AIR Awards of 2024 explained

2024 AIR Awards
Date:	1 August 2024
Venue:	Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
Website:	https://air.org.au/air-awards/
Previous:	2023
Next:	2025

The 2024 AIR Awards is the upcoming eighteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), scheduled to take place on 1 August 2024 in Adelaide. The 2024 AIR Awards will introduce two new categories; the Independent Producer of the Year and the Independent Music Video of the Year.^[1] The nominees were revealed on 14 May 2024.^[2]

Performances

• Maple Glider
• Jack River
• Bumpy
• Slava Grigoryan
• RVG

Nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.^[3]

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Album of the Year	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Song of the Year
RVG – Brain Worms Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Genesis Owusu – Struggler Jen Cloher – I Am the River, the River Is Me Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble	Jem Cassar-Daley – "King of Disappointment" Genesis Owusu – "Leaving the Light" Maple Glider – "Don't Kiss Me" RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – "I Used to Be Fun"
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
Royel Otis Big Wett Chloe Dadd Enola Pacific Avenue	Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan Dope Lemon – Kimosabé Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon Leah Senior – The Music That I Make The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Children's Album or EP	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Josh Pyke – It's Gonna Be a Great, Great Day! Amber Lawrence – A Very Aussie Aussie Christmas Emma Memma – Ballet Time The Wiggles – Ready Steady Wiggle Whistle and Trick – Bananas and Other Delicious Things	Australian Chamber Orchestra + Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica' Karen Jacobsen – Misogyny Opus Neil Gaiman and Fourpay String Quartet – Signs of Life Russell Morris – Slava Grigoryan – Gratitudes
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Country Album or EP	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn Henry Wagons – South of Everywhere Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble The Wolfe Brothers – Livin' the Dream Travis Collins – Any Less Anymore	Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Big Wett – Pu$$y Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast Simona Castricum – Sink Skeleten – Under Utopia
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
Fisher and Kita Alexander – "Atmosphere" Confidence Man – "On & On (Again)" Memphis LK – "Black and Blue" Odd Mob and Omnom – "Losing Control" The Jungle Giants – "Trippin Up"	Polaris – Fatalism C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops Glitoris – Glitoris RedHook – Postcard from a Living Hell Void of Vision – Chronicles
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
Genesis Owusu – Struggler JK-47 – Revision for Regrowth Teether and Kuya Neil – Stressor Urthboy – Savour Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies	Elixir – A Small Shy Truth Grievous Bodily Calm – Cascades Lance Gurisik and Jeremy Rose – Cull Portal Mike Nock – Hearing The Rookies – Feed the Fire
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Pop Album or EP	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Jack River – Endless Summer Hatchie – Giving the World Away (Deluxe) Kate Ceberano – My Life Is a Symphony Molly Millington – 5 Stages Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline	Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H ENOLA – All Is Forgiven EP Luca Brasi – The World Don't Owe You Anything Radio Free Alice – Radio Free Alice Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Rock Album or EP	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes Pacific Avenue – Flowers Royel Otis – Sofa Kings RVG – Brain Worms	WILSN – Those Days Are Over Bumpy – Morning Sun Immy Owusu – Lo Life Ruby Jackson – Sweeter for Me Women of Soul Collective – Feel Good
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Marketing Team of the Year	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Publicity Team of the Year
The Annex/Ourness/AWAL – Genesis Owusu - Struggler Domestic La La – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You I OH YOU/Mushroom Group – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Ivy League Records/Mushroom – The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way Slow Clap – Private Function - 370HSSV 0773H	Jessia Searle – Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me I OH YOU/Mushroom – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Janine Morcos – Teenage Joans - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest Thinking Loud – Genesis Owusu - Struggler This Much Talent – Nat Vazer - Strange Adrenaline
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Producer of the Year	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Independent Music Video of the Year
Bonnie Knight – Enola - All Is Forgiven (EP) Konstantin Kersting – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You Pnau – multiple singles in 2023 Tom Iansek – Maple Glider - I Get Into Trouble	Adam Munnings – Cub Sport – "Keep Me Safe" Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan – "Blak Nation" Hayden Somerville – RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Sean Higgins – Adam Noviello – "Fumbling" Tobias Willis – Georgia Mooney – "War Romance"
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Best Independent Label	! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"	Outstanding Achievement Award
Ourness ABC Music Dot Dash Recordings Poinson City Records Spinning Top Records	Don Spencer

See also

• Music of Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 AIR Awards Nominations Open, New Categories Added. The Music Network. 22 February 2024. 26 February 2024. Mary Varvaris.
2. Web site: 2024 AIR Awards Nominees: Genesis Owusu, Cub Sport, RVG, Teen Jesus & More. The Music. 14 May 2024. 14 May 2024.
3. Web site: Genesis Owusu, Dan Sultan & Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Among the Winners at the 2024 Air Awards . The Note. 2 August 2024. 2 August 2024.