The state's finest artists, venues and festivals have been recognised at the 2024 Music Victoria Awards in a star-studded ceremony at Fed Square. Australian youth music organisation The Push was formally inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame alongside multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound designer Ollie Olsen who was sadly posthumously inducted following his devastating passing last week.
The 2024 Music Victoria Awards included industry-voted categories such as Arts Access Victoria Amplify Award which was awarded to Saint Ergo plus the Diaspora Award taken home by Wild Gloriosa. Yorta Yorta guitarist, songwriter and rock legend Uncle Selwyn Burns was awarded the inaugural Footprint Award. This was followed by a performance by his son Tjimba Possum Burns, alongside Allara, D-Boy and Archie Roach’s son Amos.
No single artist took home more than one award at this year's event - the standout instead being the exceptionally high quality of music being made by all recipients. Publicly voted categories revealed Gregor as Best Album winner for “Satanic Lullabies”, RVG as Best Group, Audrey Powne as Best Solo Artist and ZÖJ as winner of Best Regional Act. Meanwhile, Good Morning were awarded Best Track for “Excalibur” and DJ PGZ picked up Best DJ.
The list of winners continued with Opelousas (Best Blues Work), Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits (Best Country Work), Hybrid Man (Best Electronic Work), Hand to Earth (Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Work), Evan & Mischa (Best Folk Work), Pizza Death (Best Heavy Work), Michelle Nicolle (Best Jazz Work), Gretta Ray (Best Pop Work), FLY BOY JACK (Best Hip Hop Work), JahWise (Best Reggae or Dancehall Work), The Belair Lip Bombs (Best Rock or Punk Work), Tekoa (Best Soul, Funk, R’n’B or Gospel Work), Lauren Coutts (Best Producer) and Cheryl Durongpisitkul (Best Musician).
Venue categories featured winners including Corner Hotel (Best Large Metro Venue), St Kilda Festival (Best Metro Festival), NYE On The Hill (Best Regional Festival), Torquay Hotel (Best Regional Venue Over 50 Gigs), The Sound Doctor (Best Regional Venue Under 50 Gigs) and Northcote Social Club (Best Small Metro Venue).
“It is inspiring to reflect on a Music Victoria Award's impact on our artists, venues, and festivals" says Simone Schinkel, Music Victoria’s CEO. "Previous winners have often shared how these honours elevate visibility and recognition, and this year's nominees and recipients are worthy of it all.
"Beyond this celebration, Music Victoria’s year-round work on behalf of our members continues – maintaining our unwavering focus on ensuring that local music is valued, accessible and enjoyed by all Victorians".
The 2024 Music Victoria Award winners are a testament to the incredibly diverse music culture in Victoria. Once again the prestigious Fed Square ceremony allows this industrious community to pause and recognise our state’s outstanding talent and relentless hard work behind the scenes.
Check the full list of winners below.
