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2024 J Awards
The 2024 J Awards are the 20th annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. It awards the best albums, artists, live acts and music videos in the Australian music scene, as determined by the network's teams. The eligibility period was for releases between November 2023 and October 2024. Nominees were announced on 1 November 2024, the first day of Ausmusic Month. The awards were presented on 14 November. Awards Australian Album of the Year Albums chosen for their creativity, musicianship and contribution to Australian music. Australian Live Act of the Year Introduced in 2023, this award critiques Australian live acts on consistency, quality and creativity. Australian Video of the Year Co-presented with ''Rage'', this award celebrates creativity, originality and technical excellence in music videos. Unearthed Artist of the Year Presented by Triple J Unearthed Triple J Unearthed is an Australian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 content than commercial networks. The station was set up under the Gough Whitlam government, wanting to extend the appeal of the ABC to young Australians. Initially broadcasting as 2JJ or Double Jay from 19 January 1975, it stood apart from commercial stations with its lack of private advertising and its fringe music programming. Following a transition to FM in 1981, the station rebranded as 2JJJ or Triple J as it expanded regionally throughout the 1990s. Two spin-off digital stations were launched in the early 2010s: Double J aims to appeal to more mature audiences, and Triple J Unearthed plays only unsigned, local musicians. Despite declining ratings in their target 18–24-year-old demographic, Triple J maintains a strong podcast and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratts & Pain
''Pratts & Pain'' is the debut studio album by Australian guitar-pop duo Royel Otis. It was released on 16 February 2024 via Ourness, and debuted at number 10 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's release was supported by five singles, starting with "Adored" and "Fried Rice", as well as tour dates around Australia, North America and Europe. It received positive acclaim from critics. An extended edition, with two bonus tracks, was released digitally in May 2024. A 17-track deluxe edition, titled ''It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition'' was released on 4 October 2024. At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Independent Release, and won Best Rock Album, Best Produced Release (with Chris Collins), Best Engineered Release (with Collins) and for the duo, Best Group. At the 2024 J Awards, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. At the AIR Awards of 2025, the album was nominated for Independent Album of the Year and Best I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Wurramara
Emily Wurramara is an Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter. At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, she won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album, making her the first Indigenous woman to ever win in this category. Early life Emily Wurramara moved between Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island (Milyakburra), two islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of the Northern Territory, until she was six years old. Her father is of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent, who grew up on the Philippine island of Negros. Her mother is a Warninidlyakwa/Greek/Italian/Turkish woman who grew up on the two islands. Emily grew up in Brisbane after her family moved there when she was six. As a child, she wrote songs and poetry, and listened to Coloured Stone and Yothu Yindi on her grandparents' cassette player. She later listened to Billie Holiday, rapper Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé, and American country singer Alan Jackson. Career Wurramara writes and sings in both English and An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy (; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the Australian Idol (season 4), fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a The Journey (Jessica Mauboy album), live album of her ''Idol'' performances and briefly being a member of the girl group Young Divas in 2007, Mauboy released her debut studio album, ''Been Waiting'', the following year. It included her first number-one single, "Burn (Jessica Mauboy song), Burn", and became the second highest-selling Australian album of 2009, certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Her second studio album, ''Get 'Em Girls'' (2010), showcased a harder-edged R&B sound, and produced four platinum Single (music), singles. Her third studio album, ''Beautiful (Jessica Mauboy album), Beautiful'' (2013), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage (TV Program)
