THE 2019 MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS - PUBLIC-VOTED NOMINEES

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN ALBUM OF 2019 - $10,000 CASH PRIZE
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow
Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers
Gregor - Silver Drop
On Diamond - On Diamond
Angie McMahon - Salt

BEST BAND
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Amyl and the Sniffers
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks
The Teskey Brothers
Tropical F*ck Storm

BEST SONG - $3,000 APRA AMCOS CASH PRIZE
Briggs - Life is Incredible
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks - Good Citizens
Gordon Koang - Stand Up (Clap Your Hands)
Sampa The Great - Final Form
The Teskey Brothers - So Caught Up

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Sampa The Great
Baker Boy
Angie McMahon
Gordon Koang
Alex Lahey
Courtney Barnett
Palm Springs
Olympia
DRMNGNOW
Gregor

BEST MALE MUSICIAN
Davey Lane
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical F*ck Storm)
Gordon Koang
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard)
Paul Kelly

BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN
Angie McMahon
Courtney Barnett
Erica Dunn (Tropical F*ck Storm, Palm Springs, MOD CON, Harmony)
Romy Vager (RVG)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF 2019 - $5,000 CASH PRIZE
DRMNGNOW
Gena Rose Bruce
G Flip
Gordon Koang
Tones And I

BEST LIVE ACT - $5,000 LYRICAL ROAD TRAVEL VOUCHER
Amyl and the Sniffers
Sampa The Great
Tropical F*ck Storm
Mildlife
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

BEST SMALL VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
Howler, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Tote, Collingwood
The Old Bar, Fitzroy
The Gasometer, Collingwood

BEST LARGE VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
Forum, Melbourne
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
The Corner, Richmond

THE 2019 MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS - INDUSTRY-VOTED WINNERS

BEST FESTIVAL
Golden Plains
Meredith
Boogie
Gizzfest
Supersense

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT - $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
The Teskey Brothers
Stonefield
KIAN
Maya Rose
The Kite Machine

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) - $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Caravan Music Club, Malvern East
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Karova Lounge, Ballarat

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) - $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Ullumbura Theatre, Bendigo
Malt Shed, Wangaratta
Blues Train, Queenscliff
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT - $2,000 ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION CASH PRIZE
Allara Briggs Pattison
DRMNGNOW
Kalyani & Isha
Key Hoo
Robert K Champion

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Anna Scionti - Orphan Diary
Catfish Voodoo - Cookin’ With…
Julian James - Silver Spade
Opelousas - Opelousified
TK Reeve - Wanna Feel Good

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Matt Joe Gow - Break, Rattle And Roll
Kate Alexander + Hana Brenecki - Don’t You Have Better Things To Do?
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission - Coldwater DFU
Nathan Seeckts - The Heart Of The City
Sean McMahon - You Will Know When You’re There

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
CORIN
DJ Plead
Kirkis
Rings Around Saturn
Sui Zhen

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Cat Hope
CORIN (Corin Ileto)
Diimpa (William Elm)
Naretha Williams
Uboa (Xandra Metcalfe)

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM
Cat & Clint - The Days That Used To Be
Lucie Thorne - KITTY & FRANK
The Maes - The Maes
Roolya Boolya - Running to You
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Blackhelm - Dark Clouds of the Inferno
Religious Observance - Utter Discomfort
Suldusk - Lunar Falls
Uboa - The Origin of My Depression
Vexation - Journey Beyond Mortality

BEST HIP HOP ACT
Cool Out Sun
DRMNGNOW
Kaiit
Remi
Sampa The Great

BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
Cool Out Sun
Gordon Koang
Iaki Vallejo
Përolas
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Adam Simmons - The Usefulness of Art
Adam Spiegl - Melancholiac
Andrea Keller - Transients Vol. 1
Spirograph Studies - Kindness, Not Courtesy
Various Artists - Sunny Side Up

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Echo Drama
Jah Tung
Quashani Bahd
Shottaz
Yaw Faso

BEST ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers
HEXDEBT - Rule Of Four
Stonefield - Bent
Tropical F*ck Storm - Braindrops
V - So Pure