PUBLIC VOTED
BEST SONG OR TRACK presented by PBS
• DRMNGNOW - Ngarwu
• Good Morning - Excalibur - WINNER
• Jess Ribeiro - Summer of Love
• Kaiit - Space
• Miss Kaninna - Pinnacle Bitch
BEST ALBUM presented by Triple R
• Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again
• Gregor - Satanic Lullabies - WINNER
• G Flip - DRUMMER
• The Belair Lip Bombs - Lush Life
• The Vovos - Lilla Gubben
BEST SOLO ARTIST presented by Triple R
• Audrey Powne - WINNER
• G Flip
• Lucy Wise
• Maple Glider
• Simona Castricum
BEST DJ presented by City of Melbourne
• Aldonna
• DJ PGZ - WINNER
• IN2STELLAR
• Ninajirachi
• Tinika
BEST GROUP presented by PBS
• Cool Sounds
• Gut Health
• Hiatus Kaiyote
• Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Sui Zhen
• RVG - WINNER
BEST REGIONAL ACT presented by Pullman Melbourne on the Park
• Baraka The Kid
• Eliza Hull
• Juno Mamba
• Leah Senior
• ZÖJ - WINNER
INDUSTRY VOTED
BEST MUSICIAN presented by JMC Academy
• Cheryl Durongpisitkul - WINNER
• Erica Tucceri
• Hudson Whitlock
• Lewis Coleman
• Lucky Pereira
BEST PRODUCER presented by AON
• Bonnie Knight
• Lauren Coutts - WINNER
• Nao Anzai
• Ninajirachi
• Theo Carbo
AMPLIFY AWARD presented by Arts Access Victoria
• Among The Restless
• Magdalia
• Naavikaran
• R.em.edy
• Saint Ergo - WINNER
DIASPORA AWARD
• Amaru Tribe
• Hand to Earth
• Jarabi Band
• Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Sui Zhen
• Wild Gloriosa - WINNER
BEST BLUES WORK presented by The Blues Train
• Checkerboard Lounge
• Lloyd Spiegel
• Nigel Wearne
• Opelousas - WINNER
• The McNaMarr Project
BEST COUNTRY WORK
• Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits - WINNER
• Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields
• Patrick Wilson
• Sweet Talk
• The Counterfeit
BEST ELECTRONIC WORK
• Hybrid Man - WINNER
• Ninajirachi
• Simona Castricum
• Smilk
• Spoonbill
BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE WORK
• Duré Dara and Speak Percussion
• Hand to Earth - WINNER
• Hantu
• Monica Lim
• Panghalina
BEST FOLK WORK
• Ernest Aines
• Evan & Mischa - WINNER
• Lucy Wise
• Mickey & Michelle
• The Bashevis Singers
BEST HEAVY WORK
• Diploid
• Pizza Death - WINNER
• Religious Observance
• Suldusk
• The Incantus
BEST HIP HOP WORK
• Baraka the Kid
• FLY BOY JACK - WINNER
• MAMMOTH. & Eric Spice
• Srirachi
• Yung Shōgun
BEST JAZZ WORK
• Finn Rees
• Helen Svoboda
• James Sherlock Trio
• Michelle Nicolle - WINNER
• Vanessa Perica Orchestra
BEST POP WORK
• Blusher
• Gretta Ray - WINNER
• G Flip
• The Cat Empire
• Tones and I
BEST REGGAE OR DANCEHALL WORK
• JahWise - WINNER
• Killah Keys
• Melbourne Ska Orchestra
• Rick Howe
• Shottaz
BEST ROCK OR PUNK WORK
• Dr Sure's Unusual Practice
• ENOLA
• Porpoise Spit
• The Belair Lip Bombs - WINNER
• The Vovos
BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB OR GOSPEL WORK
• EMEREE
• Emma Volard
• Mildlife
• Squid Nebula
• Tekoa - WINNER
BEST METRO FESTIVAL presented by Brick Lane Brewing
• Flippin' the Bird - Frankston (Bunurong)
• LuliePalooza - Abbotsford (Wurundjeri)
• Melbourne International Jazz Festival (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
• St Kilda Festival (Boon Wurrung) - WINNER
• Yo CiTY CONNECT: AFRO-FUTURE - Abbotsford (Wurundjeri)
BEST REGIONAL FESTIVAL presented by Brick Lane Brewing
• Beyond the Valley - Golden Plains (Wadawurrung)
• Loch Hart Music Festival (Kirrae Whurrung)
• NYE On The Hill Bass Coast (Bunurong) - WINNER
• Port Fairy Folk Festival (Gunditjmara)
• Queenscliff Music Festival (Wadawurrung)
BEST LARGE VENUE (Metro) presented by Oztix
• Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre (Wurundjeri and Bunurong)
• Forum Melbourne (Wurundjeri and Bunurong)
• Northcote Theatre (Wurundjeri)
• Palais Theatre - St Kilda (Bunurong)
• Corner Hotel - Richmond (Wurundjeri) - WINNER
BEST SMALL VENUE (Metro) presented by Oztix
• Northcote Social Club (Wurundjeri) - WINNER
• MOTH - Mornington Peninsula (Bunurong)
• Kindred Bandroom - Footscray (Wurundjeri)
• Lulie Tavern - Collingwood (Wurundjeri)
• The JazzLab - Brunswick (Wurundjeri)
BEST REGIONAL VENUE OR PRESENTER (Over 50 Gigs) presented by Oztix
• The Barwon Club Hotel - Geelong (Wadawurrung)
• The Bridge Hotel - Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung)
• The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel - Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung)
• Torquay Hotel - (Wadawarrung) - WINNER
• Volta - Ballarat (Wadawurrung)
BEST REGIONAL VENUE OR PRESENTER (Under 50 gigs) presented by Oztix
• The Blues Train - Bellarine Peninsula (Wadawurrung)
• Meeniyan Town Hall - South Gippsland (Bunurong)
• The Sound Doctor - Anglesea (Wadawurrung) - WINNER
• The Gallery of Good - Trafalgar (Gunaikurnai)
• OK Motels - Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung), Ballarat (Wadawurrung), Shepparton (Yorta Yorta)
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This week, Wed Dec 9 at 7PM - the Music Victoria Awards!
