Australian Music Prize
Past winners and short list nominees
Table:
Year

Winner

Album

Shortlisted nominees & albums

Other awards

Ref(s)

2005

The Drones

Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Ben Lee – Awake Is the New Sleep

The Devastations – Coal

The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart

The Mess Hall – Notes From A Ceiling

Tex, Don and Charlie – All is Forgiven

TZU – Smiling at Strangers

Wolfmother – Wolfmother

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2006

Augie March

Moo, You Bloody Choir

Bob Evans – Suburban Songbook

Gotye – Like Drawing Blood

Howling Bells – Howling Bells

Jackie Marshall – Fight n'Flight

Lisa Gerrard – The Silver Tree

Sarah Blasko – What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have

The Drones – Gala Mill

The Grates – Gravity Won't Get You High

The inaugural Red Bull Award for Outstanding Potential was awarded to Gotye.

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2007

The Mess Hall

Devils Elbow

Architecture in Helsinki – Places Like This

bluejuice – Problems

Dardanelles – Mirror Mirror

The Devastations – Yes U

Lisa Miller – Morning in the Bowl of Night

Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia

New Buffalo – Somewhere, Anywhere

Perry Keyes – Last Ghost Train Home

Urthboy – The Signal

The MySpace Public Vote Award was won by New Buffalo.

The Red Bull Award for Outstanding Potential was won by bluejuice.

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2008

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Primary Colours

The Presets – Apocalypso

Beaches – Beaches

The Drones – Havilah

Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours

C. W. Stoneking – Jungle Blues

Jack Ladder – Love Is Gone

Tom Cooney – Presque Vu

Ross McLennan – For the New World

The Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album was won by Jack Ladder for Love is Gone.

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2009

Lisa Mitchell

Wonder

Bertie Blackman – Secrets and Lies

Black Cab – Call Signs

Kid Sam – Kid Sam

Lucie Thorne – Black Across the Field

Oh Mercy – Privileged Woes

Sarah Blasko – As Day Follows Night

The Mess Hall – For The Birds

Urthboy – Spitshine

The Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album was won by Oh Mercy for Privileged Woes.

2010

Cloud Control

Bliss Release

The Holidays – Post Paradise

Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly's Dream

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush To Relax

Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist

Pikelet – Stem

Richard in Your Mind – My Volcano

Sally Seltmann – Heart That's Pounding

Tame Impala – Innerspeaker

The Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album was won by The Holidays for Post Paradise.

2011

The Jezabels

Prisoner

Abbe May – Design Desire

Adalita – Adalita

Boy & Bear – Moonfire

Gotye – Making Mirrors

Gurrumul – Rrakala

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders – Hurtsville

Kimbra – Vows

The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy

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2012

Hermitude

HyperParadise

Flume – Flume

Tame Impala – Lonerism

The Presets – Pacifica

Grand Salvo – Slay Me in My Sleep

Jess Ribero & the Bone Collectors – My Little River

Liz Stringer – Warm in the Darkness

Daily Meds – Happy Daze

Urthboy – Smokey's Haunt

2013

Big Scary

Not Art

Jen Cloher – In Blood Memory

Dialectrix – The Cold Light of Day

Kirin J. Callinan – Embracism

Beaches – She Beats

Horrorshow – King Amongst Many

Jagwar Ma – Howlin'

Cloud Control – Dream Cave

Jimblah – Phoenix

2014

REMI

Raw X Infinity

#1 Dads – About Face

Blank Realm – Grassed Inn

C. W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo

Caitlin Park – The Sleeper

Chet Faker – Built on Glass

Laura Jean – Laura Jean

The Peep Tempel – Tales

Total Control – Typical System

2015

Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Dan Kelly – Leisure

Dick Diver – Melbourne, Florida

Gold Class – It's

Jess Ribeiro – Kill It Yourself

Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle

My Disco – Severe

Royal Headache – High

Sarah Blasko – Eternal Return

Tame Impala – Currents

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2016

A.B. Original

Reclaim Australia

The Avalanches – Wildflower

Big Scary – Animal

Camp Cope – Camp Cope

D.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree

Olympia – Self Talk

The Peep Tempel – Joy

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2017

Sampa the Great

Birds and the BEE9

Beaches – Second of Spring

Darcy Baylis – Intimacy & Isolation

HTMLflowers – Chrome Halo

Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher

Jordan Rakei – Wallflower

Liars – TFCF

Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine

The Vampires – The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke

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2018

Gurrumul

Djarimirri

Abbe May – Fruit

Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel

Dead Can Dance – Dionysus

Grand Salvo – Sea Glass

Laura Jean – Devotion

The Presets – Hi Viz

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs

Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One

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Using the table as well as the passages provided at the end.

Provide an answer to this question: What date , month , and year was the winner with the album released 31 July 2009 in Australia by Scorpio Music born ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Use only the information given.