BEST SOUL, FUNK, GOSPEL OR RNB ALBUM
Allysha Joy - Acadie: Raw
Clever Austin - Pareidolia
Cool Out Sun - Cool Out Sun
Laneous - Monstera Deliciosa
The Putbacks - The Putbacks

PUBLIC VOTED NOMINEES

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN ALBUM OF 2018 - $10,000 CASH PRIZE
Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Laura Jean – Devotion
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Sampa The Great – Birds And The Bee9 

BEST BAND
Camp Cope
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
MOD CON
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Tropical Fuck Storm  

BEST SONG
Baker Boy – Marryuna
Camp Cope – The Opener
Courtney Barnett – Nameless, Faceless
Laura Jean – Girls On The TV
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue  

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Alex Lahey
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Courtney Barnett
Didirri
Laura Jean
Mojo Juju
Sampa The Great
Tash Sultana
Vance Joy 

BEST MALE MUSICIAN
Danzal Baker (Baker Boy)
Didirri Peters (Didirri)
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm)
Jake Robertson (School Damage, Alien Nosejob)
Tom Iansek (No Mono) 

BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN
Courtney Barnett
Erica Dunn (Tropical F*ck Storm, MOD CON, Palm Springs)
Laura Englert (Laura Jean)
Mojo “Juju” Ruiz De Luzuriaga (Mojo Juju)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)  

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF 2018 - $5000 CASH PRIZE
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Kaiit
Mildlife
MOD CON  

BEST LIVE ACT
Amyl And The Sniffers
Baker Boy
Cable Ties
Courtney Barnett
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard  

BEST SMALL VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
The Gasometer, Collingwood
Howler, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Old Bar, Fitzroy
The Tote, Collingwood  

BEST LARGE VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
170 Russell, Melbourne
Corner Hotel, Richmond
The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank  

INDUSTRY VOTED NOMINEES

BEST FESTIVAL
Gizzfest
Golden Plains
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain
Wet Fest  

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT
Benny Walker
Freya Josephine Hollick
High Tension
Stonefield
This Way North  

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Barwon Club, South Geelong
Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
The Workers Club, Geelong 

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Aireys Pub, Aireys
Inlet Blues Train, Queenscliff
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Wandi Pub, Wandiligong  

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
Alice Skye
Baker Boy
Kaiit
Oetha
Willow Beats  

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Collard Greens And Gravy – Luedella
Fiona Boyes – Voodoo In The Shadows
Lloyd Spiegel – Backroads
Rhythm X Revival – Rhythm X Revival
Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie – Hoodoo Hipshake  

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Ben Mastwyk & The Millions – Winning Streak
Freya Josephine Hollick – Feral Fusion
Greta Ziller – Queen Of Boomtown
James Ellis & The Jealous Guys – It’s Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad)
Michael Waugh – The Asphalt & The Oval  

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Alice Ivy
Cale Sexton
Corin
Habits
Mildlife 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Aviva Endean
Maria Moles
MESS Ltd
Nat Grant
Romy Fox

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM
Cat Canteri – Inner North
Lucy Wise – Winter Sun
Luke Plumb & The Circuit – Turn & ReTurn
Michael Waugh – The Asphalt & The Oval
Trouble In The Kitchen – The Score 

BEST GLOBAL ACT
Cool Out Sun
Digital Afrika
Mojo Juju
Senegambian Jazz Band
Xylouris White  

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Dangerous Curves – So Dirty Right
Dream On Dreamer – It Comes And Goes
Encircling Sea – Hearken
High Tension – Purge
YLVA – Meta 

BEST HIP HOP ACT
Baker Boy
Drmngnow
Jordan Dennis
Kaiit
Sampa The Great  

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
30/70 – Elevate
Barney McAll – Hearing The Blood
Menagerie – The Arrow Of Time
Origami - Wu Xing – The 5 Elements
Sam Anning Sextet – Across A Field As Vast As One  

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Marvin Priest & Rik-E-Ragga
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Monkey Marc
Ras Jahknow
Yaw Faso  

BEST ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Camp Cope – How to Socialise & Make Friends
Divide and Dissolve – Abomination
Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls
Sarah Mary Chadwick – Sugar Still Melts In The Rain
Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death in Meatspace 

