Homegrown talent lines up for awards (+nominees)

Pasifika Editor·NZ Herald·

19 Nov, 2014 04:00 PM3 mins to read

<p>Ahead of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, Tiny Ruins' Hollie Fullbrook spoke to Hugh Sundae about the awards and recent collaborations, at Auckland's Pullman Hotel.</p> <p>Thanks to the <a href='http://pantograph-punch.com/' target='_blank'>Pantograph Punch</a> and the <a href='http://www.pullmanauckland.co.nz/online/welcome.csn?utm_source=NZHeraldOnline&utm_medium=WebsiteVideo&utm_campaign=VNZMANZHO' target='_blank'>Pullman Hotel</a> .</p>

Some of the country's most successful artists will be honoured tonight at New Zealand's biggest night of music.

The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are being held at the Vector Arena in Auckland, and are expected to attract a who's who of local musicians and celebrities.

Watch: NZ Music Awards Interview: Tama Waipara

Singer Lorde is up for five awards, including Single of the Year and Album of the Year for Pure Heroine.

Other stars up for awards include South Auckland opera trio Sol3 Mio, Christchurch band Doprah and brother-sister combo Broods - who will all go head to head for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year gong.

VNZMA 2014 Finalists

Mentos Album of the Year
Ladi6 - Automatic
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One

Vodafone Single of the Year
Broods - Bridges
David Dallas - Runnin'
Ladi6 - Diamonds
Lorde - Team
The Naked and Famous - Hearts Like Ours

Steinlager Pure Best Group
@Peace - @Peace and the Plutonium Noise Symphony
Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
Best Male Solo Artist David Dallas - Falling Into Place
Liam Finn - The Nihilist
Stan Walker - Inventing Myself

Best Female Solo Artist
Ladi6 - Automatic
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One

Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Broods
Doprah
Sol3 Mio

Best Rock Album
Blacklistt - Blacklistt
Clap Clap Riot - Nobody/Everybody
Ekko Park - Today

The Edge Best Pop Album
Benny Tipene - Toulouse
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Stan Walker - Inventing Myself

Best Alternative Album
Grayson Gilmour - Infinite Life!
Liam Finn - The Nihilist
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One

Best Urban/Hip Hop Album
David Dallas - Falling Into Place
Ladi6 - Automatic
PNC - The Codes

Best Roots Album
House of Shem - Harmony
Mark Vanilau - Dark Horizon
Tama Waipara - Fill Up The Silence

Best Electronica Album
Bulletproof - #Listen
Opiuo - Meraki
Sorceress - Dose

Best Music Video
Campbell Hooper - Hearts Like Ours (The Naked and Famous)
Thunderlips - Stranger People (Doprah)
Tom Gould - Runnin' (David Dallas)

Best Maori Album
House of Shem - Harmony
Rob Ruha - Tiki Tapu
Tama Waipara - Fill Up the Silence

Best Gospel Christian Album
Lifestyle (of Worship) - Lifestyle (of Worship)
Mosaic Music - You Surround
Saving Grace - The Urgency

Best Classical Album
Dame Gillian Whitehead - Alice
Jack Body - Poems of Love and War
Voices 16 - Voice of the Soul

Best Album Cover Winner: Anna Taylor and Ken Clark - The Nihilist (Liam Finn)

Other finalists:
Henrietta Harris - Infinite Life! (Grayson Gilmour)
Robert Wallace - Automatic (Ladi6)

Best Producer Winner: Joel Little - Pure Heroine (Lorde)
Other finalists: Thomas Healy - Brightly Painted One (Tiny Ruins)
Thom Powers - In Rolling Waves (The Naked And Famous)

Best Engineer Winner: Joel Little - Pure Heroine (Lorde)
Other finalists: Doug Jane - Waiata (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa)
Hayden Taylor - Blacklistt (Blacklistt)

Vodafone People's Choice Award
Lorde
Sol3 Mio
David Dallas
Broods
Stan Walker

NZ Herald Legacy Award
Supergroove

NZ On Air Critics' Choice Prize
Estere
Lake South
Randa