The finalists for the 2018 Queensland Music Awards have officially been announced today, which features some of the state's established and emerging acts.
Following her new single and debut album announce, Amy Shark leads the pack with three nominations (including Best Pop Song with Weekends), as well as The Jungle Giants, while acts such as Tia Gostelow, Cub Sport and The Kite String Tangle have picked up two nominations.
Brisbane legends DZ Deathrays will also battle it out for Best Rock Song against Jeremy Neale, WAAX and Landings.
Meanwhile, four finalists are in the running for the $10,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship this year; Yoste, Keelan Mak, Harry Phillips and Greta Stanley.
Check out all of the categories and finalists below.
The 2018 Queensland Music Awards take place at Brisbane Showgrounds on 14 May; check out our QMAs tab for more details on how to vote.
album of the year
The Jungle Giants — Quiet Ferocity
The Creases — Tremolow
Cub Sport — BATS
The Kite String Tangle — The Kite String Tangle
Airling — Hard to Sleep, Easy to Dream
pop
Amy Shark — Weekends
Cub Sport — Chasin'
Sheppard — Coming Home
The Jungle Giants — Feel The Way I Do
rock
DZ Deathrays — Total Meltdown
Jeremy Neale — Dancin' & Romancin'
Landings — Everybody Wants
WAAX — Wild & Weak
blues/roots
AlfanAnt — Comes A Time
Dana Gehrman — Rogue Train (Rattle On By)
Karl S Williams — Blood to Give
Ruby Gilbert — Oh, Bones
video
The Jungle Giants — Feel The Way I Do
FAIRCHILD — So Long & Thank You
Anatole feat. Tom Iansek — Outgrown
WAAX — Same Same
country
Brad Butcher — Well Dressed Man
Dana Gehrman & Tim Rogers — Find A Way (Written by Danny Widdicombe)
Pete Cullen & The Biffs — Black Mountain
The Long Johns — Womble East
electronic/dance
Doolie — KØLD
Golden Vessel — Shoulders (feat. Elkkle & Mallrat)
May Lyn — Soldiers
The Kite String Tangle — The Prize (feat. Bridgette Amofah)
heavy
Caligula's Horse — Will's Song (Let The Colours Run)
Machine Age — Chivalry is Dead
Silence The Sun — A Thousand Suns
The Brave — Ethereal
hip hop/rap
Carmouflage Rose — Late Nights
Chong Ali — Rose Coloured Tint
Crooked White — Put Me On
VEXED — Superficial
indigenous
CKNU — Plus One
Eleea — Conditions
Emily Wurramara — Ngarrukwujenama
King Social — Watch Out
jazz
Andrew Butt Trio + — Lullaby for Sarah-Jane & Catherine
Rafael Karlen — Ripple
Toby Wren — The Lighthouse
Trichotomy — Asset Or Liability
regional
Amy Shark — Weekends
Eliza & The Delusionals — Deep End
Greta Stanley — Dreamstate
Tia Gostelow — Hunger
singer/songwriter
Amy Shark — Weekends
Asha Jefferies — Coburg
Hazlett — First World Problems
Tia Gostelow — Hunger
schools
Harry J Hart — It Calls Out
Laura Eban — The Film
Legends Of Perhaps — On Jupiter
Xander Holmes — Something Real
soul/funk/rnb
Eleea — Without You
King Social — Dance On Your Grave
Mayah — XO Girl
RIVAH — Cheerleader
world/folk
MZAZA — Sous La Lune
Sian Evans — Thorns
Sol — Canguru Jegue
Sue Ray — Junior Was His Name
people's choice awards
venue of the year — regional
Night Quarter
Tanks Art Centre
Sol Bar
Miami Marketta
venue of the year — metro
The Triffid
The Tivoli
The Zoo
Black Bear Lodge
festival of the year
Big Pineapple Festival
Bleach
Blues on Broadbeach
Brisbane Festival
Caloundra Music Festival
Earth Frequency Festival
FOMO Festival
Gympie Music Muster
Island Vibe Festival
Jungle Love Festival
Maroochy Music & Visual Arts Festival
Mountain Goat Valley Crawl
Queensland Music Festival
Stones Corner Festival
The End of The Line Festival
The Grass is Greener
Valley Fiesta
Woodford Folk Festival
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