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB ALBUM
30/70 – Elevate
The Bamboos – Night Time People
Billy Davis – A Family Portrait
Mildlife – Phase 
Sampa The Great – Birds and The BEE9

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS NOMINEES - 2017

BEST ALBUM

A.B Original – Reclaim Australia
Big Smoke – Time Is Golden
Cable Ties – Self Titled
Jen Cloher – Self-Titled
RVG – A Quality of Mercy 

BEST BAND
A.B. Original
Cable Ties
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
RVG
The Teskey Brothers 

BEST SONG
A.B. Original – January 26
Cable Ties – Say What You Mean
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake
RVG – A Quality of Mercy
The Smith Street Band – Death To The Lads 

BEST FEMALE
Ali Barter
Freya Josephine Hollick
Jen Cloher
Meg Mac
Tash Sultana 

BEST MALE
D.D Dumbo
Dan Sultan
Paul Kelly
REMI
Tim Rogers 

BEST EMERGING ACT
Alexander Biggs
Amyl & The Sniffers
Cable Ties
RVG
The Teskey Brothers 

BEST LIVE ACT
A.B. Original
Cable Ties
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Peep Tempel 

BEST VENUE – UNDER 500 CAPACITY
The Curtin
The Gasometer
Howler
The Old Bar
The Tote

BEST VENUE – OVER 500 CAPACITY
170 Russell
The Corner Hotel
The Croxton Bandroom
The Forum
Melbourne Recital Centre 

BEST FESTIVAL
Boogie Festival
Golden Plains
Laneway
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR
The Bridge Hotel (Castlemaine)
Meeniyan Town Hall (Meeniyan)
Music On The Hill (Red Hill)
Pier Bandroom (Frankston)
Theatre Royal (Castlemaine)

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR
Baha (Rye)
Barwon Club (Geelong)
The Eastern Hotel (Ballarat)
Karova Lounge (Ballarat)
Workers Club (Geelong) 

BEST REGIONAL ACT
Benny Walker
Coda Chroma
Cosmic Psychos
D.D Dumbo
Freya Josephine Hollick 

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE AWARDS NOMINEES - 2017
(Voted by a select industry panel)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Big Smoke – "Time Is Golden"
Freya Josephine Hollick – "The Unceremonious Junking Of Me"
Matt Joe Gow –"Seven Years”
Raised By Eagles – "I Must Be Somewhere”
Small Town Romance – “Self-Titled”

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Client Liaison
Dom Dolla
Harvey Sutherland
The Journey
KLLO 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE ACT
Byron Scullin
James Hullick
Miyuki Jokiranta
Nat Grant
Winter Sound School / Bridget Chappell 

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM 
Jed Rowe – “A Foreign Country”
Jordie Lane and The Sleepers – “Glassellland”
Leah Senior – “Pretty Faces”
The Mae Trio – “Take Care Take Cover”
Sophie Koh – “Book of Songs”

BEST GLOBAL/REGGAE ALBUM
Amaru Tribe –  “Amaru Tribe”
The Bombay Royale – “Run Kitty Run”
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – “A Bit Na Ta”
Lamine Sonko and the African Intelligence – “Afro Empire”
Papa Chango – “The Lost Moon of Bellaris”

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Batpiss – “Rest in Piss”
Clowns – “Lucid Again”
Divide and Dissolve – “Basic”
Dødknell – “Hatred. Absolute”
Mammoth Mammoth –“Mount the Mountain”  

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
A.B Original – “Reclaim Australia”
Birdz – “Train of thought”
Must Volkoff – “Aquanaut”
Pez – ”Don't Look Down”
Remi – “Divas & Demons”

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Brenton Foster –  “The Nature of Light”
Fem Belling – “Now Then”
Paul Grabowsky/Mirko Guerrini/Niko Schauble – “Torrio!”
Senegambian Jazz Band –  “Self Titled”
Speedball – “We Have Moved”

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB AND GOSPEL ALBUM
Cookin’ On 3 Burners –  “Lab Experiments Vol 1”
Lance Ferguson –  “Raw Material”
The Meltdown –  “The Meltdown”
Silver Linings –  “So Good To You”
The Teskey Brothers – “Half Mile Harvest”

