The J Award is an award given by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year. It is judged by a panel of members of the music industry, led by Richard Kingsmill. The award was inaugurated in 2005, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the station's establishment. Image File history File links Triple_J_J_Award_logo. ... For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation) Youth is defined by Websters New World Dictionary as, The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Double J redirects here. ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ... Richard The King Kingsmill (born c. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

To be eligible for entry in a particular year, an album must be released (either independently or through a record label) between December the previous year to November that year. All albums sent to Triple J for airplay consideration will also be automatically considered for the award. Nominations are chosen by Triple J management and are released through-out the year. Nominations tend towards artists releasing breakthrough albums rather than already well-established musicians. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Double J redirects here. ... Double J redirects here. ...

2005 award

Nominations

In order of announcement of nomination:

• Lior - Autumn Flow
• Downsyde - When the Dust Settles
• Ben Lee - Awake is the New Sleep
• Cog - The New Normal
• Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
• The Beautiful Girls - We're Already Gone
• The Drones - Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
• Faker - Addicted Romantic
• The Panics - Sleeps Like a Curse
• Gyroscope - Are You Involved?
• Pivot - Make Me Love You
• Clare Bowditch - What Was Left
• The Herd - The Sun Never Sets
• Wolfmother - Wolfmother
• Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy

Lior is an Israeli born, Australian singer-songwriter based in Sydney. ... Autumn Flow was the debut album of Australian singer songwriter Lior. ... Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. ... When The Dust Settles is the third album from Western Australian hip hop group, Downsyde. ... Benjamin Michael Lee (born September 11, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a ARIA Award winning Jewish Australian musician and actor. ... Awake Is The New Sleep is the fifth album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released in 2005. ... Cog is an Australian progressive rock band that formed in 1998. ... The New Normal is an album released by Cog in 2005. ... For architectural structures in Helsinki, Finland, see Helsinki#Architecture. ... In Case We Die is a 2005 album from Australian band Architecture in Helsinki. ... The Beautiful Girls are an Australian music band who play mostly roots music, although they also play reggae, pop, rock and more. ... Were Already Gone is the 2nd full length release by The Beautiful Girls, an Australian Roots band. ... The Drones are an Australian rock group who rose to prominence during the early noughties. ... Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By is the second album released by Perth band The Drones. ... Faker is a Sydney-based Australian band who formed in 1996, but released their debut album in 2005. ... Faker is a Sydney-based Australian band who formed in 1996, but released their debut album in 2005. ... The Panics are a band from Perth, Western Australia who started out while Jae Laffer (singer /guitarist & keyboards) and Drew Wootton (Guitar) were still at high school. ... Sleeps Like a Curse is the second full length album by The Panics, released on August 8, 2005 by littleBIGMAN Records. ... Gyroscope is a post-grunge rock band from Perth, Western Australia. ... Are You Involved? is the second major label release by Perth post-grunge band Gyroscope. ... Pivot is a post-rock band from Sydney, Australia. ... Make Me Love You is the debut album by Australian post-rock band Pivot. ... Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. ... What Was Left is the second studio album by Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set. ... The Herd are an Australian hip hop outfit from the suburbs of Sydney. ... The Sun Never Sets is the third album by Australian hip hop band The Herd and was released in 2005. ... Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney, New South Wales. ... Wolfmother is the first full-length album from the Australian three-piece psychedelic rock band Wolfmother. ... Bernard Fanning (born August 15, 1969) is an Australian musician best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Powderfinger. ... Tea and Sympathy is the first solo album by Australian male artist Bernard Fanning, also lead vocalist of Powderfinger. ...

Winner

• Wolfmother - Wolfmother

Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney, New South Wales. ... Wolfmother is the first full-length album from the Australian three-piece psychedelic rock band Wolfmother. ...

