*feature image by Greg Holland
2016 marks the 11th running year of The Age Music Victoria Awards, as part of the Melbourne Music Week program. One of the largest publicly voted music awards in the country, the event looks to highlight the wealth of talent in the Victorian music scene.
It’s been a rather exciting year for Victorian music, with festivals, venues, new releases, debut albums, reformations and new artists making outstanding contributions to the strength, quality and diversity of the state’s music community. The Age Victoria Music Awards highlight the immensity of talent on the local scene and offers a broad representation of a thriving music community.
This year, the nominees are all of a very high calibre in their respective categories. With this much staunch competition, it really is anyone’s game at this point. So if you see your favourite artist on there, make sure you place a vote! Public voting is open now, through till the 4th of November.
Without further ado, here are the nominees in each of the categories.
Remember, you can vote here!
BEST ALBUM
Camp Cope – Camp Cope
The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
NO ZU – Afterlife
Olympia – Self Talk
BEST BAND
Camp Cope
Dorsal Fins
The Drones
Gold Class
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
BEST SONG
Cable Ties – Same for Me
Camp Cope – Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams
The Drones – Taman Shud
Alex Lahey – You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me
Teeth & Tongue – Dianne
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Kylie Auldist
Jess Cornelius
Alex Lahey
Olympia
Ella Thompson
BEST MALE ARTIST
Briggs
Al Montfort (Terry, Total Control, Dick Diver, UV Race)
Remi
C.W. Stoneking
Henry Wagons
BEST EMERGING ACT
Cable Ties
Camp Cope
Alice Ivy
Alex Lahey
Loose Tooth
BEST LIVE BAND
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Parrot
The Drones
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
The Peep Tempel
BEST REGIONAL ACT
The Drones
D.D Dumbo
The Murlocs
Orb
C.W. Stoneking
BEST VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
170 Russell
Corner Hotel
The Croxton Bandroom
Forum Melbourne
Melbourne Recital Centre
BEST VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
The Curtin
The Gasometer Hotel
Howler
The Old Bar
The Tote
BEST REGIONAL VENUE
The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
The Loft, Warrnambool
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
BEST FESTIVAL
Boogie Festival
Cherry Rock
Meredith Music Festival
Paradise Music Festival
Sugar Mountain
In addition to the nominees being announced, The Age Victoria Music Awards have announced the details and line up of the afterparty show, which is going down at 170 Russell on the 16th of November at 8:30PM.
The lineup includes Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Camp Cope, busking legend Tash Sultana, Paul Dempsy, Alex Lahey and REMI amongst others. Limited tickets (selling fast!) are available at www.170russell.com, $30+BF.
