The Jezabels are an Australian indie rock band formed in Sydney in 2007. The band consists of lead vocalist

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(born Hayley Frances McGlone), lead guitarist Sam Lockwood, pianist and keyboardist Heather Shannon, and drummer and percussionist Nik Kaloper. From 2009 to 2010, the group released three EPs, '' The Man Is Dead'', ''

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'', 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, ''

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'', on 16 September 2011. It peaked at No. 2 on the

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and won Best Independent Release at the

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. Their second album, '' The Brink'', was released on 31 January 2014. '' Synthia'', their third album, came out on 12 February 2016. The band went on indefinite

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in December 2017.

History

The Jezabels formed in 2007 after the four members met as students at the

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. Their music was described by national youth radio station,

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, as a blend of

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, and disco pop. The Jezabels'

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page describes their genre as "intensindie". The band's name is based on the biblical character

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, who Mary perceived as being "misunderstood or misrepresented" and described her as "an example of how women are really wrongly presented". Hayley Mary and Heather Shannon both went to Byron Bay High School and had performed together as a folk duo in

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. Samuel Lockwood grew up in

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and attended the same school. Lockwood recognised Mary and Shannon when he saw them at university and invited them to join a band for a competition. Mary recalled: "It was a combination of four individual desires to play music and taking whatever opportunities we could find – which happened to be each other ... From there the process has pretty much been one of reconciling musical differences. But we’re getting closer". HaleyMJeza

On 3 February 2009, The Jezabels' debut extended play, '' The Man Is Dead'', was released independently via MGM Distribution. It was recorded at Megaphon & Production Ave Studios and produced by The Jezabels and Lachlan Mitchell. The lead track, "Disco Biscuit Love", is credited to Shannon, McGlone, Lockwood, and Kaloper. On 6 November of that year, they followed with a second EP, ''

'', which included the tracks "Easy to Love" and "Hurt Me". Both received significant radio airplay, including on Sydney's FBi Radio and Triple J. They also received airplay in the US, where in August, they debuted at No. 114 on the CMJ top 200 and reached No. 96 for the track "Disco Biscuit Love". On 22 December, they were the

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featured artist and described by them as " amatic, energetic, uplifting, indie rock with a commanding lead singer. We've picked them to play Field Day – a great way to start the new year!". Their EP ''She's So Hard'' was the No. 3 most added on US college radio for 2009. On 1 October 2010, The Jezabels released the third EP of their trilogy, '' Dark Storm'', which peaked in the top 40 of the

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''s Peter Vincent felt " eirs is a timeless sound that is radio-friendly: moody female vocals soaring over strong percussion and slow-building guitar and piano/keyboard lines". One of the tracks, "Mace Spray", has lyrics containing "an element of satire. It's hilarious that someone would carry mace spray ... but it's also very sad". JezWiki2

In August 2011, their single "Endless Summer", credited to Kaloper, Lockwood, McGlone, and Shannon, peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart. On 16 September 2011, they released their debut studio album, ''

'', which reached No. 2 on the ARIA Album Chart. It was recorded at Sydney's Attic Studios with Mitchell producing and

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mixing. ''Vulture Magazine''s Anna Moull described the album in a review: "a dramatic gothic epic, with a twist of 80's power-house rock. Jezabels singer Hayley Mary sums up their sound perfectly as 'Bronte-esque gothic (and) melodramatic'. Channelling Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury and Cyndi Lauper, Mary’s vocals are a force to be reckoned with". The magazine gave ''Prisoner'' 7 out of 10 points. By 31 December 2011, the album was

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by ARIA for the shipment of 35,000 units. It received 3 out of 5 points by ''Guardian'' critic Caroline Sullivan and 7 / 10 by Dom Gourlay for drownedinsound.com. The track "Endless Summer" was performed by both

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and

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. In late 2013, The Jezabels released a song titled "The End" as the first single release from their second album, '' The Brink'', which was released on 31 January 2014. The songs "No Country" and "Marianne" were inspired by