2006 award

Nominations

In order of announcement of nomination:

• Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
• The Living End - State of Emergency
• Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road
• Gotye - Like Drawing Blood
• The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
• The Sleepy Jackson - Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird
• Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males - Drowning in the Fountain of Youth
• Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
• Macromantics - Moments in Movement
• Sarah Blasko - What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have
• SubAudible Hum - In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow
• Blue King Brown - Stand Up

Augie March is the name of an Australian rock band. ... Moo, You Bloody Choir is the third studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. ... This article is about the Australian band. ... State of Emergency is The Living Ends fourth album. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Hard Road is a 2006 release by Australian Hip hop group, the Hilltop Hoods from Adelaide, South Australia. ... Gotye is the musical project of Wally DeBacker, a Melbourne musician. ... Like Drawing Blood is the second album by Gotye. ... The Grates are a three-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson (vocals), John Patterson (guitar) and Alana Skyring (drums). ... Gravity Wont Get You High is the debut album of The Grates. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird is the second album by Australian band The Sleepy Jackson. ... Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males are an Australian band from Melbourne, Victoria. ... Drowning in the Fountain of Youth is the sophomore album by Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males. ... Kevin Mitchell (born 1 October 1976), is an Australian pop-musician, most famous for his role as vocalist/guitarist for the band Jebediah. ... Suburban Songbook is the second release by the Australian singer Bob Evans (real name Kevin Mitchell). ... Macromantics is the stage name used by the Melbourne-based hip hop artist Romy Hoffman. ... Moments in Movement is a 2006 release by Australian Hip Hop artist, Macromantics. ... Sarah Blasko (born September 23, 1976) is an Australian musician. ... What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have is the 2006 sophomore album by Australian songwriter Sarah Blasko. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blue King Brown are an active Melbourne-based, Australian blues/roots band. ...

Winner

• Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Hard Road is a 2006 release by Australian Hip hop group, the Hilltop Hoods from Adelaide, South Australia. ...

2007 award

Nominations

In order of announcement of nomination:

• The John Butler Trio - Grand National
• Josh Pyke - Memories & Dust
• Silverchair - Young Modern
• The Vasco Era - Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
• Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
• British India - Guillotine
• Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
• Katalyst - What's Happening
• Urthboy - The Signal
• The Panics - Cruel Guards
• Grinspoon - Alibis & Other Lies
• Bumblebeez - Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill
• PNAU - PNAU

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The fourth album by The John Butler Trio. ... Josh Pyke is an Australian singer-songwriting musician, best known for his songs Middle of the Hill which was voted number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005, Memories and Dust and Private Education which were voted number 38 and 57 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100... Memories & Dust is the pop rock debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke. ... This article is about the band. ... Singles from Young Modern Released: March 10, 2007 Released: July 14, 2007 Released: October 6, 2007 Young Modern is the fifth album by the Australian band Silverchair, which was released on March 31, 2007. ... The Vasco Era is an Australian three piece rock/blues band based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside is the debut Studio album by Melbourne based band, The Vasco Era. ... For architectural structures in Helsinki, Finland, see Helsinki#Architecture. ... Places Like This is the third studio album by Architecture in Helsinki released on the 27th of July 2007 at the launch of their Australian tour. ... British India is an alternative rock band based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Guillotine is the debut album by British India. ... Midnight Juggernauts are an indie-electro-synth group from Melbourne, Australia. ... Dystopia is the debut album from Australian band Midnight Juggernauts. ... Katalyst (real name Ashley Anderson) is an Australian DJ/Producer. ... Whats Happening is the second album from the Australian hip hop artist, Katalyst (aka Sydney based producer Ashley Anderson). ... Urthboy AKA Tim Levinson is a Hip-hop MC and producer from Sydney, best known as part of the band The Herd. ... The Signal is the second album from The Herd member Urthboy and was released on the 14th of July 2007. ... The Panics are a band from Perth, Western Australia who started out while Jae Laffer (singer /guitarist & keyboards) and Drew Wootton (Guitar) were still at high school. ... Cruel Guards is the third full length album by The Panics, released on October 13, 2007 by the Dew Process label. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alibis & Other Lies is the fifth studio album by Grinspoon, which was released July 21, 2007. ... The Bumblebeez (formally known as Bumblebeez 81) is an Australian hip-hop/rock band of the mid-2000s. ... Pnau members Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes released their album Sambanova four times - in fact a week before it won Best Dance Release at the Aria Awards it was pulled from stores. ...

2007 Unearthed Awards

A second category has been introduced to Triple J's annual J Award, with the Triple J judges now looking back over the winners of site competitions over the year and awarding the Triple J Unearthed J Award to the best and most promising artist. Triple J Unearthed marked its first anniversary with over 10,400 artists live on the site, 80,000 registered users, 1.6 million tracks downloaded and 3.9 million tracks streamed. The Unearthed J Award is to be awarded to an Unearthed artist who has demonstrated the most musical growth and shows the greatest potential to make a contribution to the Australian music industry. Double J redirects here. ... Double J redirects here. ... Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and dig up (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. ... Double J redirects here. ... Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and dig up (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. ...

Five nominees have been selected from the past year of Unearthed competition winners, since the launch in August 2006 through to July 2007. The nominees are:

• Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers from New South Wales who won the 2007 The Great Escape, who have subsequently supported Kate Miller-Hiedke, Old Man River and The Paper Scissors. The band has also released their debut album Love Needs Us on the Warner Music label.
• Hip Hop artists Illzilla who won the 2006 Falls Festival and then played at the Pyramid Rock Festival. They have also supported acts such as Astronomy Class and played at the finals of the DMC Championships.
• Western Australia's Institut Polaire who won the Perth Big Day Out. They have since signed to Sydney's Popfrenzy Records releasing their first EP The Fauna and the Flora. They have toured twice nationally in the past year, supporting international acts The Clientele (UK), Camera Obscura (UK), and WA tour supports with New Buffalo.
• Leroy Lee from New South Wales who won the support slot for NSW leg of Missy Higgins' national tour.
• Young and Restless from Canberra who won the 2006 Homebake Festival. They have since toured across the country with the Erase Errata (USK), Cansei de Ser Sexy (Brazil) and Love Is All (Sweden). They have also signed with local independent label, Dot Dash Recordings, releasing their self-titled debut album in mid-July, then embarking on a successful headline tour of their own.

NSW redirects here. ... The Great Escape is music festival held over Easter at Newington Armory, located within Sydney Olympic Park since 2006. ... For the song from the musical Show Boat, see Ol Man River For the Canadian river, see Oldman River Old Man River is a nickname for the Mississippi River in the United States of America Old Man River is the name of a song by country music singer Reba McEntire... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria Australia since 1993. ... The Pyramid Rock Festival is a New Years Eve camp-out rock music festival at Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... Institut Polaire are an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. ... Popfrenzy (formerly known as Gifted Records) is an independent record label and promoter created by Chris Wu based in Sydney, Australia. ... The Clientele are a London-based British band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on violin, keys and percussion. ... The camera obscura (Lat. ... New Buffalo is: The name of several towns in the United States: New Buffalo in Michigan, New Buffalo in Pennsylvania. ... NSW redirects here. ... Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983[1]) is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter, best known for her hit singles Scar and The Special Two off her debut album The Sound of White. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). ... Erase Errata is a band from San Francisco, California. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Cansei de Ser Sexy (literally tired of being sexy in Portuguese; better known as CSS) is a Brazilian band from São Paulo. ... Love is All For other uses, see Love is All (disambiguation). ... Dot Dash Recordings is a collaboration between the two companies - Remote Control Records which provides publicity, marketing and label management while Inertia Distribution looks after distribution and sales. ... Young and Restless is the debut album by band of the same name Young and Restless. ...

External links

• Official website