Flume dominates today's ARIA Awards nominations with Tame Impala hot on his heels

SYDNEY dance act Flume has eight ARIA nominations, with Guy Sebastian finally getting some voting love including Best Male Artist.

SYDNEY dance producer Flume, aka Harley Streten, has dominated this year's ARIA nominations.

The 21-year-old Streten is up for eight awards including Album of the Year for his No. 1 self-titled debut album, as well as Best Male, Best Dance Release, Breakthrough Artist, Best Australian Live Act and Song of the Year for Holdin' On.

The nomination sweep follows Flume winning four Independent Music Awards last week. At the nominations, announced in Sydney today, Streten picked up an early ARIA artisan award as Producer of the Year.

West Australian rock band Tame Impala have seven nominations for their internationally-acclaimed second release Lonerism, including Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Group.

Birds of Tokyo have six nominations including Album of the Year for March Fires, while ARIA voters have finally embraced Guy Sebastian, ten years after he won Australian Idol.

Sebastian's album Armageddon is up for Album of the Year, he's also nominated for Best Male Artist, Best Pop Release and his hit Get Along is up for Song of the Year.

Guy Sebastian is finally getting some ARIA love. Picture: Getty Images

Another Idol discovery, Jessica Mauboy, is nominated alongside Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko, Emma Louise and Abbe May for Best Female Artist.

Best Male is a mix of generations - Paul Kelly, Keith Urban, Guy Sebastian, Matt Corby and Flume.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have scored six nominations for their first No. 1 album Push the Sky Away including Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Independent Release and the poison chalice category Best Adult Contemporary Album.

The category has managed to get 'cooler' in recent years - also nominated this year alongside Cave are Clare Bowditch, Josh Pyke, Sarah Blasko and Bob Evans.

Meanwhile 2013 continues to get better for rock survivor Russell Morris - his Top 10 album Sharkmouth is nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album.

Melbourne's Vance Joy has scored his first ARIA nominations - his God Loves You When You're Dancing EP has scored him nods for Breakthrough Artist and Best Pop Release while his Top 10 hit Riptide is up for Song of the Year, one of this year's public-voted categories.

Melbourne's Vance Joy is up for three awards.

Meanwhile former Wiggle Sam Moran will go up against his former band when both acts are nominated in Best Children's Album - Moran for Play Along With Sam, the Wiggles for Taking Off!

The winners will be announced at the ARIA Awards on December 1 at the Star Event Centre in Sydney.

They will air on Channel Nine's digital channel Go.

Hosting duties, performers and the inductee for this year's Hall of Fame have yet to be announced.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Birds of Tokyo - March Fires
Flume - Flume
Guy Sebastian - Armageddon
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Tame Impala - Lonerism

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

Big Scary
Flume
Rufus
The Rubens
Vance Joy

BEST MALE ARTIST

Flume
Guy Sebastian
Keith Urban
Matt Corby
Paul Kelly

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

Abbe Mae
Emma Louise
Jessica Mauboy
Missy Higgins
Sarah Blasko

BEST GROUP

Boy & Bear
Birds of Tokyo
Empire of the Sun
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Tame Impala

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE

Big Scary - Not Art
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
San Cisco - San Cisco
Sheppard - Let Me Down Easy
The Drones - I See Seaweed

BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Bob Evans - Familiar Stranger
Clare Bowditch - The Winter I Chose Happiness
Josh Pyke - The Beginning and the End of Everything
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Sarah Blasko - I Awake

BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM

Archie Roach - Into the Bloodstream
Mama Kin - The Magician's Daughter
Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Russell Morris - Sharkmouth
The Cat Empire - Steal the Light

BEST CHILDREN'S ALUBM

Giggle & Hoot - Claw Tapping Tunes
Jay Laga'aia - Ten in the Bed
Justine Clarke - A Little Day Out With ...
Sam Moran - Play Along With Sam
The Wiggles - Taking Off!

BEST COMEDY RELEASE

Housos - Live
Sammy J & Randy - Bin Night
Pauly Fenech - Pauly's Shorts
Tom & Alex - The Bits We're Least Ashamed Of
Various - Colin Buchanan's TGIF Songs

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Jasmine Rae - If I Want To
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin
Lee Kernaghan - Beautiful Noise
Sara Storer - Lovegrass
Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey - The Great Country Songbook

BEST DANCE RELEASE

Flume - Flume
Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
The Pobelleez - Saved in a Bottle
The Presets - Pacifica
Rufus - Atlas

BEST POP RELEASE
Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
Guy Sebastian - Armageddon
San Cisco - San Cisco
The Preatures - Is This How You Feel?
Vance Joy - God Loves You When You're Dancing

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Birds of Toyko - March Fires
Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
Tame Impala - Lonerism
The Drones - I See Seaweed
The Rubens - The Rubens

BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALUBM

Airbourne - Black Dog
Karnivool - Asymmetry
Northlane - Singularity
The Amity Affliction - Chasing Ghosts
Thy Art is Murder - Hate

BEST URBAN ALBUM

Bliss N Eso - Circus in the Sky
Horrorshow - King Amongst Many
Illy - Bring It Back
Seth Sentry - This Was Tomorrow
Urthboy - Smokey's Haunt

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Voting at www.ariawards.com.au

SONG OF THE YEAR

Party Bass - Bombs Away
Holdin' On - Flume
What You've Done To Me - Samantha Jade
Lanterns - Birds of Tokyo
Parachute - Timomatic
Riptide - Vance Joy
Best Night - Justice Crew
Hello - Stafford Brothers
Get Along - Guy Sebastian
Resolution - Matt Corby

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

Of Monsters and Men
Taylor Swift
Birdy
Bruno Mars
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Ed Sheeran
One Direction
Mumford & Sons
Pink
Michael Buble

BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT

Paul Kelly & Neil Finn
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Keith Urban
Tame Impala
Birds of Tokyo
The Drones
Flume
Karnivool
Guy Sebastian
Matt Corby

BEST VIDEO

Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune
Matt Corby - Resolution
Vance Joy - Riptide
Justice Crew - Best Night
San Cisco - Fred Astaire
Birds of Tokyo - Lanterns
Timomatic - Parachute
Flume - Holdin' On
Samantha Jade - Firestarter
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street

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