AIR Awards of 2024

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| name = 2024 AIR Awards

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| date = 1 August 2024

| venue = Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Australia

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| website = https://air.org.au/air-awards/

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| most_wins = {{hlist|Genesis Owusu and Cub Sport (2)}}

| most_nominations = {{hlist|Genesis Owusu (5)}}

| previous = 2023

| main = {{nowrap|AIR Awards}}

| next = 2025

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The 2024 AIR Awards is the eighteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), which took place on 1 August 2024 in Adelaide. The 2024 AIR Awards introduced two new categories; the Independent Producer of the Year and the Independent Music Video of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/2024-air-awards-nominations-open-new-categories-added/ws941NfW2dg/22-02-24|title=2024 AIR Awards Nominations Open, New Categories Added|website=The Music Network|date=22 February 2024|access-date=26 February 2024|author=Mary Varvaris}} The nominees were revealed on 14 May 2024.{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/2024-air-awards-nominees-genesis-owusu-cub-sport-rvg-teen-jesus-more/3f1j8fDz8vU/14-05-24|title=2024 AIR Awards Nominees: Genesis Owusu, Cub Sport, RVG, Teen Jesus & More|website= The Music|date=14 May 2024|access-date=14 May 2024}}

Performances

Maple Glider
Jack River
Bumpy
Slava Grigoryan
RVG

Nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenote.com.au/news/2024-air-award-winners|title=Genesis Owusu, Dan Sultan & Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Among the Winners at the 2024 Air Awards|website=The Note|date=2 August 2024|access-date=2 August 2024}}

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! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Album of the Year ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Song of the Year
RVG – Brain Worms* Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Genesis Owusu – Struggler Jen Cloher – I Am the River, the River Is Me Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble \| Jem Cassar-Daley – "King of Disappointment" Genesis Owusu – "Leaving the Light" Maple Glider – "Don't Kiss Me" RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – "I Used to Be Fun"
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
*Royel Otis Big Wett Chloe Dadd Enola Pacific Avenue \| Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan Dope Lemon – Kimosabé Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon Leah Senior – The Music That I Make The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Children's Album or EP ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Josh Pyke – It's Gonna Be a Great, Great Day!* Amber Lawrence – A Very Aussie Aussie Christmas Emma Memma – Ballet Time The Wiggles – Ready Steady Wiggle Whistle and Trick – Bananas and Other Delicious Things \| Australian Chamber Orchestra + Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica' Karen Jacobsen – Misogyny Opus Neil Gaiman and Fourpay String Quartet – Signs of Life Russell Morris – The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert Slava Grigoryan – Gratitudes
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Country Album or EP ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn* Henry Wagons – South of Everywhere Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble The Wolfe Brothers – Livin' the Dream Travis Collins – Any Less Anymore \| Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Big Wett – Pu$$y Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast Simona Castricum – Sink Skeleten – Under Utopia
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
*Fisher and Kita Alexander – "Atmosphere" Confidence Man – "On & On (Again)" Memphis LK – "Black and Blue" Odd Mob and Omnom – "Losing Control" The Jungle Giants – "Trippin Up" \| Polaris – Fatalism C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops Glitoris – Glitoris RedHook – Postcard from a Living Hell Void of Vision – Chronicles
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
Genesis Owusu – Struggler* JK-47 – Revision for Regrowth Teether and Kuya Neil – Stressor Urthboy – Savour Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies \| Elixir – A Small Shy Truth Grievous Bodily Calm – Cascades Lance Gurisik and Jeremy Rose – Cull Portal Mike Nock – Hearing The Rookies – Feed the Fire
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Pop Album or EP ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Jack River – Endless Summer* Hatchie – Giving the World Away (Deluxe) Kate Ceberano – My Life Is a Symphony Molly Millington – 5 Stages Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline \| Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H ENOLA – All Is Forgiven EP Luca Brasi – The World Don't Owe You Anything Radio Free Alice – Radio Free Alice Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Rock Album or EP ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You* Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes Pacific Avenue – Flowers Royel Otis – Sofa Kings RVG – Brain Worms \| WILSN – Those Days Are Over Bumpy – Morning Sun Immy Owusu – Lo Life Ruby Jackson – Sweeter for Me Women of Soul Collective – Feel Good
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Marketing Team of the Year ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Publicity Team of the Year
The Annex/Ourness/AWAL – Genesis Owusu - Struggler* Domestic La La – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You I OH YOU/Mushroom Group – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Ivy League Records/Mushroom – The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way Slow Clap – Private Function - 370HSSV 0773H \| Jessia Searle – Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me I OH YOU/Mushroom – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Janine Morcos – Teenage Joans - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest Thinking Loud – Genesis Owusu - Struggler This Much Talent – Nat Vazer - Strange Adrenaline
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Producer of the Year ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Independent Music Video of the Year
**Bonnie Knight – Enola - All Is Forgiven* (EP)** Konstantin Kersting – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You Pnau – multiple singles in 2023 Tom Iansek – Maple Glider - I Get Into Trouble \| Adam Munnings – Cub Sport – "Keep Me Safe" Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan – "Blak Nation" Hayden Somerville – RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Sean Higgins – Adam Noviello – "Fumbling" Tobias Willis – Georgia Mooney – "War Romance"
! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Best Independent Label ! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"\| Outstanding Achievement Award
*Ourness ABC Music Dot Dash Recordings Poinson City Records Spinning Top Records \| Don Spencer

