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Triple J names best in Australian music with J Awards nominees for 2016
Triple J have just confirmed the nominees list for the J Awards 2016, and as you’d expect, it features a whole heap of Australia’s biggest and best acts.
As well as established artists, the awards seeks to put a spotlight on the most exciting up-and-coming acts too.
Now in its 12th year, the J Awards 2016 nominees list has given nods to Flume, Violent Soho, The Avalanches, Courtney Barnett, Camp Cope and loads more.
Winners will be announced at the event – which is also broadcast live on triple j – on Thursday 17 November.
Check out the full list of nominees:
triple j australian album of the year
The Avalanches — Wildflower
Big Scary — Animal
Camp Cope — Camp Cope
DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
Flume — Skin
Julia Jacklin — Don’t Let The Kids Win
Montaigne — Glorious Heights
SAFIA — Internal
Sticky Fingers — Westway (The Glitter & the Slums)
Violent Soho — WACO
Double j australian artist of the year
Jordan Rakei
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Ngaiire
Teeth & Tongue
The Drones
Unearthed artist of the year
Alex Lahey
Gretta Ray
Julia Jacklin
Kuren
Tash Sultana
Australian music video of the year
Courtney Barnett — Elevator Operator (Director: Sunny Leunig)
DD Dumbo — Satan (Director: Jim Elson)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — People Vultures (Director: Danny Cohen & Jason Galea)
Olympia — Smoke Signals (Director: Alex Smith)
Tigerilla ft. Gill Bates — Tulips (Director: Tom Noakes)
