AIR Awards of 2012
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{{Infobox award
| name = AIR Awards of 2012
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| date = {{start date|2012|10|16|df=yes}}
| venue = Revolt Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
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| website = https://air.org.au/air-awards/
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| most_wins = Chet Faker (2)
| most_nominations = Chet Faker (5)
| previous = 2011
| main = {{nowrap|AIR Awards}}
| next = 2013
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The AIR Awards of 2012 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2012) is the seventh annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Revolt Art Space, in Melbourne, Australia on 16 October 2012. The event was sponsored by German liquor brand, Jägermeister for the final time.
This year was the first for the category, Best Independent Label, was taken by Sydney hip hop label Elefant Traks, who in the past year have released albums from The Herd, Urthboy, Hermitude, Sietta, The Last Kinection and Sky High.{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/2012-air-awards-winners-announced/|title=2012 AIR Awards – Winners Announced|website=MusicFeeds|date=17 October 2012|accessdate=20 August 2020}}
Performers
Nominees and winners
=AIR Awards=
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/news/story/nominations-2012-jagermeister-independent-music-awards|title=NOMINATIONS: 2012 Jagermeister Independent Music Awards|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|date=17 September 2012|accessdate=20 August 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417032418/https://www.air.org.au/news/story/nominations-2012-jagermeister-independent-music-awards|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|accessdate=20 August 2020}}
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Artist
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Album |
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| *The Jezabels
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Single/EP
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Breakthrough Independent Artist |
*Chet Faker - Thinking in Textures (Opulent)
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Blues and Roots Album
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Country Album |
*Lanie Lane - To the Horses
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Dance/Electronica or Club Single |
*Hermitude - HyperParadise
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album |
*DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
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| ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Jazz Album
! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Label |
*Mike Nock - Hear and Know
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