The 2023 Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards nominees have been announced! The awards will take place on Thursday, August 3 at the Freemasons Hall in Adelaide, Australia. Congratulations to The Orchard’s distributed partners on 34 nominations total!
Two new industry categories were introduced this year, one of which aims to highlight the Independent Marketing Team of the Year. The Orchard is proud to announce that we received a nomination alongside our partners at ABC Music for The Wiggles – Rewiggled (ABC Music).
Cooking Vinyl Australia artist King Stingray received a total of 4 nominations, including their self-titled project which was nominated for Best Independent Rock Album or EP and Independent Album of the Year. They were also nominated for Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year as well as Independent Song of the Year for their song “Camp Dog.”
ABC Music, ABC Classic, and ABC Kids collectively acquired 11 nominations! A few of the nominees include Baby Velvet’s Please Don’t Be In Love With Someone Else (ABC Music) for Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, and Nigel Westlake’s Blueback (Original Motion Picture Score) (ABC Classic) for Best Independent Classical Album or EP, and The Wiggles’ Rewiggled (ABC Kids) for Best Independent Children’s Album or EP.
Find the full list of AIR nominees here and The Orchard distributed nominees below.
Independent Marketing Team of the Year
ABC Music, The Orchard – The Wiggles – Rewiggled (ABC Music)
Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
Baby Velvet – Please Don’t Be In Love With Someone Else (ABC Music)
Little Quirks – Call to Unknowns (ABC Music)
William Crighton – Water and Dust (ABC Music)
Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Ensemble Offspring – To Listen, To Sing – Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers (ABC Classic)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Nigel Westlake – Blueback (Original Motion Picture Score) (ABC Classic)
William Barton, Véronique Serret – Heartland (ABC Classic)
Best Independent Children’s Album or EP
Play School – Very Jazzy Street Party (ABC Kids)
Teeny Tiny Stevies – How to Be Creative (ABC Kids)
The Wiggles – Rewiggled (ABC Kids)
Best Independent Country Album or EP
Lyn Bowtell – Wiser (Checked Label Services)
Best Independent Soul/Rnb Album or EP
Beckah Amani – April (Beckah Amani)
FELIVAND – Ties (Sweat It Out)
Best Independent Rock Album or EP
Camp Cope – Running with the Hurricane (Poison City Records)
King Stingray – King Stingray (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Ocean Alley – Low Altitude Living (Ocean Alley)
Slowly Slowly – Daisy Chain (UNFD)
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year – Presented by PPCA
King Stingray (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (Domestic La La)
Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Ninajirachi – Second Nature (NLV Records)
The Jungle Giants – Love Signs Remixed (Amplifire Music)
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single
Pnau & Troye Sivan – “You Know What I Need” (etcetc)
Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Body Type – Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising (Poison City Records)
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – Pretty Good For A Girl Band (Domestic La La)
Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
CLAMM – Care (Meat Machine)
Parkway Drive – Darker Still (Parkway Records)
Thornhill – Heroine (UNFD)
Yours Truly – is this what i look like? (UNFD)
Independent Album of the Year
King Stingray – King Stingray (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Independent Song of the Year
Genesis Owusu – “Get Inspired” (AWAL)
King Stingray – “Camp Dog” (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Independent Label of the Year
ABC Music
Domestic La La
UNFD