The Drones were an Australian rock band , formed in Perth by mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist , Gareth Liddiard in 1997 . Fiona Kitschin , his domestic partner , joined on bass guitar and vocals in 2002 . Other long term members include Rui Pereira on bass guitar and then lead guitar ; Mike Noga on drums , vocals , harmonica and percussion ; and Dan Luscombe on lead guitar , vocals and keyboards . Their second album , Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By ( April 2005 ) , won the inaugural Australian Music Prize . In October 2010 their third studio album , Gala Mill ( September 2006 ) was listed at No . 21 in the book , 100 Best Australian Albums . Two of their albums have reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart , I See Seaweed ( March 2013 ) and Feelin Kinda Free ( March 2016 ) . The group went on hiatus in December 2016 with Kitschin and Liddiard forming a new group , Tropical Fuck Storm , in the following year .
Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By is the second album released by the Drones . Recorded 100% live ( like its predecessor ) , the album draws influence from the likes of Neil Young and Rowland S. Howard , though it has been described by Liddiard himself as a punk rock album . The lyrics , penned by Liddiard , deal with issues such as death , depression and alcoholism in its depiction of Australian working class life . The album received critical acclaim upon release , regarded later on as the band 's break-out and one of their most popular releases . The track Shark Fin Blues , in particular , went on to become a concert staple and was voted by contemporary Australian songwriters as the greatest Australian song in October 2009 . The album itself was performed live in its entirety many times , even as a part of the acclaimed Do n't Look Back concert series . In 2008 , The Age ranked it the best Australian album of the 21st century .
Benjamin Michael Lee ( born 11 September 1978 ) is an Australian musician and actor . Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict , but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995 . He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake ( 2003 ) . He has released eleven solo studio albums .
Awake Is the New Sleep is the fifth album by Australian musician Ben Lee , released in 2005 . It reached # 5 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart , becoming his most successful album . It contains the top 40 singles Gamble Everything for Love and Catch My Disease . Gamble Everything for Love was also voted number 15 in the Triple J Hottest 100 , 2004 while Catch My Disease was # 2 in the Triple J Hottest 100 , 2005 . The song We 're All in This Together was used on several television advertisements in Australia and New Zealand , including Coca-Cola and The Salvation Army Community Services . In October 2010 , Awake Is the New Sleep was listed in the book , 100 Best Australian Albums .
Devastations were an indie rock band from Melbourne , Australia . The band 's solemn lamentations often earned comparisons to artists such as Nick Cave and Tindersticks .
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane , Queensland in 1977 . The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan , who were its only constant members throughout its existence . Drummer Lindy Morrison joined the band in 1980 , and its lineup would later expand to include bass guitarist Robert Vickers and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown . Vickers was replaced by John Willsteed in 1987 , and the quintet lineup remained in place until the band split two years later . Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new lineup that did not include any previous personnel aside from them . McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and The Go-Betweens disbanded again . In 2010 , a toll bridge in their native Brisbane was renamed the Go Between Bridge after them . In 1988 , Streets of Your Town , the first single from 16 Lovers Lane , entered the Top 100 on both the Kent Music Report chart in Australia and the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom . The follow-up single Was There Anything I Could Do ? was a No . 16 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States . In May 2001 , Cattle and Cane , from 1983 's Before Hollywood , was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association ( APRA ) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time .
Oceans Apart is the ninth and final studio album by The Go-Betweens , released in 2005 . All the songs were written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster . The album was recorded at the Good Luck Studios in London between November 2004 through to January 2005 , except for Boundary Rider which was recorded at The White Room Recording Studio in Brisbane .
The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney , Australia specialising in raw , edgy bluesy rock . The band consists of Jed Kurzel ( vocals/guitar ) and Cec Condon ( drums/vocals ) .
Notes from a Ceiling is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band The Mess Hall , which was issued on 20 June 2005 . It peaked at No . 8 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart . It won an ARIA Music Award for Engineer of the Year for Matt Lovell , and a nomination for Producer of the Year for Chris Joannou and the group . It was short-listed for the inaugural Australian Music Prize and was included in both Triple J and Rolling Stone 's Top 50 of 2005 . According to Jed Kurzel ( vocalist/guitarist ) , the only recollection he has of recording the album is that Cec Condon ( drummer/vocals ) nearly set fire to the studio whilst barbecuing , and that while suffering vertigo , the attending doctor was more interested in whether the band were touring on the next Big Day Out than attending to his illness . In early 2004 , Kurzel lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle . Having moved house once , he kept moving from friend 's place to friend 's place . His main memory of that year is staring up at different ceilings , wondering what the hell I was doing which is how the album title came about .
Tex , Don and Charlie is an Australian super group formed by Tex Perkins , Don Walker and Charlie Owen . Their first studio album Sad But True was released in 1993 , two others were released in 2005 and 2017 .
All Is Forgiven is the second studio album by Australian rock band Tex , Don and Charlie . It was released in September 2005 and peaked at number 58 on the Australian charts . The album was promoted with a short film , written and directed by Karen Borger , which included a special edit to be used as the music video for the group 's single , Whenever it Snows . Band member Owen said The record company came up with the idea , instead of making just a video , they thought we could make this so they can show it in other places rather than the rock video format . The short film won Best Film , Wollombi Film Festival ( NSW Australia ) , screened at St Kilda Film Festival ( Victoria , Australia ) and was selected for 'Best of the Fest ' traveling film festival ( across Australia ) . It screened at Woodford Folk Festival , Queensland on New Year 's Eve and at the Australian Film Weekend in Toronto , Ontario Canada w. feature film 'The Proposition ' . The film has been screened repeatedly on RAGE - ABC TV , Australia . [ citation needed ] In 1995 , The album was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize .
TZU ( pronounced Tee Zed Yoo ) was an Australian hip hop group , formed in Melbourne , Victoria . TZU used instruments in live performances , giving their shows a rock-infused feeling .
Smiling at Strangers is an Australian Hip Hop album by TZU , released in 2005 . The album was produced by Magoo ( Regurgitator and Butterfingers ) and released under the P & C Liberation Music record label . The first single released from their third album Smiling at Strangers was entitled In Front of Me . It received airplay on national youth radio station Triple J , and the video was broadcast on Rage and Video Hits . The album was later re-released as a limited edition double LP entitled Snarling at Strangers .
Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney , New South Wales . Formed in 2004 , the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale , who is the only constant member of the lineup . The band has been through many personnel changes since their formation , with the current incarnation including drummer Hamish Rosser and bassist Brad Heald , both of whom are former members of The Vines . The original - and most commercially successful - lineup included bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett . Ross and Heskett left Wolfmother after four years in 2008 . Stockdale , Ross and Heskett formed Wolfmother in 2004 after several years of informal jamming . Signing with independent label Modular Recordings , the band released their self-titled debut album in Australia in 2005 , which reached number 3 on the domestic albums chart . It was released internationally by Interscope and Island Records the following year , and to date has sold in excess of 1.5 million copies worldwide . After Ross and Heskett departed , Stockdale rebuilt the band with the addition of bassist and keyboardist Ian Peres , rhythm guitarist Aidan Nemeth and drummer Dave Atkins , who released Cosmic Egg in 2009 . In recent years , the lineup of Wolfmother has continued to change frequently , with their commercial popularity fluctuating . The band 's planned third album Keep Moving was released as Stockdale 's solo debut in 2013 , with a new lineup including drummer Vin Steele issuing New Crown independently the following year . In 2016 , the group released Victorious as their first album on a major label since Cosmic Egg , and subsequently toured with Alex Carapetis on drums .
Wolfmother is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Wolfmother , originally released on 31 October 2005 in Australia . The album was later released internationally at various dates in 2006 , with the addition of Love Train and a rearranged track listing . Wolfmother peaked at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and was certified five times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association . Six singles were released from Wolfmother 's debut album : Mind 's Eye ( with Woman ) , White Unicorn , Dimension , Woman , Love Train and Joker & the Thief , the latter of which charted the highest at number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart . The album cover , which is taken from The Sea Witch by Frank Frazetta , shows a nymph standing against a blue/orange sky , on a rock , though because it displays nudity the album is sold in Wal-Mart stores with an alternate cover featuring simply the band 's white logo against a black background . It is the only album to feature co-founding members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett , who left the band in August 2008 .
Augie March are an Australian indie rock band . Formed in 1996 in Shepparton , Victoria , the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards , lead guitarist Adam Donovan , bassist Edmondo Ammendola , drummer David Williams , and keyboardist Kiernan Box . Box replaced Rob Dawson , the band 's initial piano player , who died in 2001 . Augie March 's rise to fame was slow ; their first two EPs failed to make an impact on the market , despite Waltz being nominated for two ARIA Awards . Their first album , Sunset Studies , was released in 2000 . Despite poor sales , it was critically acclaimed and received an ARIA Award nomination . Critics in both Australia and the United States also lauded its 2002 successor , Strange Bird , but it sold and charted poorly in both countries . Augie March 's third album , Moo , You Bloody Choir ( 2006 ) , received a much better reception in terms of sales ; its lead single One Crowded Hour attained critical acclaim and appeared on the ARIA Charts at number 29 , while the album was nominated for numerous ARIA Awards and won an Australian Music Prize . Having achieved mainstream success , the band toured Australia and the United States regularly through 2006 and 2007 . In 2008 they released their fourth album , Watch Me Disappear . It became their most commercially successful album , but received the least favourable critical reception . Augie March 's distinctive musical style is directed by songwriter and vocalist Richards .
Moo , You Bloody Choir is the third studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March . It was released in 2006 in Australia by BMG . It entered the ARIA album charts at # 10 and was nominated for Album of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 , losing to Tea & Sympathy by Bernard Fanning . The album also won the Australian Music Prize in 2006 . The title comes directly from the lyrics of The Honey Month . The lead single , One Crowded Hour peaked on the ARIA singles chart at # 29 and was voted # 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 chart . The album was re-released 19 May 2007 with a bonus CD of live and unreleased tracks . The 2006 version of There Is No Such Place features an orchestra . In October 2010 , Moo , You Bloody Choir was listed in the top 50 in the book , 100 Best Australian Albums . In 2011 , the album featured at number 93 on the Triple J Hottest 100 Albums of All Time .
Kevin Edward Mitchell ( born 1 October 1977 ) , also known by the stage name of Bob Evans , is an Australian singer-songwriter ; Mitchell uses the name for his primary solo project . He is also the founding lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Jebediah , which was formed in 1994 and features his older brother Brett Mitchell , who joined on drums before the group 's first performance . Jebediah released five studio albums between 1997 and 2011 , the first three of which entered the top ten on the ARIA Albums Chart . Mitchell commenced performing as a folk pop artist under the name Bob Evans in 1999 to showcase quieter songs that were influenced by music that was different from the primary sound of Jebediah , and he deliberately chose a stage name that would distinguish him from his band . His most successful solo album Suburban Songbook , which was released on 10 June 2006 , peaked at No . 15 , and his next two solo albums Goodnight , Bull Creek ! ( 3 April 2009 ) and Familiar Stranger ( 15 March 2013 ) reached the top 40 . As of December 2016 , Mitchell has released five Bob Evans studio albums , and he launched the Good Evans , It 's A Bobcast ! podcast in May 2016 .
Suburban Songbook is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell , under the pseudonym Bob Evans , vocalist and guitarist for Perth band Jebediah . It was produced by Brad Jones ( Josh Rouse , Yo La Tengo , Sheryl Crow , Jill Sobule ) at the 'Alex the Great Studios ' in Nashville , Tennessee . At the 2006 ARIA Awards , Suburban Songbook won the Best Adult Contemporary Album and was nominated for a J Award by Triple J . Bob Evans was also nominated for an Australian Music Prize for the album . It debuted at # 15 on the ARIA album charts . In October 2010 , it was listed in the book , 100 Best Australian Albums . It was also re-released in a deluxe format featuring promotional clips and exclusive footage and audio .
