ARIA Award for Best Independent Release explained

ARIA Award for Best Independent Release
Presenter:	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Country:	Australia
Year:	1989
Holder:	Angie McMahon, Light, Dark, Light Again (2024)

The ARIA Music Award for Best Independent Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",^[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."^[2]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Winners are only provided where reliable sources do not mention of nominees.^[3]

Year	Winner(s)	Album/Single title
1989
TISM	"Apathy"
Eric Bogle	Something of Value
Flederman	Flederman
	Contemporary Australian Piano
The Spliffs	"Sixteen"
1990
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight	*This Machine Is Made of People*
Dubrovniks	Dubrovnik Blues
Girl Monstar	"Surfing on a Wave"/"He's Hell"
Sirocco	Port of Call
Various Artists	Rockin' Bethlehem
1991
The Killjoys	*Ruby*
	I'm Gonna Smile
	"Joe Cool"
	Through the Smoke of Innocence
Various Artists
1992
	Not Drowning, Waving	*Proof*
		Ascension
		Water
		Honey Steel's Gold
		Underground Lovers
1993
	Ed Kuepper	*Black Ticket Day*
		Strange Cargo
		Blink (EP)
		Welcome to Violet
		Beasts of Suburban
1994
	Ed Kuepper	*Serene Machine*
		Dragging the River
		Movin' On
		Cross My Palm
		"Little Black Girl"
1995
	TISM	*Machiavelli and the Four Seasons*
		Ritual Eternal
	Ed Kuepper	Character Assassination
	Magic Dirt	Life Was Better
		Flow, River of My Soul
1996
	You Am I	*Hourly, Daily*
		Wisenheimer
		The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper
		"Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
		Rushall Station
1997
	Savage Garden	*Savage Garden*
	Deadstar	"Don't it Get You Down"
	Dirty Three	Horse Stories
	Ed Kuepper	Frontierland
	Even	Less Is More
1998
	The Whitlams	*Eternal Nightcap*
		Spin the Bottle
		Olana
		"Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
		www.tism.wanker.com
1999
	Josh Abrahams	*Sweet Distorted Holiday*
		"Away"
	Diana Ah Naid	"Oh No (Curbside Lullaby)"
		"I Don't Like It"
	Pre-Shrunk	"Triple A Side"
2000
	S2S	"Sister"
		I Don't Thing I'm Pregnant
		The Hip Bone Connection
		Too Fat for Tahiti
		"Only Good for Conversation"
2001
	John Butler Trio	*Three*
	Allan Browne's New Rascals	East St Kilda Toodleoo
		Manic
		Digital Sunrise
	Stella One Eleven	In Your Hands
2002
	1200 Techniques	"Karma (What Goes Around)"
		"Rain Hail Shine"
		Heavensent
	Lisa Miller	Car Tape
		"London Still"
2003
	The Waifs	*Up All Night*
		"Eye of the Storm"
		Hear
		Living
		Feeling Sideways
2004
	John Butler Trio	*Sunrise Over Sea*
		Breakfast at Fatboys
	Jebediah	Braxton Hicks
		"Bridal Train"
		Sing the Tabloid Blues
2005
	Ben Lee	*Awake Is the New Sleep*
		In Case We Die
		Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets
	Lior	Autumn Flow
		A Brief History...
2006
	Hilltop Hoods	*The Hard Road*
	Ben Lee	"We're All in This Together"
		Like Drawing Blood
		Live at St. Gallen
		Doorways of My Mind
2007
	The John Butler Trio	*Grand National*
		Mixed Blood

		Sneaky Sound System
		Vessels
2008
	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	*Gurrumul*
		Ripe
		Thieves
		Corner of an Endless Road
		Dystopia
2009
	Bertie Blackman	*Secrets and Lies*
	C. W. Stoneking	Jungle Blues
	Dappled Cities	Zounds
	Sneaky Sound System	2
	The Drones	Havilah
2010
	Sia	*We Are Born*
	Art vs. Science	Magic Fountain
	Dan Sultan	Get Out While You Can
	Eddy Current Suppression Ring	Rush to Relax
	John Butler Trio	April Uprising
2011
	Art vs. Science	*The Experiment*
	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	Rrakala
		Live at Red Rocks
		Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses
		"Dark Storm"
2012
	The Jezabels	*Prisoner*
	Dappled Cities	Lake Air
	Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp	Songs of the Southern Skies
		Awkward
	The Bamboos	Medicine Man
2013
	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	*Push the Sky Away*
		Not Art
	San Cisco	San Cisco
	Sheppard	"Let Me Down Easy"
	The Drones	I See Seaweed
2014
	Chet Faker	*Built on Glass*
		Blackbird
	Sheppard	Bombs Away
	Vance Joy	"Mess Is Mine"
	Violent Soho	"Saramona Said"
2015
	Courtney Barnett	*Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit*
		Dark Night Sweet Light
	Jarryd James	"Do You Remember"
	Paul Kelly	The Merri Soul Sessions
	Vance Joy	Dream Your Life Away
2016
	Flume	*Skin*
		Thirty One
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Nonagon Infinity
	Sia	This Is Acting
	Violent Soho	WACO
2017
	A.B. Original	*Reclaim Australia*
	Dan Sultan	Killer
	Sia	"The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
	Tash Sultana	Notion
	Vance Joy	"Lay It on Me"
2018
	Gurrumul	*Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)*
	Angus & Julia Stone	Snow
	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel
	DMA's	For Now
	Pnau	"Go Bang"
2019
	Tones and I	*The Kids Are Coming*
	Angie McMahon	Salt
	G Flip	About Us
	Julia Jacklin	Crushing
	The Teskey Brothers	Run Home Slow
2020
	Sampa the Great	*The Return*
	Archie Roach	Tell Me Why
	DMA's	The Glow
	Lime Cordiale	14 Steps to a Better You
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Ghosteen
2021
	Genesis Owusu	*Smiling with No Teeth*
	Archie Roach	The Songs of Charcoal Lane
	Ball Park Music	Ball Park Music
	Emma Donovan & The Pushbacks	Crossover
	Vance Joy	"Missing Piece"
2022
	Archie Roach	"One Song"
	Ball Park Music	Weirder & Weirder
	Courtney Barnett	Things Take Time, Take Time
	Genesis Owusu	"GTFO"
	Julia Jacklin	Pre Pleasure
2023
	Genesis Owusu	*Struggler*
	Cub Sport	Jesus at the Gay Bar
	Dan Sultan	Dan Sultan
	G Flip	Drummer
	Kylie Minogue	"Padam Padam"
2024
	Angie McMahon	*Light, Dark, Light Again*
	Emily Wurramara	Nara
	Kylie Minogue	Tension
	Miss Kaninna	"Blak Britney"
	Royel Otis	Pratts & Pain

External links

The ARIA Awards Official website

Notes and References

Web site: ARIA Awards 2011 overview. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 15 April 2012.
Web site: What We Do . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 15 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120129113827/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm . 29 January 2012 .
Web site: ARIA Awards Best Independent Release. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 19 April 2012.