Music Victoria Awards of 2015

The Music Victoria Awards of 2015 are the tenth Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, culminating in an awards ceremony on 11 November 2015.
For the first time, the public awards and the genre specific awards, were all presented in one event.
Immediately following the awards ceremony, Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan congratulated all of the nominees and winners saying, "Bringing the genre awards and public awards together was a great success as the nominees are all equally deserving. It was wonderful to see the stars of the music industry under one roof in a huge celebration that showcases the depth of our diverse music scene."

Hall of Fame inductees

John Farnham, AC/DC, Olivia Newton-John, Archie Roach, Palais Theatre, Sunbury Festival, The Seekers, Thunderbirds, Stan Rofe, Bill Armstrong

Award nominees and winners

All genre Awards

Public voted awards.
Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

Best Album	Best Song
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Dick Diver - Melbourne, Florida* Dorsal Fins - Mind Renovation* Ben Salter - The Stars My Destination* Totally Mild - Down Time*	Courtney Barnett - "Depreston" Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at Best" Pearls - "Big Shot" Jess Ribeiro – "Hurry Back to Love" The Peep Tempel - "Carol"
Best Male	Best Female
CW Stoneking Briggs Fraser A. Gorman Tom Iansek Marlon Williams	Courtney Barnett Mojo Juju Jess Ribeiro Ella Thompson Sui Zhen
Best Band	Best Emerging Artist
Courtney Barnett King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard The Peep Tempel Totally Mild Twerps	Raised By Eagles Gold Class Harts Total Giovanni Totally Mild
Best Live Band	Best Venue
The Smith Street Band The Bamboos The Drones The Peep Tempel Total Giovanni	The Corner Hotel, Richmond Howler, Brunswick Shebeen, Melbourne The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood The Tote, Collingwood
Best Regional Venue	Best Regional Act
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine Barwon Club, Geelong Karova Lounge, Ballarat Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan The Loft, Warrnambool	Cosmic Psychos Briggs Crepes D.D Dumbo The Murlocs
Best Festival
Golden Plains Festival Boogie St Jerome's Laneway Festival Sugar Mountain Supersense

Genre Specific Awards

Industry expert panel awards

Best Blues Album	Best Country Album
Fiona Boyes – Box & Dice *Blue Heat - One Day Too Long**** Blues Mountain - Separation Street Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men - Movin' On *Lloyd Spiegel - Double Live Set	Raised By Eagles - Diamonds inhe Bloodstream Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies - Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies* Ben Mastwyk - Mornin', Evenin* Mustered Courage - White Lies & Melodies* *Marlon Williams - Marlon Williams
Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album	Best Jazz Album
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Dawn **Mojo Juju - Seeing Red / Feeling Blue* Paul Kelly - The Merri Soul Sessions* The Seven Ups - The Seven Ups* Women of Soul - Women of Soul***	Barney McAll – Mooroolbark Allan Browne Quintet – Ithaca Bound Jack Earle Big Band – Jack Earle Big Band Refraction – As We Were Paul Van Ross – Mi Alma Cuban: My Cuban Soul
Best Hip Hop Album	Best Electronic Act
Maundz - Nobody's Business **Ciecmate – Limbo* Tornts - No Compromise* Spit & Mac - The Hourglass* Lgeez - Cloud Nine***	Roland Tings Andras & Oscar I'lls Total Giovanni Wabz
Best Heavy Album	Best Indigenous Act
High Tension – Bully Cuntz - Force the Zone Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene - Facing the Ruin King Parrot - Dead Set Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel	Emma Donovan Briggs Philly Dan Sultan Benny Walker
Best Global or Reggae Album	Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act
Quarter Street - Quarter Street Ras Jahknow - Jah Sta Li Dub* Larry Maluma - Ulemu* Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir - Stories of Love & Regret* T Rhythm - Reminicin*	Carolyn Connors Eves Robin Fox Joe Talia Eugene Ughetti
Best Folk Roots Album
'Tolka - Our House Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton - Declaration* Suzanna Espie - Mother's Not Feeling Herself Today* Oh Pep! - Living* The Mae Trio - September*