Music Victoria Awards of 2019


The Music Victoria Awards of 2019 are the 14th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 22 November 2019, during Melbourne Music Week. The Award for The Best Global Act changed its name to Best Intercultural Act.

Hall of Fame inductees

Now entering its 40th year, PBS was conceived in 1979 as a community, member-based radio station unimpeded by commercial interests and dedicated to sharing and promoting diverse music not heard on other stations.
Vika and Linda Bull have forged diverse pathways into soul, gospel, blues, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry. They have spawned eight albums of their own, as well as illuminating studio and concert performances by Paul Kelly, Rockwiz, C.W. Stoneking, Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers and many more. They were inducted by Kate Ceberano.

Outstanding Achievement award

Award nominees and winners

General awards

Voted on by the public.
Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
Best Victorian AlbumBest Victorian Song

The Teskey Brothers - "So Caught Up"
  • *Briggs - "Life is Incredible"
  • *Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - "Good Citizens"
  • *Gordon Koang - "Stand Up "
  • *Sampa The Great - "Final Form"
    • Best Male MusicianBest Female Musician
    Paul Kelly
  • *Davey Lane
  • *Gareth Liddiard
  • *Gordon Koang
  • *Stu Mackenzie
  • Erica Dunn
  • *Angie McMahon
  • *Courtney Barnett
  • *Romy Vager
  • *Sampa Tembo
    • Best BandBest Solo Artist
  • The Teskey Brothers
  • *King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
  • *Amyl and the Sniffers
  • *Cash Savage and The Last Drinks
  • *Tropical Fuck Storm
    		• Courtney Barnett
  • *Sampa The Great
  • *Baker Boy
  • *Angie McMahon
  • *Gordon Koang
  • *Alex Lahey
  • *Palm Springs
  • *Olympia
  • *DRMNGNOW
  • *Gregor
    • Breakthrough Victorian Act of 2019Best Live Act
    G Flip
  • *DRMNGNOW
  • *Gena Rose Bruce
  • *Gordon Koang
  • *Tones and I
  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
  • *Amyl and the Sniffers
  • *Sampa The Great
  • *Tropical Fuck Storm
  • *Mildlife
    • Best Venue Best Venue
    Forum, Melbourne
  • *The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury
  • *Hamer Hall, Melbourne
  • *Melbourne Recital Centre
  • *Corner Hotel, Richmond
  • Northcote Social Club, Northcote
  • *The Gasometer, Collingwood
  • *Howler, Brunswick
  • *The Old Bar, Fitzroy
  • *The Tote Hotel, Collingwood

    • Genre Specific Awards

    Voted by a select industry panel
    Best Blues AlbumBest Country Album
    Opelousas - Opelousified
    • *Anna Scionti - Orphan Diary
    • *Catfish Voodoo - Cookin' With…
    • *Julian James - Silver Spade
    • *TK Reeve - Wanna Feel Good
    		Matt Joe Gow - Break, Rattle and Roll
  • *Kate Alexander + Hana Brenecki - Don't You Have Better Things to Do?
  • *Mick Thomas' Roving Commission - Coldwater DFU
  • *Nathan Seeckts - The Heart of the City
  • *Sean McMahon - You Will Know When You're There
    • Best Electronic ActBest Experimental/Avant-Garde Act
    Sui Zhen
  • *CORIN
  • *DJ Plead
  • *Kirkis
  • *Rings Around Saturn
    		• Naretha Williams
  • *Cat Hope
  • *CORIN
  • *Diimpa
  • *Uboa
    • Best Folk or Roots AlbumBest Heavy Album
    The Maes - The Maes
  • *Cat & Clint - The Days That Used to Be
  • *Lucie Thorne - KITTY & FRANK
  • *Roolya Boolya - Running to You
  • *The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow
  • Suldusk - Lunar Falls
  • *Blackhelm - Dark Clouds of the Inferno
  • *Religious Observance - Utter Discomfort
  • *Uboa - The Origin of My Depression
  • *Vexation - Journey Beyond Mortality
    • Best Hip Hop ActBest Intercultural Act
    Sampa The Great
  • *Cool Out Sun
  • *DRMNGNOW
  • *Kaiit
  • *Remi
    		• Përolas
  • *Cool Out Sun
  • *Gordon Koang
  • *Iaki Vallejo
  • *The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
    • Best Jazz AlbumBest Reggae or Dance Hall Act
  • Andrea Keller - Transients Vol. 1
  • *Adam Simmons - The Usefulness of Art
  • *Adam Spiegl - Melancholiac
  • *Spirograph Studies - Kindness, Not Courtesy
  • *Various Artists - Sunny Side Up
    		• Echo Drama
  • *Jah Tung
  • *Quashani Bahd
  • *Shottaz
  • *Yaw Faso
    • Best Rock/Punk AlbumBest Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album
    Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops
  • *Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers
  • *HEXDEBT - Rule of Four
  • *Stonefield - Bent
  • *V - So Pure
    		• Allysha Joy - Acadie: Raw
  • *Clever Austin - Pareidolia
  • *Cool Out Sun - Cool Out Sun
  • *Laneous - Monstera Deliciosa
  • *The Putbacks - The Putbacks

    • Other Awards

    Voted by a select industry panel
    Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue

    • Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
    • *The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
    • *Caravan Music Club, Malvern East
    • *Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
    • *Karova Lounge, Ballarat
    		Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
  • *Ullumbura Theatre, Bendigo
  • *Malt Shed, Wangaratta
  • *Blues Train, Queenscliff
  • *Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
    • Best Regional Act/Outer Suburban ActBest Festival
  • The Teskey Brothers
  • *Stonefield
  • *Kian
  • *Maya Rose
  • *The Kite Machine
  • *Golden Plains Festival
  • *Meredith Music Festival
  • *Boogie
  • *Gizzfest
  • *Supersense
    • The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent-
  • * Key Hoo
  • Allara Briggs Pattison
  • DRMNGNOW
  • Kalyani & Isha
  • Robert K Champion
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