{"id":483707,"date":"2026-05-14T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483707\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:19:11","slug":"air-awards-2026-nominations-ninajirachi-dominates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483707\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR Awards 2026 Nominations: Ninajirachi Dominates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Independent Blues And Roots\u00a0Album Or EP<\/strong>
John Butler \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Prism
Folk Bitch Trio \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Now Would Be A Good Time
Liz Stringer \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Second High
Melbourne Ska Orchestra \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Ballad Of Monte Loco
Sons Of The East\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Sons<\/p>\n

Best Independent Jazz Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natalie Gauci<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Pictures Of Mars
Phia\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 When I\u2019m Holding You, I\u2019m Holding Me
Temporary Blessings<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sumbisori
The Cat Empire<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bird In Paradise
Touch Sensitiive\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 In Paradise<\/p>\n

Best Independent Classical Album Or Ep<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Lam\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Piano Diary
Australian String Quartet<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Vanessa Perica, String Quartet No.1 No Feeling Is Final
Joseph Tawadros \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Forgotten Path To Humanity
Rose Riebl<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Dust
William Barton, Omega Ensemble<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Gift \u2013 Our Breath Of Life
Best Independent Children\u2019s Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diver City<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Weekend Baby
Emma Memma\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Dance Island Party
Justine Clarke\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Mimi\u2019s Symphony
Teeny Tiny Stevies\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Brain Fart
The Wiggles, The Tree Of Wisdom<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Tree Of Wisdom<\/p>\n

Best Independent Country Album Or Ep<\/strong> Emily Lubitz\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Two Black Horses
Hayley Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Country Soul
Imogen Clark\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Choking On Fuel
Ruby Gill<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Some Kind Of Control
Wade Forster\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Gooseneck Party<\/p>\n

Best Independent Soul\/Rnb Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bumpy\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Kanana
Cookin\u2019 On 3 Burners\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Cookin\u2019 The Books
Don West<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Give Me All Your Love
Felivand<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 My Body\u2019s My True North
Wilsn \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Bloom<\/p>\n

Best Independent Pop Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgia Knight\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Beanpole
Montaigne\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It\u2019s Hard To Be A Fish
Stella Donnelly\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Love And Fortune
The Tullamarines\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Safety Blanket
Way Dynamic\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Massive Shoe<\/p>\n

Best Independent Rock Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playlunch\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Sex Ed
Spacey Jane<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 If That Makes Sense
Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Glory
The Belair Lipbombs\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Again
The Southern River Band<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Easier Said Than Done<\/p>\n

Independent Marketing Team Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mushroom Music\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Bliss N Eso, The Moon (The Light Side)
Nlv Records, The Orchard\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer
Playlunch, Abc Music\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Playlunch, Keith
Secretly Group<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Folk Bitch Trio, Now Would Be A Good Time
The Annex<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon<\/p>\n

Independent Music Video Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ball Bass John\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ninajirachi, Fuck My Computer
Bridgette Winten, Folk Bitch Trio\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Folk Bitch Trio, Cathode Ray
Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Miss Kaninna, Backstreets
Tas Wilson, James Adams\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Jem Cassar-Daley, Kiss Me Like You\u2019re Leaving
Jasper Van Daatselaar \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Way Dynamic, People Settle Down<\/p>\n

Independent Mix, Studio Or Mastering Engineer Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Becki Whitton, Timothy Harvey, Hannah Cameron\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ruby Gill, Some Kind Of Control
Leon Zervos\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon
Michael Carpenter<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Imogen Clark, Choking On Fuel
Stephen Mowat\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Wilsn, Bloom
Thomas Purcell Pka Wave Racer<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer
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Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Presented By PPCA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Folk Bitch Trio
Georgia Knight
Rageflower
Rona.
Yes Boone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Independent Hip Hop Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bliss N Eso<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Moon (The Light Side)
Devaura\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Vol 1. Learning In Public
Elsy Wameyo\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Wameyo
Jamaica Moana<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bud & Deni
Teether & Kuya Neil\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Yearn Iv
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Best Independent Electronic Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Essendon Airport\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Mor
Mel Blue\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 No More Jackets Please
Ninajirachi\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 I Love My Computer
Rona<\/strong>. \u2013 It\u2019s All Here (EP)
Shouse\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Collective Ecstasy<\/p>\n

Best Independent Dance\/\u00a0Club Single<\/strong>
Confidence Man, Jade\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Gossip
DJ Pgz And Yikes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ouss Ouss
Fisher\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Stay
Shouse<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Sunrise
Vv Pete<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Wassa Feat. Utility, Formation Boyz<\/p>\n

Best Independent Electronic\u00a0Single<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cosmo\u2019s Midnight<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 45
Keanu Nelson \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Place Where I Go \/ Kapi Ngalyananni
Ninajirachi\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ipod Touch
Robert Baxter & Sweatbaby\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Icy (Take It Off)
The Superjesus & The Journey<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Something Good<\/p>\n

Best Independent Punk Album Or EP<\/strong>
Press Club\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 To All The Ones I Love
Private Function\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af
Radio Free Alice\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Empty Words Ep
These New South Whales\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Godspeed
Wet Kiss\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Thus Spoke The Broken Chanteuse<\/p>\n

Best Independent Heavy Album Or EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Battlesnake\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Dawn Of The Exultants And The Hunt For The Shepherd
Hands Like Houses<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Atmospherics
Npcede<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Npcede
The Maggie Pills\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Hearts Induring Lingering Loss
Thornhill<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bodies<\/p>\n

Independent Album Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Folk Bitch Trio<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Now Would Be A Good Time
Ninajirachi\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 I Love My Computer
The 046<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Legacy In Motion
The Belair Lipbombs\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Again
Way Dynamic\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Massive Shoe<\/p>\n

Independent Song Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jem Cassar-Daley\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Kiss Me Like You\u2019re Leaving
Keli Holiday\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Dancing2
Ninajirachi<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ipod Touch
Playlunch\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Keith
Way Dynamic\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Miffed It<\/p>\n

Independent Label Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC Music
Astral People Recordings
College Of Knowledge
Mushroom Music\u00a0
NLV Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent Publicity Team Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cult Logic\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon
Mushroom Music\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Bliss N Eso, The Moon (The Light Side)
Mushroom Music<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Wilsn, Bloom
Twnty Three\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Folk Bitch Trio, Now Would Be A Good Time
Twnty Three\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer<\/p>\n

Independent Producer Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angus Stone<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Dope Lemon, Golden Wolf
Benjamin Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Slowly Slowly, Forgiving Spree
Dylan Young\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Way Dynamic, Massive Shoe
Nick DiDia\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ocean Alley, Love Balloon
Nina Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best Independent Blues And Roots\u00a0Album Or EPJohn Butler \u2013\u00a0PrismFolk Bitch Trio \u2013\u00a0Now Would Be A Good TimeLiz Stringer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[4648,211597,22217,18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-483707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-bbawards","10":"tag-bbnews","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116571010826264142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}