Musicoz has announced the 2016 Australian Independent Awards finalists.
Here are all 183, many with websites (check them out while the judges finalise their deliberations) from around the country which include many hard-working touring bands, solo artists and even 14-year-old Taime March.
The Awards have been recognising unsigned Australian talent for over a decade and boast an impressive list of now high-profile artists including Bluejuice, Bliss N Eso, The Fumes and Felicity Urquhart.
In excess of 1,500 people are expected to attend Enmore Theatre on Wednesday 26 October. scenestr is privileged to be a media partner of the Australian Independent Music Awards.
62nd Silence
Abbey Gardner
Adam Kilpatrick
Adam Miller
After This Moment
Akova
Alex Varlow
Alice Benfer
Allison Forbes
Amanda Easton
Anamata
Andrea Marr
Andy Gordon
annushkasempire
Anton Aktila
Aprile Lykke
Arakeye
Asmodelle
Barely Standing Bel Thomson
Belinda Fielding
Belle Folie
Beltane Fire
Ben Avery
Ben Craven
Ben Ransom
Billy Bridge
Black Bird Hum
Black Parade
Bloom
Bounty Hunters
Bozza
Byron Mark
Bzart
Calibrate Music
Cameron James Henderson
Carl Wockner
Cash
Cass Greaves
Catherine Duc
CC Hall
Charmaine
Chris Blewitt
Chris J
Chris Paton
Christophers Rd
Citizen of the World
Clarence Marshall
Clive Hay
Colleen O'Connell
Concord Joe
Cornstalk
Cosmic Rain
Craig Woodward & The Lonely Dogs
Crawford Brothers
Craymo
Crying Sirens
Czarina
D S Tredinnick
Damien Mancell
Dani Grace
Daniela Corso
Darcee Fox
Dave Gillam's On The Level
David Spry
Dean Ranel
December Baby
Delsinki Records ft Brooke Taylor
Demi Louise
Dennis Sy featuring Natalie Jean and Darick DDS Spears
Deveaux
Devlin Moseley Deya Dova
Dimitri Zaik
Dog The Duke
Don Fernando
Double Touch
Dreamer 81
Dubarray
Dylan
Eastward
Elizabeth Issa
Ella Ferdinands
Emma Mullings
Esther Sparkes
Eve Miller
Everybody Love Everybody
Evol Walks
Fence Sitter
Fire to the Stars
Francesca de Valence
Frank Dixon
Galliano Sommavilla
Gay Paris
Glenn Langtip
Goodnight Moon
Grandhour
Green
Greg Nunan & The General Jacksons
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters
Gregory Lawson
Gus Gun
Harry Mitchell
Heidi Maree
Helen Perris
Helen Starkie
Holly Terrens
Horrorwood Mannequins
Horse & Wood
Hunter Adams
Imogen Clark
In Motion
Ingrid Noack
Jade Diary
Jade Kerber
Janey
Jasper Hollis
Jayda D'Agostino
Jeffrey Chan
Jemma Lee
Jen Stroud
Jeniqua
Jerome Blaza
Jessica O'Donoghue
Jesso
Jim Ottaway
John C Hill & David Griffith
John Tomaino
Johnny Gleeson
Josh Paul
Jules Backman
Julie Kember
Kaitlyn Thomas
Kay Camargo
Kerrie Garside
Kiara Jack
King Curly
King Tide
Kirsten Moore
Klare KuOlga
Kristy Coote
Kristy James
Krystie Steve
Kyle Wilkins
Kylie Fisher
Kylie Huntley-Cooper
Kyoto Skies
Lachlan Grant
LadyHood
Lap Around the Sun
Leea Nanos
Lillye
Lily Lambert
Lisa King
Little Coyote
Lizzie Flynn
Logan's Laundry
Lostsong Project
Loyd Mac Hardy
Luck Now feat. Nicholas Brown
Luke Alessi
Luke Jon Shearer
Luke Robinson
Lunar Umbra
Lynn Yew Evers
M Jevic
Mallory Vanetti
Manjia Luo
Mark Gardner
Mark Richards
Maxon
Mel Crothers
Melissa Bajric
Melissa James
Melissa Robertson
Melissa Tumeo
Melodious
Meredith Whittle
Michael Waugh
Micka Scene & Pacha Mamma
Mike Elrington
Mike Nayar
Miriam Lieberman
Mischief
Muscat
My Ending Reign
Myami
Nat Pearson
Natalia
Natalie Howard
Natalie Jean
Nazique
Neville Kaye
New Age Poet
Nick Reeve
Nick Summerfield
Niksta
Noralyn
Olivia and Andrea Corish
Olsen
Papa Pilko And The Binrats
Para TeE
Peta Evans-Taylor
PJ Hansen
PLGRMS
Prymal
Rachael Fahim
Rain Factory
Ramos
Ray Isaac
Redstarborn
Renee Hibbert
Richard Clapton
Rocco Bene
RockinRach
Rod Fritz
Roses For Jack
Ross Clark
Ruth Burke
Ryan Day
Sam McNally
Sarah Maxwell
Sarah Parsons
Satiricon
Scott Lavender
Sean and Miss Bow
Seleen McAlister
Self Tort
Seve
Shane Burgess
Skarlett Fever
Skii Harvey
Sleeping Babys
So-Li
Soul Safari
Squeaker
Stone Parade
Sunset Blush
Suzanne Kinsella
Suzette Herft
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Swap
System Segue
Taime Marsh (14yo)
Tame the Sun
Tartie
Tash Le Strange
Terese Millhouse
The Bush Cave Project
The Col Finley Band
The Desert Sea
The Escalators
The Jay Seeney Band
The Long and Short of It
The Midnight Project
The Mighty Kind
The Mis-Made
The New Empire Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra
The Parker Direction
The Rochelle Lees Band
The Romeo Knights
The Swamp Stompers
The Waiting Ground
The Ziggurat
Threeway
Tiger & the Rogues
Tillerman Pete
Tony Murphy
Tori
Tranceq
Tristan Field
Tyrolin
U:Codia
Vananh
Vanessa Craven and Lunar Dust
Victoria K
Violet Seas
VoodooInBlue
Wangeci Mbogo
Wilder
Winters End
Xylo Aria
Zane Beck
Zjal
