ARIA Award for Best Independent Release

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ARIA Award for Best Independent Release
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First award1989
Currently held by Angie McMahon, Light, Dark, Light Again (2024)
Website ariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Best Independent Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", [1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." [2]

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Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Winners are only provided where reliable sources do not mention of nominees. [3]

  Winner marked in a separate colour
YearWinner(s)Album/Single title
1989
(3rd)
TISM "Apathy"
Eric Bogle Something of Value
Flederman Flederman
Larry Sitsky Contemporary Australian Piano
The Spliffs "Sixteen"
1990
(4th)
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight This Machine Is Made of People
Dubrovniks Dubrovnik Blues
Girl Monstar "Surfing on a Wave"/"He's Hell"
Sirocco Port of Call
Various Artists Rockin' Bethlehem
1991
(5th)
The Killjoys Ruby
Blue Ruin I'm Gonna Smile
Girl Monstar "Joe Cool"
Roaring Jack Through the Smoke of Innocence
Various Artists Rockin Bethlehem: The Second Coming
1992
(6th)
Not Drowning, Waving Proof
The Aints Ascension
Def FX Water
Ed Kuepper Honey Steel's Gold
Underground Lovers Underground Lovers
1993
(7th)
Ed Kuepper Black Ticket Day
The Jackson Code Strange Cargo
Def FX Blink (EP)
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams Welcome to Violet
TISM Beasts of Suburban
1994
(8th)
Ed Kuepper Serene Machine
The Jackson Code Dragging the River
Juice Movin' On
Dave Steel Cross My Palm
Brenda Webb "Little Black Girl"
1995
(9th)
TISM Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
Def FX Ritual Eternal
Ed Kuepper Character Assassination
Magic Dirt Life Was Better
Single Gun Theory Flow, River of My Soul
1996
(10th)
You Am I Hourly, Daily
Custard Wisenheimer
Ed Kuepper The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper
TISM "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
Underground Lovers Rushall Station
1997
(11th)
Savage Garden Savage Garden
Deadstar "Don't it Get You Down"
Dirty Three Horse Stories
Ed Kuepper Frontierland
Even Less Is More
1998
(12th)
The Whitlams Eternal Nightcap
The Blackeyed Susans Spin the Bottle
Karma County Olana
The Living End "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
TISM www.tism.wanker.com
1999
(13th)
Josh Abrahams Sweet Distorted Holiday
Crawlspace "Away"
Diana Ah Naid "Oh No (Curbside Lullaby)"
Pauline Pantsdown "I Don't Like It"
Pre-Shrunk "Triple A Side"
2000
(14th)
S2S "Sister"
Diana Ah Naid I Don't Thing I'm Pregnant
iOTA The Hip Bone Connection
Skulker Too Fat for Tahiti
Stella One Eleven "Only Good for Conversation"
2001
(15th)
John Butler Trio Three
Allan Browne's New Rascals East St Kilda Toodleoo
Nitocris Manic
Pre-Shrunk Digital Sunrise
Stella One Eleven In Your Hands
2002
(16th)
1200 Techniques "Karma (What Goes Around)"
Icecream Hands "Rain Hail Shine"
Killing Heidi Heavensent
Lisa Miller Car Tape
The Waifs "London Still"
2003
(17th)
The Waifs Up All Night
1200 Techniques "Eye of the Storm"
Diesel Hear
John Butler Trio Living
The Mess Hall Feeling Sideways
2004
(18th)
John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea
Butterfingers Breakfast at Fatboys
Jebediah Braxton Hicks
The Waifs "Bridal Train"
Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males Sing the Tabloid Blues
2005
(19th)
Ben Lee Awake Is the New Sleep
Architecture in Helsinki In Case We Die
Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets
Lior Autumn Flow
The Waifs A Brief History...
2006
(20th)
Hilltop Hoods The Hard Road
Ben Lee "We're All in This Together"
Gotye Like Drawing Blood
The John Butler Trio Live at St. Gallen
Lior Doorways of My Mind
2007
(21st)
The John Butler Trio Grand National
Gotye Mixed Blood
Hilltop Hoods The Hard Road: Restrung
Sneaky Sound System Sneaky Sound System
Wolf & Cub Vessels
2008
(22nd)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul
Ben Lee Ripe
British India Thieves
Lior Corner of an Endless Road
Midnight Juggernauts Dystopia
2009
(23rd)
Bertie Blackman Secrets and Lies
C. W. Stoneking Jungle Blues
Dappled Cities Zounds
Sneaky Sound System 2
The Drones Havilah
2010
(24th)
Sia We Are Born
Art vs. Science Magic Fountain
Dan Sultan Get Out While You Can
Eddy Current Suppression Ring Rush to Relax
John Butler Trio April Uprising
2011
(25th)
Art vs. Science The Experiment
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Rrakala
John Butler Trio Live at Red Rocks
Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses
The Jezabels "Dark Storm"
2012
(26th)
The Jezabels Prisoner
Dappled Cities Lake Air
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp Songs of the Southern Skies
San Cisco Awkward
The BamboosMedicine Man
2013
(27th)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push the Sky Away
Big Scary Not Art
San Cisco San Cisco
Sheppard"Let Me Down Easy"
The Drones I See Seaweed
2014
(28th)
Chet Faker Built on Glass
Dan Sultan Blackbird
Sheppard Bombs Away
Vance Joy "Mess Is Mine"
Violent Soho "Saramona Said"
2015
(29th)
Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Hermitude Dark Night Sweet Light
Jarryd James "Do You Remember"
Paul Kelly The Merri Soul Sessions
Vance Joy Dream Your Life Away
2016
(30th)
Flume Skin
Jarryd James Thirty One
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity
Sia This Is Acting
Violent Soho WACO
2017
(31st)
A.B. Original Reclaim Australia
Dan Sultan Killer
Sia "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Tash Sultana Notion
Vance Joy "Lay It on Me"
2018
(32nd)
Gurrumul Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
Angus & Julia Stone Snow
Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel
DMA's For Now
Pnau "Go Bang"
2019
(33rd)
Tones and I The Kids Are Coming
Angie McMahon Salt
G Flip About Us
Julia Jacklin Crushing
The Teskey Brothers Run Home Slow
2020
(34th)
Sampa the Great The Return
Archie Roach Tell Me Why
DMA's The Glow
Lime Cordiale 14 Steps to a Better You
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ghosteen
2021
(35th)
Genesis Owusu Smiling with No Teeth
Archie Roach The Songs of Charcoal Lane
Ball Park Music Ball Park Music
Emma Donovan & The PushbacksCrossover
Vance Joy "Missing Piece"
2022
(36th)
Archie Roach "One Song"
Ball Park Music Weirder & Weirder
Courtney Barnett Things Take Time, Take Time
Genesis Owusu "GTFO"
Julia Jacklin Pre Pleasure
2023
(37th)
Genesis Owusu Struggler
Cub Sport Jesus at the Gay Bar
Dan Sultan Dan Sultan
G Flip Drummer
Kylie Minogue "Padam Padam"
2024
(38th)
Angie McMahon Light, Dark, Light Again
Emily Wurramara Nara
Kylie Minogue Tension
Miss Kaninna "Blak Britney"
Royel Otis Pratts & Pain

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Awards Best Independent Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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