AIR Awards of 2009

AIR Awards of 2009
AIR Awards of 2009
Date	23 November 2009
Venue	The Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Hosted by	Julian Morrow
Most awards	The Drones (2)
	← 2008 ; AIR Awards ; 2010 →;

Last updated June 02, 2022

The AIR Awards of 2009 is the fourth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards and Jagermeister AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Forum Theatre, in Melbourne, Australia on 23 November 2009 to recognise outstanding achievements of local artists who release their work through an Australian-owned independent record label and distribute their work through a locally-owned distribution firm.

AIR GM Nick O'Byrne told Billboard the awards are slowly attracting more corporate sponsorship, saying "As far as the awards themselves go, we're developing a history of recognising artists that are yet to hit widespread mainstream success - like Gotye and Hilltop Hoods did in 2006 - or are just starting to blossom like Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and British India last year and Blue King Brown the year before."^[1]

Performers

Nominees and winners

AIR Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.^[2]^[3]

Best Independent Artist of the Year	Best Independent Album
The Drones Bertie Blackman Dappled Cities Sia C.W. Stoneking	The Drones - Havilah Bertie Blackman – Secrets and Lies Dappled Cities – Zounds Decoder Ring – They Blind the Stars, and the Wild Team C.W. Stoneking – Jungle Blues
Best Independent Single/EP	Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year
Philadelphia Grand Jury – "Going to the Casino" Architecture in Helsinki – "That Beep" Art vs. Science – Art vs. Science Bertie Blackman – "Heart" Sia – "Buttons"	Bertie Blackman Art vs. Science John Steel Singers Oh Mercy Sia
Best Independent Blues and Roots Album	Best Independent Country Album
C.W. Stoneking – Jungle Blues Bonjah – Until Dawn Ash Grunwald – Fish Out of Water Carus Thompson – Creature of Habit The Waifs – Live from the Union of the Soul	Adam Brand – Hell of a Ride Kirsty Lee Akers – Better Days James Blundell – Portrait of a Man Tania Kernaghan – Livin' the Dream Amber Lawrence – The Mile
Best Independent Dance Album	Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album
Art vs. Science - Art vs. Science	The Nation Blue – Rising Waters The Amity Affliction – Severed Ties Closure in Moscow – First Temple I Killed the Prom Queen – Sleepless Nights & City Lights Mammal – The Majority
Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album	Best Independent Jazz Album
Pez – A Mind of My Own Astronomy Class – Pursuit of Happiness Funkoars – The Hangover Gully Platoon – The Great Divide Hermitude – Threads	The World According to James - Lingua Franca

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References

1 2 "Drones Win 2 At AIR Awards". Billboard. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
1 2 "AIR Nominees". 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
↑ "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association . Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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[event-1] 1 2 "Drones Win 2 At AIR Awards". Billboard. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[noms-2] 1 2 "AIR Nominees". 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[wins-3] "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association . Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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