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J Awards Of 2019
The J Award of 2019 is the fifteenth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad .... The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). A new award was added in 2019, ''You Done Good Award''. This was added to the existing four awards; ''Australian Album of the Year'', ''Double J Artist of the Year'', ''Australian Music Video of the Year'' and ''Unearthed Artist of the Year''. The eligible period took place between November 2018 and October 2019. The winners were announced live on air on Triple J on Thursday 21 November 2019. Awards Australian Album of the Year Double J Artist of the Year Australian Video of the Year Unearthed Artist of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Own Pool Of Light
''My Own Pool of Light'' is the third studio album by indie rock band Holy Holy, released on 2 August 2019. The album debuted and peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was the first album self-produced by the band. In an interview with Zoë Radas, the band explained "It just gave us so much more freedom. We also both had the same idea that we weren't really concerned about trying to capture these really beautiful mics in a really beautiful room; we were happy with any decent mic into a laptop. I guess we just felt like the ideas and the messages and the melodies were what were most important". ''My Own Pool of Light'' received multiple award nominations, including for Best Rock Album at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards and for Australian Album of the Year at the 2019 J Awards. Critical reception Carley Hall from ''The Music'' said: "Taking the production reins on their latest ''My Own Pool of Light'' has again seen an evolution for the duo, but it's a slow-burner. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briggs (rapper)
Adam Briggs (born 28 August 1986), who performs as Briggs and self-describes as Senator Briggs (although not a member of the Australian Senate), is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs became well known as a "solo rapper", signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016. As a solo artist, Briggs has released one EP, ''Homemade Bombs'' in 2009, and two albums, 2010's ''The Blacklist'' and 2014's ''Sheplife''. He has also made appearances on songs with Hilltop Hoods, the Funkoars, Drapht and The Last Kinection. In the live arena, he has supported international artists such as Ice Cube, KRS-One, Necro, Ghostface Killah, Dilated Peoples, M.O.P., and Pharoahe Monch.Briggs' biography on Golden Era Records website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teskey Brothers
The Teskey Brothers are an Australian blues rock band from Melbourne, named after the two brothers who formed the group in 2008: Josh Teskey (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Sam Teskey (lead guitar). In 2019 they signed with Glassnote Records and Ivy League Records. They have released two albums, '' Half Mile Harvest'' (2017) and '' Run Home Slow'' (2019). At the 2019 ARIA Music Awards, The Teskey Brothers were nominated for seven awards. They won three categories for the album, ''Run Home Slow'', Best Group, Best Blues and Roots Album and Engineer of the Year (Sam Teskey). Career The band was formed in 2008 by two brothers, Josh Teskey (vocals) and Sam Teskey (guitar), along with Brendon Love (bass) and Liam Gough (drums). They started by playing in the streets and at parties, then playing larger venues. They were soon attracting attention from record labels. The band began to experience success in 2017. On 12 January 2017, The Teskey Brothers released their debut album, '' Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows and building a prolific discography, having released 23 studio albums, 14 live albums, three compilations and three EPs. Their second EP, ''Willoughby's Beach'', and debut album, ''12 Bar Bruise'', primarily blended surf music and garage rock, and were released on Flightless, the band's own label. Their second album, a "psychedelic spaghetti western" titled '' Eyes Like the Sky'', features spoken-word narration by Broderick Smith. ''Float Along – Fill Your Lungs'', released later in the year, and the 2014 albums ''Oddments'' and ''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'', saw the band expand on their psychedelic sound. In 2015, they drew on elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Jacklin
Julia Jacklin (born 30 August 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter from the Blue Mountains. Jacklin's musical style has been described as indie pop, indie folk, and alternative country. She has released three studio albums, ''Don't Let the Kids Win'' (2016), '' Crushing'' (2019) and ''Pre Pleasure'' (2022). 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. Biography Jacklin grew up in the Blue Mountains, Australia, in a family of school teachers. Inspired by Britney Spears, at the age of 10, she took classical singing lessons before joining a high school band which did Avril Lavigne and Evanescence covers. She studied social policy at Sydney University, and after graduating she lived in a garage in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney, and worked in a factory making essential oils. Growing up, Jacklin did not know anyone who was a full-time musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cave's music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Steve Huey, AllMusic, _Biography))).html" ;"title="(((Nick Cave > Biography)))">(((Nick Cave > Biography))) Retrieved 30 September 2009. Born and raised in rural Victoria, Cave studied art in Melbourne before fronting the Birthday Party, one of the city's leading post-punk bands, in the late 1970s. They relocated to London in 1980. Disillusioned by life there, they evolved towards a darker and more challenging sound that helped inspire gothic rock and acquired a reputation as "the most violent live band in the world". Cave became recognised for his confron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better In Blak