Wouter Wally De Backer ( born 21 May 1980 ) , known professionally as Gotye ( /ˈɡoʊtieɪ/ GOH-tee-ay ) , is a Belgian-born Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter . The name Gotye is a pronunciation respelling of Gauthier , the French cognate of Gotye 's given Dutch name Wouter ( English Walter , hence the nickname Wally ) . Gotye has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums . He is a founding member of the Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics , who have independently released four studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002 . His voice has been compared to those of Peter Gabriel and Sting . Gotye 's 2011 single Somebody That I Used to Know reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , making him the fifth Australian-based artist to do so and the second born in Belgium ( after The Singing Nun in 1963 ) . He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act . On 10 February 2013 , he won three Grammy Awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show : Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Somebody That I Used to Know and Best Alternative Music Album for Making Mirrors . Gotye has said he sometimes feels less of a musician , more of a tinkerer .
Like Drawing Blood is the second album by Gotye . All the sounds on the album were collected and assembled or performed by Wally De Backer in bedrooms around Melbourne between 2003 and 2005 , and the record was mixed and mastered by François Tétaz ( Wolf Creek soundtrack , Machine Translations , Architecture in Helsinki ) . It was featured heavily by Triple J in May 2006 and nominated for a J Award , which , although it did n't win , lent the album considerable publicity . Two songs from Like Drawing Blood rated in the Triple J Hottest 100 , 2006 : Hearts a Mess at # 8 , and Learnalilgivinanlovin at # 94 . Like Drawing Blood also received the number 1 spot on the 2006 Triple J Album Poll for best album of the year , as voted by Triple J listeners . The album was also released in Belgium , in 2008 , with three alterations : it contains a new version of Learnalilgivinanlovin with higher-pitched vocals in the chorus ; the track Coming Back removes a sample in the intro and bridge ; and the song A Distinctive Sound is replaced by a new version of The Only Thing I Know ( the original appeared on Gotye 's debut album Boardface ) . Also , three singles were released in Belgium : Learnalilgivinanlovin , Hearts a Mess , and Coming Back . Like Drawing Blood has also received the number 11 spot on the 2011 Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time , as voted by the Triple J listeners . In 2012 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association , which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe .
Howling Bells are an indie rock band that formed in Sydney in 2004 . The band obtained moderate popularity in the United Kingdom following the release of its 2006 self-titled debut album . The lineup consists of Juanita Stein ( vocals , rhythm guitar ) , Glenn Moule ( drums ) , Juanita 's brother Joel Stein ( lead guitar ) , and Gary Daines ( bass guitar ) . Originally called Waikiki , the band changed its name and musical style preceding its move from Australia to England . Howling Bells ' debut album , Howling Bells , was produced by Ken Nelson . The album charted in the Top 100 in the UK and just outside the Top 50 in Australia , and it was included on Album of the Year lists for a number of publications . The band 's next release , Radio Wars ( 2009 ) , received mixed reviews , although it charted higher than its predecessor in both the UK and Australia . The band supported Coldplay on the third leg of the North American Viva la Vida Tour . In 2009 , Gigwise named Juanita Stein the sexiest woman in rock . Their third album , The Loudest Engine ( 2011 ) , received largely favourable reviews but underperformed on the charts in comparison to the bands ' two prior releases . In 2011 , original Howling Bells bass guitarist , Brendan Picchio , left the band . Howling Bells are notable for a doom-and-gloom , country-and-rock music style , and they have been labelled as melodic blues and country-goth .
Howling Bells is the self-titled debut album of London-based Australian indie rock band Howling Bells . The album was released through Bella Union in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2006 . It was produced , engineered and mixed by Ken Nelson and was recorded at Parr Street Studios , Liverpool , in early 2005 . The album was predominantly written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Juanita Stein . The majority of the album 's themes revolve around her own relationships and feelings of affection . Most of the songs were demoed in Australia , but all were recorded in England , as the band relocated there to work with Ken Nelson . Five singles were released from the album , four of which appeared on the UK Singles Chart . The album peaked in the Top 100 in the UK and just outside the Top 50 in Australia . It was , at the time , the fastest selling album on the Bella Union label , and it appeared on album of the year lists in eight different publications . In 2006 , Howling Bells was a finalist for the Australian Music Prize Award and a nominee for the Shortlist Music Prize . The 12-track set features a wide array of music styles , including rock , pop , country , folk and blues . Howling Bells performed at numerous club shows and festivals around the world to promote the album .
Lisa Gerrard ( /dʒəˈrɑːrd/ ; born 12 April 1961 ) is an Australian musician , singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry . In addition to singing , she is an instrumentalist for much of her work , most prolifically using the yangqin ( a Chinese hammered dulcimer ) . Since her career began in 1981 , Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects . She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator , on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer .
The Silver Tree is a 2006 album by Lisa Gerrard . It was her first solo album release since The Mirror Pool ( 1995 ) . The album was initially released in digital format ; followed by CD versions at the end of 2006 , first in Australia by Rubber Records , followed by releases by Nettwerk in Europe , Sonic Records in Poland and Storm Creation in the United Kingdom . A U.S. release by Rubber in 2007 contained an extra track , Entry . The album was short-listed for the 2006 Australian Music Prize . It peaked at No . 4 on the Billboard New Age Albums chart .
Sarah Blasko ( born Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow , 23 September 1976 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter , musician and producer . From April 2002 Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band , Acquiesce , between the mid-1990s and 2001 . She had performed under her then married name , Sarah Semmens , and , after leaving Acquiesce , as Sorija in a briefly existing duo of that name . As a solo artist Blasko has released six studio albums , The Overture & the Underscore ( 11 October 2004 ) , What the Sea Wants , the Sea Will Have ( 21 October 2006 ) - which peaked at No . 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart , As Day Follows Night ( 10 July 2009 ) - which reached No . 5 , I Awake ( 26 October 2012 ) - which made No . 9 , Eternal Return ( 6 November 2015 ) , and Depth of Field ( 23 February 2018 ) . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 , Blasko won Best Pop Release for her second album . Her third album won the Best Female Artist in 2009 and her fourth album was nominated for the same category in 2013 . In October 2010 As Day Follows Night was listed at No . 19 in the book , 100 Best Australian Albums ; the authors noted that it turned on emotional subtlety and instrumental clarity . It sounded like little else in 2009 , or most any other year .
What the Sea Wants , the Sea Will Have is the second album by Australian songwriter Sarah Blasko . The whole album can be listened to on Blasko 's website . The first radio-only single from the album is entitled { Explain } . The second single lifted from the album is Always on this Line and the third single is Planet New Year . The single Amazing Things was the last single from the album . The album cover was photographed by Warwick Baker . The first two singles made Triple J 's Hottest 100 for 2006 with { Explain } making # 79 and Always on this Line reaching # 58 . The album was certified Gold , for 35,000 physical copies sold , in Australia in January 2007 . The album won an ARIA Award for 'Best Pop Release ' in 2007 .
Gala Mill is the third studio album by Australian band the Drones , which was released in September 2006 . Recorded in an abandoned mill in Tasmania , it was their last album to feature founding member Rui Pereira and the first to feature Mike Noga on drums . The music , which makes an epic leap beyond garage rock , adds influences from folk rock and contemporary folk music to their usual punk blues style . Gareth Liddiard 's lyrics for the album are centered more on Australia 's colonial and recent history , evident in tracks such as Jezebel , Words From The Executioner To Alexander Pearce and Sixteen Straws . The album received critical acclaim from sources both within and outside Australia , with much of the praise centered on the album 's raw musical style and Liddiard 's dark lyricism . It was also their first album to enter the top 100 of the ARIA Charts . Many of the album 's tracks , particularly I Do n't Ever Want To Change , Jezebel and Sixteen Straws , would go on to be concert staples on subsequent tours . In 2010 , Gala Mill was listed as one of the 100 Best Australian Albums of all time .
The Grates are a three-piece indie rock band formed in Brisbane in 2002 . The original line-up was Patience Hodgson on lead vocals , John Patterson on guitars and backing vocals and Alana Skyring on drums . They were brought to national attention when a demo of their single , Trampoline ( 2004 ) , received airplay on radio station Triple J . Their first two albums , Gravity Wo n't Get You High ( 2006 ) and Teeth Lost , Hearts Won ( 2008 ) , both reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 10 . Skyring left in 2010 to become a chef and was replaced on drums by Ben Marshall for the third album , Secret Rituals ( 2011 ) , which reached No . 11 . The Grates ' fourth album , Dream Team ( 2014 ) , was recorded with new drummer , Richard Daniell . The band provide energetic and often sold out live shows . Since May 2012 Hodgson and Patterson are also proprietors of Southside Tea Room , a cafe and bar , in Morningside ; the couple also married in November that year .
Gravity Wo n't Get You High is the debut studio album of The Grates . It was produced by Brian Deck , and features studio produced versions of songs from their EP The Ouch . The Touch . Notable differences are the usage of banjo and fiddle in Sukkafish . It debuted at # 9 in the ARIA Top 50 Albums chart , was a nominee for the Triple J 2006 J Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Australian Music Prize . Four songs from the album made it into the 2006 Triple J Hottest 100 -- Lies Are Much More Fun at # 71 , Inside Outside at # 42 , Science Is Golden at # 17 and 19 20 20 at # 10 . 19 20 20 , Science Is Golden and Rock Boys are the singles from the album . 19 20 20 peaked at number one hundred and twenty-nine in the UK .
Devils Elbow is the third album from The Mess Hall . The band 's second studio album was released on 27 October 2007 . It peaked at No . 2 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart . It provided a single , Keep Walking , earlier in the same month . The album won the Australian Music Prize in 2007 , an annual award for album of the year , as well as $ 25,000 prize money .
Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian indie pop band which consisted of Cameron Bird , Gus Franklin , Jamie Mildren , Sam Perry , and Kellie Sutherland . The band released five studio albums before going on hiatus : Fingers Crossed ( 2003 ) , In Case We Die ( 2005 ) , Places Like This ( 2007 ) , Moment Bends ( 2011 ) , and Now + 4eva ( 2014 ) . As of 2018 , they are recording new music with plans to release a new album .
Places Like This is the third studio album by Architecture in Helsinki , which was released in Australia on 27 July 2007 at the launch of their Australian tour . It was also released in Japan on 18 July , Europe on 8 August , and in the United States on 21 August . It debuted at No . 31 on the ARIA Albums Chart , and dropped to No . 49 in its second week .
Bluejuice was an Australian band based in Sydney , active between 2000 and 2014 . The group 's final line-up consisted of lead vocalist Jake Stone , backing vocalist Stavros Yiannoukas , bassist Jamie Cibej and drummer James Hauptmann . The band released three studio albums Problems , Head of the Hawk and Company and well as a greatest hits album in 2014 .
Dardanelles are a four-piece indie rock band from Melbourne , Australia formed in early 2006 . Often incorrectly labelled or billed as The Dardanelles , they are named after the narrow strait in northwestern Turkey of the same name .
Lisa Anne Miller is an Australian country pop singer-songwriter and guitarist . She has issued seven albums , Quiet Girl with a Credit Card ( 1996 ) , As Far as a Life Goes ( 1999 ) , Car Tape ( 2002 ) , Version Originale ( 2003 ) , Morning in the Bowl of Night ( 2007 ) , Car Tape 2 ( 2010 ) and Meet the Misses ( 2012 ) . She has a clear , bitter-sweet voice and provides poignant semi-biographical lyrics . At the ARIA Music Awards she has been nominated nine times .
Morning in the Bowl of Night is the fifth album by Melbourne singer-songwriter Lisa Miller . All songs were composed by Miller . It was released in Australia on 21 April 2007 , and was nominated in the 2007 ARIA Awards for Best Adult Contemporary Album .
Midnight Juggernauts is an Australian band from Melbourne , composed of Andrew Szekeres , Vincent Vendetta ( Vincent Heimann ) , and Daniel Stricker . The band has been described as anything from 'prog dance meets cosmic film scores ' , to 'slasher-flick disco ' to 'deadpan landscape ' . Following the release of numerous 7 and 12 singles , and limited edition EPs , the band released their debut album , Dystopia . After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide during late 2007-2008 , the band finished working on their follow up album The Crystal Axis , touring around its release mid-2010 at festivals and headline shows around the globe . After a few years break the band released a third album Uncanny Valley in mid-2013 . Members have also collaborated with various artists including Kevin Parker , Kirin J Callinan , Justice , Solange and Sebastian Tellier . The group also runs the label Siberia Records , through which they release their own music and others including Kirin J Callinan and Forces .