The 16th annual Music Victoria Awards will be a live-streamed event, forming part of the Melbourne Music Week opening night program.
Announcing: beloved singer songwriter Alice Skye, dreamy Melbourne musician Elizabeth, acclaimed indie rock five-piece Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and the incredible synth-pop icon Simona Castricum. These artists will perform live from the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday 9 December, to an intimate live audience of music industry professionals, and broadcast live to the public throughout Australia and the world.
Awards Partners Channel 31 who will be broadcasting the event live on Australian TV and streaming worldwide via Music Victoria’s Youtube Channel. Industry supporters, Auslan Stage Left will be interpreting the event for our deaf community, and JMC Academy will provide students with access to valuable hands-on experience in event production, video editing, online content management and more, thanks to a brand new Education Partnership with the educational institution.
Co-presented by PBS 106.7FM and RRR 102.7FM, the annual Victorian music community love-in celebrates the best music of the year across 20 categories.
5.30pm Before the Awards - MMW Wominjeka live stream
Wominjeka! After a tumultuous year, MMW–Extended kicks off with a specially curated evening across four Melbourne locations by Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal, Zenadth Kes song woman, Kee’ahn. Join us live and online as we pay our respects to the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land we live, meet and create on, and capture this auspicious beginning of MMW–Extended by drone over the city.
A Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony will be presented by the Wurundjeri Corporation and take place at Melbourne Recital Centre, followed by music by dj pgz
This event will be available to enjoy in-person or via the live stream, shared here from 5.30pm on Wed 9 Dec.
7.00pm - 9.00pm - Music Victoria Awards
Melbourne Recital Centre (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Invite-only)
Performing live: Alice Skye, Elizabeth, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Simona Castricum
Members of the public can tune in to watch the event live-streamed as it happens right here or on Channel 31
Subscribe to get a youtube reminder here
PUBLIC-VOTED NOMINEES
Best Album
Cable Ties – Far Enough
Elizabeth – the wonderful world of nature
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy
RVG – Feral
Sampa The Great – The Return
Best Band
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
RVG
Best Song
Baker Boy – Move
Leah Senior – Evergreen
Mildlife – Rare Air
RVG – I Used To Love You
Sampa The Great – OMG
Best Solo Artist
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Briggs
Courtney Barnett
Elizabeth
Gordon Koang
Leah Senior
Sampa The Great
Simona Castricum
Sui Zhen
Best Musician
Amy Taylor (Amyl and The Sniffers)
Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, Palm Springs, MOD CON)
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm)
Gordon Koang
Jen Cloher (Dyson Stringer Cloher)
Romy Vager (RVG)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)
SilentJay (Sampa The Great, Mandarin Dreams)
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard)
Tom Iansek (Big Scary, #1 Dads)
Best Breakthrough Act
Alice Skye
Elizabeth
Grace Cummings
Nat Vazer
Pinch Points
Best Live Act
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
