They’re going to need a bigger trophy cabinet…
Sydney producer Flume and Perth rockers Tame Impala continued their award-snaffling runs at last night’s 27th Annual ARIA Awards, held at Sydney’s The Star Event Centre, where 22 gongs were handed out to recognise Australia’s best and brightest.
After walking away with the Producer of the Year ARIA early in October, Flume – the musical alias of 22-year-old beatmaker Harley Streten – walked away with another three ARIA Awards at the ceremony (from eight total nominations), taking out the Best Dance Release for his 2012 self-titled debut album, Breakthrough Artist – Release, and the Best Male category, beating out the likes of Paul Kelly, Matt Corby, and Guy Sebastian.
Flume also treated the audience to a live performance of ‘The Greatest View’, his collaboration with Isabella Manfredi of the Preatures, while fellow multiple ARIA winners, Tame Impala, also offered a live rendition of ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ in a visual spectacular to close the ceremony.
The track is taken from the Kevin Parker-led band’s second album, Lonerism, which after helping the five-piece scoop the pool at the 2013 WAM Awards, earned Tame Impala three major ARIA Awards: Best Rock Album, Album of the Year, and Best Group, in a category featuring Birds Of Tokyo, Boy & Bear, Empire of The Sun, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
The latter Dark Prince of Australian rock did walk away with two ARIA gongs, with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 15th studio album Push The Sky Away claiming Best Independent Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album. Push The Sky Away was also recognised as being the band’s first-ever ARIA-topping album in their 30 year history, and as one of 13 Australian albums that went #1 in 2013.
Another #1 being Perth prog powerhouse Karnivool’s Asymmetry, which took out top honours for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, but frontman Ian Kenny’s other musical outfit, Birds Of Tokyo, walked away empty-handed despite being nominated in six categories.
(Flume with one of his 4 ARIA Awards. Image: Andrew Linturn. Source: ARIA Awards 2013 Gallery)
The Best Urban Album went to Illy for Bring It Back, triumphing in a hotly-contested field that featured the cream of Aussie hip hop, including releases from Urthboy, Seth Sentry, Horrorshow, and Bliss N Eso, who gave an energetic live performance during the ceremony.
Also performing live on the ARIA stage were singer-songwriter Vance Joy, young rockers Sheppard, as well as pop performances from Award winners Jessica Mauboy, Samantha Jade, plus international guests Alicia Keys and 17-year-old New Zealand sensation, Lorde, capping off a ridiculously successful year with her first ever performance on Australian television (though she didn’t look too pleased about it earlier in the night on the Black Carpet).
The Jezabels frontwoman Hayley Mary partnered with Sally Whitwell to pay homage to deceased Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett with a performance of ‘Pleasure and Pain’, while the celebrations also took time to pay respects to ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee Mr Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi.
Other ARIA Award winners included Russell Morris (for Best Blues And Roots Album), Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson (Best Country Album), Matt Corby (in the publicly voted Song Of The Year category), and Triple J Breakfast hosts Tom & Alex, and Guy Sebastian who won for Best Pop Release and – proving his popularity with the Aussie public – the Best Australian Live Act Award.
Mushroom founder and Frontier Touring boss Michael Gudisnki was honoured with the first-ever ARIA Industry Icon Award, and the duo of Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell, better known to the world as Aussie soft rock outfit Air Supply, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
ARIA CEO Dan Rosen said: “2013 has been a remarkable year for Australian music and that was certainly evident with the wealth of talent present in the room,” said ARIA CEO Dan Rosen. “The collection of tonight’s winners and performers shows the amazing talent currently in the Australian music industry.”
View the full list of ARIA Awards 2013 winners below and view the full photo gallery here.
ARIA Awards 2013 Winners
Album of the Year
WINNER: Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
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)
Breakthrough Artist – Release (Presented by PPCA)
WINNER: Flume – Flume (Future Classic)
Big Scary – Not Art (Pieater/Inertia)
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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Jessica Mauboy – To The End Of The Earth (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Abbe May – Kiss My Apocalypse (Abbe May/MGM)
Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart (Emma Louise/MGM)
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
WINNER: Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
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)
Best Independent Release
WINNER: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
Big Scary – Not Art (Pieater/Inertia)
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
WINNER: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Label Services)
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)
Sarah Blasko – I Awake (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Blues and Roots Album
WINNER: Russell Morris – Sharkmouth (Fanfare Records/EMI)
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)
The Cat Empire – Steal The Light (Two Shoes Records/Inertia)
Best Children’s Album
WINNER: Justine Clarke – A Little Day Out with Justine Clarke (ABC Music)
Giggle and Hoot – Claw Tapping Tunes (ABC Music)
Jay Laga’aia – Ten In The Bed (ABC Music)
Sam Moran – Play Along With Sam (6 Degrees Records/MGM)
The Wiggles – Taking Off! (ABC Music)
Best Comedy Release
WINNER: Tom & Alex – The Bits We’re Least Ashamed Of (triple j) (ABC Music)
Housos – Live (Punchline Comedy)
Sammy J & Randy – Bin Night (Punchline Comedy)
Pauly Fenech – Pauly’s Shorts (Punchline Comedy)
Various – Colin Buchanan’s TGIF Songs (ABC Music)
Best Country Album
WINNER: Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck and Ruin (Liberation Music)
Jasmine Rae – If I Want To (ABC 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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Guy Sebastian – Armageddon (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune (EMI)
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
WINNER: Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires (EMI)
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream (Island Australia)
The Drones – I See Seaweed (The Drones/MGM)
The Rubens – The Rubens (Ivy League Records)
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
WINNER: Karnivool – Asymmetry (Cymatic Records/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Airbourne – Black Dog Barking (Roadrunner Records)
Northlane – Singularity (UNFD)
The Amity Affliction – Chasing Ghosts (Roadrunner Records)
Thy Art Is Murder – Hate (Halfcut/Shock Records)
Best Urban Album
WINNER: Illy – Bring it Back (Obese Records)
Bliss n Eso – Circus In The Sky (Illusive)
Horrorshow – King Amongst Many (Elefant Traks/Inertia Music)
Seth Sentry – This Was Tomorrow (High Score Records/Inertia)
Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt (Elefant Traks/Inertia Music)
Song of the Year
WINNER: Matt Corby – Resolution (Mercury Australia)
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)
Best International Artist
WINNER: One Direction – Take Me Home (Sony)
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)
Mumford & Sons – Babel (Universal)
P!nk – The Truth About Love (Sony)
Michael Bublé – Christmas (Warner)
Best Australian Live Act
WINNER: Guy Sebastian – Get Along Tour: Mar – Jun 2013 (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
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)
Matt Corby – Australian Tour: May – Jun 2013 (Mercury Australia
Best Video
WINNER: Samantha Jade “Firestarter” (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) – Christopher Frey
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
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Jubilee Street” (Bad Seed Ltd / Kobalt Label Services) – John Hillcoat
ARIA Hall Of Fame
Air Supply
ARIA Industry Icon Award
Michael Gudinski