A dystopia ( from Ancient Greek δυσ- bad and τόπος place ; alternatively , cacotopia , kakotopia , or simply anti-utopia ) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening . It is translated as bad place and is an antonym of utopia , a term that was coined by Sir Thomas More and figures as the title of his best known work , published 1516 , a blueprint for an ideal society with minimal crime , violence and poverty . Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization , tyrannical governments , environmental disaster , or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society . Dystopian societies appear in many fictional works and artistic representations particularly in stories set in the future . Some of the most famous examples are George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four , Aldous Huxley 's Brave New World and Ray Bradbury 's Fahrenheit 451 . Dystopian societies appear in many sub-genres of fiction and are often used to draw attention to society , environment , politics , economics , religion , psychology , ethics , science or technology . Some authors use the term to refer to existing societies , many of which are or have been totalitarian states or societies in an advanced state of collapse . Some scholars , such as Gregory Claeys and Lyman Tower Sargent , make certain distinctions between typical synonyms of dystopias . For example , Claeys and Sargent define literary dystopias as societies imagined as substantially worse than the society in which the author writes , whereas anti-utopias function as criticisms of attempts to implement various concepts of utopia . In his Dystopia : A Natural History ( Oxford University Press , 2017 ) Claeys offers a more nuanced and historical approach to these definitions . Here the tradition is traced from early reactions to the French Revolution . Its commonly anti-collectivist character is stressed , and the addition of other themes ( the dangers of science and technology , of social inequality , of corporate dictatorship , of nuclear war ) are also traced .
Sally Mary Seltmann ( born Sally Mary Russell , 11 September 1975 ) , is an Australian singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist and producer . From 2000 to 2009 , Seltmann used the stage name , New Buffalo . Under that name , Seltmann wrote , performed , arranged and produced her debut album , The Last Beautiful Day in September 2004 . Her second album , Somewhere , Anywhere appeared in March 2007 . Seltmann and Canadian singer-songwriter Feist , co-wrote the song 1234 ( originally Sally 's Song ) which was featured in a 2007 iPod Nano commercial . It became a Top 10 hit on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for Feist . Seltmann is married to Darren Seltmann formerly of electronic music group , The Avalanches . In April 2010 , Seltmann released her third solo album , Heart That 's Pounding . Late that year , she formed an indie rock trio , Seeker Lover Keeper , with fellow Australians Sarah Blasko and Holly Throsby . They issued a self-titled album in June 2011 , which peaked at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart.In 2013 , Seltmann released her fourth solo album , Hey Daydreamer . In April 2018 , Allen & Unwin published Sally Seltmann 's debut novel Lovesome . As a songwriter , Seltmann has won Australasian Performing Right Association awards for Professional Development - Pop/Dance Music in 2001 and Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year in 2008 .
Somewhere , Anywhere is the second studio album by Australian indie rockers , New Buffalo , which was released on 24 March 2007 , before their founder performed and recorded under her married name , Sally Seltmann . It peaked at No . 4 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart ; and won the 2007 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album .
Perry Keyes ( born 1966 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter . Keyes is based in Waterloo , Sydney and grew up in nearby Redfern . Former singer-songwriter with Sydney band the Stolen Holdens , Keyes ' output is best described as heartland rock in that the lyrics detail the minutiae of the seamier side of existence in and around the working class Sydney suburbs . Keyes has been acclaimed as Redfern 's answer to Bruce Springsteen . His debut double album Meter was released in 2005 . Second album The Last Ghost Train Home was named Radio National album of the year and was a finalist for the 2007 Australian Music Prize . 2010 's Johnny Ray 's Downtown was followed by Sunnyholt in 2015 , the first part of a two-album series . Jim Salmon 's Lament was released 5 October 2018 . [ citation needed ] Keyes is a supporter of his hometown rugby league club the South Sydney Rabbitohs .
Tim Levinson , better known by the stage name Urthboy , is an Australian hip-hop MC and producer from New South Wales . He is widely known for his solo music under the moniker Urthboy , as a founding member of the hip-hop group The Herd , and for co-founding and managing the Elefant Traks record label . Levinson has released five solo albums : Distant Sense of Random Menace ( 2004 ) , The Signal ( 2007 ) , Spitshine ( 2009 ) , Smokey 's Haunt ( 2012 ) and The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat ( 2016 ) ; as well as five studio albums with The Herd .
The Signal is the second album from The Herd member Urthboy and was released on 14 July 2007 . The album features production from Australian artists El Gusto of Hermitude fame and Count Bounce from TZU . It also features collaborations from several prominent Australian MCs and Musicians . The album was released on CD and double vinyl .
Eddy Current Suppression Ring are an Australian rock band formed in 2003 .
Primary Colours is the second album by Australian garage punk band Eddy Current Suppression Ring . The album was recorded in a suburb of Melbourne over a 24-hour period in August 2007 . The album was first released on Aarght ! Records in Australia only on 5 May 2008 , then on 9 September 2008 on Goner Records in the United States , and finally in the United Kingdom on Melodic Records on 17 August 2009 . Which Way to Go was the only single released from Primary Colours . Primary Colours peaked at No . 13 on the ARIA Hitseekers Chart in June 2008 . It received generally positive reviews from critics , who praised the album 's minimalistic sound and warm , personable lyrics . It won the Australian Music Prize in 2008 , and was nominated for the ARIA Award that same year for best rock album , but lost to The Living End 's entry , White Noise .
The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton ( vocals , keyboards ) and Kim Moyes ( drums , keyboards ) . Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Records , The Presets released two EPs ( Blow Up , Girl and the Sea ) in advance of their debut album , Beams , released in 2005 to positive critical response . After two years of touring , including as the Australian support for Daft Punk , the band 's 2008 release , Apocalypso , debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart , and went on to win six awards at ARIA Awards 2008 , including Album of the Year . In 2009 Hamilton and Moyes won an APRA Award for Songwriters of the Year and another ARIA Award , this time for Best Dance Release for Talk Like That . They released their third album , Pacifica , in Australia in September 2012 . It reached No . 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart . Their fourth album , Hi Viz , was released in June 2018 . The Presets are known for their dynamic live shows . Aside from the Presets ' extensive performance work , the duo has remixed tracks for several other artists including Kings of Leon , Silverchair and Lenny Kravitz . The Presets are recognized as key players in the dance music explosion in Australia in the late 2000s .
Apocalypso is the second studio album by Australian electronic dance music duo The Presets . The album was released by record label Modular on 12 April 2008 in Australia , on 13 May in the United States , and 2 June in the United Kingdom . The album features the singles My People , This Boy 's in Love , Talk Like That , Yippiyo-Ay , If I Know You and Kicking and Screaming .
Havilah is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rockers , the Drones , which was released by ATP Recordings/MGM Distribution in September 2008 . It was co-produced by the group with Burke Reid and issued in February 2009 for the United Kingdom and United States markets . The title refers to a biblical town of the same name - a Shangri-La-esque place with an abundance of gold - and is the valley 20 kilometres ( 12 mi ) from Myrtleford , where they recorded .
Cut Copy ( sometimes stylised as Cut/Copy ) are an Australian synth-pop band formed in 2001 by DJ Dan Whitford ( vocals , keyboards and guitar ) . Initially a home-recording project , the band now also includes Tim Hoey ( guitars ) , Ben Browning ( bass guitar ) , and Mitchell Scott ( drums ) . They have released five studio albums and a number of EPs and singles . They achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their second album , In Ghost Colours . Some of their most well-known singles include Lights & Music , Hearts on Fire and Take Me Over .
In Ghost Colours is the second studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy . It comprises 15 tracks , including a re-recorded version of the single Hearts on Fire . The album was originally planned as an Australian release for 2007 , but was delayed until 2008 to accommodate a simultaneous international release of the recording . The album was produced in New York by Tim Goldsworthy , although the band 's US label Interscope initially suggested they work with Timbaland .
Christopher William C.W . Stoneking ( born 1974 ) is an Australian blues singer-songwriter , guitarist and banjo player . He has released three studio albums , King Hokum ( March 2005 ) , Jungle Blues ( 28 August 2008 ) and Gon ' Boogaloo ( 17 October 2014 ) , on his own King Hokum Records label . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 Jungle Blues won Best Blues and Roots Album ; he was also nominated for Best Male Artist , Breakthrough Artist - Album , Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art . Gon ' Boogaloo peaked at No . 17 on the ARIA Albums Chart .
Jungle Blues is the fourth album by Australian Blues musician C. W. Stoneking . In 2009 Stoneking received five ARIA Award nominations , 'Best Blues and Roots Album ' , 'Best Independent Release ' , 'Best Male Artist ' and 'Best Album Cover Art ' , eventually winning 'Best Blues and Roots Album ' for Jungle Blues . At the fourth annual AIR Awards , Stoneking was nominated for Best Independent Album , Best Independent Blues/Roots Album , and Independent Artist of the Year , with Jungle Blues winning the award for Best Independent Blues/Roots Album . Jungle Blues was also shortlisted in the 2008 Australian Music Prize .
Jack Ladder ( born Timothy Kenneth Rogers ) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter , guitarist and composer . His music is characterised by his baritone voice and poignant observations on love and death , often featuring gallows humour .
Thomas Cooney is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina charge d'affaires from 2017-2018 .
Ross James McLennan is an Australian indie rock musician and songwriter . He was the founding mainstay of indie guitar pop band , Snout , from 1991 to 2002 . He undertook a side project , Meuscram , with his younger brother , Lindsay ( a.k.a . Link Meanie of the Meanies ) to deliver a lo-fi self-titled album in 1995 . McLennan has issued four solo albums , Hits from the Brittle Building ( February 2004 ) , Sympathy for the New World ( February 2008 ) , The Night 's Deeds Are Vapour ( 2013 ) and All the Colours Print Can Manage ( October 2017 ) . Sympathy for the New World was short-listed for the Australian Music Prize for 2008 .
Lisa Helen Mitchell ( born 22 March 1990 ) is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury , New South Wales . Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album . Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season of Australian Idol . Her debut extended play , Said One to the Other ( 4 August 2007 ) , topped iTunes in Australia and she signed with London-based publisher , Little Victories , a subsidiary of Sony/ATV . By 2008 Mitchell had relocated to the UK where she recorded her debut studio album , Wonder ( 31 July 2009 ) , which peaked at No . 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart . She won the 2009 Australian Music Prize of $ 30,000 for the album . Mitchell returned to Australia to live in Melbourne . Her second album , Bless This Mess ( 12 October 2012 ) reached No . 7 . In March 2015 , Mitchell 's last single Wah Ha was remixed by electronic trio Seekae . Her third album Warriors was released on 16 October 2016 and debuted Top 10 on the ARIA Albums Chart .
Wonder is the first studio album by Australian pop and folk singer Lisa Mitchell , released 31 July 2009 in Australia by Scorpio Music . The album has yielded three singles ; Coin Laundry , Clean White Love and Oh ! Hark ! . Writing for the album began in 2007 where she collaborated with such artists as Ben Lee , Kevin Mitchell , Clare Bowditch and Katy Steele . At the end of 2007 Lisa moved to London to continue writing for the album collaborating with Ant Whiting , Ed Harcourt , Dann Hume and Sacha Skarbek . She returned to Australia in 2008 and re-recorded most of it with Evermore 's band member Dann Hume , stating their versions had more energy and were a lot lighter - they were positive and uplifting . Mitchell explains , With Anthony , I was homesick by the time I got around to doing the vocals . Wonder had commercial success in Australia . It debuted at number six on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 10 August 2009 , becoming Mitchell 's first top ten album . The album spent three weeks in the top ten and twenty-four weeks in the top fifty , re-entering three times . The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies and became the fifty-sixth highest selling album in Australia for 2009 . Wonder was nominated for one ARIA Award at the twenty-third ARIA Awards in 2009 for Breakthrough Artist - Album , but lost the award to Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke .
Beatrice Bertie Blackman ( born 1982 ) is an Independent Australian singer , songwriter and guitarist . She rose to fame in 2004 with her debut album Headway , which came after years of prolific performances around Sydney 's inner-city venues , where she developed a dedicated following .
Black Cab is a Melbourne based drone and electronica group . The band has released five full-length albums and two EPs .
Kid Sam are a Melbourne based duo . The band 's first gig was in 2006 and it is made up of cousins Kieran and Kishore Ryan . Their debut self-titled album was released in 2009 to positive reviews and they went on their first national headline tour in 2010 . Kid Sam were nominated for a J Award and the Australian Music Prize .
Oh Mercy are an indie rock band , formed by Alexander Gow on lead vocals and piano , which expanded to a quartet in 2008 . By 2015 they had released four studio albums , Privileged Woes ( 24 August 2009 ) , Great Barrier Grief ( 2011 ) - which peaked at No . 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart , Deep Heat ( 2012 , No . 21 ) and When We Talk About Love ( 2015 , No . 28 ) . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 they won Best Adult Contemporary Album for When We Talk About Love .
As Day Follows Night is the third album by Australian singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko . It was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter , Bjorn and John and recorded in early 2009 in Stockholm , Sweden . It was released in Australia on 10 July 2009 . The making of As Day Follows Night was chronicled by Blasko on her blog .
