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AIR Awards Of 2008
The AIR Awards of 2008 is the third annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Corner Hotel, in Melbourne, Australia on 24 November 2008 to recognise outstanding achievements of local artists who release their work through an Australian-owned independent record label and distribute their work through a locally-owned distribution firm. The event was again sponsored by German liquor brand, Jägermeister. The event was hosted by Jane Gazzo and Jake Stone from independent band, Bluejuice and Australian pay-TV music broadcaster Channel V aired the ceremony on 16 December 2008. The categories for Best ''Hard Rock/Punk Album'' and ''Hip Hop Album'' were added to list of awards. Performers *Eddy Current Suppression Ring *Felicity Urquhart *Grafton Primary *Lior *The Drones with Martha Wainwright *The Getaway Plan *The Herd Nominees and winners AIR Awards Winners are listed first and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal Victorians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurrumul (album)
''Gurrumul'' is the debut solo album for Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It is performed in a mixture of both Yolngu and English. It reached number three on the ARIA charts, won ARIA awards for Best World Music Album and Best Independent Release and won a Deadly for Album of the Year. The track "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)" also won a Deadly for Single of the Year. The album reached 3× Platinum sales in excess of 210,000. In October 2010, it was listed in the top 30 in the book, '' 100 Best Australian Albums''. On November 23, 2012, the album was certified Silver in the United Kingdom for sales of 60,000 copies. It is the best-selling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music album in Australian history, launching Yunupingu's international solo career and establishing him as one of Australia's most significant musical artists. In 2018, the album was inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia The Sounds of Australia, formerly the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drapht
Paul Reid, formerly Paul Gary James Ridge, (born 4 September 1982), better known by the stage name Drapht, is an Australian hip hop artist from Perth. Drapht is a member of the Syllabolix (SBX) crew, a collective that includes fellow Perth-based hip hop artists such as Downsyde. Biography 1982–2002: Early life Drapht grew up in North Perth, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth. His father, Gary Ridge, a jazz drummer introduced Drapht to music from a very young age—he first experienced hip hop at the age of eight. The name "Drapht" is based on a Western Australian Swan Brewery beer, Swan Draught; the company's logo was written on a watch that his father brought home when Drapht was 13 or 14. Drapht attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco but was not involved in the school's music program. At school he became friends with Damien Allia (aka DJ Armee) who introduced him to hip hop via gigs at the Hyde Park Hotel. Drapht became a vital part of Perth's hip hop crew, Syllabolix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City (Sneaky Sound System Song)
"Kansas City" is the first single by Australian dance group Sneaky Sound System, taken from their second studio album '' 2''. The Adam Callen directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008.ARIA Award previous winners. Track listing Music video The music video for the song features a yellow brick road and dancing puppets including one that looks like the character of Dorothy from the '' Wizard of Oz''. In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale was from the US state of Kansas. The Kansas City most people recognize (from skyline photos and sports teams) is the city in the US state of Missouri. Still, references to Kansas City being in Kansas can be technically correct because there is a separate municipality of Kansas City, Kansas across the Kansas-Missouri border from Kansas City, Missouri. Charts and certifications Kansas City has been the band's second highest-peaking single ever. Second after their 2007 hit "UFO An unidentified flying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf & Cub
Wolf & Cub are a psychedelic rock band from Adelaide, Australia. Three of the original members hail from Port Augusta. The four-piece were signed to record label 4AD, which make use of two drummers. This allows the percussive elements of their music to feature more prominently alongside the guitar. Their name derives from a comic from Japan, "Lone Wolf and Cub". Wolf & Cub signed to Last Gang records in North America. Their third studio album, ''Heavy Weight'', was released in 2013. History Wolf & Cub formed in 2002 in Adelaide with Joel Byrne on lead vocals and guitar, Adam Edwards on drums and percussion, and Thomas Mayhew on bass guitar. Byrne, Edwards and Mayhew had met at high school in Port Augusta. Joel Carey met Byrne at university, he joined initially just on percussion, later becoming the second drummer. After playing regularly around Adelaide the band signed to an Australian label, Dot Dash Recordings, with representation from Remote Control Records. On 1 November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealing O'Neal
