AB Original clean up at the 2017 Australian Independent Music Awards
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AB Original clean up at the 2017 Australian Independent Music Awards

A.B. Original have swept the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards, taking home five prestigious gongs from five nominations, including Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year, Best Independent Hip Hop Album, Best Independent Single for ‘January 26’, Best Independent Album or EP for their breakthrough Reclaim Australia and the big one — Best Independent Artist.

They beat out stiff competition from the likes of D.D. Dumbo, Flume, Alex Lahey and Ali Barter for top honours.

Other big winners out of this year’s ceremony include Violent Soho, who took out the Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy, or Punk Album Award for the second time for WACO; Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) who nabbed his first AIR Awards under his own monicker for Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single courtesy of his ditty ‘Stop Me (Stop You)’; and Julia Jacklin, who accepted the Best Independent Blues and Roots Album award for her lauded offering Don’t Let The Kids Win.

The awards, which honour the country’s best and brightest indie recording artists, have been running since 2006, and the 11th annual ceremony went down at Adelaide’s Queen’s Theatre on Thursday, 27th July with performances from A.B. Original, rock legend Russell Morris and dream-popper Elizabeth Rose.

Check out all the winners below:

BEST INDEPENDENT LABEL
Pieater

BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(PRESENTED BY PPCA)
A.B. Original (Golden Era Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST
A.B. Original (Golden Era Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT SINGLE
A.B. Original – ‘January 26 Feat. Dan Sultan’ (Golden Era Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM OR EP
A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia (Golden Era Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT HARD ROCK, HEAVY OR PUNK ALBUM
Violent Soho – WACO (I OH YOU)

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE
Nick Murphy – ‘Stop Me (Stop You)’ (Future Classic)

BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Friendships – Nullabor 1988-1989 (Dot Dash/Remote Control)

BEST INDEPENDENT HIP HOP ALBUM
A. B. Original – Reclaim Australia (Golden Era Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win (Liberation Music)

BEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM
Henry Wagons – After What I Did Last Night (ABC Music)

BEST INDEPENDENT JAZZ ALBUM
James Morrison & Don Burrows – In Good Company (ABC Jazz)

BEST INDEPENDENT CLASSICAL ALBUM
Slava Grigoryan – Bach Cello Suites Vol 1 (ABC Classics)