AIR Awards of 2024

The 2024 AIR Awards is the upcoming eighteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), scheduled to take place on 1 August 2024 in Adelaide. The 2024 AIR Awards will introduce two new categories; the Independent Producer of the Year and the Independent Music Video of the Year. The nominees were revealed on 14 May 2024.

2024 AIR Awards
Date	1 August 2024
Venue	Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
Most awards	Genesis Owusu and Cub Sport (2)
Most nominations	Genesis Owusu (5)
Website	https://air.org.au/air-awards/

Performances

• Maple Glider
• Jack River
• Bumpy
• Slava Grigoryan
• RVG

Nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

Independent Album of the Year	Independent Song of the Year
RVG – Brain Worms Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Genesis Owusu – Struggler Jen Cloher – I Am the River, the River Is Me Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble	Jem Cassar-Daley – "King of Disappointment" Genesis Owusu – "Leaving the Light" Maple Glider – "Don't Kiss Me" RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – "I Used to Be Fun"
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year	Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
Royel Otis Big Wett Chloe Dadd Enola Pacific Avenue	Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan Dope Lemon – Kimosabé Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon Leah Senior – The Music That I Make The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way
Best Independent Children's Album or EP	Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Josh Pyke – It's Gonna Be a Great, Great Day! Amber Lawrence – A Very Aussie Aussie Christmas Emma Memma – Ballet Time The Wiggles – Ready Steady Wiggle Whistle and Trick – Bananas and Other Delicious Things	Australian Chamber Orchestra + Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica' Karen Jacobsen – Misogyny Opus Neil Gaiman and Fourpay String Quartet – Signs of Life Russell Morris – The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert Slava Grigoryan – Gratitudes
Best Independent Country Album or EP	Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn Henry Wagons – South of Everywhere Maple Glider – I Get Into Trouble The Wolfe Brothers – Livin' the Dream Travis Collins – Any Less Anymore	Cub Sport – Jesus at the Gay Bar Big Wett – Pu$$y Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast Simona Castricum – Sink Skeleten – Under Utopia
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single	Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
Fisher and Kita Alexander – "Atmosphere" Confidence Man – "On & On (Again)" Memphis LK – "Black and Blue" Odd Mob and Omnom – "Losing Control" The Jungle Giants – "Trippin Up"	Polaris – Fatalism C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops Glitoris – Glitoris RedHook – Postcard from a Living Hell Void of Vision – Chronicles
Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP	Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
Genesis Owusu – Struggler JK-47 – Revision for Regrowth Teether and Kuya Neil – Stressor Urthboy – Savour Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies	Elixir – A Small Shy Truth Grievous Bodily Calm – Cascades Lance Gurisik and Jeremy Rose – Cull Portal Mike Nock – Hearing The Rookies – Feed the Fire
Best Independent Pop Album or EP	Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Jack River – Endless Summer Hatchie – Giving the World Away (Deluxe) Kate Ceberano – My Life Is a Symphony Molly Millington – 5 Stages Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline	Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H ENOLA – All Is Forgiven EP Luca Brasi – The World Don't Owe You Anything Radio Free Alice – Radio Free Alice Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
Best Independent Rock Album or EP	Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes Pacific Avenue – Flowers Royel Otis – Sofa Kings RVG – Brain Worms	WILSN – Those Days Are Over Bumpy – Morning Sun Immy Owusu – Lo Life Ruby Jackson – Sweeter for Me Women of Soul Collective – Feel Good
Independent Marketing Team of the Year	Independent Publicity Team of the Year
The Annex/Ourness/AWAL – Genesis Owusu - Struggler Domestic La La – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You I OH YOU/Mushroom Group – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Ivy League Records/Mushroom – The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way Slow Clap – Private Function - 370HSSV 0773H	Jessia Searle – Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me I OH YOU/Mushroom – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Janine Morcos – Teenage Joans - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest Thinking Loud – Genesis Owusu - Struggler This Much Talent – Nat Vazer - Strange Adrenaline
Independent Producer of the Year	Independent Music Video of the Year
Bonnie Knight – Enola - All Is Forgiven (EP) Konstantin Kersting – DMA's - How Many Dreams? Oscar Dawson – Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You Pnau – multiple singles in 2023 Tom Iansek – Maple Glider - I Get Into Trouble	Adam Munnings – Cub Sport – "Keep Me Safe" Chris Cowburn – Emma Donovan – "Blak Nation" Hayden Somerville – RVG – "Nothing Really Changes" Sean Higgins – Adam Noviello – "Fumbling" Tobias Willis – Georgia Mooney – "War Romance"
Best Independent Label	Outstanding Achievement Award
Ourness ABC Music Dot Dash Recordings Poinson City Records Spinning Top Records	Don Spencer

See also

• Music of Australia