''Rage'' (stylised as ''rage'') is an all-night Australian music video program broadcast on ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV on Friday nights, Saturday mornings and Saturday nights. It was first screened on the weekend of Friday, 17 April 1987. With ''Soul Train'' and ''Video Hits (Australian TV series), Video Hits'' no longer being produced, it is the oldest music television program in the world currently still in production as of 2025. On Friday and Saturday nights, ''Rage'' typically starts between 11:00pm and 1:00am. The program is Australian Commercial Television Code of Practice, classified MA15+ until 5:00am, where it is rated PG from 5:00 to 11:00am on Saturday mornings, and at 7:00am on Sundays. Format ''Rage'' has a minimalist format which has remained largely unchanged since the program's inception. Originally created by executive producer Mark FitzGerald in early 1987, the program was originally proposed to be titled ''rage 'til you puke'', but which was shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What So Not
What So Not is an electronic music project by Australian record producer Emoh Instead (stage name of Christopher John Emerson). What So Not has toured the world, playing in various festivals, including Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Pukkelpop, Ultra Music Festival and Lollapalooza. What So Not is best known for his hits such as "Innerbloom" (What So Not Remix) (by RÜFÜS DU SOL), "Gemini" (featuring George Maple), "Jaguar", "High You Are" and "Tell Me" (with RL Grime). He has featured on charts such as the Australian Singles Chart, Triple J Hottest 100, and USA iTunes Dance Album chart. He released his debut album titled '' Not All the Beautiful Things'' on 9 March 2018. History 2010–2017: Career beginnings What So Not started as a project between record producer Emoh Instead and Flume. On 13 November 2011, What So Not released their debut EP, ''7 Dollar Bill''. During this time, they had released several remixes of artists such as Peking Duk, Tom Piper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenage Dads
Teenage Dads are an Australian indie rock band formed in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria in 2015. The group consists of Jordan Finlay (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Connor McLaughlin (guitar), Vincent Kinna (drums) and Angus Christie (bass guitar). Since 2021, they have been signed to Chugg. The band has released two studio albums, ''Potpourri Lake'' (2018) and ''Majordomo'' (2024), and four EPs, most recently '' Midnight Driving'' (2023), which debuted at number 28 on the ARIA Charts. At the 2023 ARIA Awards, Teenage Dads won the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award. History Teenage Dads was formed by self-taught musicians Jordan Finlay and Connor McLaughlin in Mount Eliza, Victoria in 2015, with Angus Christie and Vincent Kinna joining the band later. Meeting in their final years of high school, they played their first show in 2017. In September 2017, they released their five-track debut EP ''Wett Weather''. Their debut studio album, ''Potpourri Lake'', was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confidence Man (band)
Confidence Man are an Australian electro pop band formed in 2016 in Brisbane, Queensland. They released their debut album, '' Confident Music for Confident People,'' in 2018. Their second album, ''Tilt'', was released in 2022, followed by their third album, ''3AM (La La La)'', in 2024. The front-duo and their band members have been a part of many festivals across the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, most notably Glastonbury Festival. Background 2016–2022: Formation, ''Confident Music for Confident People'' and ''Tilt'' The band was formed in 2016. The members had met on the Brisbane music scene, and had been in other bands including: The Belligerents, Moses Gunn Collective and The Jungle Giants, and use pseudonyms in Confidence Man; McGuffie and Goodchild reportedly took their stage names from tombstones. They started writing dance songs together, initially as a "kind of joke", but eventually realised the material was worth pursuing. Planet and Bones provide vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie McMahon
Angie McMahon is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She released her debut studio album ''Salt (Angie McMahon album), Salt'' in 2019. Early life McMahon grew up in Melbourne, Australia and began piano lessons at four years of age. McMahon was inspired to be an artist after hearing Missy Higgins' ''The Sound of White'', saying "That was a really big turning point in my life. I felt like [after] listening to that record and learning to play the songs, which I did a lot, I had a clear understanding of what I wanted to do with myself." Career 2013–2021: ''Salt'' McMahon performed in a nine-piece soul band called The Fabric before beginning her solo career. She won a Telstra competition in 2013 to open for Bon Jovi on the Australian leg of their Because We Can (concert tour), Because We Can tour. McMahon completed an arts degree at the University of Melbourne. She returned to music in 2017. In 2017, McMahon won the Josh Pyke#Josh Pyke Partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
