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We're rather excited (read: pretty f*ckin pumped!) to be announcing  nominees for the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards!

Big winners were Dan Sultan and Cloud Control, each with 3 nominations. The Jezabels and Eddy Current Suppression Ring also each picked up 2 nominations.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

 

BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST

British India (Independent/Shock)
Cloud Control (Ivy League)
Dan Kelly (Independent/Shock)
Dan Sultan (Independent/MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Aaarght!)
Sia (Independent/Inertia)

 

BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST

Bridezilla (Inertia Recordings)
Cloud Control  (Ivy League)
Otouto (Two Bright Lakes/Inertia)
Philadelphia Grand Jury (Boomtown Records/Shock)
Richard In Your Mind (Rice Is Nice/Other Tongues)
The Jezabels (Independent/MGM)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM

Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League)
Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream (Independent/Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (Independent/MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush To Relax (Aaarght! /Shock)
Rowland S Howard – Pop Crimes (Liberation)
Sia – We Are Born (Independent/Inertia)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE OR EP

Bliss N Eso – Down By The River  (Illusive)
Little Red - Rock It (Liberation)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – The Good News (Boomtown/Shock)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Independent/Inertia)
The Jezabels – She’s So Hard (Independent/MGM)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM

Ash Grunwald – Hot Mama Vibes (Delta Groove/Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can  (Independent/MGM)
Jeff Lang  - Chimeradour (ABC Records)
Mama Kin -Beat and Holler (Independent/MGM)
The Beautiful Girls – Spooks (Independent/MGM)
The Red Eyes – Red Army (Independent/MGM)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM

Allan Browne Quintet - Une Saison En Enfer (Jazzhead)
Joe Chindamo - Another Place, Some Other Time (Jazzhead)
Jonathan Zwartz - The Sea (Vitamin)
Mike Nock Trio - An Accumulation Of Subtleties(FWM Records)
Stu Hunter - The Gathering (Vitamin)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK OR PUNK ALBUM

50 Lions – Where Life Expires (Resist/Shock)
Calling All Cars – Hold, Hold, Fire (Independent/Shock)
House Vs. Hurricane – Perspectives (Independent/Shock)
Parkway Drive  - Deep Blue (Resist/Shock)
The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods (Boomtown/Shock)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM

Amber Lawrence – When It All Comes Down
Deborah Conway and Willy Zyger – Half Man, Half Woman (Independent/MGM)
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies – Lost Music Blues (Liberation)
The Dingoes – Tracks (Liberation)
The Sunny Cowgirls – Summer (Compass Brothers/Shock)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP/URBAN ALBUM

Horrorshow – Inside Story (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Lowrider – Round The World (Illusive)
M-Phazes – Good Gracious (Obese Records)
Ozi Batla – Wild Colonial (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Urthboy – Spitshine (Elefant Traks/Inertia)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM

Faux Pas - Noiseworks (Sensory Projects/Inertia)
Jamie Lloyd - Beware Of The Light (Future Classic)
Midnight Juggernauts - The Crystal Axis (Siberia/Inertia)
Nick Thayer - Just Let It Go (Independent)
Opiuo - Slurp And Giggle (Addictech)
Space Invades - Soul:Fi (Invada Records)