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must-attend on the Australian music calendar every year, Australia's biggest music conference (and perhaps more excitingly for many, festival) BIGSOUND will be returning this year ... from September 5 to 8 in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley - introduces the Levi's Music Prize, a massive, $100,000 annual prize pool which boasts the title of Australia

American musicians and their role in the development of American popular music". There's a solid contingent of Australian and New Zealand films filling the ranks too, including local indie ... There's also acclaimed flick The Untamed , from director Amat Escalante ; Cannes Best Director Prize winner Graduation , from Cristian Mungiu ; the Ellen Page , Nick Offerman and Will Forte -starring

Executive Officer Joel Edmondson has described the prize — the largest of its kind in Australian history — as "a game-changer for Australian music export". "It is a major commitment ... therefore made perfect sense for us to create the Levi's Music Prize as a platform to export Australian talent to the world and further give back to the local

deep. You probably also know that they 're big-money winners. Prize -winners. Australian Music Prize winners. And, importantly, you know that their song January 26 charted in the Hottest

Song Of The Year, for Adore ; Hussy Hicks are also up for the SOTY prize, for their track Whole Lotta , off their Album Of The Year-nominated Lucky ... above its weight when it comes to diversity of genres and sheer quality of music being produced," Popa said in a statement. "This year we have a mix of dark

almost-total acclaim (we see you, The Australian ) for winning this year's Australian Music Prize with the album, not to mention placing in the triple j Hottest 100 with ... over the world — she even nabbed the honour of becoming the youngest Australian to perform at iconic venue the Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville

Outstanding Services To Australian Music at this year's APRA Music Awards , it has been announced. The multi-award-winning Roach will receive the prize as part of this year

Wurramara , whose track Ngayuwa Ngelyeyiminama (I Love You) is up for the Indigenous category prize. "As an adopted Queenslander, I love that you always seem to know someone. "Also ... person — she cites fellow Queenslanders Robbie Miller ("such a lovely person and his music is so captivating"), hip-hop/roots ensemble CKNU and guitarist Chris Tamwoy among her favoured acts

Satan and Walrus , respectively), was nominated for the Australian Music Prize (ultimately won by A.B. Original's history-making Reclaim Australia ) and was shortlisted as one of the artists

Creek team up with fellow acclaimed regional event Airlie Beach Festival Of Music to bolster the prize on offer at the end of the annual Battle Of The Buskers competition ... Creek is one of the most exciting and freshest events in the Australian music calendar," Brand enthused of the event. "It was a real eye-opener for me and could

Original , have been awarded a whopping $30,000 at the 12th annual Australian Music Prize for Reclaim Australia , for what has been crowned "truly a remarkable album". The pair ... growing list of AMP winners that have left their mark on the Australian music scene. "Congratulations to AB Original and we hope this contribution from PPCA will provide further assistance