP (I Oh You)
Sheppard – Geronimo (Empire of Song)
Sia – Chandelier (Monkey Puzzle)
Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome (I Oh You)
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Andras Fox – Overworld (Homeloan Records)
Guerre – Ex Nihilo (Yes Please)
RÜFÜS – Atlas (Sweat it Out)
Ta-ku – Songs To Break Up To (HW&W Recordings)
BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE
Kilter – They Say (etc/etc)
LUCIANBLOMKAMP – Help Me Out (Yes Please)
Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar – High (Vicious Bitch)
RÜFÜS – Sundream (Sweat it Out)
SAFIA – Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds (Independent)
BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
Allday – Startup Cult (ONETWO)
Horrorshow – King Amongst Many (Elefant Tracks)
L-FRESH The LION – One (IVienna People Recordings)
Remi – Raw x Infinity (House of Beige)
Thundamentals – So We Can Remember (Obese Records)
BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Davidson Brothers – Wanderlust (Independent)
Halfway – Any Old Love (Plus One Records)
The Painted Ladies – Play Selections From ‘The Loner’ (Plus One Records)
The Perch Creek Family Jugband – Jumping On The Highwire (Vitamin Records)
Sara Storer – Lovegrass (ABC Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Mia Dyson – Idyllwild (Black Door Music)
John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood (Jarrah Records)
Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions (Gawd Aggie Recordings)
Little Bastard – Little Bastard (Four | Four)
Dan Sultan – Blackbird (Liberation Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK, HEAVY OR PUNK ALBUM
DZ Deathrays – Black Rat (I Oh You)
High Tension – Death Beat (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Oddments (Flightless)
sleepmakeswaves – Love Of Cartography (Bird’s Robe Records)
Violent Soho – Hungry Ghost (I Oh You)
BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM
Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider (Jazzhead)
Julien Wilson Quartet – This Is Always (Lionsharecords)
Paul Grabowsky Sextet – The Bitter Suite (ABC Jazz)
Gian Slater – Still Still (Which Way Music)
Joseph Tawadros – Permission To Evaporate (ABC Jazz)
BEST INDEPENDENT CLASSICAL ALBUM
Gurrumul & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – His Life And Music (ABC Music / Skinnyfish)
Michael Kieran Harvey – Psychosonata (Move Records)
Anna McMichael and Tamara-Anna Cislowska – Close Your Eyes and I’ll Close Mine (Tall Poppies)
Jane Sheldon & Nicole Panizza – Nature (Phosphor Records)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Hush Collection, Vol. 13: The Magic Island (Hush)
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