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. '' Synthia'', their third album, was released on 12 February 2016. It was again produced by Lachlan Mitchell (in the Jungle Studios, Attic Studios, and Oceanic Studios in Sydney). Its title alludes to the many new synthesizers that Shannon had bought and to the name Cynthia, which is an allusion to a goddess by that name (bynames of

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and

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), Cynthia Lennon,

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, and

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, who is a role model for Mary, not only for her music, but also for her feminist attitude and her commitment to the rights of homosexual people. The album reached No. 4 in the ARIA Albums Charts. It received 5 out of 5 points by the ''Guardian'' critic. Bluesdoodle.com gave it 8 out of 10 points. Reviewing the album song for song, Xsnoize.com's Sandra Blemster compared Hayley Mary to

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and

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. She wrote: "On listening to Synthia I feel like I’ve paid a visit to the cinema and watched a gripping, extraordinary film. You know when a film captures you that much and you come out, it’s daylight and your eyes hurt from the sun? That’s how this album felt. Intoxicating stuff: maybe it’s a full moon." '' Sydney Morning Herald's'' critic Jenny Valentish wrote ''Synthia'' was "everything fans love the band for: volatile, provocative and intelligent." In an article for student-run newspaper ''The Observer'', John Darr wrote: " .."Synthia" is a record that stretches the pop music format to its potential. Every risk it takes regarding song structure, lyrical turns and production style pays off. It is undoubtedly experimental and yet sacrifices no popular appeal in order to be so. "Synthia" is one of the first truly great records of 2016 .." The opening lyrics of "Stand and Deliver" paraphrase

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's "When I'm With You" from her film '' Poor Little Rich Girl''. The band entered a hiatus following the tour in support for ''Synthia''. In October 2021, the band announced their reunion with a commemorative 10-year anniversary tour for ''Prisoner'', set to take place in June 2022.

Music videos

The Jezabels have released official music videos for the following tracks: "Disco Biscuit Love", "Hurt Me", "Easy to Love", "Mace Spray", "Trycolour", "Endless Summer", "City Girl", "Rosebud", "Angels of Fire", "Look of Love", "Time to Dance", "All You Need", "Come Alive", "Pleasure Drive", "My Love Is My Disease", "Smile", and "The Others". Two versions were made for "Disco Biscuit Love". The "Hurt Me" clip was aired on Australian national television for a number of weeks in February 2010 by the

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's music video program '' rage''. It was also the ''rage'' Indie Clip of the Week in March 2010.The Jezabels Sydney Show & National Support Tour with Tegan & Sara
LifeMusicMedia. Retrieved on 14 December 2011. "Easy to Love" was aired on ''rage'' in May 2010. While not an official music video, their song "A Little Piece" is featured in the Danny MacAskill bicycle trials video "Way Back Home". It is also featured in a video by acclaimed Slovenian dog trainer Silvia Trkman. Her Pyrenean Shepherd, Le, who appears in the video, has gone on to become an international dog agility star. In the opening video on YouTube for

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's ''

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'', the song "Prisoner" is played in a very short version. In May 2016, "Come Alive" won the "Soundkilda Award" for "Best Music Video" and the "Audience Choice Award" at the "

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". In June 2016, "My Love Is My Disease" won an award at the "Clipped Music Video Competition" in the category "best music video (australia)" and "Come Alive" won for the category "animation (australia)". "My Love Is My Disease" features Kenichi Ito, the world's fastest man on four limbs.

