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Camp Dog (song)
"Camp Dog" is a song by Australian rock group King Stingray, released on 14 March 2022 as the fourth single from their self-titled debut studio album (2022). The title refers to the dogs that wander the streets of Yirrkala, in East Arnhem Region, where the band members grew up. Guitarist Roy Kellaway said, "Life with the camp dogs... It's a really big part of growing up for us, everyone collectively looks after them. They all have so much character and you had to walk in certain areas to avoid the cheeky dogs.They were like the kings of the streets. he songis about an adoration for our life with our community dogs." The song placed third in the 2022 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. At the AIR Awards of 2023 The 2023 AIR Awards is the seventeenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), which took place on 3 August 2023 in Adelaide. The 2023 AIR Awards introduced two new categ ... the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Stingray
King Stingray is an Rock music in Australia, Australian rock band from East Arnhem Region, Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. With a sound self-described as "Yolŋu surf rock", the band perform songs with lyrics in both English and Yolŋu Matha. King Stingray released their debut single, "Hey Wanhaka", in October 2020, and their King Stingray (album), self-titled debut album on 5 August 2022. Career Two of the band's founding members have known one another since childhood – lead vocalist Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu is the nephew of Mandawuy Yunupingu, Dr M. Yunupiŋu, and guitarist Roy Kellaway is the son of Stuart Kellaway, who were both founding members of Yothu Yindi. The pair grew up together in Yolngu country, in the community of Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Yirrkala. They were joined by guitarist/didgeridoo player Dimathaya Burarrwanga and bassist Campbell Messer to form King Stingray in 2020. They signed to The Chats' Bargain Bin Records in 2020. King Stingray's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Stingray (album)
''King Stingray'' is the debut studio album from Australian rock group, King Stingray. It was released on 5 August 2022 and debuted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts. Music Feeds said, "Their music combines classic and contemporary rock influences with the ancient tradition of manikay (song/songlines), which dates back tens of thousands of years." At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year, ARIA Award for Best Group, Best Group, ARIA Award for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Album, ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Release, Breakthrough Artist – Release and ARIA Award for Best Cover Art, Best Cover Art. The album won the 2022 Australian Music Prize, and was nominated for Australian Album of the Year at the 2022 J Awards. At the AIR Awards of 2023, the album won Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Rock Album or EP. Critical reception Andrew Stafford from ''The Guardian (newspaper), The Guardian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooking Vinyl Australia
Civilians is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2013 by co-managing directors Leigh Grupetta and Stu Harvey in partnership with Martin Goldschmidt, Civilians was originally known as Cooking Vinyl Australia. After eleven years operating as Cooking Vinyl Australia, they unveiled a new name in September 2024, one that removed any lingering confusion about their connection with Martin Goldschmidt's lauded U.K. label Cooking Vinyl. Civilians boasts a diverse roster including the likes of Fanny Lumsden, Emma Donovan, King Stingray, Eliza & The Delusionals, Windwaker and Luca Brasi and supplies label services to various partners, including Thirty Tigers, Run For Cover, Resist, Greyscale and Dine Alone. History After working together at Shock records, Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey founded Civilians (formerly known as Cooking Vinyl Australia) in 2013, in a partnership with Martin Goldschmidt, the London-based Cooking Vinyl Group Founder & C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milkumana
"Milkumana" is a song by Australian rock group King Stingray, released on 19 August 2021 as the third single from their self-titled debut studio album (2022). In Yolŋu Matha, "Milkumana" means to show, share or pass on knowledge through stories and song. Upon release, the group said the song is about "leadership" saying, "We are all living under the same sun, sailing in the same boat, towards a brighter future. It's about role models and the importance of setting good examples for the new generation." At the J Awards of 2021, the song's video was nominated for Australian Video of the Year. At the National Indigenous Music Awards 2022, the song won Song of the Year. The song won first place in the 2022 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year. At the APRA Music Awards of 2023, the song was nominated for Most Performed Rock Work of the Year. Music video The Roy Kellaway and Sam Brumby dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Go (King Stingray Song)
