MELBOURNE GALA 7TH DECEMBER 2017
Thank you to our Board
Damian Cunningham (Audience and Sector Development Director, Live Music Office) Dean Ormston (Head of Member Services, APRA AMCOS) Emma Coyle (Industry Development Manager, Music SA) Emily Collins (Executive Officer, Music NSW) Joel Edmondson (Executive Officer, Q Music) Kate Hennessy (Arts Writer & Music Critic) Katie Noonan (Musician) Laura Harper (Chief Executive Officer, Music Tasmania) Mike Harris (CEO, WAM) Paris Martine (Contrary Music) Simon Collins (Music Editor, The West Australian) and all our team & volunteers!
Director - Larry Heath Event Manager - Erin Steel Logo Design - Daniel Lewis Video - Filip Franzoni Social Media Manager - Chris Singh
#NLMAS Program
6.30pm Dinner and Drinks and DJ Set
8pm Show kicks off with your host Dom Alessio
Performance: Charm of Finches
VIC Awards & International Achievement
Performance: Yeo
Genre Awards
Performance: Party Dozen
Musician, Public Voted & Event Awards
Performance: Mojo Juju
The NLMA, Best New Act, Live Voice & Act
Performance: Girls Rock! Melbourne presents a tribute to The Peep Tempel feat. Swim Team, Bitch Diesel and Moody Beaches
10pm Dessert and Drinks VIC AWARDS Presented by SYN Media
LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Camp Cope LIVE EVENT OF THE YEAR Big Scary Golden Plains Tim Rogers Suger Mountain Cable Ties Groovin’ The Moo Oh Pep! St Jerome’s Laneway Festival Wetfest III: Wetter Than Ever LIVE VOICE OF THE YEAR Romy Vager (RVG) AAA (ALL AGES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD) Didirri -Presented by The Push- Olympia Charm of Finches Jenny McKechnie (Cable Ties) Girls Rock! Melbourne Ainslie Wills Minus18 Wrangler Studios LIVE VENUE OF THE YEAR Jackknife Music -Presented by Oztix- The Old Bar The Tote Howler The Athenaeum Theatre Royal (Castlemaine) GENRE AWARDS Henry Wagons R&B OR SOUL LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Ruby Boots Caiti Baker Hiatus Kaiyote HARD ROCK LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Ngaiire Totally Unicorn Odette Mercy and her Soul Atomics Cable Ties Mojo Juju Glitoris Cursed Earth BLUES & ROOTS LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR High Tension Dan Sultan Tash Sultana DJ OR ELECTRONIC LIVE ACT OF Gretta Ray THE YEAR Cash Savage and the Last Drinks Happy Axe (Emma Kelly) CW Stoneking Peking Duk Rainbow Chan POP LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Amastro Montaigne Japanese Wallpaper Amy Shark Client Liaison HIP HOP LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Confidence Man AB Original Rachel Maria Cox Citizen Kay Genesis Owusu COUNTRY OR FOLK LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR L-Fresh the Lion Fanny Lumsden Sampa The Great All Our Exes Live in Texas Julia Jacklin BEST LIVE MUSIC EVENT IN AUSTRALIA -Presented by Music Insight-
BIGSOUND Dark Mofo Golden Plains Splendour in the Grass St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
THE NLMA
Hugh Nichols, City of Sydney Live Music Office Sad Grrls Club Your Choice The Rule Brothers
INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACHIEVEMENT
SOLO GROUP Alex Lahey All Our Exes Live In Texas Flume Camp Cope Julia Jacklin King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Kucka Methyl Ethel Tash Sultana The Middle Kids MUSICIANSHIP
LIVE VOICE OF THE YEAR LIVE BASSIST OF THE YEAR David Le’aupepe (Gang of Youths) Zoe Hauptmann Julia Jacklin Gus Gardiner Stella Donnelly Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich Meg Mac Tom Tilley Vera Blue Dan Stanley Freeman
LIVE INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR LIVE GUITARIST OF THE YEAR Happy Axe (Emma Kelly) Tash Sultana Kirsty Tickle Lee Hartney William Barton Joji Malani Yeo Oscar Dawson M-Phazes Adalita
LIVE DRUMMER OF THE YEAR Sarah Thompson Tim Commandeur Tom Myers Shauna Boyle Scarlett Stevens PEOPLEʼS CHOICE
BEST LIVE ACT -Presented by The Music Network-
A.B. Original All Our Exes Live in Texas Cable Ties Camp Cope Client Liaison Confience Man Gang of Youths Hands Like Houses King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Methyl Ethel BEST LIVE VOICE -Presented by Audio-Technica-
Alex Lahey Amy Shark Courtney Barnett Julia Jacklin Kucka Ngaiire Sampa The Great Stella Donnelly Tash Sultana Vera Blue BEST NEW ACT LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR -Presented by Young Henrys- -Presented by APRA AMCOS-
Amastro Amy Shark Amy Shark Client Liaison Confidence Man Gang Of Youths Stella Donnelly The Jezabels Vera Blue Montaigne