Following on from announcing the first round of ARIA Award 2013 nominees, the first winners of the coveted awards have been announced as the full list of nominees for the Australian Recording Industry Association’s night of nights has been revealed.
The winners of ARIA’s Fine Arts & Artisan Awards were announced at a special ceremony hosted at the Art Gallery of NSW, where the final list of ARIA Awards 2013 nominations has been unveiled ahead of the 27th Annual ARIA Awards ceremony at The Star Casino on Sunday 1st December.
Following scooping the recent AIR Awards with four big wins, Sydney producer and robot-wrangler Flume leads the nominations pool with eight nods across multiple categories, followed closely behind by Aussie psych-rock majors Tame Impala, with seven nominations, and fellow Perth rockers Birds of Tokyo, who are up for six gongs.
All three acts will be competing for the coveted Album of the Year ARIA, alongside pop star Guy Sebastian and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Push The Sky Away – the band’s first-ever #1 Aussie album and independently released record in their 30 year career.
The nomination is one of six for Nick Cave and his ensemble, while other multiple nominees include electropop duo Empire of the Sun (with five nods), singer-songwriter Vance Joy (three nods), and indie Melbourne duo Big Scary, up for Best Breakthrough Act and for their stunning AMP-nominated second album, Not Art, which competes with Cave in the Best Independent Release category, along with releases from San Cisco, Sheppard, and The Drones.
The ferocious Gareth Liddiard five-piece are also featured among the likes of Tame Impala, Flume, Vance Joy, Matt Corby, Paul Kelly, Karnivool and more in the the four publicly voted ARIA Awards for ’Song Of The Year’, ‘Best International Artist’, ‘Best Australian Live Act’ and ‘Best Video’.
But it is 21-year-old Harley Streten, best known as Flume, who has the best chance of filling his trophy cabinet with his eight ARIA nominations. In fact, Flume has already taken home an ARIA early, winning the Producer Of The Year award at today’s Fine Arts & Artisan ARIA Ceremony for this work on his eponymous debut, one of seven awards that were doled out.
Other winners at today’s ceremony included Empire Of The Sun’s album Ice On The Dune for Best Cover Art and Paul Kelly, who shared the Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album win with his Conversations With Ghosts collaborators, James Ledger and Genevieve Lacey, and ANAM Musicians.
Meanwhile Virginia Read became the first woman to win Engineer Of the Year, a breakthrough for females in the music industry, while the likes of Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko, Jessica Mauboy, Abbe May, and Emma Louise shone through with nominations in the particularly male-dominated list of ARIA nominations.
View the full list of ARIA Awards 2013 nominees, publicly voted ARIAs, and the Fine Arts & Artisan Award winners below.
ARIA Awards 2013 Nominees
Album of the Year
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires (EMI)
Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Breakthrough Artist – Release (Presented by PPCA)
Big Scary – Not Art (Pieater/Inertia)
Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
RüFüS – Atlas (Sweat It Out Music/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
The Rubens – The Rubens (Ivy League Records)
Vance Joy – God Loves You When You’re Dancing (Liberation Music)
Best Male Artist
Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Keith Urban – Little Bit Of Everything (EMI)
Matt Corby – Resolution (Mercury Australia)
Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall (Gawd Aggie Recordings/Universal Music Australia)
Best Female Artist
Abbe May – Kiss My Apocalypse (Abbe May/MGM)
Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart (Emma Louise/MGM)
Jessica Mauboy – To The End Of The Earth (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Missy Higgins – Set Me On Fire (Eleven: a music company/Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Sarah Blasko – I Awake (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Group
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream (Island Australia)
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires (EMI)
Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Best Independent Release
Big Scary – Not Art (Pieater/Inertia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
San Cisco – San Cisco (Island City Music/MGM)
