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Inside The Final Of ABC's Exhumed Band Comp
It was a Thursday night at the Rooty Hill RSL and the fancy blue LED Exhumed sign proudly overlooked a
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Why Do The Amp Judges Hate Punk And Metal?
arguably Australia's most prestigious album prize and PPCA's $30,000 cash prize goes a long way for any band, not that anyone who released a punk, metal ... have to worry about how to spend it. While there are undoubtedly some brilliant Australian albums in the list, the closest thing we get to punk or metal
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Barnyard Stories
there they were, sharing the stage with them at the 2013 Polaris Music Prize gala award ceremony in September. And although they may have been assaulting the senses more than ... just went with the flow with that one.” The day Edkins talks with The Music marks a year since Metz's first full-length was released. Unsurprisingly, he recalls
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Perth Festival Announces Its 2014 Program
hosted by Lotterywest Festival Films. In another musical collaboration of a different kind, world-renowned soprano Dawn Upshaw will join the Australian Chamber Orchestra to perform Maria Schneider 's Winter ... picks include the tragic opera, Otello , which will be performed by the West Australian Opera and The Beijing Dance Company presents Haze . Visual arts enthusiasts should probably seek out Sacrilege
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Are These The Nation's Best Up-And-Coming Acts?
they feel has demonstrated “the most musical growth and potential to contribute to Australian music”. The list for 2013 is a particularly impressive one, with a number of very well ... Awards in Sydney. If you're wondering whether it's a prize worth winning; let's just say that past winners include Boy & Bear , The John Steel Singers , Ball
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Bounce Back
surrounds, and attending Catholic schools, he showed academic potential. Yet Okogwu discovered grime – and musical distraction – via So Solid Crew, best remembered for 2001's UK chart-topper 21 Seconds ... Brit for Best British Breakthrough Act, with Disc-Overy nominated for the Mercury Prize (which went to PJ Harvey's Let England Shake ). Between LPs, he popped up on hits
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Budweiser Throw Support Behind Producer Competition
submissions made by the emerging producers, via the Budweiser Made For Music website . Voting closes on Saturday 2 November so you better get in now before it's too late ... running to win a number of prizes, including VIP attendance to the Australian Independent Music Awards and the after-party at Sydney's Marquee Club on Thursday 7 November
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Budweiser People's Choice Awards: Vote Now!
those bearing the aspiration of becoming Australia's next big name in electronic music. The prize is pretty damn decent, as the winner will be hooked up with ... kick back in five star accommodation and score VIP passes to the Australian Independent Music Awards where the winner of the Budweiser People's Choice Award will be announced. Entries
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Laneway Perth 2013 - WAM Award worthy? Pic by Elliot Green
Who's Gonna Win The WAM Awards? Part Two
being placed. MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR Venues. They house us for a few hours, feed us, drank us, fill our souls with glorious music and occasionally put up with ... music obsession or just like to buy music from actual people who actually know things about music, this category is devoted the record stores that have most provided musical bliss
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Australia’s Rising Producers Put To Public Vote In Free-To-Enter 'Budweiser People’s Choice Award'
Australian music fans will be given the power to change the fate of the country’s up-and-coming music producers as they decide who will be crowned Budweiser ... mates, including flights to Sydney, five star accommodation, and VIP attendance to the Australian Independent Music Awards (AIMAs). Submissions  are open right now and close midnight October
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Male Dominated Judging Panel Announced For Amp
Hoodoo Gurus' Dave Faulkner – have been named on the judging panel for the 2013 prize, which is $30,000 once again. Outside of the Chairperson, 50 percent of the judging ... Limited. The list features no West Australian representatives and just two women – Renee Geyer and Jet Black Cat Music's Shannon Logan. Today Prize Director Scott B Murphy confirmed
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Live Review: Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards
seated and HG Nelson graces the prize podium. This year's host snagged the gig through a chance meeting with Nick O'Byrne, Australian Independent Record Labels Association ... However he got there, Nelson informs us why we're all here: this is Australian music's “night of nights” (and before anyone gets confused, he lambasts that other “night