The nominations for the 2024 AIR Awards (Australian Independent Record Label Association) have been announced! This year’s AIR Awards will be held at the Queen’s Theatre, Adelaide on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Congratulations to The Orchard’s distributed labels and partners on 20 nominations!
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (Domestic La La) have gained nominations for Best Independent Rock Album or EP, Independent Song of the Year, and more! The punk-rock band’s debut album I Love You displays a sense of fun and confidence more than ever before seen from them.
Cooking Vinyl artists scored nominations for the following: Fanny Lumsden’s Hey Dawn for Best Independent Country Album or EP, Luca Brasi’s The World Don’t Owe You Anything for Best Independent Punk Album or EP, and Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan’s “Blak Nation” for Independent Music Video of the Year.
Find the full list of AIR Award nominations here and The Orchard distributed nominees below.
Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
Elixir – A Small Shy Truth (ABC Jazz)
Mike Nock – Hearing (ABC Jazz)
Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’ (ABC Classic)
Best Independent Pop Album or EP
Kate Ceberano – My Life Is A Symphony (ABC Music)
Best Independent Rock Album or EP
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You (Domestic La La)
Best Independent Country Album or EP
Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Independent Marketing Team of the Year
Domestic La La – Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You (Domestic La La)
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single
FISHER & Kita Alexander – “Atmosphere” (etcetc AU)
The Jungle Giants – “Trippin Up” (Self)
Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Luca Brasi – The World Don’t Owe You Anything (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)
Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
Polaris – Fatalism (Resist Records)
Void Of Vision – CHRONICLES [UNFD]
Independent Song of the Year
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – “I Used To Be Fun” (Domestic La La)
Independent Label of the Year
ABC Music
Poison City Records
Independent Publicity Team of the Year
Janine Morcos – Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)
Independent Music Video of the Year
Chris Cowburn– Emma Donovan – “Blak Nation” (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Independent Producer of the Year
Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You (Domestic La La)
PNAU (etcetc AU)
