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Indie Focus

Scott Fitzsimons

A quick wrap-up of what our indie bands are up to

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Some of Australia's most-loved indie acts were recognised at the ARIA Awards with The Jezebels winning Best Independent Release.

Some aren't that happy with the ARIAs; Mat McHugh publically attacked the award ceremony, letting all his Facebook followers know that the ticket price for performers gets up his goat.

San Cisco score the highest local debut spot on the ARIA charts this week, with their self-titled record entering at number 17 while other Aussie indie acts still hold positions in the top five digital charts.

Indie bands Royal Headache, Dick Diver, Lower Plenty and Bits Of Shit will be releasing a single each for iconic New York label Matador Records' Singles Club for 2013, featuring alongside some pretty sweet talent.

Atlas Genius dropped announcements galore, the band will feature on Jimmy Kimmel next week and are set to release their debut full-length in February, capping off a fantastic year for the South Australian indie-pop dudes. 

ARIA-nominated Sleepmakeswaves were recently remixed by English post-rockers 65daysofstatic in anticipation for the Aussie act's new remix record set to hit shelves in January. Check out the tune here!

The seventh Good Hustle Music Salon session is here! And this time we bring you Teeth & Tongue who performed their track Limits of Space at Abbortford Convent, filmed by WHOBYFIRE. Check it out!

Also, Sydney's Heroes for Hire sang us a couple of tunes a while ago while they were in Brisbane for BIGSOUND, and we've decided to let you see them, but only if you're well-behaved.

Melbourne's The Smith Street Band and The Bennies will join Nassau County's Bomb The Music Industry! to play a massive 14-date tour stretching through January to early March.

About the same time, The Bamboos and Tim Rogers, bringing their sweet 2012 hit I Got Burned and a bunch of tunes fronted by Rogers to six venues across Australia.

Both Lorne and Marion Bay legs of the Falls Music & Arts Festival will now feature a great list of local bands and arts fun-times for the New Years – promoters announcing a massive group of acts exclusive to Melbourne and Tasmania, separately.