The AIR Awards of 2015 (or Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards of 2015) is the tenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Meat Market, North Melbourne on 22 October 2015. The event was again sponsored by Australian liquor brand, Carlton Dry. The Carlton Dry Global Music Grant award was removed this year, after two previous appearances.
Courtney Barnett won Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Single for the second consecutive year.
Performers Bad//Dreems Airling Dead Letter Circus Harts and John Butler
Nominees and winners AIR Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically. Best Independent Artist Best Independent AlbumCourtney Barnett #1 Dads Chet Faker Hermitude Vance JoyCourtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Number 1 Dads – About Face Flight Facilities – Down to Earth Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away Best Independent Single or EP Breakthrough Independent Artist of the YearCourtney Barnett – "Depreston" Bad//Dreems – "Cuffed & Collared" Courtney Barnett – "Pedestrian At Best" Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz – "The Buzz" Vance Joy – "Fire and the Flood"Number 1 Dads Briggs Client Liaison Japanese Wallpaper Totally Mild Best Independent Blues and Roots Album Best Independent Classical AlbumC. W. Stoneking - Gon' Boogaloo Fraser A. Gorman – Slow Gum Gurrumul – The Gospel Album Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams Paul Kelly - The Merri Soul SessionsAustralian Brandenburg Orchestra – Brandenburg Celebrates Alicia Crossley – Alchemy Amir Farid – Amir Farid Plays Javad Maroufi: Golden Dreams and Other Works Amy Dickson and Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Island Songs Zubin Kanga – Piano Inside Out Best Independent Country Album Best Independent Dance/Electronica AlbumFrank Yamma – Uncle Amber Lawrence – Superheroes Jim Lawrie – Eons Raised By Eagles – Diamonds in the Bloodstream Troy Cassar-Daley – Freedom RideFlight Facilities – Down to Earth Collarbones – Return Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light Seekae – The Worry Ta-ku – Songs to Break Up to Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk AlbumHayden James – "Something About You" Collarbones – "Turning" Generik featuring Nicky Van She – "The Weekend" Nicky Night Time featuring Nat Dunn – "Gonna Get Better" Rüfüs – "You Were Right"King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – I'm in Your Mind Fuzz British India – Nothing Touches Me Northlane – Node The Peep Tempel – Tales The Smith Street Band – Throw Me in the River Best Independent Hip Hop Album Best Independent Jazz AlbumSeth Sentry – Strange New Past Baro – 17/18 Briggs – Sheplife Citizen Kay – Demokracy One Day – MainlineBarney Mcall – Mooroolbark Allan Browne Quintet – Ithaca Bound Gian Slater – Still Still Mike Nock Octet – Suite Sima Sarah Mckenzie – We Could Be Lovers Best Independent LabelMilk! Records
See also Music of Australia
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