ARIA Award for Best Independent Release
ARIA Award for Best Independent Release | |
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Country | Australia |
Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
First awarded | 1989 |
Currently held by | Genesis Owusu, Smiling with No Teeth (2021) |
Website | ariaawards |
The ARIA Music Award for Best Independent Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."[2]
Winners and nominees[]
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Winners are only provided where reliable sources do not mention of nominees.[3]
Winner marked in a separate colour
Year | Winner(s) | Album/Single title |
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1989 (3rd) | ||
TISM | "Apathy" | |
Eric Bogle | Something of Value | |
Flederman | Flederman | |
Larry Sitsky | Contemporary Australian Piano | |
The Spliffs | "Sixteen" | |
1990 (4th) | ||
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight | This Machine Is Made of People | |
Dubrovniks | Dubrovnik Blues | |
Girl Monstar | "Surfing on a Wave"/"He's Hell" | |
Sirocco | Port of Call | |
Various Artists | Rockin' Bethlehem | |
1991 (5th) | ||
The Killjoys | Ruby | |
Blue Ruin | I'm Gonna Smile | |
Girl Monstar | "Joe Cool" | |
Roaring Jack | Through the Smoke of Innocence | |
Various Artists | Rockin Bethlehem: The Second Coming | |
1992 (6th) | ||
Not Drowning, Waving | Proof | |
The Aints | Ascension | |
Def FX | Water | |
Ed Kuepper | Honey Steel's Gold | |
Underground Lovers | Underground Lovers | |
1993 (7th) | ||
Ed Kuepper | Black Ticket Day | |
The Jackson Code | Strange Cargo | |
Def FX | Blink (EP) | |
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams | Welcome to Violet | |
TISM | Beasts of Suburban | |
1994 (8th) | ||
Ed Kuepper | Serene Machine | |
The Jackson Code | Dragging the River | |
Juice | Movin' On | |
Dave Steel | Cross My Palm | |
Brenda Webb | "Little Black Girl" | |
1995 (9th) | ||
TISM | Machiavelli and the Four Seasons | |
Def FX | Ritual Eternal | |
Ed Kuepper | Character Assassination | |
Magic Dirt | Life Was Better | |
Single Gun Theory | Flow, River of My Soul | |
1996 (10th) | ||
You Am I | Hourly, Daily | |
Custard | Wisenheimer | |
Ed Kuepper | The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper | |
TISM | "Greg! The Stop Sign!!" | |
Underground Lovers | Rushall Station | |
1997 (11th) | ||
Savage Garden | Savage Garden | |
Deadstar | "Don't it Get You Down" | |
Dirty Three | Horse Stories | |
Ed Kuepper | Frontierland | |
Even | Less Is More | |
1998 (12th) | ||
The Whitlams | Eternal Nightcap | |
The Blackeyed Susans | Spin the Bottle | |
Karma County | Olana | |
The Living End | "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society" | |
TISM | www.tism.wanker.com | |
1999 (13th) | ||
Josh Abrahams | Sweet Distorted Holiday | |
Crawlspace | "Away" | |
Diana Ah Naid | "Oh No (Curbside Lullaby)" | |
Pauline Pantsdown | "I Don't Like It" | |
Pre-Shrunk | "Triple A Side" | |
2000 (14th) | ||
S2S | "Sister" | |
Diana Ah Naid | I Don't Thing I'm Pregnant | |
iOTA | The Hip Bone Connection | |
Skulker | Too Fat for Tahiti | |
Stella One Eleven | "Only Good for Conversation" | |
2001 (15th) | ||
John Butler Trio | Three | |
Allan Browne's New Rascals | East St Kilda Toodleoo | |
Nitocris | Manic | |
Pre-Shrunk | Digital Sunrise | |
Stella One Eleven | In Your Hands | |
2002 (16th) | ||
1200 Techniques | "Karma (What Goes Around)" | |
Icecream Hands | "Rain Hail Shine" | |
Killing Heidi | Heavensent | |
Lisa Miller | Car Tape | |
The Waifs | London Still | |
2003 (17th) | ||
The Waifs | Up All Night | |
1200 Techniques | "Eye of the Storm" | |
Diesel | Hear | |
John Butler Trio | Living | |
The Mess Hall | Feeling Sideways | |
2004 (18th) | ||
John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea | |
Butterfingers | Breakfast at Fatboys | |
Jebediah | Braxton Hicks | |
The Waifs | "Bridal Train" | |
Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males | Sing the Tabloid Blues | |
2005 (19th) | ||
Ben Lee | Awake Is the New Sleep | |
Architecture in Helsinki | In Case We Die | |
Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | |
Lior | Autumn Flow | |
The Waifs | A Brief History... | |
2006 (20th) | ||
Hilltop Hoods | The Hard Road | |
Ben Lee | "We're All in This Together" | |
Gotye | Like Drawing Blood | |
The John Butler Trio | Live at St. Gallen | |
Lior | Doorways of My Mind | |
2007 (21st) | ||
The John Butler Trio | Grand National | |
Gotye | Mixed Blood | |
Hilltop Hoods | The Hard Road: Restrung | |
Sneaky Sound System | Sneaky Sound System | |
Wolf & Cub | Vessels | |
2008 (22nd) | ||
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Gurrumul | |
Ben Lee | Ripe | |
British India | Thieves | |
Lior | Corner of an Endless Road | |
Midnight Juggernauts | Dystopia | |
2009 (23rd) | ||
Bertie Blackman | Secrets and Lies | |
C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues | |
Dappled Cities | Zounds | |
Sneaky Sound System | 2 | |
The Drones | Havilah | |
2010 (24th) | ||
Sia | We Are Born | |
Art vs. Science | Magic Fountain | |
Dan Sultan | Get Out While You Can | |
Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Rush to Relax | |
John Butler Trio | April Uprising | |
2011 (25th) | ||
Art vs. Science | The Experiment | |
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Rrakala | |
John Butler Trio | Live at Red Rocks | |
Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses | Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses | |
The Jezabels | "Dark Storm" | |
2012 (26th) | ||
The Jezabels | Prisoner | |
Dappled Cities | Lake Air | |
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp | Songs of the Southern Skies | |
San Cisco | Awkward | |
The Bamboos | Medicine Man | |
2013 (27th) | ||
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Push the Sky Away | |
Big Scary | Not Art | |
San Cisco | San Cisco | |
Sheppard | "Let Me Down Easy" | |
The Drones | I See Seaweed | |
2014 (28th) | ||
Chet Faker | Built on Glass | |
Dan Sultan | Blackbird | |
Sheppard | Bombs Away | |
Vance Joy | "Mess Is Mine" | |
Violent Soho | "Saramona Said" | |
2015 (29th) | ||
Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | |
Hermitude | Dark Night Sweet Light | |
Jarryd James | "Do You Remember" | |
Paul Kelly | The Merri Soul Sessions | |
Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away | |
2016 (30th) | ||
Flume | Skin | |
Jarryd James | Thirty One | |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | |
Sia | This Is Acting | |
Violent Soho | WACO | |
2017 (31st) | ||
A.B. Original | Reclaim Australia | |
Dan Sultan | Killer | |
Sia | "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | |
Tash Sultana | Notion | |
Vance Joy | "Lay It on Me" | |
2018 (32nd) | ||
Gurrumul | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) | |
Angus & Julia Stone | Snow | |
Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | |
DMA's | For Now | |
Pnau | "Go Bang" | |
2019 (33rd) | ||
Tones and I | The Kids Are Coming | |
Angie McMahon | Salt | |
G Flip | About Us | |
Julia Jacklin | Crushing | |
The Teskey Brothers | Run Home Slow | |
2020 (34th) | ||
Sampa the Great | The Return | |
Archie Roach | Tell Me Why | |
DMA's | The Glow | |
Lime Cordiale | 14 Steps to a Better You | |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | |
2021 (35th) | ||
Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | |
Archie Roach | The Songs of Charcoal Lane | |
Ball Park Music | Ball Park Music | |
Emma Donovan & The Pushbacks | Crossover | |
Vance Joy | "Missing Piece" |
References[]
- ^ "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "ARIA Awards Best Independent Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 19 April 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- ARIA Music Awards