BEST ABORIGINAL ACT
A.B Original
Archie Roach
Benny Walker
Birdz
Dan Sultan 

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Benny & The Fly By Niters – “Watch Yourself”
Dan Dinnen – “Keep on Stirrin’ The Pot”
Fiona Boyes – “Professin The Blues”
Lloyd Spiegel – “This Time Tomorrow”
White Lightning – “Mongrel Blood”

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2015 - NOMINEES

Best Album - presented by The Age

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Dick Diver - Melbourne, Florida
Dorsal Fins - Mind Renovation
Ben Salter - The Stars My Destination
Totally Mild - Down Time
 
Best Song - presented by APRA AMCOS

Courtney Barnett - Depreston
Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
Pearls - Big Shot
Jess Ribeiro – Hurry Back To Love
The Peep Tempel - Carol

Best Band - presented by Corner Hotel

Courtney Barnett
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
The Peep Tempel
Totally Mild
Twerps

Best Male Artist - presented by Beat Magazine

Briggs
Fraser A. Gorman
Tom Iansek (#1 Dads, Big Scary)
CW Stoneking
Marlon Williams
 
Best Female Artist - presented by The Music

Courtney Barnett
Mojo Juju
Jess Ribeiro
Ella Thompson
Sui Zhen

Best Emerging Artist - presented by Travel Beyond Group / Bigsound

Gold Class
Harts
Raised By Eagles
Total Giovanni
Totally Mild
 
Best Regional Act - presented by Speaker TV

Briggs
Cosmic Psychos
Crepes
DD Dumbo
The Murlocs
 
Best Live Band - presented by Rockwiz

The Bamboos
The Drones
The Peep Tempel
The Smith Street Band
Total Giovanni
 
Best Regional Venue - presented by Live at your Local

Barwon Club, Geelong
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Loft, Warrnambool
 
Best Venue - presented by Mountain Goat

Corner Hotel, Richmond
Howler, Brunswick
Shebeen, Melbourne
The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
The Tote, Collingwood
 
Best Festival - presented by Crumpler

Boogie
Golden Plains
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Sugar Mountain
Supersense

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE AWARDS 2015 - NOMINEES

Best Blues Album - presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society

Blue Heat - One Day Too Long
Blues Mountain - Separation Street
Fiona Boyes – Box & Dice
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men - Movin' On
Lloyd Spiegel - Double Live Set

Best Country Album - presented by Allans Billy Hyde

Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies - Self Titled
Ben Mastwyk - Mornin', Evenin’
Mustered Courage - White Lies & Melodies
Raised By Eagles - Diamonds In The Bloodstream
Marlon Williams - Self Titled

Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album - presented by CollArts

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Dawn
Mojo Juju - Seeing Red / Feeling Blue
The Paul Kelly - Merri Soul Sessions
The Seven Ups - The Seven Ups
Women of Soul - Women of Soul

Best Jazz Album - presented by Dixons Creek Estate Wines

Allan Browne Quintet – Ithaca Bound
Jack Earle Big Band – Self Titled
Barney McAll – Mooroolbark
Refraction – As We Were
Paul Van Ross – Mi Alma Cuban: My Cuban Soul

Best Hip Hop Album - presented by Plakkit

Ciecmate – Limbo
Maundz - Nobody's Business
Tornts - No Compromise
Spit & Mac - The Hourglass
Lgeez - Cloud Nine

Best Electronic Act - presented by OneLove

Andras & Oscar
I’lls
Roland Tings
Total Giovanni
Wabz

Best Heavy Album - presented by Cherry Bar

Cuntz - Force the Zone
Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene - Facing the Ruin
High Tension – Bully
King Parrot - Dead Set
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

Best Indigenous Act - presented by Department of the Future Productions (DOTF)

Briggs
Emma Donovan
Philly
Dan Sultan
Benny Walker

Best Global or Reggae Album - presented by Crumpler

Ras Jahknow - Jah Sta Li Dub
Larry Maluma - Ulemu
Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir - Stories of Love & Regret
Quarter Street - Self titled
T Rhythm - Reminicin

