Music Victoria Awards of 2019

Music Victoria Awards of 2019
Music Victoria Awards of 2019
Date	20 November 2019
Venue	The Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Lyndelle Wilkinson and Chris Gill
Most awards	The Teskey Brothers (4)
Most nominations	Sampa The Great, The Teskey Brothers, Tropical Fuck Storm, Gordon Koang (5)

The Music Victoria Awards of 2019 are the 14th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 22 November 2019, during Melbourne Music Week. The Award for The Best Global Act changed its name to Best Intercultural Act.^[2]

Hall of Fame inductees

PBS 106.7FM, Vika & Linda Bull

Now entering its 40th year, PBS (Progressive Broadcasting Service) was conceived in 1979 as a community, member-based radio station unimpeded by commercial interests and dedicated to sharing and promoting diverse music not heard on other stations.^[1]

Vika and Linda Bull have forged diverse pathways into soul, gospel, blues, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry. They have spawned eight albums of their own, as well as illuminating studio and concert performances by Paul Kelly, Rockwiz, C.W. Stoneking, Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers and many more.^[1] They were inducted by Kate Ceberano.^[3]

Outstanding Achievement award

Tones and I

Award nominees and winners

General awards

Voted on by the public. Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.^[4]^[5]

Best Victorian Album	Best Victorian Song
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers Gregor - Silver Drop On Diamond - On Diamond Angie McMahon - Salt	The Teskey Brothers - "So Caught Up" Briggs - "Life is Incredible" Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - "Good Citizens" Gordon Koang - "Stand Up (Clap Your Hands)" Sampa The Great - "Final Form"
Best Male Musician	Best Female Musician
Paul Kelly Davey Lane Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm) Gordon Koang Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard)	Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, Palm Springs, Mod Con, Harmony) Angie McMahon Courtney Barnett Romy Vager (RVG) Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)
Best Band	Best Solo Artist
The Teskey Brothers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Amyl and the Sniffers Cash Savage and The Last Drinks Tropical Fuck Storm	Courtney Barnett Sampa The Great Baker Boy Angie McMahon Gordon Koang Alex Lahey Palm Springs Olympia DRMNGNOW Gregor
Breakthrough Victorian Act of 2019	Best Live Act
G Flip DRMNGNOW Gena Rose Bruce Gordon Koang Tones and I	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Amyl and the Sniffers Sampa The Great Tropical Fuck Storm Mildlife
Best Venue (Over 500 Capacity)	Best Venue (Under 500 Capacity)
Forum, Melbourne The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury Hamer Hall, Melbourne Melbourne Recital Centre Corner Hotel, Richmond	Northcote Social Club, Northcote The Gasometer, Collingwood Howler, Brunswick The Old Bar, Fitzroy The Tote Hotel, Collingwood

Genre Specific Awards

Voted by a select industry panel

Best Blues Album	Best Country Album
Opelousas - Opelousified Anna Scionti - Orphan Diary Catfish Voodoo - Cookin' With… Julian James - Silver Spade TK Reeve - Wanna Feel Good	Matt Joe Gow - Break, Rattle and Roll Kate Alexander + Hana Brenecki - Don't You Have Better Things to Do? Mick Thomas' Roving Commission - Coldwater DFU Nathan Seeckts - The Heart of the City Sean McMahon - You Will Know When You're There
Best Electronic Act	Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act
Sui Zhen CORIN DJ Plead Kirkis Rings Around Saturn	Naretha Williams Cat Hope CORIN (Corin Ileto) Diimpa (William Elm) Uboa (Xandra Metcalfe)
Best Folk or Roots Album	Best Heavy Album
The Maes - The Maes Cat & Clint - The Days That Used to Be Lucie Thorne - KITTY & FRANK Roolya Boolya - Running to You The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow	Suldusk - Lunar Falls Blackhelm - Dark Clouds of the Inferno Religious Observance - Utter Discomfort Uboa - The Origin of My Depression Vexation - Journey Beyond Mortality
Best Hip Hop Act	Best Intercultural Act
Sampa The Great Cool Out Sun DRMNGNOW Kaiit Remi	Përolas Cool Out Sun Gordon Koang Iaki Vallejo The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Best Jazz Album	Best Reggae or Dance Hall Act
Andrea Keller - Transients Vol. 1 Adam Simmons - The Usefulness of Art Adam Spiegl - Melancholiac Spirograph Studies - Kindness, Not Courtesy Various Artists - Sunny Side Up	Echo Drama Jah Tung Quashani Bahd Shottaz Yaw Faso
Best Rock/Punk Album	Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album
Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers HEXDEBT - Rule of Four Stonefield - Bent V - So Pure	Allysha Joy - Acadie: Raw Clever Austin - Pareidolia Cool Out Sun - Cool Out Sun Laneous - Monstera Deliciosa The Putbacks - The Putbacks

Other Awards

Voted by a select industry panel

Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 Gigs a Year)	Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 Gigs a Year)
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine Caravan Music Club, Malvern East Sooki Lounge, Belgrave Karova Lounge, Ballarat	Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan Ullumbura Theatre, Bendigo Malt Shed, Wangaratta Blues Train, Queenscliff Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
Best Regional Act/Outer Suburban Act	Best Festival
The Teskey Brothers Stonefield Kian Maya Rose The Kite Machine	Golden Plains Festival Meredith Music Festival Boogie Gizzfest Supersense
The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
Key Hoo Allara Briggs Pattison DRMNGNOW Kalyani & Isha Robert K Champion

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Music Victoria Announce the 2019 Music Victoria Award Nominees and Hall of Fame Inductees + Public Voting Now Open!". Music Victoria. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Major changes for 2019 Music Victoria Awards". The Music Network. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Here's What Went Down at the 2019 Music Victoria Awards". The Music AU. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[announce-1] "Music Victoria Announce the 2019 Music Victoria Award Nominees and Hall of Fame Inductees + Public Voting Now Open!". Music Victoria. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[2] "Major changes for 2019 Music Victoria Awards". The Music Network. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[3] "Here's What Went Down at the 2019 Music Victoria Awards". The Music AU. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[4] "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[5] "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

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