Spitshine is the third studio album by Australian hip hop artist and member of The Herd , Urthboy . It was released on 28 August 2009 .
Cloud Control is an Australian alternative rock band , originating from the Blue Mountains near Sydney , Australia . As of 2013 [ update ] the band is signed to the Australian record label Ivy League Records , in which they released their debut album Bliss Release . They are also signed to Infectious Music in the UK/Europe ; and Votiv in North America . The band has supported a host of local and international acts , including Arcade Fire , Vampire Weekend , Supergrass , The Magic Numbers , Yves Klein Blue , The Temper Trap , Last Dinosaurs , Local Natives and Weezer . They have been nominated for a clutch of awards in Australia , including two ARIA Awards . The band won the Australian Music Prize on 3 March 2011 .
Bliss Release is the debut album by Australian band Cloud Control . Released on 14 May 2010 , Bliss Release was met with critical acclaim .
The Holidays are an Australian indie pop/soul band . Formed in Sydney in 2006 , the band consists of Simon Jones , Will Magnus , Alex Kortt and Andrew Kerridge . Their debut album Post Paradise was nominated for an Australian Music Prize .
Post Paradise is the debut album by Australian band The Holidays . In Australia , it was released on 24 September 2010 , and in Japan in January 2011 on the Rallye Label . Among other accolades , The Holidays won the Australian Music Prize 's Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album , as well as being shortlisted for the actual Australian Music Prize . Recorded at home and self-produced , with additional recording and production at BJB Studios , Post Paradise was mixed at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne by Tony Espie and mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio Melbourne . Recording began in September 2009 , and was completed sporadically throughout most of 2010 , finishing in June 2010 . The first single from the album Moonlight Hours was released in December 2009 , followed by Golden Sky in May 2010 and Broken Bones upon the release of the album . A music video was made for all three tracks , and they all received solid airplay on Australian community radio stations and Triple J . The album has received positive reviews since its release , including Album of the Week in Drum Media , Beat Magazine , The Brag , and received 5 stars in BMA Mag , 4.5 stars in The Herald Sun , The Courier Mail and The Daily Telegraph as well as positive reviews in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald . Post Paradise won Album of the Year in the EG Awards 2010 , and was the Triple J Feature Album for the week commencing 26 December 2010 . It also won Best Debut Album in the Australian Music Prize 's Red Bull Award . The Holidays completed a national album tour following the release of Post Paradise , in late September/early October 2010 in Australia . Fourth single 6am was added to radio nationwide in early January 2011 , whilst track 2 Days was picked up by Triple J in early 2011 .
Daniel Dan Kelly ( born 1974 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist .
Gareth Liddiard ( born 20 November 1975 ) is an Australian musician and founding member of The Drones . Liddiard has released one album as a solo artist and seven studio albums with the Drones . In 2018 he released the debut album of his new band Tropical Fuck Storm .
Strange Tourist is the debut studio album from Gareth Liddiard . The album was recorded inside Blackburn Castle in New South Wales over the first half of 2010 , and was produced with the help of Burke Reid . The songs consist entirely of Liddiard 's acoustic guitar-playing and singing , with lyrics that are predominantly narrative . Its lyrical content was characterized as dark and grinding and is set in various periods of time as well as locations . A video was also made for the title track . Released through Shock Records and ATP Recordings , the album received critical acclaim from the Australian press , and ( despite being scant ) a very favourable critical reception outside Australia . It was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Male Artist at the 25th ARIA Music Awards .
Evelyn Morris , also known as Pikelet , is a musician from the outer suburbs of Melbourne , Australia . Although playing piano from a young age Morris 's career in music began as a hardcore/punk obsessed drummer , performing in many bands but mostly in Baseball and True Radical Miracle . In 2003 Morris switched from drum kit to a mix of instruments and a loop pedal for recordings as Pikelet . The project employs delay pedals , piano accordion , drums , guitar and other forms of percussion . Morris does not identify as either male or female and prefers to use they , them and their as pronouns . The name Pikelet comes from Evelyn 's mother , who used to spoil her kids with pikelets when she was a little strapped for cash . She always had eggs , she always had flour and powdered milk in the cupboard , so she would just throw together pikelets , Evelyn told Mess+Noise in 2007 . It was a really big deal for me , but I found out later that it was just what she did when she had nothing else . Pikelet released their self-titled album in 2007 . They have toured throughout Australia , Europe and New Zealand playing with acts including Frida Hyvönen , Jens Lekman , Beirut , Camera Obscura , Darren Hanlon , The Blow , Sufjan Stevens , Broadcast and Ned Collette . [ citation needed ] They released four albums ; Pikelet ( 2007 ) , Stem ( 2010 ) , Calluses ( 2013 ) and Tronc ( 2016 ) on the Chapter Music label . 'Not So Still ' is the title of their 2009 EP released on Special Awards Records .
Richard in Your Mind are an Australian psychedelic pop band from Sydney . They were formed in 2006 by then house-mates Richard Cartwright and Conrad Richters and expanded in 2008 with Pat Torres and Jordy Lane and later adding Brent Griffin ( aka SPOD ) and Alyx Dennison ( from Sydney duo kyü ) . They released their debut album , The Future Prehistoric , in December 2007 and two years later followed it up with their online only Summertime EP . Their second album , My Volcano , was released in 2010 and soon followed by third album SUN in 2011 . Their latest album Ponderosa was released on 29 August 2014 .
Heart That 's Pounding is an album by Sally Seltmann , released on 6 April 2010 .
Tame Impala is a psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker . In the recording studio , Parker writes , records , performs , and produces all of the project 's music . As a touring act , Tame Impala consists of Parker ( guitar , vocals ) , Dominic Simper ( guitar , synthesiser ) , Jay Watson ( synthesiser , vocals , guitar ) , Cam Avery ( bass guitar , vocals ) , and Julien Barbagallo ( drums , vocals ) . Many of them are members of , or collaborators with , fellow Australian psychedelic rock band Pond ; that band 's Nick Allbrook was previously a live member of Tame Impala . Originally signed to Modular Recordings , Tame Impala is now signed to Interscope Records in the US , and Fiction Records in the UK . Parker originally conceived the project in Perth in 2007 . After a series of singles and EPs , Tame Impala 's debut studio album , Innerspeaker , was released in 2010 ; it was certified gold in Australia and well received by critics . Parker 's 2012 follow-up , Lonerism , was also acclaimed , reaching platinum status in Australia and receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album . Tame Impala 's third album , Currents , was released in July 2015 , and like its predecessor , it won ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year . Parker won the APRA Award for Song of the Year 2016 for Currents ' first track , Let It Happen . The fourth and most recent studio album , The Slow Rush , was released 14 February 2020 .
Innerspeaker is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Tame Impala . Recorded at a remote beach shack in Western Australia during the winter of 2009 , the album was released on 21 May 2010 by Modular Recordings . Innerspeaker was acclaimed by critics for its reminiscence of 1960s psychedelic rock and was recognized as the 83rd Best Album of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork in August 2014 . The album peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum in the country .
The Jezabels are an Australian indie rock band formed in Sydney in 2007 . They consist of Hayley Mary ( born Hayley Frances McGlone ) on lead vocals , Heather Shannon on piano and keyboard , Nik Kaloper on drums and percussion , and Samuel Lockwood on lead guitar . They have described their genre as intensindie but later said that this was just a joke that they put up on a social networking site , though people took them seriously . From 2009 to 2010 the group issued a trilogy of extended play ( EP ) recordings , The Man Is Dead , She 's So Hard and Dark Storm - all produced and engineered by Lachlan Mitchell . Two of their releases have reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 40 : the Dark Storm EP ( October 2010 ) and their single Endless Summer ( August 2011 ) . They released their debut studio album , Prisoner on 16 September 2011 . It peaked at No . 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and won Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012 . Their second album The Brink was released on 31 January 2014 . Synthia , their third album , came out on 12 February 2016 .
Prisoner is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band The Jezabels . It was released on 16 September 2011 through PIAS Recordings , Mom + Pop Music and Dine Alone Records . It was recorded at Sydney 's Attic Studios with producer Lachlan Mitchell and mixed by Peter Katis . Prisoner was news.com.au Entertainment 's album of the week during the week of its release . The album won the 2011 Australian Music Prize and was described as a cocktail of power and elegance , rising like a force to be reckoned with . Dramatic , creative songwriting is delivered with ferocity by commanding front woman Hayley Mary . The Jezabels have firmly cemented their place in the Australian music industry and abroad .
Abbe Joanna May ( born 19 July 1983 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter , musician and human rights campaigner . From 2002 she pursued her music career in Perth-based groups , The Fuzz , Abbe May and the Rockin ' Pneumonia , and The Devil & Abbe May . In 2010 she began to perform as Abbe May and released her solo album , Design Desire , in July 2011 . She followed with Kiss My Apocalypse in May 2013 . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 , May was nominated for Best Female Artist for her album . May has been nominated for a total 27 ( winning 21 ) West Australian Music Industry awards since 2008 .
Adalita Srsen ( /ˈsɜːrsən/ , born 25 February 1971 ) is an Australian rock musician who is a founding member of the rock band Magic Dirt and a solo artist . She released her second solo album , All Day Venus , in September 2013 . She is known simply as Adalita .
Adalita Srsen ( /ˈsɜːrsən/ , born 25 February 1971 ) is an Australian rock musician who is a founding member of the rock band Magic Dirt and a solo artist . She released her second solo album , All Day Venus , in September 2013 . She is known simply as Adalita .
Boy & Bear is an Australian indie rock-folk music band formed in 2009 , consisting of David Hosking ( vocals and guitar ) , Killian Gavin ( vocals and guitar ) , Tim Hart ( drums and vocals ) , Jonathan Hart ( vocals , banjo , mandolin and keyboards ) , and David Symes ( bass ) . The band has released four albums . The first two , Moonfire ( August 2011 ) and Harlequin Dream ( August 2013 ) , reached the top ten of the Australian albums chart . Their third album , Limit of Love , was released on 9 October 2015 , in Australia , New Zealand , the United States , and Canada , and on 30 October in the UK and Europe . On 27 September 2019 , after a four-year break , they released their long-awaited fourth studio album , Suck on Light .
Moonfire is the debut studio album by the Australian indie rock band Boy & Bear . It was released on 5 August 2011 in the band 's home country , with later release dates elsewhere . Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville , Tennessee , with producer Joe Chiccarelli , the record garnered comparisons to other indie folk bands such as Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons .
Making Mirrors is the third studio album by Belgian-Australian artist Gotye . The album was released in Australia on 19 August 2011 . In December 2011 it was announced that Making Mirrors was voted Triple J listeners ' number-one album of 2011 , making Gotye the first artist to win the Triple J album poll twice . It included the hit Somebody That I Used to Know , which reached and topped charts worldwide . In Poland , after one day of release , the album was certified platinum . The album won the 2013 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album . The album was largely recorded at a converted studio at Gotye 's parents ' farm in the Mornington Peninsula .
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ( 22 January 1971 - 25 July 2017 ) , also referred to since his death as Dr G Yunupingu , [ note 1 ] was an Indigenous Australian musician . A multi-instrumentalist , he played drums , keyboards , guitar ( a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed ) and didgeridoo , but it was the clarity of his singing voice that attracted rave reviews . He sang stories of his land both in Yolŋu languages such as Gaalpu , Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu , a dialect related to Gumatj , and in English . Although his solo career brought him wider acclaim , he was also formerly a member of Yothu Yindi , and later Saltwater Band . He was the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician at the time of his death .
Kimbra Lee Johnson ( born 27 March 1990 ) is a New Zealand singer , songwriter , record producer , actress and model who mixes pop with classic R & B , jazz and rock musical elements . Her musical influences range from Prince and Minnie Riperton to Björk and Jeff Buckley . Her debut album , Vows , was released in Australia in 2011 . Singles from the album include Settle Down , Cameo Lover ( which won an Australian Recording Industry Association Award ) , Good Intent and Two Way Street . A reworked version of the album was released in Europe and the United States in 2012 . It featured several new songs , including Come into My Head , Warrior ( on which Kimbra was joined by musicians Mark Foster from Foster the People and DJ A-Trak ) , and a cover of Nina Simone 's Plain Gold Ring . Vows reached the top 5 in New Zealand and Australia ; on 22 May 2012 , the album was released in North America , debuting at number 14 on the Billboard charts . Vincent Fantauzzo 's portrait of Kimbra was a finalist for the 2012 Archibald Prize . The portrait was painted in conjunction with the making of a video featuring Kimbra 's song The Build Up . Kimbra was featured on the 2012 multi-platinum single Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye . On 10 February 2013 , she and Gotye won the Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for Somebody That I Used to Know . This achievement made her the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award .