''Better in Blak'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Thelma Plum, released on 7 July 2019 through Warner Music Australia. ''Better in Blak'' achieved commercial success, peaking at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and winning two awards: Best Cover Art at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2020 Queensland Music Awards. An anniversary edition featuring previously unreleased tracks was released on 6 November 2020. Critical reception ''Better in Blak'' received critical acclaim. Josh Leeson of ''The Newcastle Herald'' wrote: "Emotional, and unapologetically honest, the Indigenous artist addresses racism, sexism and her broken heart", adding, "Plum's voice is placed at the forefront of the mix, allowing the sparse indie-folk instrumentation to provide casual direction." Al Newstead from Triple J wrote that ''Better in Blak'' is "an album of healing, ndtransforming the pain and sadness of a dark few years into a courageous, sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Plum
Thelma Amelina Plumbe (born 21 December 1994), known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spearim. Her debut album, ''Better in Blak'', was released on 30 July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Plum has received various accolades, including for Best Cover Art at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards for Dennis Pfitzner's artwork. Early life Thelma Amelina Plumbe Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:' was born on 21 December 1994 in Brisbane. She is a Gamilaraay woman from Delungra, New South Wales. Plum graduated from the Music Industry College, Brisbane and spent most of her early life in that city. Career 2012–2017: Triple J Unearthed and early EPs In May 2012, Plum uploaded the tracks "Blackbird" and "Father Said" onto Triple J Unearthed and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of The Dogs
''Beware of the Dogs'' is the debut studio album by Australian indie pop musician Stella Donnelly, released on 8 March 2019 by Secretly Canadian. The album was nominated for various awards in 2019 and 2020, including Australian Album of the Year for the J Awards and Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards. In 2020, the album won Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Pop Album at the AIR Awards. Background Donnelly independently released her debut EP, ''Thrush Metal'', in 2017. She was signed to Secretly Canadian in February 2018, while ''Thrush Metal'' was re-released by the label that June. One song off of ''Thrush Metal'', "Boys Will Be Boys", was included on ''Beware of the Dogs''. Critical reception Many reviewers praised Donnelly's songwriting and the album's discussion of topics like the #MeToo movement and toxic masculinity. For ''NME'', Hannah Mylrea wrote the record is "an enthralling and deeply relevant debut", praising its "searing lyrics" and pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Donnelly
Stella Donnelly (born 10 April 1992) is a Welsh-Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. After the success of her debut EP ''Thrush Metal'' in 2017, she signed with Secretly Canadian in 2018. She released her debut studio album ''Beware of the Dogs'' to critical acclaim in March 2019, peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Album Charts and winning Independent Album of the Year at the AIR Awards. Her second album, ''Flood'', was released in August 2022, debuting at number 29 on the ARIA Charts. Early life Born in Western Australia to a Welsh mother, she spent some childhood years in Morriston before moving to Perth with her family. Donnelly first started singing when she joined a rock band in high school (Irene McCormack Catholic College) that performed Green Day covers. After high school, Donnelly studied contemporary and jazz music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Donnelly was a part of the bands Boat Show and Bell Rapids before leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return (Sampa The Great Album)
''The Return'' is the debut studio album by Zambian born, Australian singer/songwriter Sampa the Great. It was released in September 2019 and peaked at number 12 on the ARIA Charts. At the J Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. In February 2020, the album won the Australian Music Prize 2019 and in doing so, Sampa the Great became the first musician to win the award twice. At the AIR Awards of 2020, the album won Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, the album received four nominations, including ARIA Award for Album of the Year. Sampa the Great won Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Hip Hop Release for ''The Return''. At the Music Victoria Awards of 2020, the album won Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album and Best Album. Reception Paul Simpson from ''AllMusic'' said "''The Return'' is the long-awaited debut album by rapper, songwriter, and poet Sampa the Great. The vast, ambitiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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