Hall Of Fame Inductee Kylie Minogue – image courtesy of Darenote
Music Victoria is excited to present the winners of last night’s Industry Awards and unveil the 2021 Hall Of Fame inductees. The second ever live-streamed Industry Awards event was broadcast live on Channel 31 and the web last night to award the industry-voted winners for Victoria’s best producers, venues, festivals and women in music, and reveal the shortlisted nominees for all remaining categories to be presented at the 2021 Music Victoria Awards in December.
Last night’s debut Industry Awards hosts, Emma Peel (PBS 106.7FM) and Daniel James (3RRR 102.7FM) were thrilled to announce the 2021 Music Victoria Awards Hall Of Fame inductees, Kylie Minogue and Pierre Baroni. The internationally acclaimed pop megastar and the late great legend of the Melbourne airwaves will respectively be inducted into the Music Victoria Hall Of Fame at the official Music Victoria Awards ceremony taking place Thursday 9 December at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Melbourne artist, June Jones paid tribute to Kylie by covering her hit song ‘Come Into My World’ live for those lucky enough to have tuned in last night, while PBS 106.7FM Program Manager, Owen McKern praised Pierre on behalf of the station for his posthumous induction.
“PBS is truly thrilled to learn that Pierre Baroni will be inducted into the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame. An extraordinary broadcaster, Pierre programmed and presented Soulgroove’66 on PBS from 2003 until his death from cancer in March 2021. Pierre had been broadcasting on PBS since 1997 and his shows became unmissable weekly content for those discovering soul music and classic rhythm and blues. Beyond PBS, Pierre had been a musician, a producer, a photographer and a long-time artist and designer for the Mushroom Group. For all of us here at PBS he was a friend, a cherished colleague and a revered music collector. We still miss him dearly but are delighted that his memory and his legacy will live on through his place in the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame.” – Owen McKern, PBS 106.7FM Program Manager
Music Victoria would like to congratulate last night’s winners of the 2021 Industry Awards. First up, is this year’s Outstanding Woman In Music recipient, Charlotte Abroms who will receive $3,500 cash courtesy of the City Of Melbourne. Charlotte is an acclaimed artist manager, APRA/Songhubs board member, and highly sought after mentor and industry panelist. She is an ongoing collaborator with Victorian youth program The Push and is regularly invited to speak at major music institutions and festivals such as Collarts, RMIT, JMC, RaRa Records, Girls Rock!, YWIM, Women in Music, AIR and BIGSOUND. In 2020, Charlotte raised over $50K for Support Act through her Facebook fundraiser and assisted in the early days of livestreamed festival, Isol-Aid to get the platform online, using her extensive contacts in the digital agency world. A previous winner of the Lighthouse Award (2017), Fast Track Fellowship (2018), and Angie McMahon’s 2019 SXSW Grulke Prize, Charlotte can now add 2021 Outstanding Woman In Music to her extensive list of music industry accolades.
The 2021 Best Producer, Eilish Gilligan has taken out a huge prize including $2000 cash thanks to VMDO, a Music Market co-work package and a $1000 voucher to spend on Yamaha gear. First-time virtual festival winner, Isol-Aid has been awarded 2021 Best Festival, taking home a year’s subscription to festival management software loadin.com, while Metropolitan venue winners, Northcote Social Club and Melbourne Recital Centre – Elisabeth Murdoch Hall have each scored Brick Lane Brewing tinnies packages. Finally, reigning regional venue champions, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine and first time nominees, first time winners, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta have won their respective Outer Suburban/Regional venue categories, each receiving $3000 cash thanks to Bendigo Bank.
The remaining 16 industry-voted award categories and the seven public-voted award categories will be presented at the 17th annual Music Victoria Awards in December, with all nominees now revealed and public voting open.
This year, Arts Access Victoria are proud to be sponsoring a brand new award category for deaf and disabled artists with a $3000 cash prize for the inaugural Arts Access Victoria Amplify Award, and long-time Awards sponsors, the Archie Roach Foundation have increased their support of the Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent in 2021 to match this. New media prizes have also been added for the winning artists in the public-voted categories with Plakkit sponsoring the winner of the Best Album category with a $5000 media package, and Civic Outdoor providing the winner of Best Live Act with a $3000 outdoor billboard package.
Be sure to check out the full list of nominees below and head to the Music Victoria website to cast your vote for Victoria’s best releases and artists of the year. Get your votes in before midnight Friday 5 November and automatically enter into the prize draw to win a prize pack valued at $550 containing goodies from 3RRR 102.7FM, PBS 106.7 FM, Noisy Ritual, Brick Lane and Yamaha.
