Birds of Tokyo lead APRA nominees
Perth band Birds of Tokyo lead the nominees for the 2014 APRA Music Awards alongside Melbourne singer-songwriter Vance Joy.
The chart-topping rock quintet, which is midway through a marathon North American tour, has four nominations in the peer-voted honours, including one in the coveted Song of the Year category for their hit, Lanterns.
Vance Joy, whose real name is James Keogh, also has four nominations.
His Triple J Hottest 100 winning song Riptide is a strong contender for Song of the Year.
The other Song of the Year nominees are the Drones, the Preatures and Matt Corby with Canadian co-writer Dominic Salole.
Both Lanterns and Riptide are among the finalists in the Most Played Australian Work category, alongside hits from Corby, Sheppard and Nathaniel.
Birds of Tokyo have two songs nominated for Rock Work of the Year, as has former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning.
Besides the Birds and the Drones, which formed in Perth before relocating to Melbourne in 2000, other WA artists featuring in the annual gongs include John Butler Trio, Samantha Jade, Chelsea Basham and Luke Steele's Empire of the Sun.
All have nominations in genre-based categories.
Hits from Robin Thicke, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Swedish House Mafia, Passenger and Bastille will compete for the International Work of the Year title.
Former Go-Betweens drummer and musicians' advocate Lindy Morrison will receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.
The winners will be announced in Brisbane on June 23.
2014 APRA MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
Song of the Year
A Moat You Can Stand In: The Drones
Is This How You Feel: The Preatures
Lanterns: Birds of Tokyo
Resolution: Matt Corby (with Dominic Salole)
Riptide: Vance Joy
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
James Keogh (Vance Joy)
Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield (Jagwar Ma)
Kylie Sackley
Louis Schoorl
Paul Bender/Simon Mavin/Perrin Moss/Naomi Saalfield (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Most Played Australian Work
Lanterns: Birds of Tokyo
Let Me Down Easy: Sheppard
Resolution: Matt Corby
Riptide: Vance Joy
You: Nathaniel
Rock Work of the Year
Battleships: Bernard Fanning
Lanterns: Birds of Tokyo
Southern Sun: Boy & Bear
Tell Me How It Ends: Bernard Fanning
When the Night Falls Quite: Birds of Tokyo
Pop Work of the Year
Let Me Down Easy: Sheppard
Resolution: Matt Corby
Riptide: Vance Joy
What You've Done to Me: Samantha Jade
You: Nathaniel
Country Work of the Year
Be With You Tonight: O'Shea
Flying With the King: Lee Kernaghan
Thank You Angels: O'Shea
The Girl, the Bottle, the Memory: The Wolfe Brothers
I Learned the Hard Way: Chelsea Basham
Blues and Roots Work of the Year
Avenger: The Bamboos
Get You Out of Here: Busby Marou
Luck: Busby Marou
Lygon Street Meltdown: Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Only One: John Butler Trio
Dance Work of the Year
Alive: Empire of the Sun
Bring It Back: Will Sparks and Joel Fletcher
Holdin On: Flume
Promises: The Presets
Saved in a Bottle: The Potbelleez
Urban Work of the Year
Act Your Age: Bliss N Eso feat. Bluejuice
House of Dreams: Bliss N Eso
On and On: Illy
Run Alone: 360
Youngbloods: Illy
International Work of the Year
Blurred Lines: Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams
Can't Hold Us: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Don't You Worry Child: Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin
Let Her Go: Passenger
Pompeii: Bastille
