# AIR Awards of 2017

The AIR Awards of 2017 is the eleventh annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Queen's Theatre Adelaide, Australia on 27 July 2017. This is the first time the event was held in South Australia.
There were no awards in 2016, due to the move in the eligibility dates for the AIR Awards to align with the calendar year. The 2017 awards saw a slightly longer eligibility period than usual with members' releases period between 1 August 2015 and 31 December 2016.
AIR General manager, Maria Amato commented "It was great to see the Industry turn out in droves to celebrate the success of the Independent sector at the 11th AIR Awards in Adelaide. So proud of the collaborations with the South Australian Government and our supporting partners that helped us make this all happen."

## Performers

* A.B. Original
* Ngaiire
* Henry Wagons
* Russell Morris
* Elizabeth Rose

## Nominees and winners
### AIR Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.
| Best Independent Artist | Best Independent Album |
| A.B. Original Alex Lahey Ali Barter D.D Dumbo Flume | A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia Alex Lahey – B-Grade University Big Scary – Animal D.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated Ngaiire – Blastomia |
| Best Independent Single or EP | Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year |
| A.B. Original featuring Dan Sultan – "January 26" Alex Lahey – "You Don't Think You Like People Like Me" Big Scary – "The Opposite of Us" D.D Dumbo – "Satan" Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" | A.B. Original Alex Lahey Camp Cope D.D Dumbo Julia Jacklin |
| Best Independent Blues and Roots Album | Best Independent Classical Album |
| Julia Jacklin – Don't Let the Kids Win Archie Roach – Let Love Rule Russell Morris – Red Dirt – Red Heart The Waifs – Beautiful You The Wilson Pickers – You Can't Catch a Fish from a Train | Slava Grigoryan – Bach Cello Suites Vol 1 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Brandenburg Celebrates Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti – Mozart's Last Symphonies Genevieve Lacey and James Crabb – Heard This and Thought of You |
| Best Independent Country Album | Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album |
| Henry Wagons – After What I Did Last Night Big Smoke – This is Golden Bill Chambers – Cold Trail Halfway – The Golden Halfway Record William Crighton – William Crighton | Friendships – Nullabor 1988–1989 Elizabeth Rose – Intra Flume – Skin Jagwar Ma – Every Now and Then Rainbow Chan – Spacings |
| Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single | Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album |
| Nick Murphy – "Stop Me (Stop You)" Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" Starley – "Call on Me" | Violent Soho – WACO Dead Letter Circus – Aesthesis Hellions – Opera Oblivia Luca Brasi – If This Is All We're Going to Be Twelve Foot Ninja – Outlier |
| Best Independent Hip Hop Album | Best Independent Jazz Album |
| A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia L-Fresh the Lion – Become Remi – Divas and Demons Hau – The No End Theory Milwaukee Banks – Deep into the Night | James Morrison and Don Burrows – In Good Company Ben Winkleman Trio – The Knife Keller Murphy Browne – Killers Vince Jones and Paul Grabowsky – Provanance |
| Best Independent Label ||
| Pieater Barely Dressed Records Elefant Traks UNFD Jazzhead, I OH YOU! ||