# Music Victoria Awards of 2019

The Music Victoria Awards of 2019 are the 14th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 22 November 2019, during Melbourne Music Week. The Award for The Best Global Act changed its name to Best Intercultural Act.

## Hall of Fame inductees

* PBS 106.7FM, Vika & Linda Bull
Now entering its 40th year, PBS (Progressive Broadcasting Service) was conceived in 1979 as a community, member-based radio station unimpeded by commercial interests and dedicated to sharing and promoting diverse music not heard on other stations.
Vika and Linda Bull have forged diverse pathways into soul, gospel, blues, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry. They have spawned eight albums of their own, as well as illuminating studio and concert performances by Paul Kelly, Rockwiz, C.W. Stoneking, Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers and many more. They were inducted by Kate Ceberano.

## Outstanding Achievement award

* Tones and I

## Award nominees and winners
### General awards

Voted on by the public. Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
| Best Victorian Album | Best Victorian Song |
| The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers Gregor - Silver Drop On Diamond - On Diamond Angie McMahon - Salt | The Teskey Brothers - "So Caught Up" Briggs - "Life is Incredible" Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - "Good Citizens" Gordon Koang - "Stand Up (Clap Your Hands)" Sampa The Great - "Final Form" |
| Best Male Musician | Best Female Musician |
| Paul Kelly Davey Lane Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm) Gordon Koang Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) | Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, Palm Springs, Mod Con, Harmony) Angie McMahon Courtney Barnett Romy Vager (RVG) Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great) |
| Best Band | Best Solo Artist |
| The Teskey Brothers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Amyl and the Sniffers Cash Savage and The Last Drinks Tropical Fuck Storm | Courtney Barnett Sampa The Great Baker Boy Angie McMahon Gordon Koang Alex Lahey Palm Springs Olympia DRMNGNOW Gregor |
| Breakthrough Victorian Act of 2019 | Best Live Act |
| G Flip DRMNGNOW Gena Rose Bruce Gordon Koang Tones and I | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Amyl and the Sniffers Sampa The Great Tropical Fuck Storm Mildlife |
| Best Venue (Over 500 Capacity) | Best Venue (Under 500 Capacity) |
| Forum, Melbourne The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury Hamer Hall, Melbourne Melbourne Recital Centre Corner Hotel, Richmond | Northcote Social Club, Northcote The Gasometer, Collingwood Howler, Brunswick The Old Bar, Fitzroy The Tote Hotel, Collingwood |

### Genre Specific Awards

Voted by a select industry panel
| Best Blues Album | Best Country Album |
| Opelousas - Opelousified Anna Scionti - Orphan Diary Catfish Voodoo - Cookin' With… Julian James - Silver Spade TK Reeve - Wanna Feel Good | Matt Joe Gow - Break, Rattle and Roll Kate Alexander + Hana Brenecki - Don't You Have Better Things to Do? Mick Thomas' Roving Commission - Coldwater DFU Nathan Seeckts - The Heart of the City Sean McMahon - You Will Know When You're There |
| Best Electronic Act | Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act |
| Sui Zhen CORIN DJ Plead Kirkis Rings Around Saturn | Naretha Williams Cat Hope CORIN (Corin Ileto) Diimpa (William Elm) Uboa (Xandra Metcalfe) |
| Best Folk or Roots Album | Best Heavy Album |
| The Maes - The Maes Cat & Clint - The Days That Used to Be Lucie Thorne - KITTY & FRANK Roolya Boolya - Running to You The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow | Suldusk - Lunar Falls Blackhelm - Dark Clouds of the Inferno Religious Observance - Utter Discomfort Uboa - The Origin of My Depression Vexation - Journey Beyond Mortality |
| Best Hip Hop Act | Best Intercultural Act |
| Sampa The Great Cool Out Sun DRMNGNOW Kaiit Remi | Përolas Cool Out Sun Gordon Koang Iaki Vallejo The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra |
| Best Jazz Album | Best Reggae or Dance Hall Act |
| Andrea Keller - Transients Vol. 1 Adam Simmons - The Usefulness of Art Adam Spiegl - Melancholiac Spirograph Studies - Kindness, Not Courtesy Various Artists - Sunny Side Up | Echo Drama Jah Tung Quashani Bahd Shottaz Yaw Faso |
| Best Rock/Punk Album | Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album |
| Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers HEXDEBT - Rule of Four Stonefield - Bent V - So Pure | Allysha Joy - Acadie: Raw Clever Austin - Pareidolia Cool Out Sun - Cool Out Sun Laneous - Monstera Deliciosa The Putbacks - The Putbacks |

### Other Awards

Voted by a select industry panel
| Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 Gigs a Year) | Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 Gigs a Year) |
| Theatre Royal, Castlemaine The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine Caravan Music Club, Malvern East Sooki Lounge, Belgrave Karova Lounge, Ballarat | Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan Ullumbura Theatre, Bendigo Malt Shed, Wangaratta Blues Train, Queenscliff Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap |
| Best Regional Act/Outer Suburban Act | Best Festival |
| The Teskey Brothers Stonefield Kian Maya Rose The Kite Machine | Golden Plains Festival Meredith Music Festival Boogie Gizzfest Supersense |
| The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent |
| Key Hoo Allara Briggs Pattison DRMNGNOW Kalyani & Isha Robert K Champion |