2021 Music Victoria Awards
Thursday 9 December
Melbourne Recital Centre
7.00pm
To be broadcast on Channel 31 and live-streamed via Music Victoria’s Youtube Channel
Music Victoria Industry Awards Winners:
BEST VENUE UNDER 500 CAP
(prize: tinny package from Brick Lane Brewing)
Winner: Northcote Social Club, Northcote
Nominees:
Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick
LOOP Project Space & Bar, Melbourne
The Night Cat, Fitzroy
The Substation, Newport
BEST VENUE OVER 500 CAP
(prize: tinny package from Brick Lane Brewing)
Winner: Melbourne Recital Centre – Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Southbank
Nominees:
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Forum Melbourne*
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE UNDER 50 GIGS/yr
(prize: $3000 from Bendigo Bank)
Winner: Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
Nominees:
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
The Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon
The Sound Doctor Presents, Anglesea
Tom Katz! @ Sorrento Portsea RSL, Sorrento
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE OVER 50 GIGS/yr
(prize: $3000 from Bendigo Bank)
Winner: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Nominees:
The Barwon Club Hotel, South Geelong
The Eastern, Ballarat
Piano Bar, Geelong
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
BEST FESTIVAL
(prize: 1 year subscription to festival management software loadin.com)
Winner: Isol-Aid
Nominees:
Brunswick Music Festival
Melbourne Music Week – Extended
MPavilion 2020
The Secret Garden Gig Gathering
OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN MUSIC
(prize: $3500 from City of Melbourne)
Winner: Charlotte Abroms
Nominees:
Andrea Keller
Emily Ulman
Emma Donovan
Sarah Blaby
BEST PRODUCER
(prize: $2,000 from VMDO + Music Market co-work package + $1000 voucher for Yamaha gear)
Winner: Eilish Gilligan
Nominees:
Alice Ivy
Anna Laverty
Becki Whitton
River Boy
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Kylie Minogue
Pierre Baroni
Music Victoria Awards Nominees (industry-voted)
BEST BLUES ACT
Nominees:
Aaron Pollock
Anna Scionti
Blues Roulette
Dan Dinnen & Shorty
Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald
BEST COUNTRY ACT
Nominees:
Ben Mastwyk & His Millions
Georgia State Line
James Ellis & The Jealous Guys
Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes
The Weeping Willows
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Nominees:
Alex Albrecht
Female Wizard
Jennifer Loveless
Reptant
SaD
BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Nominees:
Aarti Jadu
Candlesnuffer
Deborah Cheetham, Byron Scullin, Tom Supple
Red Wine and Sugar
Thembi Soddell
BEST FOLK ACT
Nominees:
Charm of Finches
Erica Bramham
Kerryn Fields
Lucy Wise
Maple Glider
BEST HEAVY ACT
Nominees:
Divide and Dissolve
Dr. Colossus
Faceless Burial
Growth
Nicolas Cage Fighter
BEST HIP HOP ACT
Nominees:
Agung Mango
Briggs
Drmngnow
Man Made Mountain
Pookie
BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
Nominees:
Ajak Kwai
Amaru Tribe
Black Jesus Experience
Gelareh Pour’s Garden
Tio
BEST JAZZ ACT
Nominees:
Australian Art Orchestra
Andrea Kellar
Audrey Powne
Menagerie
The Rookies
BEST POP ACT
Nominees:
Alice Ivy
Alice Skye
Geoffrey O’Connor
Gregor
June Jones
BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Nominees:
Disun Future
Jah Tung
JahWise Productions
Marvin Priest
Monkey Marc
BEST PUNK/ROCK ACT
Nominees:
Blake Scott
Civic
Mod Con
Plaster of Paris
Tom Lyngcoln
BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B OR GOSPEL ACT
Nominees:
The Bamboos
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Hiatus Kaiyote
Izy
Kee’ahn
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT
Nominees:
Baker Boy
Bones and Jones
D’Arcy Spiller
Fenn Wilson
The Teskey Brothers
ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT (FOR FIRST NATIONS ACTS)
Nominees:
Allara
Bumpy
Madi Colville Walker
The Merindas
River Boy
ARTS ACCESS VICTORIA AMPLIFY AWARD (FOR DEAF AND DISABLED ACTS)
Nominees:
Eliza Hull
Gordon Koang
Kerryn Fields
Nat Bartsch
Rudely Interrupted
Music Victoria Awards Nominees (public-voted)
BEST ALBUM
Nominees:
Alice Ivy – Don’t Sleep
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover
Gordon Koang – Unity
Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant
BEST GROUP
Nominees:
The Avalanches
Emma Donovan and The Putbacks
Hiatus Kaiyote
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Mildlife
BEST SONG
Nominees:
Alex Lahey & Gordi – Dino’s
Alice Skye – Party Tricks
The Avalanches – Wherever You Go
Geoffrey O’Connor & Jonnine – For As Long As I Can Remember
Hiatus Kaiyote – Red Room
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Nominees:
Alice Ivy
Baker Boy
Blake Scott
G Flip
Gordon Koang
Kylie Auldist
Liz Stringer
Maple Glider
Mia Wray
Sampa the Great
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Nominees:
Ashwarya
Blake Scott
Cry Club
Maple Glider
Shouse
BEST MUSICIAN
Nominees:
Amanda Roff (Time For Dreams, Harmony)
Andrea Keller
Davey Lane (Solo, You Am I)
Emma Donovan
Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON)
G Flip
Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos)
Mindy Meng Wang
Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard)
BEST LIVE ACT
Nominees:
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
Kee’ahn
Mildlife
RVG
Voting is open until midnight Friday 5 November
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Watch last night’s live stream below: