FBi Unveils 2014 SMAC Awards Nominees

The seventh year of FBi Radio‘s Sydney Music Arts & Culture (SMAC) Awards is upon us, the Sydney community station unveiling its 2014 nominees. On the music side of things, Caitlin Park, Seekae, Spookyland, Mansionair and Basenji lead all other nominees with two nods apiece.

The FBi SMAC awards recognise the outstanding artists, musicians, performers, events and foodies who have contributed to Sydney’s creative culture in the past year. There are over 60 nominees across 11 categories in 2014, including a new award for Best Producer, which will recognise some of Sydney’s most prolific beat makers. The new prize will be presented by FBi‘s electronic music station, FBi Click.

Sydney locals The Preatures, psych-rockers Cloud Control and musician Elizabeth Rose won big at last year’s FBi SMAC awards. This year’s winners will be announced at an official ceremony on Tuesday, 20th January 2015, which will broadcast live on radio.

Exciting prizes, including tickets to the event, can be won by voting online via the FBi SMAC Awards website. Public voting for the 2014 awards begins today, 26th November, and is open until 5pm Tuesday, 23rd December.

The full list of 2014 FBi SMAC Award nominees is available to view below.

Watch: Seekae – Test & Recognise

2014 FBi SMAC Awards Nominees

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Caitlin Park, The Sleeper

Fishing, Shy Glow

Seekae, The Worry

Thundamentals, So We Can Remember

The Preatures, Blue Planet Eyes

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, Playmates

BEST SONG

Mansionair , Hold me Down

Caitlin Park, Hold Your Gaze

Spookyland, The Silly Fucking Thing

Seekae, Test & Recognise

The Walking Who, With Roses

Movement, Like Lust

NEXT BIG THING

EAST

Montaigne

Mansionair

George Maple

Spookyland

Basenji

BEST LIVE ACT

One Day

The Walking Who

DMA’s

Donny Benet

Little May

Gang of Youths

FBi CLICK – BEST PRODUCER

Ribongia

Lavurn Lee (Cassius Select/ Guerre)

Moon Holiday

Basenji

Eugene Ward (Tuff Sherm/ Dro Carey)

Roleo

BEST MUSIC EVENT

Young Henry’s Small World

The Farmer and the Owl

One Day Sundays

Blurst of Times

Newtown Festival

Astral People 3rd Birthday

BEST ON STAGE

Is this thing On? (Belvoir)

The Boat People (Rock Surfers)

The Bear Pack (Giant Dwarf)

Calpurnia Descending (Sydney Theatre Company)

Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography (Griffin Theatre)

REMIX THE CITY

Support the Support by Cake Wines

Sydney Open

Idea Bombing Sydney

Wonderwalls

Sydney Culture Walks App

BEST ARTS PROGRAM

Firstdraft

Giant Dwarf

Alaska Projects

Campbelltown Arts Centre

Performance Space

BEST VISUAL ARTIST

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran

Tony Albert

Pia van Gelder

Hissy Fit

Karla Dickens

BEST EATS

Alfio’s

Pinbone

The Stinking Bishops

Rising Sun Workshop

Cho Cho San

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