Music Victoria Awards of 2016
Date16 November 2016[1]
Venue170 Russell, Melbourne, Victoria
Most winsKing Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (3)
Most nominationsThe Drones (5)
Previous2015
MainMusic Victoria Awards
Next2017

The Music Victoria Awards of 2016 are the 11th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 16 November 2016, during Melbourne Music Week. For the first time this year, the Best Venue award was separated into of over and under 500 capacity.

Hall of Fame inductees

Chair of Board of Directors, former long-term broadcaster, and Triple R first music coordinator Geoff King said, "I'm really proud of the contribution Triple R has made to our musical and intellectual life so it's great to have such a public celebration in its 40th year. The Music Victoria Hall of Fame induction is a powerful way of recognising Triple R's achievements when placed alongside earlier inductees, particularly the likes of Stan Rofe and Bill Armstrong, without whom Melbourne would not have developed such a strong music scene."[2]

Award nominees and winners

All genre Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.[3][4]

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Albumstyle="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Song
  • The Drones – "Taman Shud"
    • Cable Ties – "Same for Me"
    • Camp Cope – "Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams"
    • Alex Lahey – "You Don't Think You Like People Like Me"
    • Teeth & Tongue – "Dianne"
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Malestyle="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Female
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Bandstyle="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Emerging Artist
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Live Bandstyle="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Festival
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Venue (Over 500 Capacity)style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Venue (Under 500 Capacity)
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Regional Venuestyle="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Regional Act
  • The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
    • The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong
    • Karova Lounge, Ballarat
    • Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
    • The Loft, Warrnambool

Genre Specific Awards

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Blues Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Country Album
  • Nick Charles – The River Flows
    • Mike Elrington – Two Lucky Stars
    • Pugsley Buzzard – Skin and Teeth
    • Steve Boyd's Rum Reverie – Healers and Howlers
    • The New Savages – Goin' Over the River
  • Tracy McNeil & The Goodlife – Thieves
    • Bill Jackson – The Wayside Ballads Vol. 2
    • Matt Joe Gow – Seven Years
    • Sal Kimber & The Rolling Wheel – Southern Light
    • Sean McMahon & The Moonmen – Shiner
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Jazz Album
  • Kylie Auldist – Family Tree
    • 30/70 – Cold Radish Coma
    • Billy Davis – Bad Ending
    • Deep Street Soul – Come Alive!
    • The Sugarcanes – The Sugarcanes
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Hip Hop Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Electronic Act
  • Plutonic Lab – Deep Above The Noise
    • Discourse – Megalomaniac
    • Dylan Joel – Authentic Lemonade
    • Milwaukee Banks – Deep into the Night
    • Scotty Hinds – Hindsight
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Heavy Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Indigenous Act
  • Be'lakor – Vessels
    • Acolyte – Shades of Black
    • King – Reclaim the Darkness
    • Shepparton Airplane – Shepparton Airplane
    • Tyranamen – Tyranamen
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Global or Reggae Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act
  • Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha
    • Bashka – Fihi ma Fihi
    • Black Jesus Experience – Cradle of Humanity
    • Malcura – Malcura
    • San Lazaro – La Despedida
  • Inland (Alex Garsden and Rohan Drape)
    • Harriet Morgan
    • Joel Stern
    • Nik Kennedy
    • Robin Fox
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Folk Roots Albumstyle="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"|
  • Oh Pep! - Stadium Cake
    • John Flanagan – There's Another Way to Where You're Going
    • Dan Parsons – Valleywood
    • Leah Senior – Summer's On the Ground
    • Tinpan Orange – Love Is a Dog

References

  1. ^ "The Age Music Victoria Awards 2016". pbsfm. October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ "The Age Music Victoria Awards 2016: And the winners are…". rhythms. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.