Best Folk Roots Album - presented by Folk Alliance Australia

Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton - Declaration
Suzanna Espie - Mother's Not Feeling Herself Today
Oh Pep! - Living
The Mae Trio - September
Tolka - Our House

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act - presented by Bar Open

Carolyn Connors
Eves
Robin Fox
Joe Talia
Eugene Ughetti

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2014 - NOMINEES

Best Album - presented by The Age
Dan Sultan - Blackbird
HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Oddments
Teeth & Tongue - Grids
Total Control - Typical System

Best Band - presented by The Corner
Client Liaison
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Teeth & Tongue
Total Control
Wagons

Best Song - presented by APRA AMCOS
Banoffee - Got It
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Fraser A Gorman - Book Of Love
Laura Jean - My First Love Song
Total Control - Flesh War

Best Male Artist - presented by Tone Deaf
Chet Faker
Dan Sultan
Mikelangelo
Rob Snarski
Vance Joy

Best Female Artist - presented by The Music
Courtney Barnett
Jen Cloher
Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue)
Laura Jean
Missy Higgins

Best Emerging Artist - presented by Travel Beyond/BigSound
Banoffee
Client Liaison
D.D Dumbo
Milwaukee Banks
Remi

Best Live Band - presented by Rockwiz
Cosmic Psychos
Graveyard Train
Harmony
King Parrot
Saskwatch

Best Venue - presented by Mountain Goat
170 Russell, Melbourne
Cherry, Melbourne
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Howler, Brunswick
The Forum Theatre, Melbourne

Best Festival - presented by Crumpler
Boogie
Falls Festival
Golden Plains
Laneway Festival
Meredith Music Festival

Best Regional Venue - presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Barwon Club, Geelong
Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Hallam Hotel, Hallam
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan

Best Regional Act - presented by Live at Your Local
Briggs
Cosmic Psychos
D.D Dumbo
Freya Hollick
Stonefield

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE AWARDS 2014 - NOMINEES

Best Blues Album - presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society

Dreamboogie - Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men - 3am Blues Live
Ian Collard - Swamp, Stomp & Boogie
Kerri Simpson - 4am
Shaun Kirk - Steer The Wheel

Best Country Album - presented by Out On The Weekend

Eaten By Dogs - Eaten By Dogs
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes - Black Coffee
T-Bones - A Long Time Coming
Tracy McNeil - Nobody Ever Leaves
Wagons - Acid Rain & Sugar Cane

Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album - presented by Plakkit

Chelsea Wilson - I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
Cookin’ on 3 Burners - Blind Bet
Oscar Key Sung - Holograms
Saskwatch - Nose Dive
The Bamboos - Fever In The Road 

Best Jazz Album - presented by Dixons Creek Estate

Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings - Wave Rider
Anton Delecca Quartet - The Healer
Black Jesus Experience - Migration
Julien Wilson Trio - Swailing
Tilman Robinson - Network of Lines

Best Hip Hop Album - presented by PBS 106.7FM

Briggs - Shep Life
Geko - Real Heads Don’t Listen
L-Fresh the Lion - One
Remi - Raw x Infinity
Tornts - Street Visions

Best Electronic Act - presented by Select AV

Andras Fox
Chet Faker
Client Liaison
Dizz1 
Will Sparks

Best Heavy Album - presented by Sailor Jerry

Ausmuteants - Amusements
Ceres - I Don’t Want To Be Anywhere But Here
Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade
Iron Mind - Iron Mind
The Bennies - Rainbows In Space

Best Indigenous Act - presented by Songlines

Deline Briscoe
Kutcha Edwards
Philly
Skin Choir
The Deans

Best Global or Reggae Album - presented by Crumpler

Black Jesus Experience - Migration
Coloured Stone - Dance To the Sun
Tek Tek Ensemble - Terror in the Jungle
The Bombay Royale - The Island of Dr Electrico
The Chosen Ones - Self Titled

Best Folk Roots Album - presented by White Sky

Charles Jenkins - Too Much Water In The Boat
Laura Jean - Laura Jean
Oh Pep - II
Tobias Hengeveld – Daylight Express
Tracy McNeil - Nobody Ever Leaves

