Victorian Music Award Nominations

Send your nominations now to either:

The Victorian Music Awards
PO Box 17
Brunswick
Vic 3056

or

email: themelbas@gmail.com with "Nomination" in the subject line.

Entries close 15th Jan 2010

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The following nominations have been made in the categories below. Nominations in RED have not completed the nomination. Most likely a copy of their nomination as not yet reached the Melbas central HQ compound. Nominators have until the 22nd Jan to deliver their nominations.
(please check out the How To Nominate section at the Melbas Homepage)


* Best Album
Graveyard Train - The Serpent and the Crow
The Stabs - Dead Wood
The Dacios - Monkeys Blood
Magic Dirt - White Boy EP
Wagons - The Rise and Fall of Goodtown
Darren Sylvester - Darren Sylvester
Curse ov Dialect - Crisis Tales
HTRK - Marry Me Tonight
Rowland S Howard - Pop Crimes
St Helens - Heavy Profession
East Brunswick All Girls Choir - Dead Air
Truth From Facts - 2009
Royalchord - The Good Fight

* Best Song
Sunset Blush - Like a Mexican
Graveyard Train - Scarecrow
The Good China - All Nothing


* Best Vinyl Release
UV Race s/t LP

* Best Live Band
Graveyard Train
Primitive Calculators
East Brunswick All Girls Choir
Eddie Current Suppression Ring
My Disco
The Good China

* Best Live Solo Performer
Purple Duck

* Best Male Vocal

Daniel Merriweather
Marcus Hobbs - East Brunswick All Girls Choir
Ilyak
Purple Duck


* Best Female Vocal
Linda J - The Dacios
Celeste - Ouch My Face
Cash Savage - The Last Drinks
Adalita - Magic Dirt
Paris Wells
Vida Sunshine
Wolfgramm Sisters

* Best Instrumentalist
JP Shilo - Rowland S Howard band
Evelyn Morris - Pikelet

* Best Album Artwork
Graveyard Train - The Serpent and the Crow
Brain Children - Brain Children - http://www.messandnoise.com/images/3004510/440x450-c.jpeg

* Best Video Clip
Graveyard Train - Ballad of Beezlebub
The Good China - All Nothing

* Best Band Photo
Brain Children - Ferrari photo - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/homeandhosed/img/blog/brain_children_600.jpg

* Best Live Photo
Joel Devlin - Heartbreak Club - The Tote - http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeldevlin/3884051397/
Lou Lou Nutt - Hungry Kids of Hungary - East Brunswick Club - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bandphotosbyloulou/4141890857/in/set-72157623031621293/

* Best Gig Review

Dan Kelly & The Ukeladies review by Nick Hilton - http://www.messandnoise.com/events/2000486

Me at the Toff by Lou Lou Nutt (inpress mag 23/12/09)
Meredith ’09: “I Think I'm Going To Die” by A.H. CAYLEY - http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3826937

* Best Gig Poster/Flyer

* Best Gig
- Black Arm Band - Dirtsong @ State Theatre (feat. Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, Kucha Edwards, Dan Sultan, Shane Howard, and many more)
- ATP (Mt Buller) - Primitive Calculators, The Stabs, Bad Seeds, Rowland S Howard, Saints (not Vic, but worth a mention)
- ECSR at Meredith
- The Drones at Golden Plains
- The Stabs and Deaf Wish 2/3am Pony
- Dacios (album launch), ECSR, Deaf Wish @ Tote
- Lucksmiths final ever gig

* Best Live Sound Engineer
Clint Sigmund

* Best Studio Engineer


As you can see, some categories have had few or no nominations as yet. If you know of a worthy recipient, please nominate now. You have until the 15th of Jan 2010.

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