Genesis Owusu, Cub Sport and Jem Cassar-Daley were in the winner’s circle at the 2024 AIR Awards, the annual celebration of Australia’s independent music sector.
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As he has done so often in recent years, Owusu collected silverware, this time nabbing best independent hip-hop album or EP for STRUGGLER, his sophomore LP which cracked the ARIA top 10 in 2023. On this occasion, his support network shared in the glory.
Ourness, The Annex and AWAL snagged the AIR Award for independent marketing team of the year, and Andrew Klippel’s Ourness won the coveted independent label of the year
Last year, STRUGGLER scooped a hattrick at the 2023 ARIA Awards, continuing a brilliant run of form for the Canberra-raised artist whose expanding collection includes the J Award for Australian album of the year, the Australian Music Prize, an APRA Award, and first prize in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.
Also at the AIR Awards, held Thursday, Aug. 1 at the Queens Theatre Adelaide, Brisbane electronic pop outfit Cub Sport were double winners, scooping Best Independent Dance Or Electronica Album Or EP for their ARIA No. 1 album Jesus At The Gay Bar, and independent music video of the year for “Keep Me Safe” (Adam Munnings).
Other key winners on the night included Royel Otis (breakthrough independent artist of the year), RVG (independent album of the year for Brain Worms) and Jem Cassar-Daley (independent song of the year for “King of Disappointment”).
