Jagermeister Independent Music Awards Nominations announced

Nominations for the sixth Annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards have officially been announced, and they include a stunning array of the Australia's brightest emerging artists, alongside established and respected performers, acknowledging yet another extraordinary year for Independent music. Leading the pack (along with Seekae) with 4 Nominations for her critically acclaimed debut solo album is rock icon and Magic Dirt front woman Adalita (above), while Perth based Hip Hop artist Drapht, Art Vs Science, Emma Louise and Bobbysix faves Abbe May and The Jezabels are also up for awards.

Channel [V] will be on hand once again to film the event, producing a Jagermeister Independent Music Awards special to air in October, which will feature live performances from Adalita, Calling All Cars, The Holidays, Illy (featuring Owl Eyes) and Emma Louise, plus artist interviews and exclusive backstage footage of the event. For more info on the Awards, Charts and Independent music check out http://www.ausindies.com. Here are the nominees in the major categories.

BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST 
Abbe May
Adalita
Art Vs Science
Seekae
The Jezabels

BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR 
Adalita
Big Scary
Busby Marou
Emma Louise
Oscar & Martin
The Holidays

BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM 
Abbe May: Design Desire (Source Music)
Adalita: Adalita (Liberation Music)
Art vs Science: The Experiment (Independent)
Drapht: The Life Of Riley (The Ayems)
Seekae: +Dome (Rice Is Nice/Popfrenzy)

BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP 
Adalita: Hot Air (Liberation Music)
Emma Louise: Full Hearts and Empty Rooms (Independent)
Illy: It Can Wait Featuring Owl Eyes (Obese)
Stonefield: Through The Clover (Shock Entertainment)
The Jezabels: Dark Storm (Independent)

BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
Bliss N Eso: Walking On Air (Illusive Sounds)
Drapht: The Life Of Riley (The Ayems)
Illy: The Chase (Obese)
Joelistics: Voyager (Elefant Traks)
Sietta: The Seventh Passenger (Elefant Traks)

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM 
Art Vs Science (Independent)
Pnau: Soft Universe (Etc Etc)
Seekae: +Dome (Rice Is Nice/Popfrenzy)
The Aston Shuffle: Seventeen Past Midnight (Downright Music)
The Potbelleez: Destination Now (Vicious)

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE 
Collarbones: Don Juan (Two Bright Lakes)
Pnau: Solid Ground (etc etc)
Seekae: Blood Bank (Rice Is Nice/Popfrenzy)
Tommy Trash and Tom Piper: All My Friends Featuring Mr. Wilson (Ministry Of Sound)
Tonite Only: We run The Night (Ministry Of Sound)

Cloud Control ready to rock the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards

Tomorrow brings with it the fifth Jagermeister Independent Music Awards. At the ceremony to be held at The Forum in Melbourne, all eyes are sure to be on Cloud Control, who have scooped an impressive three nominations (Best Independent Artist, Breakthrough Independent Artist and Best Independent Album).

As well as hoping to pick up an award or three, Cloud Control will also be performing live at the event, as will British India, Sally Seltman, M-Phazes and The Amity Affliction.

Presented by the Australian Independent Record Label Association (AIR), the awards are about recognising something unique and acknowledging the universal truth that artistic accomplishment does not have to go hand-in-hand with commercial success. As we all know, to find truly interesting and groundbreakingly creative, you need to tune your radio to something other than the top 40.

There are still a handful of tickets available for tomorrow night's shindig, priced at a bargain $29 + booking fee. Be sure to grab one now. You can do so through Ticketmaster.

Jagermeister Independent Music Awards nominations announced

Nominations for the fifth annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards - which used to be known as the Jagermeister AIR Awards - were officially announced this week, and they include a stellar array of the Australia's brightest emerging talent.

Leading the pack with three Nominations each are Sia, Dan Sultan and Cloud Control. Also receiving a nomination for the coveted Best Independent Album is the late Australian music legend Rowland S Howard.

Little Red, British India and Eddie Current Suppression Ring also received nominations and, having been championed by BobbySix.com from the word go, Bridezilla (pictured above) and The Temper Trap are up for awards too.