Congratulations to the successful artists at this years Jagermeister AIR Awards. Midnight Juggernauts, Dappled Cities, Bertie Blackman, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Bridezilla, Kirsty Lee Akers and Tjupurru were also incredible!

JAGERMEISTER BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD

THE DRONES – HAVILAH (Independent / MGM)

INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR

THE DRONES (Independent / MGM)

BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY COOPERS 62 PILSNER

BERTIE BLACKMAN (Forum 5 / MGM)

BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP

PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY - GOING TO THE CASINO (Boomtown Records / Shock)

BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM

ADAM BRAND - HELL OF A RIDE (Compass Brothers  / Shock)

BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM

C.W. STONEKING - JUNGLE BLUES (King Hokum Records / Shock)

BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK OR PUNK ALBUM

THE NATION BLUE - RISING WATERS (Casadeldisco Records / Shock)

BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP/URBAN ALBUM

PEZ - A MIND OF MY OWN (Soulmate Records / Inertia)

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE ALBUM

ART VS. SCIENCE - ART VS SCIENCE (Independent / Green)

BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JAMES – LINGUA FRANCA (Independent / Lamplight)

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS TO HEADLINE THE 2009 Jagermeister AIR Awards

We're absolutely delighted to announce that The Midnight Juggernauts will headline this years Jagermeister AIR Awards with a full set to close the show.

Joining them at the forum on November 22nd will be:

Bertie Blackman
Dappled Cities
CW Stoneking
Philadelphia Grand Jury
Kirsty Lee Akers
Bridezilla

And a very secret, very special guest!

So, if you're in going to be Melbourne on the 22nd of November, get in quick. A line-up like this doesn't happen at this price very often. 

Tickets to this years Jagermeister AIR Awards are now available for just $28.70 at ticketek.

Click here to go get em!

Nominees 2009

Nominations for the 2009 Jagermeister AIR Awards were announced on Friday 16th of October.

Nominees for Best Independent Artist include joyous SA pop princess SIA, Australian bluesman CW STONEKING, global sensation DAPPLED CITIES, beguiling synth-pop breakthrough BERTIE BLACKMAN and critical darlings THE DRONES.

Shortlisted for the coveted Jagermeister Best Australian Independent Album of the Year Award are BERTIE BLACKMAN’s Secrets and Lies, CW STONEKING’s Jungle Blues, DAPPLED CITIES’ Zounds, They Blind The Stars, And The Wild Team by DECODER RING and Havilah by THE DRONES.

BERTIE BLACKMAN and SIA are also among the nominees for Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year, presented by Coopers 62 Pilsner and Best Independent Single or EP.

The JAGERMEISTER AIR AWARDS are presented by the AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS ASSOCIATION and honour the quality and diversity of music made by Australian artists, released by Australian owned independent record companies and distributed through Australian owned distribution companies. The AIR Awards are 100% Australian and recognize the incredible depth of talent in our music industry across all genres.

The 4th Annual JAGERMEISTER AIR AWARDS will be presented at The Forum Theatre, Melbourne on Sunday 22 November 2009 and hosted by The Chaser’s Julian Morrow.

AIR would like to welcome Coopers 62 Pilsner as the official beer of the JAGERMEISTER AIR AWARDS 2009.

Nominees 2009 

Best Independent Single Or EP

Best Independent Country Album

Best Independent Blues and Roots Album

Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album

Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album

Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year Presented by Coopers 62 Pilsner

Jagermeister Best Independent Album

Independent Artist Of The Year

THE CORNER HOTEL GOES OFF AS AIR CELEBRATES OUR BEST INDEPENDENT TALENT

700 hundred guests and punters crammed into one of Melbourne's homes of independent music to witness The Herd take out the AIR's coveted Best Independent Artist award. The award coincides with The Herd's self managed label Elefant Traks celebrating it's tenth birthday over weekend and topped off a magnificent evening for the 8 piece collective after they gave a showstopping performance and took out the award for Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album. 

Another performer during the evening, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu continued his remarkable rise as a solo artist by collecting awards for Best Blues and Roots Album, Best New Independent Artist and the hotly contested Best Independent Album for his beautiful debut Gurrumul.

Attendees were treated to an incredible line up of performers. The Getaway Plan kicked the evening off with a bang, performing When The City Meets the Sea, which later took out the award for best independent single. Lior and Felicity Urquhart showed why they are considered some of Australia's finest songwriters and Grafton Primary had the room pumping with their breakthrough single Relativity. 

Proudly independent Canadian Martha Wainwright teamed up with The Drones to perform a soulful version of How To Mend A Broken Heart by The Bee Gees followed by a scorching take on Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' not so uplifting  Long Train Suffering.

The event which was in turns quirkily and hilariously hosted by Channel V's Jane Gazzo and Bluejuice's frontman Jake Stone ended with a magnificent set from DIY garage rockers and crowd favorites Eddy Current Suppression Ring who had previously taken out Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk album for their latest offering Primary Colours.

Thanks to all those who attended the awards, and congratulations to the nominees and winners.

A MIGHTY LINE-UP OF PERFORMERS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIAN MUSIC

2008 Jagermeister AIR AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED