Music News: 2006 ARIA
AWARD Nominations Announced
By
Sean Lynch
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If the strength of Australian music lies in
its diversity, then the domestic music community is in very strong
shape indeed.
In a wide open year where the big winners
could
come from left of field, the ARIA Awards voting academy has delivered
one of the most eclectic set of nominees to date.
Announced today in Sydney, this
year’s ARIA
Awards nominees includes artists as diverse as AUGIE MARCH, HILLTOP
HOODS, WOLFMOTHER, BOB EVANS, CLARE BOWDITCH, HUMAN NATURE, TROY
CASSAR-DALEY, THE GRATES, THE LIVING END, YOUTH GROUP and THE
VERONICAS. There are plenty of new faces making their ARIA Awards
nominations debut and an exciting collection of artists, both new and
established, who have received multiple nominations.
A number of artists have each received 5
ARIA
Award nominations. BERNARD FANNING, an artist who is already a multi
ARIA Award winner courtesy of Powderfinger, Hip-hop super heroes
HILLTOP HOODS, globetrotting trio WOLFMOTHER and ESKIMO JOE have all
stormed in with 5 nominations a piece.
The technical awards were also given out
today
with The ENGINEER OF THE YEAR for the 2nd year in a row going to MATT
LOVELL for his work on the ESKIMO JOE album Black Fingernails, Red
Wine. Production company HEAD PICTURES have taken out the ARIA Award
for BEST VIDEO for BERNARD FANNING’S whimsical Wish You Well
film
clip. And DEBASER has won the ARIA Award for BEST COVER ART for BERNARD
FANNING’S Tea And Sympathy.
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The 2006 ARIA AWARDS
NOMINEES
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Best
Children's Album
Hi-5 - Wish Upon A Star
(SonyBMG)
Justine Clarke - I Like To Sing! (ABC For
Kids)
The Fairies - Fairy Magic (ABC For Kids)
The Hooley Dooleys – Smile (ABC For Kids)
The Wiggles - Racing To The Rainbow (ABC For
Kids)
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Best
Comedy Release
Carl Barron - Carl Barron Whatever Comes Next (Acmec)
Lano and Woodley - Sing Songs (Liberation Music)
The Shambles - The
Shambles: Best Of Series One & Two (Shock DVD)
Matt Tilley - Cereal Pest: The “Gotcha Calls”
(Liberation Music)
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Best
Dance Release
Dirty South - Dirty South EP (Vicious)
Paul Mac - Panic Room
(Eleven/Virgin)
Sneaky Sound System - I Love It (Whack Records)
The Presets – Beams (Modular/UMA)
TV Rock feat. Seany B - Flaunt It (SonyBMG)
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Best
Urban Release
Bliss N Eso - Up Jumped The Boogie (Illusive
Sounds)
Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road (Obese
Records)
Jade MacRae - Jade MacRae (Roadshow
Music)
Phrase - Talk With Force
(Marlin/UMA)
Weapon X And Ken Hell - Sneakerpimpin'
Ain't Easy (Illusive Sounds)
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Highest
Selling Single
Kate DeAraugo - Maybe
Tonight (SonyBMG)
Lee Harding – Wasabi (SonyBMG)
Shannon Noll – Shine (SonyBMG)
TV Rock featuring Seany B - Flaunt It
(SonyBMG)
Youth Group - Forever Young (Ivy League
Records)
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Highest
Selling Album
Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy (Dew
Process/UMA)
Human Nature - Reach Out: The Motown
Album (Columbia)
Pete Murray - See The Sun (Columbia)
Rogue Traders - Here Come the
Drums
(Columbia)
The Veronicas - The Secret Life Of … (Engine Room Music/Sire
Records)
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Best
Music DVD
Hilltop Hoods - The Calling Live (Obese
Records)
Eskimo Joe - Eskimo Joe - The DVD (Mushroom
Records)
Kylie Minogue - Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour (Warner Vision
Australia)
Missy Higgins - If You Tell Me Yours,
I'll Tell You Mine (Eleven/Virgin)
The Go-Betweens - That Striped Sunlight
Sound (Capitol/EMI)
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Best
Rock Album
Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir (Ra)
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Mushroom
Records/WMA)
The Living End - State of Emergency
(Capitol/EMI)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
(Modular/UMA)
You Am I – Convicts
(Virgin/EMI)
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Best
Adult Contemporary Artist
Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
(Capitol/EMI)
Human Nature - Reach Out: The Motown Record
