{"id":669630,"date":"2026-05-14T04:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669630\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:03:08","slug":"air-awards-2026-nominations-ninajirachi-dominates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669630\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR Awards 2026 Nominations: Ninajirachi Dominates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Independent Blues And Roots\u00a0Album Or EP<br \/>John Butler \u2013\u00a0Prism<br \/>Folk Bitch Trio \u2013\u00a0Now Would Be A Good Time<br \/>Liz Stringer \u2013\u00a0The Second High<br \/>Melbourne Ska Orchestra \u2013\u00a0The Ballad Of Monte Loco<br \/>Sons Of The East\u00a0\u2013 Sons<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Jazz Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Gauci\u00a0\u2013 Pictures Of Mars<br \/>Phia\u00a0\u2013 When I\u2019m Holding You, I\u2019m Holding Me<br \/>Temporary Blessings\u00a0\u2013 Sumbisori<br \/>The Cat Empire\u00a0\u2013 Bird In Paradise<br \/>Touch Sensitiive\u00a0\u2013 In Paradise<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Classical Album Or Ep<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Lam\u00a0\u2013 Piano Diary<br \/>Australian String Quartet\u00a0\u2013 Vanessa Perica, String Quartet No.1 No Feeling Is Final<br \/>Joseph Tawadros \u2013\u00a0The Forgotten Path To Humanity<br \/>Rose Riebl\u00a0\u2013 Dust<br \/>William Barton, Omega Ensemble\u00a0\u2013 Gift \u2013 Our Breath Of Life<br \/>Best Independent Children\u2019s Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Diver City\u00a0\u2013 Weekend Baby<br \/>Emma Memma\u00a0\u2013 Dance Island Party<br \/>Justine Clarke\u00a0\u2013 Mimi\u2019s Symphony<br \/>Teeny Tiny Stevies\u00a0\u2013 Brain Fart<br \/>The Wiggles, The Tree Of Wisdom\u00a0\u2013 The Tree Of Wisdom<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Country Album Or Ep Emily Lubitz\u00a0\u2013 Two Black Horses<br \/>Hayley Jensen\u00a0\u2013 Country Soul<br \/>Imogen Clark\u00a0\u2013 Choking On Fuel<br \/>Ruby Gill\u00a0\u2013 Some Kind Of Control<br \/>Wade Forster\u00a0\u2013 Gooseneck Party<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Soul\/Rnb Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Bumpy\u00a0\u2013 Kanana<br \/>Cookin\u2019 On 3 Burners\u00a0\u2013 Cookin\u2019 The Books<br \/>Don West\u00a0\u2013 Give Me All Your Love<br \/>Felivand\u00a0\u2013 My Body\u2019s My True North<br \/>Wilsn \u2013\u00a0Bloom<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Pop Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Knight\u00a0\u2013 Beanpole<br \/>Montaigne\u00a0\u2013 It\u2019s Hard To Be A Fish<br \/>Stella Donnelly\u00a0\u2013 Love And Fortune<br \/>The Tullamarines\u00a0\u2013 Safety Blanket<br \/>Way Dynamic\u00a0\u2013 Massive Shoe<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Rock Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Playlunch\u00a0\u2013 Sex Ed<br \/>Spacey Jane\u00a0\u2013 If That Makes Sense<br \/>Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers\u00a0\u2013 Glory<br \/>The Belair Lipbombs\u00a0\u2013 Again<br \/>The Southern River Band\u00a0\u2013 Easier Said Than Done<\/p>\n<p>Independent Marketing Team Of The Year<\/p>\n<p>Mushroom Music\u00a0\u2013 Bliss N Eso, The Moon (The Light Side)<br \/>Nlv Records, The Orchard\u00a0\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer<br \/>Playlunch, Abc Music\u00a0\u2013 Playlunch, Keith<br \/>Secretly Group\u00a0\u2013 Folk Bitch Trio, Now Would Be A Good Time<br \/>The Annex\u00a0\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon<\/p>\n<p>Independent Music Video Of The Year<\/p>\n<p>Ball Bass John\u00a0\u2013 Ninajirachi, Fuck My Computer<br \/>Bridgette Winten, Folk Bitch Trio\u00a0\u2013 Folk Bitch Trio, Cathode Ray<br \/>Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore\u00a0\u2013 Miss Kaninna, Backstreets<br \/>Tas Wilson, James Adams\u00a0\u2013 Jem Cassar-Daley, Kiss Me Like You\u2019re Leaving<br \/>Jasper Van Daatselaar \u2013\u00a0Way Dynamic, People Settle Down<\/p>\n<p>Independent Mix, Studio Or Mastering Engineer Of The Year<\/p>\n<p>Becki Whitton, Timothy Harvey, Hannah Cameron\u00a0\u2013 Ruby Gill, Some Kind Of Control<br \/>Leon Zervos\u00a0\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon<br \/>Michael Carpenter\u00a0\u2013 Imogen Clark, Choking On Fuel<br \/>Stephen Mowat\u00a0\u2013 Wilsn, Bloom<br \/>Thomas Purcell Pka Wave Racer\u00a0\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Presented By PPCA<\/p>\n<p>Folk Bitch Trio<br \/>Georgia Knight<br \/>Rageflower<br \/>Rona.<br \/>Yes Boone<\/p>\n<p>Best Independent Hip Hop Album Or EP<\/p>\n<p>Bliss N Eso\u00a0\u2013 The Moon (The Light Side)<br \/>Devaura\u00a0\u2013 Vol 1. 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