Sheppard – Let Me Down Easy (Empire Of Song/ MGM)
The Drones – I See Seaweed (The Drones/MGM)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Bob Evans – Familiar Stranger (EMI)
Clare Bowditch – The Winter I Chose Happiness (Island Australia)
Josh Pyke – The Beginning And The End Of Everything (Ivy League Records)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
Sarah Blasko – I Awake (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Blues and Roots Album
Archie Roach – Into the Bloodstream (Liberation Music)
Mama Kin – The Magician’s Daughter (Mama Kin/MGM)
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Melbourne Ska Orchestra (Four Four/ABC Music)
Russell Morris – Sharkmouth (Fanfare Records/EMI)
The Cat Empire – Steal The Light (Two Shoes Records/Inertia)
Best Children’s Album
Giggle and Hoot – Claw Tapping Tunes (ABC Music)
Jay Laga’aia – Ten In The Bed (ABC Music)
Justine Clarke – A Little Day Out with Justine Clarke (ABC Music)
Sam Moran – Play Along With Sam (6 Degrees Records/MGM)
The Wiggles – Taking Off! (ABC Music)
Best Comedy Release
Housos – Live (Punchline Comedy)
Sammy J & Randy – Bin Night (Punchline Comedy)
Pauly Fenech – Pauly’s Shorts (Punchline Comedy)
Tom & Alex – The Bits We’re Least Ashamed Of (triple j) (ABC Music)
Various – Colin Buchanan’s TGIF Songs (ABC Music)
Best Country Album
Jasmine Rae – If I Want To (ABC Music)
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck and Ruin (Liberation Music)
Lee Kernaghan – Beautiful Noise (ABC Music)
Sara Storer – Lovegrass (ABC Music)
Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey – The Great Country Songbook (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Best Dance Release
Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
Jagwar Ma – Howlin (Future Classic)
The Potbelleez – Saved In A Bottle (Hussle Recordings/Ministry Of Sound)
The Presets – Pacifica (Modular Recordings)
RüFüS – Atlas (Sweat It Out Music/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Best Pop Release
Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
San Cisco – San Cisco (Island City Music/MGM)
The Preatures – Is This How You Feel? (Mercury Australia)
Vance Joy – God Loves You When You’re Dancing (Liberation Music)
Best Rock Album
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires (EMI)
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream (Island Australia)
Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
The Drones – I See Seaweed (The Drones/MGM)
The Rubens – The Rubens (Ivy League Records)
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Airbourne – Black Dog Barking (Roadrunner Records)
Karnivool – Asymmetry (Cymatic Records/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Northlane – Singularity (UNFD)
The Amity Affliction – Chasing Ghosts (Roadrunner Records)
Thy Art Is Murder – Hate (Halfcut/Shock Records)
Best Urban Album
Bliss n Eso – Circus In The Sky (Illusive)
Horrorshow – King Amongst Many (Elefant Traks/Inertia Music)
Illy – Bring it Back (Obese Records)
Seth Sentry – This Was Tomorrow (High Score Records/Inertia)
Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt (Elefant Traks/Inertia Music)
ARIA Awards 2013 Public Voted Nominees
Song of the Year
Bombs Away (feat. The Twins) – Party Bass (Central Station)
Flume – Holdin On (Future Classic)
Samantha Jade – What You’ve Done To Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns (EMI)
Timomatic – Parachute (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Vance Joy – Riptide (Liberation Music)
Justice Crew – Best Night (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Stafford Brothers (feat Lil Wayne & Christina Milian) – Hello (Universal Music)
Guy Sebastian – Get Along (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Matt Corby – Resolution (Mercury Australia)
Best International Artist
Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal (Universal/Republic)
Taylor Swift – Red (Universal/Big Machine Records)
Birdy – Birdy (Warner)
Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox (Warner)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist (Macklemore & Ryan Lews LLC)
Ed Sheeran – + (Atlantic/ Electra)
One Direction – Take Me Home (Sony)
Mumford & Sons – Babel (Universal)
P!nk – The Truth About Love (Sony)
Michael Bublé – Christmas (Warner)
Best Australian Live Act
Paul Kelly & Neil Finn – Australian Tour: Feb – Mar 2013 (Gawd Aggie Recordings/Universal Music Australia)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – National Tour: Feb – Mar 2013 (Bad Seed Ltd / Kobalt Label Services)
