AIR Awards of 2008

AIR Awards of 2008
Date	24 November 2008 (2008-11-24)
Venue	The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
Hosted by	Jane Gazzo and Jake Stone
Most awards	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (3)
Website	https://air.org.au/air-awards/

The AIR Awards of 2008 is the third annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Corner Hotel, in Melbourne, Australia on 24 November 2008 to recognise outstanding achievements of local artists who release their work through an Australian-owned independent record label and distribute their work through a locally-owned distribution firm. The event was again sponsored by German liquor brand, Jägermeister.

The event was hosted by Jane Gazzo and Jake Stone from independent band, Bluejuice and Australian pay-TV music broadcaster Channel V aired the ceremony on 16 December 2008.

The categories for Best Hard Rock/Punk Album and Hip Hop Album were added to list of awards.

Performers

• Eddy Current Suppression Ring
• Felicity Urquhart
• Grafton Primary
• Lior
• The Drones with Martha Wainwright
• The Getaway Plan
• The Herd

Nominees and winners

AIR Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.

Best Independent Artist	Best Independent Release
The Herd Birds of Tokyo Lior Ricki-Lee Coulter The Getaway Plan The Waifs	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul (Skinnyfish Music/MGM) British India - Thieves (Flashpoint Records/Shock) Lior - Corner of an Endless Road (Sensico Unico/MGM) Little Red – Listen to Little Red (Hooch Hound Records/Shock) Sneaky Sound System – 2 (Whack Records/MGM)
Best Independent Single or EP	Best New Independent Artist
The Getaway Plan – "Where the City Meets the Sea" (Boomtown Records/Shock) Grafton Primary - "Relativity" (Sonic Constructions/MGM) Ricki-Lee Coulter - "Can't Sing a Different Song" (Public Opinion/Shock) Stealing O'Neal – "Collidescope" (BNM Records/Shock) Wolf & Cub – "One to the Other" (Dot Dash/Inertia) Sneaky Sound System – "Kansas City" (Whack Records/MGM)	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Drapht Little Red Abbe May A-Love
Best Independent Blues and Roots Release	Best Independent Country Release
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul Gin Club – Junk John Butler – One Step Lior – Corner of an Endless Road The Waifs - Sun Dirt Water	Bec Willis – Bec Willis Davidson Brothers – Davidson Brothers Felicity Urquhart – My Life The Flood – Everybody's Favourite Noll Brothers – A Country Heart
Best Independent Dance / Electronic Release	Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk Release
Peret Mako – The Devil Is in the Detail Grafton Primary – Relativity Meem – The Bumpy EP Jamie Lloyd – More Trouble Theatre of Disco – Theatre of Disco	Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours Birds of Tokyo – Universes The Getaway Plan – Other Voices, Other Rooms Magic Dirt – Girl Horsell Common – The Rescue
Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Release	Best Independent Jazz Release
The Herd – Summerland A-Love – Ace of Hearts Katalyst – Whats Happening Muph and Plutonic – And Then Tomorrow Came Resin Dogs – More?	Tina Harrod – Work Songs Gest8 – Koleidoscope Matt McMahon & Guy Strazz – 2@1 Mike Nock Project – Meeting of the Waters Jamie Oehlers/Paul Grabowsky/Beck – Lost and Found

See also

• Music of Australia