Vows is the debut studio album by New Zealand singer Kimbra . The album was recorded between 2008 and 2011 and was released on 29 August 2011 in New Zealand , and on 2 September in Australia by Warner Bros. Records . Vows has spawned 3 charting singles , Settle Down , Cameo Lover and Good Intent . Vows opened at number three on the RIANZ Albums Chart in its first week after release , with Settle Down re-entering the singles chart at number 37 . In Australia , the album debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart , later peaking at number four . Vows has been certified Platinum in Australia for shipment of 70,000 units and Platinum in New Zealand for sales of 15,000 units . On 4 May 2012 , the album was re-released with six new songs , new mixing and was mastered by Colin Leonard in Atlanta , US . It was released in Australia as Vows : Australian Tour Edition to coincide with her winter 2012 tour and included 6 previously unreleased songs . This edition of the album was released in New Zealand on 11 May 2012 as Vows : Deluxe Edition . On 22 May 2012 Vows was released to the North American market , debuting at number 14 on the Billboard 200 . The album artwork including body art and illustrations were created by Rhys Mitchell and Raphael Rizzo .
The Middle East was an Australian indie folk band formed in Townsville , Queensland in 2005 . The group played locally initially but grew to become a national and internationally touring band . The band 's name has no particular significance - it was coined for a show poster of the then temporary project , after co-frontman Rohin Jones watched a documentary on Yasser Arafat . In early 2008 the band released an album called The Recordings of The Middle East before splitting up . Eight months after this decision was made , band members reconvened and later re-released an abridged version of the debut album , The Recordings of the Middle East as an EP in May 2009 through Spunk Records in Australia . This EP was released in North America on 27 October 2009 . The Middle East 's first full album , I Want That You Are Always Happy was released in Australia and New Zealand on 8 April 2011 . The band played its last show on 31 July 2011 , at the Splendour in the Grass festival in Woodford , Queensland .
I Want That You Are Always Happy is the debut studio album by Australian folk band The Middle East , released in Australia and New Zealand through Spunk Records on 8 April 2011 . The album was recorded , mixed and co-produced by Mark Myers . Only one single , Hunger Song , was released for the album . The album debuted and peaked at number 11 on the Australian Album Charts and remained on the charts for five weeks .
Hermitude is an Australian electronic hip hop duo , originating from the Blue Mountains , New South Wales .
HyperParadise is the fourth album from Australian hip-hop artists Hermitude . It was released on 3 February 2012 .
Harley Edward Streten ( born 5 November 1991 ) , known professionally as Flume , is an Australian record producer , music programmer and DJ . His self-titled debut studio album , Flume , was released on 9 November 2012 to positive reviews , topping the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia . Flume is regarded as the pioneer of future bass who helped popularize the genre . Flume has remixed songs from such artists as Lorde , Sam Smith , Arcade Fire , Hermitude and Disclosure . His second studio album , Skin , was released on 27 May 2016 , to positive reviews , again topping the ARIA Albums Chart . The album won the Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards . The album gained international recognition from the album 's first single , Never Be like You , which was nominated for Best Dance Recording . After the release of Skin , Flume released Skin Companion EP 1 on 25 November 2016 and Skin Companion EP 2 on 17 February 2017 as the album 's B-side EPs . On 20 March 2019 , he released a mixtape , Hi This Is Flume , to positive reviews .
Flume is the debut studio album by Australian electronic musician Flume . It was released on 9 November 2012 , by Future Classic . The deluxe edition of the album was released on 12 November 2013 .
Lonerism is the second studio album by the Australian rock band Tame Impala , released on 5 October 2012 by Modular Recordings . Like the band 's debut studio album , Innerspeaker ( 2010 ) , Lonerism was written , recorded , performed , and produced by Kevin Parker , with live member Jay Watson contributing on two tracks . Recorded mostly in Perth , Australia , and Paris , France , Lonerism builds on the psychedelic sound of its predecessor by featuring fewer guitars and more synthesisers and samples . Parker attempted to incorporate his love for pop music into his songwriting for the record through catchier melodies . Many tracks feature ambient sounds recorded by Parker with a dictaphone . The album 's theme of isolation is reflected in the album cover , featuring an image of a fenced-off Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris . Lonerism received critical acclaim , and many critics ranked it among the best albums of 2012 . It reached number four on the charts in Australia , number 14 in the United Kingdom , and number 34 in the United States . It has sold over 210,000 copies in the United States , and is certified platinum in Australia and silver in the UK . At the 2013 ARIA Awards , Lonerism won Best Rock Album and Album of the Year , while at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , it was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album . Three singles were released , including Elephant and Feels Like We Only Go Backwards , which charted in several countries .
Pacifica is the third studio album by Australian electronic duo The Presets . The album was released in Australia by Modular Recordings on 7 September 2012 . It was released the following week ( 14 September 2012 ) by Casablanca / Universal Republic . The album features the singles Youth in Trouble , Ghosts , Promises , Fall and Push . The album was Triple J 's Feature Album , Radar Radio 's Feature Album and Fbi Radio 's Sunset Album . The album was produced by The Presets and mixed by Tony Hoffer . The track Ghosts featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 13 .
Big Scary is an Australian musical duo formed in Melbourne in 2006 , by Tom Iansek and Joanna Syme . The pair have released several EPs and two albums . The 2009 EP At the Mercy of Elements received positive reviews . Their 2013 album Not Art was nominated for the triple j Australian Album of the Year award , AIR Awards Best Independent Album and also for Best Independent Release at the ARIAs . Not Art won the 2014 Australian Music Prize , winning the band $ 30 000 . By 2013 Iansek had formed a side project , # 1 Dads . Their 2016 single The Opposite of Us ranked at number 17 on Triple J 's Hottest 100 of 2016 countdown .
Jen Cloher ( born 9 October 1973 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter , currently based in Melbourne , Victoria . She recorded and toured with her band Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea from 2006 to 2010 .
Ryan Leaf , better known by the stage name Dialectrix , is an Australian hip hop artist from Sydney . He was a member of Down Under Beats Crew ( DUB Crew ) and , since 2008 , has been a member of Gully Platoon . In addition to his musical career , Dialectrix works in the construction trades . He was introduced to hip hop culture through skateboarding during adolescence .
Kieran John Callinan ( born 21 January 1986 ) , known by his stage name Kirin J. Callinan , is an Australian singer , songwriter , and guitarist . Best known for his solo career , he is also a founding member of Mercy Arms and has played with the Night Game and Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders .
Horrorshow is an Australian hip-hop music duo from the Inner West region of Sydney that consists of producer Adit and rapper MC Solo . Horrorshow , together with Spit Syndicate , Jackie Onassis and Joyride , are members of One Day crew . Since 2008 Horrorshow have released four albums as well as two singles and two live albums ( featuring Joyride , amongst others ) titled Live at the Spiegeltent and Live From The Listen Close Tour . Horrorshow are recognised as pioneers of the sub genre known as Aussie hip-hop , alongside Illy , Drapht , Bliss N Eso and The Hilltop Hoods .
Jagwar Ma is an Australian psychedelic dance band formed in Sydney in 2011 . It consists of Gabriel Winterfield ( lead vocalist , guitarist ) , Jono Ma ( guitar , beats , synths , production ) , and bass guitarist Jack Freeman , who joined 2012 . The band name is derived from a satirical compound of the word jaguar and Jono 's surname . In 2013 Jagwar Ma signed with record labels Mom+Pop ( US ) Marathon Artists ( EU ) and Future Classic ( Australia ) and released its debut album Howlin ' . It released its second album Every Now and Then on 14 October 2016 .
Howlin ' is the debut album by Australian dance-rock band Jagwar Ma . It was released in June 2013 under Mom + Pop Music in the United States , Marathon in the United Kingdom and Europe , and Future Classic in Australia and New Zealand . The album was written and performed by band members Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield , and recorded and produced by Ma . It was mixed primarily by Ewan Pearson with additional mixes by Ma , Anthony Garvin and Steve Dub .
REMI is an Australian rap duo made up of rapper Remi Kolawole and producer Sensible J . Their first album Raw x Infinity won the Australian Music Prize . Their second album Divas & Demons was nominated for the 2017 ARIA Award for Best Urban Album . Remi Kolawale hails from the city of Melbourne , Australia .
# 1 Dads are an Australian alternative rock band devised by Tom Iansek , who is also lead vocalist-guitarist of Big Scary . He formed the group , initially named Dads in late 2010 , as a side project during down time and plays music which is more acoustic than electronic in construction compared with the parent band . According to Sputnikmusic 's reviewer Iansek began a particularly fertile period of writing and recording . Holed up in his house , the prolific Melbourne songwriter laid down a full album . Dads issued their first album , Man of Leisure , on 1 May 2011 . Sputnikmusic 's reviewer felt the group were experimenting with a fuller , more layered approach , adding flourishes of bass and piano and vocal harmonies and mandolins and glockenspiels to his intricate guitar work , making for a rich , diverse and rewarding listen . Oscar Coleman of FasterLouder described it as much more intricate and full though the use of varied instrumentation and layering , letting this project pique the interest of followers of his main band and lovers of acoustic ambiance alike . It provided the single , Life , Oh Life ( July 2012 ) , which Coleman felt was the album 's strongest and most memorable track . due to its creative brilliance , starting with the calming sound of raindrops and building to an acoustic climax , with the subtle flute melody complimenting the scratching guitar and relaxing piano . # 1 Dads second album , About Face ( August 2014 ) , debuted at No . 80 on the ARIA Albums Chart ; by mid-September of the following year it had spent 34 non-continuous weeks on the related ARIA Hitseekers Albums top 20 chart . For the 2015 promotion of About Face a live backing band with Gus Rigby on saxophone , Tom Snowdon ( of Lowlakes ) and Ainslie Wills were used .
Blank Realm is an experimental rock group from Brisbane Australia active since 2005 . The group is composed of sibling members Daniel , Luke and Sarah Spencer and guitarist Luke Walsh . They were described by the Guardian as having ' a sound drawn from krautrock , New Yorks no wave , New Zealands entire Flying Nun roster , and those closer to home , like the Go-Betweens. ' . The group uses traditional song structures , but adds element of improvisation , particularly during live performances Their 2014 album Grassed Inn was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize ( AMP ) . In 2015 the band 's first studio- recorded album Illegals in Heaven won best album at the Queensland Music Awards . The song 'Palace of Love ' was the most played track on Double J digital radio that year .
Nicholas James Murphy ( born 23 June 1988 ) , known by his former stage name , Chet Faker , is an Australian singer and songwriter . In 2012 , he issued an extended play , Thinking in Textures , and signed to Downtown Records in the United States . In October 2012 , he won Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Thinking in Textures won Best Independent Single/EP at the Australian Independent Records Awards . In January 2013 , the work won Best Independent Release at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards for 2012 . Faker 's cover of Blackstreet 's No Diggity ( as Chet Faker ) was featured in a 2013 Super Bowl commercial for Beck 's Sapphire . In April 2014 , Built on Glass , his debut studio album , was released to generally positive reviews and debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts . Three tracks from the album were voted into the top ten of Triple J 's Hottest 100 of 2014 , including the number one spot for Talk Is Cheap . Since September 2016 he has performed and released material under his birth name .
Built on Glass is the debut studio album by Australian electronic musician Chet Faker . It was released on 11 April 2014 on the Future Classic label to generally favourable reviews .
Laura Jean Englert is an Australian musician from Melbourne , Victoria who performs as Laura Jean . She is known for her classically inspired folk songs , often using a range of orchestral instruments . She garnered much critical acclaim for her debut album , Our Swan Song , receiving high rotational support from community and alternative radio stations such as Triple J . She received high exposure when Snow Patrol , fans of her , asked her to sing Martha Wainwright 's part in the song Set the Fire to the Third Bar during their two Australian tours in 2007 . Her second album , Eden Land , was released on 1 March 2008 in Australia . In August , Laura Jean was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project , which toured major Australian cities including performing at the Sydney Opera House . With Laura Jean and Conway were Elana Stone , Liz Stringer and Dianna Corcoran - they performed their own and each other 's songs . Laura Jean 's third album , A Fool Who 'll , was selected as album of the week by Melbourne radio station 3RRR for the week of 29 August 2011 .
The Peep Tempel is a punk rock band from Melbourne , Australia . The band 's line-up includes Blake Scott ( vocals , guitar ) , Steven Carter ( drums ) and Stewart Rayner ( bass guitar ) . After releasing two singles The Peep Tempel released their debut LP The Peep Tempel in February 2012 , an EP Modern Professional in June 2013 and their second LP Tales in October 2014 through Melbourne imprint Wing Sing . The third The Peep Tempel LP Joy was released in October 2016 .
Total Control is an Australian post-punk band that formed in Melbourne , Australia in 2008 . The band 's line-up includes Mikey Young ( guitar , keyboards ) , Dan Stewart ( vocals ) , Al Montfort ( guitar ) , Zephyr Pavey ( bass ) , and James Vinciguerra ( drums ) . After a series of singles , the band 's debut album , Henge Beat , was released in August 2011 . Their second album , Typical System , was released in June 2014 .