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! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Album of the Year

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Song of the Year

*RVG – Brain Worms

Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar
Genesis Owusu – Struggler
Jen Cloher – I Am the River, the River Is Me
Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble

Jem Cassar-Daley – "King of Disappointment"
Genesis Owusu – "Leaving the Light"
Maple Glider – "Don't Kiss Me"
RVG – "Nothing Really Changes"
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – "I Used to Be Fun"

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP

*Royel Otis

Big Wett
Chloe Dadd
Enola
Pacific Avenue

Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan
Dope Lemon – Kimosabé
Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon
Leah Senior – The Music That I Make
The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Children's Album or EP

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Classical Album or EP

*Josh Pyke – It's Gonna Be a Great, Great Day!

Amber Lawrence – A Very Aussie Aussie Christmas
Emma Memma – Ballet Time
The Wiggles – Ready Steady Wiggle
Whistle and Trick – Bananas and Other Delicious Things

Australian Chamber Orchestra + Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica'
Karen Jacobsen – Misogyny Opus
Neil Gaiman and Fourpay String Quartet – Signs of Life
Russell Morris – The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert
Slava Grigoryan – Gratitudes

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Country Album or EP

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP

*Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn

Henry Wagons – South of Everywhere
Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble
The Wolfe Brothers – Livin' the Dream
Travis Collins – Any Less Anymore

Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar
Big Wett – Pu$$y
Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast
Simona Castricum – Sink
Skeleten – Under Utopia

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Heavy Album or EP

*Fisher and Kita Alexander – "Atmosphere"

Confidence Man – "On & On (Again)"
Memphis LK – "Black and Blue"
Odd Mob and Omnom – "Losing Control"
The Jungle Giants – "Trippin Up"

Polaris – Fatalism
C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops
Glitoris – Glitoris
RedHook – Postcard from a Living Hell
Void of Vision – Chronicles

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Jazz Album or EP

*Genesis Owusu – Struggler

JK-47 – Revision for Regrowth
Teether and Kuya Neil – Stressor
Urthboy – Savour
Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies

Elixir – A Small Shy Truth
Grievous Bodily Calm – Cascades
Lance Gurisik and Jeremy Rose – Cull Portal
Mike Nock – Hearing
The Rookies – Feed the Fire

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Pop Album or EP

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Punk Album or EP

*Jack River – Endless Summer

Hatchie – Giving the World Away (Deluxe)
Kate Ceberano – My Life Is a Symphony
Molly Millington – 5 Stages
Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline

Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H
ENOLA – All Is Forgiven EP
Luca Brasi – The World Don't Owe You Anything
Radio Free Alice – Radio Free Alice
Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Rock Album or EP

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP

*Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You

Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes
Pacific Avenue – Flowers
Royel Otis – Sofa Kings
RVG – Brain Worms

WILSN – Those Days Are Over
Bumpy – Morning Sun
Immy Owusu – Lo Life
Ruby Jackson – Sweeter for Me
Women of Soul Collective – Feel Good

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Marketing Team of the Year

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Publicity Team of the Year

*The Annex/Ourness/AWAL – Genesis Owusu - Struggler

Domestic La La – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You
I OH YOU/Mushroom Group – DMA's - How Many Dreams?
Ivy League Records/Mushroom – The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way
Slow Clap – Private Function - 370HSSV 0773H

Jessia Searle – Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me
I OH YOU/Mushroom – DMA's - How Many Dreams?
Janine Morcos – Teenage Joans - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
Thinking Loud – Genesis Owusu - Struggler
This Much Talent – Nat Vazer - Strange Adrenaline

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Producer of the Year

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Independent Music Video of the Year

*Bonnie Knight – Enola - All Is Forgiven (EP)

Konstantin Kersting – DMA's - How Many Dreams?
Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You
Pnau – multiple singles in 2023
Tom Iansek – Maple Glider - I Get Into Trouble

Adam Munnings – Cub Sport – "Keep Me Safe"
Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan – "Blak Nation"
Hayden Somerville – RVG – "Nothing Really Changes"
Sean Higgins – Adam Noviello – "Fumbling"
Tobias Willis – Georgia Mooney – "War Romance"

! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Best Independent Label

! ! style="background:#589C89; width=;"50%"| Outstanding Achievement Award

*Ourness

ABC Music
Dot Dash Recordings
Poinson City Records
Spinning Top Records

Don Spencer

References

Category:2024 in Australian music

Category:2024 music awards

Category:AIR Awards

Category:2024 awards in Australia

Category:2020s in Adelaide

AIR Awards of 2024

Performances

Nominees and winners

See also

References