AIR Awards of 2025

2025 AIR Awards
Date31 July 2025
VenueAdelaide Town Hall, Australia
Hosted byDylan Lewis and Jessica Braithwaite[1]
Most winsAlice Ivy, Amyl & The Sniffers (3)
Websitehttps://air.org.au/air-awards/

The 2025 AIR Awards was the nineteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), and took place on 31 July 2025 in Adelaide. The 2025 AIR Awards introduced a new category; the Independent Mix, Studio or Mastering Engineer of the Year.[2]

Nominations opened up to AIR members on 4 February and closed on 10 March 2025.[3] The nominations were revealed on 13 May 2025.[4]

Performances

  • Alice Ivy
  • Parvyn
  • Queenie
  • Emily Wurramara

Nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.[4][1]

Independent Album of the Year Independent Song of the Year
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
Best Independent Children's Album or EP Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Best Independent Country Album or EP Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
  • Alice Ivy (featuring Josh Teskey) - "Do I Need to Know What Love Is?"
    • Confidence Man - "I Can't Lose You"
    • Haiku Hands - "Kicks"
    • Moktar - "Haraka ’حركة’"
    • Odd Mob (featuring Ed Graves) - "Vertigo"
Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
  • Parvyn - Maujuda
    • Claire Cross - Sleep Cycle
    • Lucy Clifford - Between Spaces of Knowing
    • Molly Lewis - On the Lips
    • Sam Anning - Earthen
Best Independent Pop Album or EP Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Best Independent Rock Album or EP Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP
  • Ella Thompson - Ripple On the Wing
    • Beckah Amani - This Is How I Remember It
    • Don West - Don West
    • Milan Ring - Mangos
    • Radical Son - Bilambiyal
Independent Marketing Team of the Year Independent Publicity Team of the Year
  • Thinking Loud for Royel Otis Pratts & Pain
    • I Oh You and Mushroom Music for Confidence Man 3AM (La La La)
    • Liz Ansley for Emily Wurramara Nara
    • Super Duper for Radio Free Alice Polyester
    • Twnty Three PR for The Rions Happiness in a Place It Shouldn't Be
Independent Producer of the Year Independent Music Video of the Year
  • Alice Ivy for Alice Ivy Do What Makes You Happy
    • Bonnie Knight for Coldwave The Ants/italia '06
    • Dave Hammer for Lime Cordiale Enough of the Sweet Talk
    • Nick Didia for Ocean Alley Tangerine
    • Nina Wilson for Ninajirachi Girl EDM
Best Independent Label Independent Mix, Studio or Mastering Engineer of the Year
  • ABC Music
    • Dinosaur City
    • Etcetc
    • I Oh You
    • Impressed Recordings
  • Nick Herrera for Miss Kaninna Kaninna
    • Robert Muinos for Rowena Wise Senseless Acts of Beauty
    • Rohan Sforcina and Lachlan Carrick for Emma Donovan Til My Song Is Done
    • Steven Schram for Crowded House Gravity Stairs
    • Tom Iansek for Tom Snowdon Lonely Tree
Outstanding Achievement Award

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2025 AIR Awards Winners". The Music. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ Mary Varvaris (3 February 2025). "AIR Introduces New Award Category As Nominations For 2025 Awards Open". The Music Network. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Nominations Open For 2025 AIR Awards". Scenestr. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b "The Nominees for the 2025 AIR Awards Are Here". The Note. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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