Gordon Koang
Sampa The Great
The Teskey Brothers
INDUSTRY-VOTED NOMINEES
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act
Benny Walker (Echuca)
Bones and Jones (Geelong)
Freya Josephine Hollick (Ballarat)
The Kite Machine (Geelong West)
The Teskey Brothers (Warrandyte)
Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
Alice Skye
Allara
Kee’ahn
The Merindas
River Boy
Best Blues Album
Aaron Pollock – Separated Through Time
Charlie Bedford – Good to Go
Joey Vincent’s Bakelite Radio – Rosary of Tears
*Lloyd Spiegel – Cut and Run
The Teskey Brothers – Live at The Forum
Best Country Album
The Cartwheels – Self-titled
Lost Ragas – This Is Not A Dream
Michael Waugh – The Weir
Mitch Dean – Holding Back the Levee
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife – You Be The Lightning
Best Electronic Act
*DRMNGNOW
OK EG
Pugilist
Simona Castricum
Sleep D
Best Experimental or Avant-garde Act
Bridget Chappell
James Rushford
Maria Moles
Natasha Anderson
Robin Fox
Best Folk Album
Charm of Finches – Your Company
Fiona Ross & Shane O’Mara – Sunwise Turn
Liz Frencham – Love and Other Crimes
Louisa Wise – All of These Things
Ruth Hazleton – Daisywheel
Best Heavy Album
Carcinoid – Metastatic Declination
Dead – Raving Drooling
Diploid – Glorify
Internal Rot – Grieving Birth
Sithlord – From Out of the Darkness
Best Hip Hop Act
Birdz
DRMNGNOW
Jordan Dennis
Nomad
Sampa The Great
Best Intercultural Act
Amaru Tribe
Black Jesus Experience
Gelareh Pour’s Garden
No Borders Music
Sampa The Great
Best Jazz Album
Andrea Keller – Life Is Brut[if]al
Horns of Leroy – Big Night
JK Group – The Young Ones
Vanessa Perica Orchestra – Love is a Temporary Madness
ZEDSIX – The Shape Of Jazz
Best Reggae and Dancehall Act
Dub FX
Jah Tung
Marvin Priest
Monkey Marc
The Push Reggae Band
Best Rock/Punk Album
Cable Ties – Far Enough
Nuada – Beneath the Swamp
Pseudo Mind Hive – Of Seers and Sirens
RVG – Feral
Shepparton Airplane – Sharks
Best Soul, Funk, Gospel or RnB Album
Karate Boogaloo – Carn The Boogers
Sampa The Great – The Return
Surprise Chef – All News Is Good News
The Teskey Brothers – Live at The Forum
Various Artists – Over Under Away Volume 1: 10 Years of Hopestreet Recordings
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
TO BE INDUCTED AT THE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS
Mary Mihelakos (industry)
Chris Wilson (musician)
2020 MUSIC VICTORIA INDUSTRY AWARDS WINNERS
Best Small Venue (under 500 capacity) – The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
Best Large Venue (over 500 capacity) – Forum Melbourne
Best Festival – Golden Plains
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 gigs per year) – Barwon Club Hotel – Geelong
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 gigs per year) – *Theatre Royal – Castlemaine
Outstanding Woman In Music – Sarah Hamilton (One Of One)
Best Producer – Joelistics: Mo’Ju & Joelistics Ghost Town EP
Music Victoria thanks Major Partners Bendigo Bank, City of Melbourne, Creative Victoria and Melbourne Recital Centre for their ongoing support of the Music Victoria Awards.
*Music Victoria Board Member Tim Heath is a co-owner of Regional Venue winner Theatre Royal. *VMDO/Songlines staff member Neil Morris is nominated for his work under the performing name DRMNGNOW. Music Victoria Artist Advisory Panel member Lloyd Spiegel is nominated in the Best Blues Album category. These Awards are industry-voted by independent panels, and nominees are not involved in the voting process.