Leading the nominations for the J Award Album of the Year include Sampa The Great, Matt Corby, Stella Donnelly and Holy Holy – it’ll be a tough pick between those four – with Thelma Plum, Hilltop Hoods, Hayden James, Northlane, G Flip and Hatchie also in the running for the big prize.
As per usual, there’s also a bunch of nominees for Double J, Triple J Unearthed and Rage’s categorical honours, including the omnipresent Tones And I, Julia Jacklin, The Teskey Brothers, Nick Cave, The Chats and Briggs. This year also sees the introduction of the ‘You Done Good’ award to commemorate those behind-the-scenes figures who add so much to Australia’s music industry, with this year’s nominees including songwriter Sarah Aarons, Dylan Alcott and Boy & Bear ass-ociate Harry the Poo Roadie.
Check out the Awards shortlist in its entirety below. These ones get announced on air via Veronica and Lewis at 4pm Thursday November 21 – stay tuned to hear more!
2019 J Awards nominees
triple j Australian Album of the Year nominees
G Flip – About Us
Hatchie – Keepsake
Hayden James – Between Us
Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
Holy Holy – My Own Pool Of Light
Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
Northlane – Alien
Sampa the Great – The Return
Stella Donnelly – Beware Of The Dogs
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
You Done Good nominees
Dylan Alcott – For making music accessible to everyone at Ability Fest
Harry the Poo Roadie – For putting his life on hold to rescue one of Australia’s most loved bands via faecal donations
Heidi Leffner – For launching renewable energy initiative FEAT.
National Indigenous Music Awards – For championing incredible Indigenous artists at their biggest event yet
Sarah Aarons – For a stand-out year co-writing multiple global hits for Khalid, Ruel, Peking Duk and more
Double J Artist of the Year nominees
Julia Jacklin
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Nick Cave
Sampa the Great
The Teskey Brothers
Unearthed Artist of the Year nominees
Adrian Eagle
George Alice
Spacey Jane
The Chats
Tones And I
triple j and Rage Australian Music Video of the Year nominees
Briggs ‘Life Is Incredible’ {Ft. Greg Holden} (Director: Dylan River)
Flume ‘Hi This Is Flume’ (Director: Jonathan Zawada)
Sampa the Great ‘Final Form’ (Director: Sanjay De Silva)
The Chats ‘Identity Theft’ (Director: Matt Weston)
Thelma Plum ‘Better In Blak’ (Director: Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore)
Head to Triple J’s website to find out more today.
