FBi SMAC Awards 2011 Finalists Announced

FBi Radio’s SMAC Awards are upon us again and this year sees an amazing cross section of Sydney’s finest vying for awards across thirteen categories.

The categories for this year’s awards span from music, art, collective endeavours, stage performances, innovative use of Sydney’s public spaces, video clips and for the first time, places to eat.

The event will be hosted by Sydney blogger Max Lavergne. The entire ceremony will be broadcast live on FBi 94.5FM.

Finalists for this year’s SMAC awards were chosen after a public callout for nominees. Key industry figures were also consulted during the nomination process. The winners will be decided through public vote, which opens today, November 30th, and will run until January 4th, 2012.

Vote here.

Full List of Finalists

NEXT BIG THING, presented by Alberts

-Oliver Tank

-Catcall

-Jonti

-Lanie Lane

-Matt Corby

-Royal Headache

-WIM

BEST LIVE MUSIC ACT, presented by Allans & Billy Hyde Music

-Thundamentals

-Jezebels

-Jinja Safari

-Kirin J. Callinan

-Step-Panther

-The Snowdroppers

-The Laurels

BEST SONG

-Alps – Sail Away

-Flume – Sleepless feat. Anthony & Cleopatra

-Ghoul – Lodum (Rising)

-Hermitude – Speak of the Devil

-Jack Ladder – Cold Feet

-Jonathan Boulet – You’re A Animal

-Matt Corby – Brother

-Melodie Nelson – My Johnny

-Lime Cordiale – Say It

-Nantes – Fly

-Palms – The Summer Is Done With Us

-The Rescue Ships – On The Air

RECORD OF THE YEAR

-Africa Hitech – 93 Million Miles

-Belles Will Ring – Crystal Theatre

-Megastick Fanfare – Grit Aglow

-Collarbones – Iconography

-Lanie Lane – To The Horses

-Royal Headache – Royal Headache

-Seekae – + Dome

REMIX THE CITY

-Alaska Projects

-Gate Presents No Fixed Address

-Jurassic Lounge

-Art & About Sydney

-The Paper Mill

-Queen Street Sydney

MAJOR FESTIVAL, presented by BRAG

-Harvest

-Peats Ridge

-Vivid Live

-Musica Tumbalong

-Graphic

BEST MUSIC EVENT

-Goodgod Long Birthday Nights

-Radiant LIVE

-VOID

-Rabbit Hole

-HOOPS

-Wormwood

-Mad Racket

BEST ON SCREEN

-Sam Bennetts for Act Your Age (Bluejuice)

-Brendan Cowell for Run (Charge Group)

-Emma Tomelty for Speak of the Devil (Hermitude)

-Luci Schroder for Sophisticated lover (Donny Benet)

-SPOD for Pixyphony (KYU)

-Byron Quandary for Feel a Thing (Emma Davis)

-Sixty40 for Out In The Streets (Africa Hitech)

BEST ON STAGE

-Holly Austin – Boxing Day (Old Fitz)

-Tom Stitz – Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper (Old Fitz)

-Nick Coyle – Me, Pregnant! (Old Fitz)

-Post (Zoe Coombs Marr, Mish Gregor and Eden Falk) – Who’s The Best (STC)

-Belinda Bromilow – This Year’s Ashes (Griffin)

-Claudia ODoherty – What Is Soil Erosion? (Belvior)

-Gareth Davies and Charlie Garber – Masterclass (Imperial Panda Festival)

BEST COLLECTIVE, presented by PEDESTRIAN

-Ampersand Magazine

-Dirty Shirlow’s

-Applespiel

-Big Village

-Makeshift

-Dorkbot

ARTS EVENT

-Imperial Panda Festival

-Gallery A.S.

-Late Night Library

-Outpost

-Secret Wars

-Underbelly

BEST VISUAL ARTIST

-Dara Gill

-Bridie Connell

-Dan Boyd

-Daniel O’Toole (aka Ears)

-Justin Shoulder

-Tim Moore

BEST EATS, presented by The Thousands Sydney

-Youeni provides

-The Dip

-Feather and Bone

-Bar H Surry Hills

-Izakaya Fujiyama

-FourAteFive

-Orto Trading

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