Stealing O'Neal (commonly referred to as SO'N) was an Australian pop rock band from Melbourne, formed in 2004. The band comprised vocalist Chris Scott, guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Tosi, bassist Tom Fleming, guitarist Tim O'Keefe and drummer Ryan D'Sylva. They made a name for themselves with live performances alongside well-known Australian acts Something with Numbers, The Hot Lies and The Getaway Plan, as well as international acts New Found Glory, Boys Night Out, All Time Low and The Audition as well as playing as the Melbourne local act at Soundwave 2009. Stealing O'Neal released two EPs: ''Spin for Me'' (2006), which reached No. 53 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and ''Collidescope'' (2008), which reached No. 20 on the ARIA Physical Singles Chart, and one studio album: '' Don't Sleep'' (2010), before disbanding in September 2011. History Early years and ''Spin for Me'' (2004–2006) The band was formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Their first demos were self-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Sing A Different Song
"Can't Sing a Different Song" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter. Co-written by Coulter, Andy Love and Pete Martin, Can't Sing a Different SongAllmusic. Retrieved 4 December 2010. the song serves as the third and final single released from the singer's second album, '' Brand New Day''. It was released both digitally and physically on 15 March 2008.Ricki-Lee - Can't Sing A Different Song (CD) at Discogs Discogs. Retrieved 4 December 2010.Can't Sing a Different Song - Single - Ricki-Lee |
Grafton Primary
Grafton Primary is an Australian electro-noir band from Sydney."Electro noir storytellers" by Kylie Northover, '''' (5 September 2008) The band consists of brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden who attended primary school in . They select drummers and bass players for live shows. Grafton Primary has independently released an EP, ''Relativity'' (2007), and two albums, ''Eon'' (2008) and ''Neo'' (2013). The group has been picked up by |
Where The City Meets The Sea
"Where The City Meets The Sea" is the lead single from the Australian rock band The Getaway Plan The Getaway Plan are an Australian rock music band, which formed in 2004. Founding mainstays are Matthew Wright on lead vocals, piano and rhythm guitar and Clint Ellis on lead guitar. They were joined in 2014 by Dan Maio on drums, and his br ...'s debut album '' Other Voices, Other Rooms''. It reached #28 on the ARIA chart. Track listing ;CD single # Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36 # The Flood - 3:49 # Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46 ;iTunes EP # Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36 # The Flood - 3:49 # Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46 # Streetlight (Live on Triple J) Charts The song debuted and peaked at #28, before falling to #39, then exiting top 50. Two weeks later it made two more appearances in the top 50 before exiting again. Weekly charts End of year charts Release history References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 (Sneaky Sound System Album)
''2'' is the second studio album by Australian music collective Sneaky Sound System, released on 16 August 2008. Information The album was produced by Black Angus and Donnie Sloan and mixed by 'Spike' Stent and Paul PDub Walton (Madonna, Björk, Massive Attack, Gwen Stefani) at Olympic Studios in London. The first single to be released from the album Kansas City was released on 12 July 2008. The album was available for pre-order on the Australian iTunes Store. Singles # "Kansas City" was the first single off the album, it was released on 12 July 2008. The song debuted on the Australian chart at 16 and peaked four weeks later at 14, becoming their second biggest hit after "UFO". On the twelfth week it dropped to 45 and the next week dropped out of the top 50. # "When We Were Young" was the second single off the album, it was released on 15 November 2008. The song did not show as much success as "Kansas City", it was their second single not to enter the top 100 after "Tease Me" b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sneaky Sound System
Sneaky Sound System is an Australian dance music group formed in late 2001 by Angus McDonald on guitar, MC Double D (Daimon Downey) on vocoder and vocals, Damien Hesse (DJ) and Nick Broadhurst on saxophone. They were joined in 2004 by Connie Mitchell (ex-Primary) on vocals; Downey left the band in September 2009, Hesse in 2005 and Broadhurst in 2006. On 12 August 2006, they released their self-titled debut studio album, which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart in mid-November 2007 and was certified 3× platinum by December 2011, denoting shipments of 210,000 copies. The group's breakthrough single, " I Love It", which was issued on 8 July 2006, peaked at No. 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent 73 weeks in the Top 100 – this broke the record as the longest charting single previously held by The Living End's 1997 hit, "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society", at 69 weeks. Their second studio effort, '' 2'', which appeared on 16 August 2008, beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen To Little Red
''Listen to Little Red'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Little Red, released through Shock Records Shock Records (now part of Shock Entertainment) is an Australian independent record label. History The three founding members had all previously worked in music retail or distribution: Williams for a Melbourne distribution company called "Musi ... on 28 June 2008. ''Listen to Little Red'' entered and peaked on the Australian album charts at number 29. The album's label, Hooch Hound Records, was created by the band and named after a song that failed to make it to the album. Track listing Charts References {{Authority control 2008 albums Little Red (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