Live performances and side projects

The Jezabels state that they are predominantly a live act, and have played the indie circuit around Sydney since 2007.Live Review – The Jezabels, The Annandale, Sydney 2009 – Live Reviews
Thevine.com.au. Retrieved on 14 December 2011. In 2009, they played at the Hopetoun Hotel and Annandale Hotel, to positive reviews. They toured nationally to promote the release of their EPs; in November 2009, they did an east coast tour to launch ''She's So Hard''. In November and December 2010, they undertook a national tour after launching ''Dark Storm''. TheJezabelsNikKaloper

The Jezabels have played the Australian festivals

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, Festival of the Sun, Playground Weekender,

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, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, and Soundwave. In 2011 they played at

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and

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. In September 2011, they played in Hamburg's "Uebel & Gefährlich" at the Reeperbahn Festival. In 2012, they were part of the de-Affaire festival in

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and they also played at Melt! and Dockville in

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and at

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. The Jezabels supported Canada's Hey Rosetta! and

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on their Australian tours. In June 2010, they toured with Katie Noonan and The Captains, and also supported

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, Damn Arms, and

. In February 2012, Pyke performed a cover of The Jezabels' "Endless Summer", featuring Elana Stone ( The Rescue Ships), on Triple j's ''

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''. In April 2012,

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covered "Hurt Me" for ''Like a Version''. In 2014 and 2016, The Jezabels played two sessions on that show, covering

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's " Don't Stop Believin'" and "If You Go" by

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, as well as playing their own songs "Look of Love" and "Pleasure Drive". In October 2010, they played a 13-date tour of North America and Canada as the supporting act for Two Hours Traffic, and returned to America for more shows in February and March 2011. In March 2012, they toured the US with indie rock group

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. In July 2012, they joined

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on their UK tour for four nights, and played at

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on the sixth of that month. In August 2012, they played

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in Grant Park, Chicago, and appeared at Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 2012 in Montreal, Canada. The band appeared as the special guests of

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at the latter's performance as part of Depeche Mode's 'Delta Machine' world tour in the UK and Ireland in November 2013. In 2014, they played at the

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, at the

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, at T in the Park, at

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, and at Splendour in the Grass. The band had to cancel their 2016 world tour shortly before ''Synthia'' was released, because Shannon needed immediate treatment at the

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in Sydney for an

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that had been diagnosed three years before. It had been kept private by her and the other band members, because she did not want it to affect her life too much. In a statement, she wrote:

I have preferred to not let this diagnosis get in the way of getting on with life. I feel a deep frustration at this new roadblock, as I now have to take a step back and undergo treatment. The band means so much to me, and cancelling the tour has been a very sad decision. I am hopeful that in the near future we will be back on the road again playing music we love.

In July 2016, the band announced that Shannon was "feeling strong again after her treatment", and that they would start touring again in September. Shannon had used the pause from tour life to collaborate with

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(

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) on his solo debut '' A Version of Now''. Hayley Mary supported

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on ''Discoloured'', a track from their album ''

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''. Hayley Mary and Michael Dow contributed a track called "Flawless" to the original music of the sci-fi thriller ''Butterflies''. In September 2017, The Jezabels showed their support for

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s by playing at Sofar Sydney for

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's '' Give A Home'' campaign. In early 2019, the ACO Collective commissioned Shannon with two classical pieces. "Ricochet" and "Ricochet from a Distance" were inspired by

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. On 14 October 2019,

released her debut solo single "The Piss, The Perfume".

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. "A Little Piece" was also used in the 2010 Red Bull short film
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, set in Scotland's

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, and featuring trials bike rider Danny MacAskill. Australian pay TV provider

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used "Endless Summer" as background music for their summer (2011–12) television content advertisement. "Nobody Nowhere" was used on the ''

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'' episode " In the Beginning", while "Easy to Love" appeared on the ''Grey's Anatomy'' episode "Hope for the Hopeless" in January 2012. In a 2012 episode of the television show ''

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'', Paul Robinson learns that the grades of his niece

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are slipping and eventually forbids her from seeing a Jezabels concert in the city. "Easy to Love" was used on ''

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'' as the music to a tribute dance to Sammy Lieberman by his friends. The dance was originally performed by Sammy himself but when he died it was Ben's idea to do a tribute dance. Mary revealed at a March 2012 show in Sheffield, UK, that the song "Long Highway" was proposed for one of the ''Twilight'' saga films, but was deemed "too mature". Mary later explained in a September 2012 interview:

Do you know how offhand that comment was and how many times I’ve had to face it since? I did say that. It was kind of true, but it was also a bit tongue-in-cheek. We were kind of told that might be the reason. It’s a six-minute song, which requires maturity for listening. What they specifically said, apparently, was that the voice was too mature. I don’t know if that means I sound old or I sound intelligent. I’m going to hope that it’s the latter.