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act - presented by Implant Media

Evelyn Morris
Joel Stern
Nik Kennedy
Ren Walters
Rosalind Hall

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2013 - NOMINEES

Best Album - presented by The Age

All Day Venus - Adalita
Calendar Days - Dick Diver
I See Seaweed - The Drones
Not Art - Big Scary
Spring and Fall - Paul Kelly 

Best Band - presented by City of Melbourne

Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes
Dick Diver
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Saskwatch
The Drones

Best Song - presented by APRA

Nono/Yoyo - Standish/Carlyon
Head On/ Pill - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
History Eraser - Courtney Barnett
I’m In Love - Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
Riptide - Vance Joy

Best Male Artist - presented by Select AV

Archie Roach
David Bridie
Gotye
Mikelangelo
Paul Kelly

Best Female Artist - presented by TheMusic

Adalita
Courtney Barnett
Evelyn Morris (Pikelet)
Jen Cloher
Kylie Auldist

Best Emerging Artist - presented by Travel Beyond / Bigsound

Andras Fox
Brighter Later
Damn Terran
Fraser A. Gorman
Hiatus Kaiyote

Best Live Band - presented by RockWiz

Bombay Royale
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
Harmony
Money For Rope
The Drones

Best Venue - presented by Mountain Goat

The Caravan Club
The Corner Hotel
The Forum
The Old Bar
The Toff In Town

Best Festival - presented by Crumpler

All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be Your Mirror
Boogie
Golden Plains
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain

Best Regional Act

Gold Fields 
Hunting Grounds
Quarry Mountain Dead Rats
Stonefield
Yacht Club DJs

Best Regional Venue

Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland 
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Barwon Club, Geelong
The Bridge, Castlemaine

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE 2013 AWARDS - NOMINEES

Best Blues Album - presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS)

Chris Russell's Chicken Walk - Shakedown
Chris Wilson & Geoff Achison - Box of Blues
Nick Charles - Into The Blues
Russell Morris - Sharkmouth
Three Kings - Three Kings

Best Country Album - presented by Addicted To Noise

Dan Waters - La Vita E’Bella
Doug Bruce - Made That Way
Nigel Wearne - Black Crow
Raised By Eagles - Raised By Eagles
Sweet Jean - Dear Departure

Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album - presented by PBS 106.7FM

Hiatus Kaiyote - Tawk Tomahawk
Judex Rose - Afro Soul Power
Kylie Auldist - Still Life
Sweethearts - Bar Roma
The Cactus Channel - Wooden Boy

Best Jazz Album - presented by Dixons Creek Estate

Allan BrowneTrio - Lost In The Stars
Andrea Keller - Family Portraits
Menagerie - They Shall Inherit
Murphy's Law - Big Creatures and Little Creatures
Origami - Karaoke

Best Hip Hop Album - presented by Capi Soda

Dr. Flea - Keep on Moving
Flu - FluSeason
Fraksha - My Way
Known Associates - Ashes to Dust
Must Volkoff - White Russian

Best Electronic Act - presented by Select AV

Client Liaison
Dune
Nick Thayer 
Sunshine
Tornado Wallace aka Lewie Day

Best Heavy Album - presented by Wifire Music

Apart From This - In Gloom
Batpiss - Nuclear Winter
King Parrot - Bite Your Head Off
Ooga Boogas - Ooga Boogas
White Walls - White Walls

Best Indigenous Act - presented by Songlines

Archie Roach
Crystal Mercy
Dan Sultan
Kutcha Edwards
Yung Warriors

Best Global or Reggae Act - presented by Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME)

Afrobiotics
Airileke Ingram
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Zulya and the Children of the Underground

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act - presented by GI & Sanicki Lawyers

Aviva Endean
Dave Brown
Judith Hamann
Mark Groves
Nik Kennedy

Best Folk Roots Album - presented by White Sky

Archie Roach - Into the Bloodstream
Shane Howard - Other Side of the Rock
The Idle Hoes - Tomorrow Morning
The Mae Trio - Housewarming
Tinpan Orange - Over The Sun