The finalists for this year's peer-voted and people's choice South Australian Music Awards have been announced, with heavily decorated hip hop duo A.B. Original leading the pack on six nominations.
Fellow rap luminary and singer-songwriter Tkay Maidza has nabbed four nominations, and emergent musos Naomi Keyte and DyspOra are both up for three categories.
Other acts to pick up nods among the crop of finalists include fan-favourites such as Bad//Dreems, Heaps Good Friends, Lonelyspeck, Timberwolf and Grenadiers.
The 2017 SAM Awards will be held on Thursday 9 November at Thebby Lane (Thebarton Theatre) in Adelaide, with host Henry Wagons steering the evening's proceedings.
There will also be live performances from several nominees, including Glass Skies, Hana & Jessie-Lee, Allume, Timberwolf, Grenadiers, DyspOra and Lonelyspeck, reinterpreting tunes nominated for this year's Best Song prize.
"The 2017 SAM Awards are shaping up to be the biggest to date, with a record-breaking amount of votes cast by the public," Music SA general manager Lisa Bishop said in a statement. "I’m proud to see the diversity and talent represented across the board and I’m looking forward to celebrating at Thebby Lane in six weeks’ time."
Half the available tickets for the evening have already sold out, so if you're keen to be a part of the celebration of the south's best and brightest, or if you're just after more information, head to the SAM Awards website.
2017 South Australian Music Awards — Finalists
Peer-Voted
Best Studio
Chapel Lane Studios
Hillside Recordings
Island Studios
Stormfront Productions
Wizard Tone Studios
Best Engineer
Gabs Agostino
Kiah Gossner
Matt Hills
Simon Kither
Tom Barnes
Best Music Festival/Event (presented by Moshtix)
Blenheim Music & Camping Festival
Futuresounds
Porch Sessions
Scumfest
WOMADelaide
Best Music Venue
Crown & Anchor Hotel
Exeter Hotel
Fat Controller
Grace Emily Hotel
Jive
Best Manager
Ben Martin
Craig Lock
Matthew Hayward
Sian Walden
Tom Gordon
Best Cover Art
Capital Waste & Jamie Brockenbrow - Space Bong’s Dead In Paradise
Hebe Sayce - Neon Tetra’s Relections
Henry Stentiford - The Bitter Darlings' Stuart Highway
Nic Ames & Sam Kruckemeyer - Kaurna Cronin’s Southern Loss
Todd Fischer - Donnarumma’s Billy Billy
Best Music Video
Aaron Schuppan – Cosmo Thundercat’s Warning Bell
Kieran Ellis-Jones – Sleep Talk’s Mother
Lewis Brideson – Donnarumma’s Love Your Man
O’Foley – Standard Union’s I Don’t Care
Richard Coburn – A.B. Original’s January 26th
Best Song (presented by APRA AMCOS)
A.B. Original – January 26th feat. Dan Sultan
Bad//Dreems – Mob Rule
Timberwolf – Washed Out
Tkay Maidza - Simulation
West Thebarton – Moving Out
Best New Artist
Bec Stevens
Donnarumma
DyspOra
Heaps Good Friends
Lonelyspeck
Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Artist
A.B. Original
Corey Theatre
Glenn Skuthorpe
Best Group
A.B. Original
Bad//Dreems
Battlehounds
Cosmo Thundercat
Wanderers
Best Male Artist
Adam Page
DyspOra
Ross McHenry
PNK FME
Thom Lion
Best Female Artist
Allume
Bec Stevens
Hunt
Naomi Keyte
Tkay Maidza
Best Release
A.B. Original
Bad//Dreems
Lonelyspeck
Naomi Keyte
Tkay Maidza
People's Choice
Blues/Roots Award (presented by Radio Adelaide)
Cal Williams Jr
Donnarumma
Glass Skies
Lazy Eye
Wanderers
Country Award (presented by Grace Emily Hotel)
The Bitter Darlings
Hana & Jessie-Lee
The Heggarties
Kiera
Workhorse
Electronic Award (presented by Fresh 92.7)
Abbey Howlett
Hartway
Nakatomi
Southpaw
We May Be Creatures
Experimental Award (presented by Ancient World)
Cobra
The Cortex Shift
Darknife
Thanes
Timberwolf
Folk Award (presented by Wheatsheaf Hotel)
Banjo Jackson
Kaurna Cronin
Naomi Keyte
Tom West
The Winter Gyspy
Heavy Award (presented by Australian Rock & Metal Institute)
Behold The Sea
Ice On Mercury
Sleep Talk
Terminal Zero
Wounded Pig
Hip Hop Award (presented by Northern Sound System)
A.B. Original
Daydream
Fever
Hinkey The Snail
DyspOra
3SIDEZ
Jazz/Art Music Award (presented by Elder Conservatorium)
Alzarin Crimson
Angus Mason
Ashley Hribar
Lone Soul Syndicate
Ross McHenry
Pop Award (presented by The Gov)
Dino Jag
Germein Sisters
Heaps Good Friends
Rachael Leahcar
Tkay Maidza
Punk Award (presented by Crown & Anchor)
Ambleside
Bec Stevens
Grenadiers
She’s The Band
Young Offenders
Rock Award (presented by Fat Controller)
Bad//Dreems
Baltimore Poet
Cosmo Thundercat
The Motive
West Thebarton
World Music Award (presented by WOMADelaide)
Adam Page
The Coconut Kids
Dada Nii Okwabi & The Damushi Ensemble
Daniela Ion
RAVie
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