(Columbia)
Tex, Don & Charlie - All Is Forgiven
(UMA)
The Whitlams - Little Cloud (Black Yak
Records/WMA)
Various Artists - She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim &
Neil Finn (Capitol/EMI)
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Best
Pop Release
Ben Lee - Into The Dark (Inertia
Recordings)
Josh Pyke - Feeding The Wolves (Ivy League
Records)
Rogue Traders - Here Come The Drums
(Columbia)
Shannon Noll – Lift (SonyBMG)
The Veronicas - The Secret Life Of...(Engine Room Music/Sire
Records)
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Best
Independent Release
Ben Lee – We’re All In This Together (Inertia
Recordings)
Gotye - Like Drawing Blood (Independent/Creative
Vibes)
Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road (Obese
Records)
John Butler Trio - Live At St Gallen (Jarrah
Records)
Lior - Doorways Of My Mind (Senso Unico)
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Best
Country Album
Adam Brand - What A Life (Compass Bros
Records)
Anne Kirkpatrick - Showman’s
Daughter (Compass Bros Records)
Catherine Britt - Too Far Gone (ABC
Music)
Lee Kernaghan - The New Bush (ABC
Music)
Troy Cassar-Daley - Brighter Day (Capitol/EMI)
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Best
Blues and Roots Album
Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy (Dew
Process/UMA)
Lior - Doorways Of My Mind (Senso Unico)
The Audreys - Between Last Night and Us (ABC Music)
The Flood - The Late Late Show (Rajon
Music)
Xavier Rudd - Food In The Belly (Salt
X/UMA)
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Breakthrough
Artist - Single
Gyroscope - Fast Girl (Mushroom
Records/WMA)
Hilltop Hoods - Clown Prince (Obese
Records)
Sneaky Sound System - I Love It (Whack
Records)
TV Rock feat. Seany B - Flaunt It
(SonyBMG)
Starky - Hey Bang
Bang (UMA)
Youth Group - Forever Young (Ivy League Records)
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Breakthrough
Artist - Album
Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road (Obese
Records)
Rogue Traders - Here Come The Drums
(Columbia)
The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High (Dew
Process/UMA)
The Veronicas - The Secret Life Of ... (Engine Room
Music/Sire Records)
Wolfmother – Wolfmother (Modular/UMA)
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Best
Group
Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir (Ra)
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Mushroom Records/WMA)
Rogue Traders - Here Come The
Drums (Columbia)
The Living End - State of Emergency
(Capitol/EMI)
Wolfmother – Wolfmother (Modular/UMA)
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Best
Male Artist
Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy (Dew Process/UMA)
Ben Lee – We’re All In This Together (Inertia
Recordings)
Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
(Capitol/EMI)
Dan Kelly - Pirate Radio (Shock/Infidelity Records)
Pete Murray - See The Sun (Columbia)
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Best
Female Artist
Clare Bowditch - What Was Left
(Capitol/EMI)
Holly Throsby - Under the Town
(Virgin/Spunk/EMI)
Jade MacRae - Jade MacRae (Roadshow
Music)
Jen Cloher - Dead Wood Falls (Shiny
Records)
Kasey Chambers - Nothing At All (Capitol/EMI)
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Single
of the year
Augie March - One Crowded Hour (Ra)
Bernard Fanning - Watch Over Me (Dew Process/UMA)
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Mushroom Records/WMA)
Wolfmother - Minds Eye
(Modular/UMA)
Youth Group - Forever Young (Ivy League Records)
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Album
of the Year
Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir (Ra)
Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy (Dew Process/UMA)
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Mushroom Records/WMA)
The Sleepy Jackson - Personality, One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
(Capitol/EMI)
Wolfmother – Wolfmother
(Modular/UMA)
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The
2006 ARIA Awards will be held on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, at ACER ARENA and
will be broadcast on Network Ten from 7.30pm. General public tickets
are on sale next Monday, September 19, from Ticketek. Don’t miss
the sparkling 20th anniversary of the ARIA Awards!
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