"Long Highway" was used in the 2014 Red Bull short fil
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and featuring trials bike rider Danny MacAskill. The song "Peace of Mind" is used as the final song in the last episode of the Netflix series

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. In the TV soap ''

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'' episodes (#6078 - 6080) shown in Sydney on 22 and 23 October 2014,

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) has to decide whether to leave her lover Kyle Braxton (played by

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) behind in Summer Bay so that she can return to Melbourne and begin an Australia-wide tour supporting The Jezabels. "Rosebud" was used as the title music for the BBC's coverage of the

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, held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Band members

* Nikolas Stephan Kaloper – drums, percussion * Samuel Henry Lockwood – guitars * Hayley Mary – lead vocals * Heather Gail Shannon – keyboards, piano

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. History The inaugural 2006 awards were held at ...

) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - , rowspan="2" ,

AIR Awards of 2010 The AIR Awards of 2010 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2010) is the fifth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Forum Theatre, in Melbou ...

, ''Dark Storm'' , Best Independent Single/EP , , - , themselves , Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" ,

AIR Awards of 2011 The AIR Awards of 2011 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2011) is the sixth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Revolt Art Space, in Melbourn ...

, ''Dark Storm'' , Best Independent Single/EP , , - , themselves , Independent Artist of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" ,

AIR Awards of 2012 The AIR Awards of 2012 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2012) is the seventh annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Revolt Art Space, in Melbou ...

, ''Prisoner'' , Best Independent Album , , - , themselves , Independent Artist of the Year , , -

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...

(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - ,

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, , Nikolas Kaloper, Samuel Lockwood, Hayley McGlone, Heather Shannon , , Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year , , , , , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

, "Endless Summer" , Song of the Year , , , - ,

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, "The End" , Rock Work of the Year , , , -

ARIA Awards

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, , rowspan="3" , '' Dark Storm'' , , Single of the Year , , , - , Breakthrough Artist – Single , , , - , Best Independent Release , , , - , rowspan="8" ,

, , rowspan="4" , ''

'' , , Album of the Year , , , - , Best Group , , , - , Best Independent Release , , , - , Best Rock Album , , , - , Prisoner Album Launch , , Best Australian Live Act , , , - , rowspan="2", ''Prisoner'' – Lachlan Mitchell , , Producer of the Year , , , - , Engineer of the Year , , , - , ''Prisoner'' – Christopher Doyle , , Best Cover Art , ,

Australian Music Prize

The

Australian Music Prize The Australian Music Prize (often shortened to the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The award was made by Australian Music Pri ...

(the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The prize commenced in 2005. , - , 2011 , ''Prisoner'' , Australian Music Prize , , -

J Awards

The

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, ...

are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. , - ,

J Awards of 2010 The J Award of 2010 is the sixth 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 ...

, themselves , Unearthed Artist of the Year , , - ,

J Awards of 2011 The J Award of 2011 is the seventh annual J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by th ...

, ''Prisoner'' , Australian Album of the Year ,

National Live Music Awards

The

National Live Music Awards The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse and successful live industry, celebrating the diversity and success of the Australian live scene – recognising the best vocal talents and musicians alongside ...

(NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016. , - ,

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, Jezabels , Live Act of the Year ,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jezabels, The Musical groups established in 2007 ARIA Award winners Australian indie pop groups Byron Bay, New South Wales New South Wales musical groups Musical groups from Sydney PIAS Recordings artists Mom + Pop Music artists Dine Alone Records artists