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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 is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten .... 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 country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...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), known professionally by the mononym Briggs, is an Aboriginal Australian ( Yorta Yorta) rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs became well known as a solo artist, signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016 with Trials from the Funkoars. In 2025, Briggs debuted a new hardcore punk project, Big Noter. 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 made appearances on songs with Hilltop Hoods, the Funkoars, Drapht, and The Last Kinection, as well as supporting a number of international artists. In 2015, Briggs founded his own record label, Bad Apples Music, which has signed several Indigenous hip-hop artists and houses A.B. Original. Extending his career beyond music, Briggs has appeared in several television series on ABC: as a writer and actor for the ... [...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 three albums: '' Half Mile Harvest'' (2017), '' Run Home Slow'' (2019) and '' The Winding Way'' (2023). 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 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (KGLW) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, keyboards), Cook Craig (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Joey Walker (guitar, vocals), Lucas Harwood (bass, vocals), and Michael Cavanagh (drummer), Michael Cavanagh (drums, vocals). They are known for exploring multiple Music genre, genres, staging energetic live shows, and building King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard discography, a prolific discography. The band's early releases blended surf music and garage rock and were released on their label, Flightless (record label), Flightless. They released several Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and progressive rock albums in the early 2010s, and incorporated a broader range of musical styles later in the decade, such as jazz fusion on ''Quarters!'' and the Folk music, folk-inspired ''Paper Mâché Dream Balloon''. In 2 ... [...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 (New South Wales), Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. 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 (album), 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. Early life and education Jacklin grew up in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains, Australia, in a family of school teachers. Her father is from Northampton. 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 University of Sydney, Sydney University, and aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer, and actor who fronts the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Known for his baritone voice, Cave's music is 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)))">(((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. In 1980, the band moved to London, England. Disillusioned by their stay there, they evolved towards a darker and more challenging sound that helped inspire gothic rock, and they acquired a reputation as "the most violent live band in the world". Cave became recognised for his confrontational performances, his shock of black hair and pale, emaciated look. The band broke up soon af ... [...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 12 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, s ... [...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 ( Gamilaraay) singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. 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 July 2012, won the inaugural Triple J's Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of The Dogs
''Beware of the Dogs'' is the debut Album#Studio, 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 of 2019, J Awards and Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, ARIA Music Awards. In 2020, the album won Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Pop Album at the AIR Awards of 2020, AIR Awards. Background In 2017, Stella Donnelly independently released her debut extended play (EP), ''Thrush Metal,'' to critical acclaim She signed to Secretly Canadian in February 2018, and the EP 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''. Composition Across the record, Donnelly lyrically confronts issues including toxic masculinity, rape culture and her experiences with sexism from working in hospitality. For e ... [...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 studio 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, Wales before moving to Perth, Australia 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 (WAAPA). Donnelly was a part of the bands B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return (Sampa The Great Album)
''The Return'' is the debut studio album by Zambian singer-songwriter and rapper 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 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, ambitious full-length refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