Keith Urban – The Story So Far Tour: Jan – Feb 2013 (EMI)
Tame Impala – Lonerism Tour: Apr – May 2013 (Modular)
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires Tour: Feb – Mar 2013 (EMI)
The Drones – I See Seaweed Tour: Apr 2013 (The Drones/MGM)
Flume – The Infinity Prism Tour: Apr – May 2013 (Future Classic)
Karnivool – Asymmetry Tour: Jun – Aug 2013 (Cymatic Records/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Guy Sebastian – Get Along Tour: Mar – Jun 2013 (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Matt Corby – Australian Tour: May – Jun 2013 (Mercury Australia
Best Video
Flight Facilities “Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg)” (Flight Facilities / Kobalt Label Services) – Dave Ma
Matt Corby “Resolution” (Mercury Australia) – Bryce Jepson
Vance Joy “Riptide” (Liberation Music) – Dimitri Basil
Justice Crew “Best Night” (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) – Marc Furmie
San Cisco “Fred Astaire” (Island City Records/MGM) – Andrew Nowrojee
Birds Of Tokyo “Lanterns” (EMI) – Josh Logue
Timomatic “Parachute” (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) – Marc Furmie & Elisa Mercurio
Flume “Holdin On” (Future Classic) – Joe Nappa
Samantha Jade “Firestarter” (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) – Christopher Frey
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Jubilee Street” (Bad Seed Ltd / Kobalt Label Services) – John Hillcoat
ARIA Awards 2013 Fine Arts & Artisan Winners
Best Classical Album
WINNER: Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman (ABC Classics & Jazz)
Amy Dickson, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Catch Me If You Can (ABC Classics & Jazz)
David Hansen – Rivals: Arias for Farinelli & Co. (deutsche harmonia mundi/Sony Classical)
Jane Sheldon – North + South (Phosphor Records/The Planet Company)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake – Missa Solis: Requiem for Eli (ABC Classics & Jazz)
Best Jazz Album
WINNER: The Idea Of North – Smile (ABC Jazz)
Andrea Keller – Family Portraits (Jazzhead/MGM)
Jonathan Zwartz – The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air (Independent/The Planet Company)
Renee Geyer –Swing (Fanfare Records/EMI)
Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor – The Colonel & The Governor (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Best World Music Album
WINNER: Joseph Tawadros – Chameleons of the White Shadow (ABC Classics & Jazz)
Airileke – Weapon of Choice (Wantok Musik Foundation/The Planet Company)
Rasa Duende – Improvisations (ABC Music)
Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen – Together We Are Strong – Ngambala Wigi Li-Wun The Song Peoples Sessions (ABC Music)
Various – Melodie Francaise (Original Matters/Inertia)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
WINNER: Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians – Conversations With Ghosts
(ABC Music)
David Bridie – Satellite Boy (Wantok Musik Foundation/The Planet Company)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Present – Lawless – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony Classical)
Tina Arena – Symphony of Life (Fanfare Records/EMI)
Various – triple j’s One Night Stand (ABC Music)
Best Cover Art
WINNER: Aaron Hayward and David Homer @ Debaser for Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
Glen Hannah for Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck and Ruin (Liberation Music)
Graeme Base for The Cat Empire – Steal The Light (Two Shoes Records/Inertia)
Justin Maller for Bliss n Eso – Circus In The Sky (Illusive)
Kevin Parker & Leif Podhajsky for Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Engineer of the Year
WINNER: Virginia Read for Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things (ABC Classics & Jazz)
Dann Hume for Alpine – Seeing Red (Ivy League Records)
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Nicky Bomba, Robin Mai for Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Melbourne Ska Orchestra (Four Four/ABC Music)
Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
Producer of the Year
WINNER: Harley Streten for Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan for Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
Virginia Read for Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman (ABC Classics & Jazz)
Wayne Connolly and Boy & Bear for Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream (Island Australia)
