Best Independent Artist sees #1 Dads, Chet Faker, Courtney Barnett, Hermitude and Vance Joy competing for the top prize, while Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year sees #1 Dads, Briggs, Client Liaison, Japanese Wallpaper and Totally Mild as contenders for the revered title.
Best Independent Single or EP sees two nominations from Barnett for Depreston and Pedestrian At Best alongside Cuffed and Collared from Bad//Dreems, The Buzz from Hermitude and Vance Joy’s The Fire And The Flood.
Other categories include Best Independent Hip Hop Album (Baro, Briggs, Citizen Kay, One Day and Seth Sentry), Best Independent Blues and Roots Album (C.W. Stoneking, Fraser A. Gorman, Gurrumul, Marlon Williams and Paul Kelly) and Best Hard Rock Album (British India, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Northlane, The Peep Tempel and The Smith Street Band).