"Let's Go" is a song by Australian rock band King Stingray, released on 14 June 2022 by Cooking Vinyl Australia as the fifth single from the band's King Stingray (album), self-titled debut album. The song and its music video won two National Indigenous Music Awards in 2023. Release and music video The song was released on 14 June 2022 by Cooking Vinyl Australia as the fifth single from their King Stingray (album), self-titled debut album. It came with a music video directed by Sam Brumby. The video consists of road trip footage on the Central Arnhem Highway, inspired by real life road trips the band took on the same road, as well as footage of the band playing in their jam space and at festivals. In a press release, the band's guitarist Roy Kellaway called the highway "the backbone of good times", saying that "Whether it's packing up the Troopy Toyota Land Cruiser (J70), Toyota Troopcarrier with dusty, half-broken band equipment and driving 12 hours to Darwin, Northern Territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala
Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land. Its population comprises predominantly Aboriginal Australians of the Yolngu people, and it is also home to a number of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots and engineers based in Arnhem Land, providing air transport services. At the , Yirrkala had a population of 657, of whom 79.8% identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. History Mission There has been an Aboriginal community at Yirrkala throughout recorded history, but the community increased enormously in size when Yirrkala mission was founded in 1935, with people from 13 different Yolngu clans moving to Yirrkala. Around this time, the Methodist Overseas Mission (MOM) was encouraging their senior staff to study anthropology under A. P. Elkin at Sydney University, to learn more about Aboriginal Australian culture, in particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Arnhem Region
The East Arnhem Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia, governed by the East Arnhem Regional Council. Situated in Arnhem Land in the far north-eastern corner of the Northern Territory, the region covers an area of and had a population of approximately 10,345 in June 2018. East Arnhem Region was created under the ''Local Government Act (NT) 2008'' to provide core local government services. The area comprises nine major remote communities, many homelands and outstations, commercial enterprises such as tourism, two mining leases, and pastoral properties scattered throughout the council area. Five of the nine communities are located on islands. Six of the communities are recognised Remote Service Delivery Sites by the Commonwealth and another is recognised as a NT Government Territory Growth Town. History In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is a publicly-owned statutory organisation that is politically independent and accountable; for example, through its production of annual reports, and is bound by provisions contained within the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an Act of Federal Parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition
The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. The competition awards a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and was named after iconic writers Harry Vanda and George Young, known as Vanda & Young. The competition is Australia's most prestigious and lucrative songwriting competition. The inaugural competition took place in December 2009, with Megan Washington winning with the song " How to Tame Lions". Background In 2009 independent music company Albert Music collaborated with APRA AMCOS to establish an international songwriter's competition. The competition open to all songwriters – published or unpublished, and all proceeds raised by the Vanda & Young Global Song writing Competition go to not-for-profit organisation ''Noro Music Therapy Australia (NRMTA)'', which uses music therapy to help people cope with the strugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIR Awards Of 2023
The 2023 AIR Awards is the seventeenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards), which took place on 3 August 2023 in Adelaide. The 2023 AIR Awards introduced two new categories; the Independent Marketing Team of the Year and the Independent Publicity Team of the Year. The nominations were revealed on 31 May 2023. At the awards ceremony, AIR's CEO Maria Amato said, "It was a great night of celebration and recognition for the talented, and resilient Australian independent artist and label community." Performances * Jem Cassar-Daley * Andy Golledge * Yours Truly Nominees and winners Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain. See also * Music of Australia The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Feeds
''Music Feeds'' is a free bi-weekly digital music and lifestyle magazine ( street press) established in 2008 and based in Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean .... It is distributed electronically every second Tuesday, with additional material posted on the website regularly. As distinct from direct competitors '' Drum Media'' and ''The Brag'', ''Music Feeds'' purports to cover more independent and self-funded musicians. This is a distinction that has been noted by several local music sources. Since 2012, Music Feeds moved to a 24/7 online music publication and regularly covers local and international music news, events, and releases. References External links * 2008 establishments in Australia Biweekly magazines published in Australia Free m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