Typical System is the second full-length album by Australian post-punk band Total Control . Produced by band member Mikey Young , the album was released on 24 June 2014 by Iron Lung Records . It peaked at No . 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart .
Courtney Melba Barnett ( born 3 November 1987 ) is an Australian singer , songwriter , and musician . Known for her deadpan singing style and witty , rambling lyrics , she attracted attention with the release of her debut EP , I 've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris . International interest from the British and American music press came with the release of The Double EP : A Sea of Split Peas in October 2013 . Barnett 's debut album , Sometimes I Sit and Think , and Sometimes I Just Sit , was released in 2015 to widespread acclaim . At the 2015 ARIA Music Awards , she won four awards from eight nominations . She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the 2016 Brit Awards . In 2017 , she released Lotta Sea Lice , a collaborative album with Kurt Vile . Barnett 's second album , Tell Me How You Really Feel , was released in 2018 .
Sometimes I Sit and Think , and Sometimes I Just Sit is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock musician Courtney Barnett , released on 20 March 2015 . The album received wide acclaim and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by numerous publications .
Dick Diver is an Australian four-piece indie pop band from Melbourne , Victoria ( Australia ) . The band consists of Rupert Edwards ( guitar ) and Alistair McKay ( guitar ) , Steph Hughes ( drums ) and Al Montfort ( bass ) . It took its name from the character Dick Diver in the novel Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald . [ citation needed ]
Village Cinemas is an Australian-based film exhibition brand that mainly shows blockbuster , mainstream , children and family films and some arthouse , foreign language and documentary films . Since 2003 , its Australian sites became a joint venture between Village Roadshow and Amalgamated Holdings Limited ( AHL ) ( Now known as Event Hospitality and Entertainment ) , forming Australian Theatres . Previous to this , Village Cinemas was the founding entity of parent company , Village Roadshow from 1954 when the first drive-in theatre was established , and from 1988 Warner Bros. owned a third share in the chain . The Village Cinemas brand also operates in various forms within some international markets , either as a joint venture with Village Roadshow , or under licence , where they also operate within Event Hospitality and Entertainment 's Event Cinemas/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle , and many international cinema chains . Village Cinemas has output deals with all major film distributors and selectively screens some independently sourced films depending on material .
Methyl Ethel is an Australian art rock band from Perth , Western Australia , signed to Dot Dash and 4AD . The band consists of Jake Webb , Thom Stewart , Chris Wright , Jacob Diamond and Lyndon Blue . Webb previously fronted Sugarpuss . The quartet released their second album Everything Is Forgotten ( co-produced by James Ford who is best known for his work with Arctic Monkeys and Foals ) to positive reviews from publications including NME . They have supported acts including Pond . On 26 September 2018 , the band released the track Scream Whole , their first new music in over a year as well as announcing some international tour dates . The third album Triage was released in February 2019 . Their song Twilight Driving featured in the 2018 film Extinction .
MY DISCO ( stylised in capitals ) is an Australian band formed in 2003 .
Royal Headache was an Australian punk rock and garage band from Sydney . The band was formed in 2008 . The band is composed of Tim Shogun Wall ( vocals ) , Lawrence Law Hall ( guitar ) and Gabrielle de Giorgio ( keyboards , organ , percussion , vocals ) . The band released two albums , Royal Headache ( 2012 ) and High ( 2015 ) . In June 2018 , the band announced its dissolution via a post on their Facebook page .
A.B . Original is an Australian hip hop duo made up of Briggs and Trials . A.B . Original stands for Always Black , Original . Both members are Indigenous Australians ; Briggs is a Yorta Yorta man and Trials is Ngarrindjeri . Their music is overtly political and has been described as angry , polemical , brutally frank and meant to inspire a response , good or bad . A.B . Original 's single January 26 ( featuring Dan Sultan ) , released in August 2016 , which comments on the use of that date for Australia Day . This was followed up by an album entitled Reclaim Australia in November . The provocatively titled album features many guests including Thelma Plum , G. Yunupingu and Archie Roach . At the 2017 AIR independent Music Awards , the duo won five awards ; Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year , Best Independent Hip Hop Album , Best Independent Single , Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Album or EP . At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the duo won Songwriter of the Year .
Reclaim Australia is the debut studio album from Australian hip hop duo A.B . Original . It was released in November 2016 and peaked at number 10 on the ARIA charts . The title is in reference to the Australian far right political party of the same name and the album lyrics cover issues such as police brutality , deaths in custody and Australia Day . In 2016 , the album won the Australian Music Prize and at the 2017 J Awards , the album won Triple J Australian Album of the Year . At the 2017 AIR independent Music Awards , the album won two awards ; Best Independent album or EP and Best Independent Hip Hop album .
The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in Melbourne in 1997 . They are known for their two studio albums Since I Left You ( 2000 ) and Wildflower ( 2016 ) , as well as their live and recorded DJ sets . Since I Left You was a critical and commercial success , receiving multiple awards , and has been considered both one of the best albums of the 2000s and best Australian albums of all time . It was followed in 2016 by Wildflower , which also received critical acclaim .
Wildflower is the second studio album by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches . It was first released on 1 July 2016 on Apple Music and widely on 8 July 2016 by Modular Recordings in Australia , by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom , and by Astralwerks in the United States . The album features multiple guest collaborators providing vocals and live instrumentation across its twenty-one tracks . It also features extensive sampling , especially from 1960s psychedelic music , and relates to the era through themes of counterculture and anti-establishment . Member Robbie Chater described the album 's structure as a road trip from a hyperrealistic urban environment to somewhere remote and far away while on LSD . After the release of their 2000 debut Since I Left You , the Avalanches toured and continued to produce music , and worked on a wide variety of projects for over a decade , producing new tracks while also collaborating with multiple artists . The album was described in 2005 as ambient world music , and by early 2007 , the group were considering over forty tracks for an album which had become mostly hip hop-oriented . Production was restarted in 2011 , led by Robbie Chater with assistance from Tony Di Blasi , but was stalled due to the former being ill for three years . The group members had also become more involved in separate projects , which pulled them away from the album . Some of their most time-consuming work included the score to King Kong , and an animated musical film described as a hip hop version of Yellow Submarine which lost funding and was never completed . Wildflower features several remnants from these projects , and was compiled in a fashion similar to producing a mixtape . Teasing of the album began in April 2016 , and it was formally announced in June alongside the release of its first single , an extended mix of Frankie Sinatra ( 2016 ) .
Camp Cope are an Australian alternative rock trio from Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Founded in 2015 , the group consists of singer , songwriter and guitarist Georgia Georgia Maq McDonald , lead bassist Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich , and drummer Sarah Thomo Thompson . Camp Cope are signed with independent Melbourne label Poison City Records - where Thompson also works , and independent Boston label Run For Cover Records distributes their releases in North America and Europe . Their eponymous debut album , released in April 2016 , reached the top 40 in the ARIA Albums Chart , and was nominated for a J Award for Australian Album of the Year . They were also nominated in six categories at the inaugural National Live Music Awards and won the 'Heatseeker Award ' . Website Faster Louder choose Camp Cope 's self-titled debut album as their Album of the Year for 2016 . The group also won Best Emerging Act at the 2016 The Age Music Victoria Awards . In 2019 , Happy Mag placed them at no.3 on their list of The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now . Camp Cope has been described as part Courtney Barnett , part Juliana Hatfield , and melodic , uplifting and aching . The band describes themselves as power emo .
D.D Dumbo is the solo project of Castlemaine-based musician , Oliver Hugh Perry , who began the project in 2013 with the release of his self-titled debut EP Tropical Oceans , released by The Blue Rider in 2013 and later re-released by 4AD in 2014 . The EP received positive reviews and from here , Perry was invited to attend South by Southwest in the same year , where he was signed by 4AD . Perry also supported Warpaint , Tune-Yards , St Vincent , Jungle and Iron & Wine in 2013 . In 2014 , D.D Dumbo played his first shows in the UK and the US , supporting both Daughter and Tame Impala . He also played at Splendour in the Grass in July as well as Pitchfork Paris Festival . His debut album Utopia Defeated was recorded over the winter of 2015 and released on October 7 , 2016 by Liberation in Australia and New Zealand and 4AD in the rest of the world . The album was released to positive reviews from FasterLouder , Rolling Stone Australia , and AllMusic . In November 2016 , D.D Dumbo was nominated for the J Award for Best Music Video and Best Australian Album and won Best Australian Album . In February 2017 , D.D Dumbo performed at St Jerome 's Laneway Festival , as well as winning Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2017 for Satan . He was also nominated for four awards in the 2017 ARIA Awards , including Best Adult Contemporary Album , Best Male Artist , Engineer of the Year and Producer Of The Year .
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne , Victoria . The band consists of Stu Mackenzie ( vocals , guitar , bass , keyboards , flute ) , Ambrose Kenny-Smith ( vocals , harmonica , keyboards ) , Cook Craig ( guitar , bass , vocals ) , Joey Walker ( guitar , bass , keyboards , vocals ) , Lucas Skinner ( bass , keyboards ) , Michael Cavanagh ( drums , percussion ) , and Eric Moore ( drums , percussion , management ) . They are known for their energetic live shows and prolific recording output , having released two EPs and 15 studio albums since their formation . Their debut EP , Willoughby 's Beach ( 2011 ) , and first album , 12 Bar Bruise ( 2012 ) , primarily blended surf music and garage rock , and were released on the band 's independent record label , Flightless , founded by Moore in 2012 . Their second to eighth albums - Eyes Like the Sky ( 2013 ) , Float Along - Fill Your Lungs ( 2013 ) , Oddments ( 2014 ) , I 'm in Your Mind Fuzz ( 2014 ) , Quarters ! ( 2015 ) , Paper Mâché Dream Balloon ( 2015 ) and Nonagon Infinity ( 2016 ) - expanded their sound , including elements of film music , psychedelic rock , progressive rock , folk , jazz , soul and heavy metal . In 2017 , the band fulfilled a promise to release five studio albums within the year : Flying Microtonal Banana in February ; Murder of the Universe in June ; Sketches of Brunswick East , a collaboration with Mild High Club , in August ; Polygondwanaland , which was released into the public domain , in November ; and Gumboot Soup in December . The band released two more albums in 2019 , Fishing for Fishies and Infest the Rats ' Nest . In 2020 , the band released three live albums , Live in Adelaide '19 , Live in Paris '19 , and Live in Brussels '19 , pledging to donate all proceeds of the three album 's sales towards relief of the 2019-20 Australian bushfires .
Nonagon Infinity is the eighth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard . It was released on 29 April 2016 on ATO Records . The album is designed to play as an infinite loop where the record can be played front-to-back-to-front-to-back and the sound wont break . The album controversially won Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 , with some accusing the ARIA of miscategorizing Nonagon Infinity . The album 's opening track , Robot Stop , features use of microtonal tuning , a technique explored further on the band 's follow-up , Flying Microtonal Banana . The phrase nonagon infinity is also referenced in the lyrics of The Lord of Lightning off 2017 's Murder of the Universe .
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave , multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld . The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave , violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis , bassist Martyn P. Casey ( all from Australia ) , guitarist George Vjestica ( United Kingdom ) , keyboardist/percussionist Toby Dammit ( United States ) and drummers Thomas Wydler ( Switzerland ) and Jim Sclavunos ( United States ) . With their brutal blues and gothic nightmares songs , Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have been considered one of the most original and celebrated bands of the post-punk and alternative rock eras in the '80s and onward . They have released seventeen studio albums and completed numerous international tours . The band was founded in 1983 following the demise of Cave and Harvey 's former group the Birthday Party , the members of which met at a boarding school in Victoria . By the release of their fifth studio album Tender Prey in 1988 , they shifted from post-punk towards an experimental alternative rock sound , [ citation needed ] later incorporating various influences throughout their career . 2008 's Dig , Lazarus , Dig ! ! ! and the side-project Grinderman were influenced by garage rock . Synthesizers and minimal guitar work feature prominently on Push the Sky Away ( 2013 ) , recorded after Harvey 's departure from the band in 2009 .
