| J Awards of 2012 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 November 2012 |
| Venue | Australia |
| Website | abc |
The J Award of 2012 is the eighth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). For the fifth year, three awards were presented; Australian Album of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year. [1] Winners were announced on 23 November 2012. [2]
Any Australian album released independently or through a record company, or sent to Triple J in consideration for airplay, is eligible for the J Award. The 2012 nominations for Australian Album of the Year and Australian Music Video of the Year were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2011 and October 2012. For Unearthed Artist of the Year it was open to any artist from the Unearthed (talent contest), who has had a ground breaking and impactful 12 months from November 2011 and October 2012. [1]
| Artist | Album Title | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Tame Impala | Lonerism | Won |
| Alpine | A Is for Alpine | Nominated |
| Hermitude | HyperParadise | Nominated |
| Ball Park Music | Museum | Nominated |
| The Rubens | The Rubens | Nominated |
| Bertie Blackman | Pope Innocent X | Nominated |
| Regular John | Strange Flowers | Nominated |
| Oh Mercy | Deep Heat | Nominated |
| Urthboy | Smokey's Haunt | Nominated |
| The Presets | Pacifica | Nominated |
| Sarah Blasko | I Awake | Nominated |
| Parkway Drive | Atlas | Nominated |
| Director | Artist and Song | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Kris Moyes | Kirin J. Callinan - "Way II War" | Won |
| Luci Schroder | Alpine - "Hands" | Nominated |
| Darcy Prendergast | Gotye - "Easy Way Out" | Nominated |
| Dimitri Basil | Flight Facilities - "Foreign Language" | Nominated |
| Quan Yeomans | Bertie Blackman - "Boy" | Nominated |
| Selina Miles | Hilltop Hoods - "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" | Nominated |
| Artist | Result |
|---|---|
| The Rubens | Won |
| Flume | Nominated |
| Chance Waters | Nominated |
| Kingswood | Nominated |
| Thelma Plum | Nominated |