Queensland locals Violent Soho, metalcore outfit The Amity Affliction and country group Halfway have taken home some of the biggest prizes from last night’s 2015 Queensland Music Awards.
Hosted by triple j‘s Sarah Howells and hip hop veteran Fred Leone (aka Rival MC), the 2015 QMAs saw Violent Soho claim the Album Of The Year award for their latest full-length, Hungry Ghost, while The Amity Affliction won The BOQ People’s Choice Most Popular Group Award and Halfway scored a nod for their track Dulcify, which won Song Of The Year and the Country Award.
Other awards on the night went to the likes of The Medics, whose song Wake Up took out the Indigenous Award, Cairns singer-songwriter Leanne Tennant, who collected the Blues & Roots Award for her track Bearing The Crown, and Airling’s song Wasted Pilots, which took out the coveted Pop Award.
The Grates’ recent single Holiday Home scooped the 2015 Rock Award, while producer The Kite String Tangle took home the Music Video Award for his Jason Bock-directed clip for Arcadia (below).
Screaming Tribesmen frontman Mick Medew, one of Queensland’s most influential rock singer/songwriters, was also awarded the Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Queensland music. View the full list of winners, below.
The Queensland Music Awards receive hundreds of entries from published and unpublished artists from all over the state each year. QMusic Executive Officer Joel Edmondson says this year’s awards showed that Queensland’s musical talents are as strong as ever.
“Time and again, the Queensland Music Awards prove that Queensland produces some of Australia’s most talented and exciting musicians. The 2015 QMAs were no different,” Edmondson says.
“Queensland’s music industry is fueled by a unique kind of community spirit, giving emerging artists that extra bit of support they need to succeed. You can feel that spirit in the room at the QMAs.”
Watch: The Kite String Tangle – Arcadia
2015 Queensland Music Awards – Winners List
Schools (Grade 6 – 12)
SASKIA
Song Title: Days Of Doom
Writers: Saskia van Iperen, Alistair Marsden
Pop
Airling
Song Title: Wasted Pilots
Writers: Hannah Shepherd, Tom Iansek, Graham Ritchie
Rock
The Grates
Song Title: Holiday Home
Writers: Patience Hodgson, John Patterson
Blues/Roots
Leanne Tennant
Song Title: Bearing The Crown
Writers: Leanne Tennant
Country
Halfway
Song Title: Dulcify
Writers: John Busby, Chris Dale, Ben Johnson, Elwin Hawtin, Luke Peacock, John Willsteed
Urban
Dubmarine
Song Title: None the Wiser
Writers: Joel Alexander, Terry Cassels, Paul Watson, Paul Donehue, Jeremie Nagabbo, Mikael Strand, Nick Torpy, Billie Weston
Folk / Singer Songwriter
Quintessential Doll
Song Title: Live Like I’m Dying
Writers: Steph Linsdell
World
Mzaza
Song Title: Enfants du Chemin (Children of the Road)
Writers: Pauline Maudy, Greta Kelly, Jordan Stamos, John Robertson, Stephen Cuttriss, Chloe Ann Williamson
Jazz
Laique
Song Title: Closing Time
Writers: Kylie Southwell
Electronic / Dance
Michelle Xen
Song Title: Short Term Plan
Writers: Michelle Oxenham
Heavy
Guards of May
Song Title: Numbers
Writers: James Harden, Keita Neralic, Richie Harvey, Damian Saloman, Levi Russell
Children’s Music
The Kangagang
Song Title: Hungry Crocodile Chomp
Writers: Carolyn Simpson
Video
The Kite String Tangle
Song Title: Arcadia
Writers: Daniel M Harley
Indigenous
The Medics
Song Title: Wake Up
Writers: Kahl Wallace , Jhindu Lawrie, Andrew Thomson, Charles Thomas
Regional
The Vernons
Song Title: To The Sky
Writers: James K Nikiforides, Jonathan K Nyst
The BOQ People’s Choice Award – Most Popular Female
Sahara Beck
The BOQ People’s Choice Award – Most Popular Male
Bobby Alu
The BOQ People’s Choice Award – Most Popular Group
The Amity Affliction
Song of the Year
Halfway
Song Title: Dulcify
Writers: John Busby, Chris Dale, Ben Johnson, Elwin Hawtin, Luke Peacock, John Willsteed
Album of the Year
Violent Soho
Album: Hungry Ghost
Billy Thorpe Scholarship
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