Skeleton Tree is the sixteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds . It was released on 9 September 2016 on Bad Seed Ltd. A follow-up to the band 's critically acclaimed album Push the Sky Away ( 2013 ) , Skeleton Tree was recorded over 18 months at Retreat Recording Studios in Brighton , La Frette Studios in La Frette-sur-Seine and Air Studios in London . It was produced by Nick Cave , Warren Ellis and Nick Launay . During the sessions Cave 's 15-year-old son Arthur died from an accidental cliff fall . Most of the album had been written at the time of Cave 's son 's death , but several lyrics were amended by Cave during subsequent recording sessions and feature themes of death , loss and personal grief . Skeleton Tree 's minimal production and less polished sound incorporates elements of electronica and ambient music and , like Push the Sky Away , features extensive use of synthesizers , drum machines and loops . Several songs on the album utilise avant-garde techniques , including the use of dissonant musical elements and non-standard song structures . Cave 's allegorical and often-improvised lyrics have also been noted to be less narrative and character-based than on previous Bad Seeds albums . One More Time with Feeling , a documentary film about the aftermath of Cave 's son 's death and the recording process of Skeleton Tree , accompanied the album 's release . Directed by Andrew Dominik , the film received a limited release and was conceived by Cave to explain the context and themes of Skeleton Tree without conducting interviews with the media . Both the film and the album received widespread critical acclaim .
Olivia Jayne Bartley ( born 1982 , Wollongong ) , who also performs as Olympia , is an Australian art-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist . She released her debut studio album Self Talk in April 2016 which received an ARIA Award nomination at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 .
Self Talk is the debut studio album by Australian alt-pop singer songwriter Olympia . The album was released on 29 April 2016 and peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Charts .
Sampa Tembo ( born 1993 ) , known professionally as Sampa the Great , is a Zambian-Australian singer-songwriter and rapper .
Sampa Tembo ( born 1993 ) , known professionally as Sampa the Great , is a Zambian-Australian singer-songwriter and rapper .
Jordan Rakei ( born 23 May 1992 ) is a New Zealand-Australian musician , singer , songwriter and record producer currently based in London , United Kingdom . Rakei has also released and performed under the moniker Dan Kye .
Liars is an Australian-American rock band formed in 2000 . Angus Andrew is the founding and only constant member of Liars . Previous members include Aaron Hemphill who played with the band from its inception until his amicable departure from the project in 2017 , and Julian Gross who joined the band for their second album , They Were Wrong , So We Drowned released in 2004 , and played with the band until his departure in 2014 . Liars have released eight studio albums and are signed to Mute Records . They combine elements of punk-rock with electronica .
TFCF ( short for Theme From Crying Fountain ) is the eighth studio album by Liars , released on August 25 , 2017 , through Mute Records . Angus Andrew is the only original member of Liars to feature on the album , following the departures of Julian Gross and Aaron Hemphill in 2014 and 2017 respectively . Speaking of the process of recording the album , Angus said : A lot of the sounds I was working on were samples , they lived inside my computer , but I still wanted to have a connection with everything around me . So everything I was recording was in context of the world outside the studio . Sometimes Id have my headphones on , just listening to the bush , and a bird would fly up and scream into the microphone . The truth is , even in New York or LA , I was still pretty isolated . Here , there are no other people around , but I feel much more connected to the environment around me than in a big city . On the subject of the cover art , Angus states : Ive always felt like I was married to my band mates you know ? Its probably a common sentiment . In a band , you enter this nuptial and its great . You live , breathe , and eat together but now Im alone without my grooms . Thats where I got the idea to be this bride character on my own .
Paul Maurice Kelly AO ( born 13 January 1955 ) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist . He has performed solo , and has led numerous groups , including the Dots , the Coloured Girls , and the Messengers . He has worked with other artists and groups , including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five . Kelly 's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae , but his core output straddles folk , rock , and country . His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years . David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard , Australian or otherwise . Kelly has said , Song writing is mysterious to me . I still feel like a total beginner . I do n't feel like I have got it nailed yet . After growing up in Adelaide , Kelly travelled around Australia before settling in Melbourne in 1976 . He became involved in the pub rock scene and drug culture , and recorded two albums with Paul Kelly and the Dots . Kelly moved to Sydney by 1985 , where he formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls .
Life Is Fine is the 23rd studio album by Australian musician Paul Kelly , released on 11 August 2017 . The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart with sales of 6,198 units . It is Kelly 's first number-one album in Australia . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2017 , the album was nominated for seven awards , winning 4 ; Best Male Artist , Best Adult Contemporary Album , Engineer of the Year and Best Cover Art .
The Vampires are an Australian world-roots jazz group formed by saxophonist Jeremy Rose , trumpeter Nick Garbett , drummer Alex Masso and bassist Mike Majkowski in 2005 . The band formed in their final year of studying for their Bachelor of Music ( jazz performance ) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music . The band has released six albums and toured extensively around Australia , Germany , the UK , Czech Republic , Austria and Italy . The band performs mostly original music by Jeremy Rose and Nick Garbett that draws inspiration from their travels around the world and experiences in life . The band has performed at every major jazz festival in Australia , the Love Supreme Festival ( UK ) , Glasgow Jazz Festival , Edingburgh Jazz Festival , Jazzahead Festival ( Bremen , Germany ) , and the Enjoy Jazz Festival ( Mannheim , Germany ) . The band is considered to be trailblazers for a new generation of creative jazz talent from Australia , having gained critical attention worldwide and pushing the genre into new realms . With a distinctive sound that is undoubtedly their own , the band has garnered praise from Downbeat US ( phenomenal ) , Guardian UK ( seductive genre hopping creativity ) , and All About Jazz ( gold all over ) . The Vampires have been nominated for Australias ARIA Music Awards , was finalist for Best Australian Jazz Ensemble and Best Produced Album at the Australian Jazz Bell Awards , was a finalist in the AIR Awards , and were the first instrumental act to be short-listed for the Australian Music Prize . The band is currently living in different parts of the world - bassist Alex Boneham is an established presence in Los Angeles whilst trumpeter Nick Garbett lives in Lampedusa , Italy . Jeremy Rose and Alex Masso live in their hometown , Sydney .
Djarimirri ( subtitled Child of the Rainbow ) is the first posthumous album and fourth studio album from Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu . The album was completed just weeks before his passing in July 2017 and presents traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolngu life with orchestral arrangements . The album was released on 13 April 2018 and debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts , becoming Yunupingu first number one album . It is also the first time an Australian indigenous language album has peaked at number one , and he is only the second Aboriginal artist to have a number one album following Jessica Mauboy 's The Secret Daughter : Songs from the Original TV Series in October 2016 . Skinnyfish Music producer Michael Hohnen said It 's such an unlikely record to go number one . No beats , no programming , no pop formulas . It 's just kind of like the opposite of what you would expect but it 's an incredibly honest record and something that we 've spent so long making and been really passionate about , At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018 , Djarimirri was nominated for seven awards , winning four ; Best Male Artist , Best Independent Release , Best World Music Album and Best Cover Art . At the National Indigenous Music Awards of 2018 , Djarimirri won Album of the Year and the title track won Song of the Year . At the 2019 Australian Independent Awards , Djarimirri won Best Independent Album or EP .
Tell Me How You Really Feel is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett . It was released on 18 May 2018 by Barnett 's Milk ! Records , Mom + Pop Music , and Marathon Artists . The album received generally positive reviews from critics . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018 , Tell Me How You Really Feel won the Best Rock Album . At the 2019 Australian Independent Awards , Tell Me How You Really Feel won Best Independent Artist , Best Independent Album or EP .
Dead Can Dance is an Australian-British musical project formed in 1981 in Melbourne by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry . The band relocated from Melbourne to London in May 1982 . Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance 's style as constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty ; African polyrhythms , Gaelic folk , Gregorian chant , Middle Eastern mantras , and art rock . Having disbanded in 1998 , they reunited briefly in 2005 for a world tour and reformed in 2011 when they released and toured a new album , Anastasis . They released a new album in 2018 called Dionysus and are touring again as of mid-2019 .
Dionysus is the ninth studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance , officially released on 2 November 2018 by PIAS Recordings , six years after the group 's last album , Anastasis . Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine .
Hi Viz ( typeset as HI VIZ ) is the fourth studio album by Australian electronic duo The Presets . The album was released in Australia by Modular Recordings on 1 June 2018 . Upon release , the band said We 're always trying to do something different , at least within what we feel is The Presets . We were really just trying to get back to fun . The whole message of the record is inclusiveness , and it 's a party , with an open invitation . In April 2018 , The Presets announced a national tour commencing in June 2018 . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018 , the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Cover Art .
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever , also sometimes known as Rolling Blackouts C.F. , is an Australian indie rock band . It was formed in Melbourne in 2013 by three singer-guitarists : Fran Keaney , Tom Russo & Joe White . Their debut EP , Talk Tight , was released in 2016 on Ivy League Records . It was followed by their second EP , the French Press , which was mixed by Doug Boehm and released in 2017 on Sub Pop Records . They performed at the St Jerome 's Laneway Festival on 29 January 2018 , and their debut full-length album , Hope Downs , was released on 15 June 2018 on Sub Pop .
Hope Downs is the debut studio album by the Australian indie rock band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever . It was released on 15 June 2018 , through Sub Pop . The album title refers to the Hope Downs mine , which , according to the band , refers to the feeling of standing at the edge of the void of the big unknown , and finding something to hold on to . The songs in the album generally have a theme of being alone . Critic Andy Cush says the album presents serene environments , calling it a brief vacation .
Sam Anning is an Australian jazz bassist . He was nominated for ARIA Awards for Best Jazz Album with Dale Barlow , George Coleman Jr , Mark Fitzgibbon & Sam Anning - Treat Me Gently in 2009 and with Allan Browne , Marc Hannaford , Sam Anning - Shreveport Stomp in 2011 .
Amyl and the Sniffers are an Australian pub rock and punk band based in Melbourne , Australia , consisting of vocalist Amy Taylor , drummer Bryce Wilson , guitarist Dec Martens , and bassist Gus Romer . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 , their debut , self-titled record won the Best Rock Album category .
Amyl and the Sniffers is the self-titled debut studio album by Australian pub rock and punk band Amyl and the Sniffers . It was released on May 24 , 2019 by Rough Trade Records and has received generally positive reviews . The album reached No . 22 in Australia and No . 91 in the UK albums chart . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 , the album won the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album .
Julia Jacklin ( born 30 August 1990 ) is an Australian singer-songwriter who lives in Melbourne , Australia . Jacklin 's musical style has been described as indie folk , indie pop and alternative country . She has released two studio albums , Do n't Let The Kids Win ( 2016 ) and Crushing ( 2019 ) , and ten singles . She received the Best Independent Blues and Roots Album at the 2017 Australian Independent Record Labels Association Awards and has been nominated for Best Female Artist and Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards . Jacklin has also performed with the band Phantastic Ferniture , with whom she released the debut single Fuckin ' n ' Rollin and a self-titled album in 2018 , followed by subsequent singles .
Crushing is the second studio album by Australian musician Julia Jacklin . It was released in February 2019 under Polyvinyl Record Co. , Transgressive Records and Liberation Records . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 , the album was nominated for six awards ; Best Female Artist , Best Adult Contemporary Album , Best Independent Release , Producer of the Year , Engineer of the Year and Best Cover Art .
Ghosteen is the seventeenth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds . It was released on 4 October 2019 on Ghosteen Ltd and on 8 November 2019 on Bad Seed Ltd , both the band 's own imprints . Ghosteen is a double album - the band 's first since Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus ( 2004 ) - and the final part of a trilogy of albums that includes Push the Sky Away ( 2013 ) and Skeleton Tree ( 2016 ) . Upon release , the album was met with widespread critical acclaim .
Thelma Amelina Plumbe ( born 21 December 1994 , Brisbane ) , who performs as Thelma Plum , is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist from Delungra , New South Wales . Her debut album , Better in Blak , was released in July 2019 and peaked at No . 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Cover Art for Emilie Pfitzner 's work .
Better in Blak is the debut studio album by Australian singer/songwriter Thelma Plum . It was released in July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts . In July 2019 , Better in Blak was nominated for Album of the Year and the song Better in Blak was nominated for Film Clip of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she was nominated in six categories , she won Best Cover Art for Emilie Pfitzner 's work .