25TH 2011 ARIA AWARDS - THE WINNERS

Last night Australia was presented with the 25th ARIA Awards ceremony - and what a night of celebration it was. Favourites Boy & Bear and Gotye cleaned up, as predicted, collecting five and three awards each respectively.

Australian superstar Kylie Minogue was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, by old friend and music guru Molly Meldrum and Prime Minister Julia Gillard. "I'm a very proud Australian. Tonight's award means so much to me," Minogue told a star-studded crowd.
Minogue delivered an exceptional speech; which included thanking her family, her fans and those in the industry.

Other awards on the night went to Cut Copy for their Zonoscope album (for Best Dance Release); Guy Sebastain claimed the Highest Selling Single for Who's That Girl (feat. Eve) and US singer/songwriter P!nk reigned with the Most Popular International Artist.

The coveted Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist awards went to Gotye and Kimbra; with Single of teh Year and Album of the Year going to Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know and Boy & Bear's Moonfire respectively.

Check out other notable list of winners below. For a full list, visit the official site.

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : SINGLE
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : ALBUM
Boy & Bear – Moonfire

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Art vs Science – The Experiment

BEST URBAN ALBUM
Drapht - The Life Of Riley

BEST DANCE RELEASE
Cut Copy – Zonoscope

HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM
Altiyan Childs - Altiyan Childs

BEST POP RELEASE
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST
Birds Of Tokyo

MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
P!nk

BEST GROUP
Boy & Bear – Moonfire

BEST MALE ARTIST
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Kimbra - Cameo Lover

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Boy & Bear – Moonfire

ARIA ANNOUNCE NOMINATIONS FOR 2011 ARIA AWARDS

Earlier this week the nominees were announced for the 2011 ARIA Awards, the the awards event celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year. Leading the nominees are Gotye, Boy & Bear and Drapht, all with seven nominations.

The awards will be held Sunday 27 November at the AllPhones Arena, Sydney. Stay tuned on who is scheduled to play at the big event.

I've listed the categories worth noting below, however you can check out a full list of the nominations via the official site.

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Birds of Tokyo - Wild at Heart
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
Drapht- Rapunzel
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
The Jezabels - Dark Storm
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Eskimo Joe - Ghosts Of The Past
Grinderman – 2
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Rrakala

HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE
Birds of Tokyo – Plans
Havana Brown - We Run The Night
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Jessica Mauboy - Saturday Night (feat. Ludacris)
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM
Altiyan Childs - Altiyan Childs
Birds Of Tokyo - Birds Of Tokyo
Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
Keith Urban - Get Closer
Various - He Will Have His Way - The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Adalita – Adalita
Clare Bowditch - Are You Ready Yet?
Kasey Chambers - Little Bird
Kimbra - Cameo Lover
Washington - Holy Moses

BEST MALE ARTIST
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Josh Pyke - No One Wants A Lover
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Rrakala

BEST GROUP
Birds of Tokyo - Wild At Heart
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Eskimo Joe - Ghosts Of The Past
Grinderman – 2
The Living End - The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : SINGLE
Zoe Badwi - Freefallin'
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
Havana Brown - We Run The Night
Drapht – Rapunzel
The Jezabels - Dark Storm

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : ALBUM
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh
The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy
Oh Mercy - Great Barrier Grief

BEST POP RELEASE
Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)
Washington - Holy Moses

BEST DANCE RELEASE
Bag Raiders - Bag Raiders
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Miami Horror – Illumination
Pnau - Soft Universe
The Potbelleez - From The Music

BEST URBAN ALBUM
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Illy - The Chase
Koolism - The „Umu
Phrase – Babylon
Vents - Marked For Death

[VIDEO PREMIERE] Cut Copy // Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution

Australian indie-electro outfit Cut Copy have released a video for the fourth single lifted from their Zonoscope album, the track Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution. One of the strongest tracks on the album it's good to see it get a single release.

The video is, umm, interesting. Watch it to see what I mean.

Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution and Zonoscope are available digitally today [iTunes]

HOMEBAKE 2011: LINE UP ANNOUNCED

The Homebake 2011 line-up has been released!

Locked in for the event are Ladyhawke, PNAU, Gotye, Cut Copy, Daniel Merriweather, Kimbra and many more. I should mention that this is just the list of artists that I'm excited about!

The big event will be held on Saturday 3 December at The Domain, in Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Full the full line-up, including ticket information visit the official Homebake 2011 site. Tickets will be available from 15 August [OFFICIAL SITE]

[FRESH RELEASE] Garçon Garçon // Stay in Touch

Garçon Garçon!

Who on earth are Garçon Garçon? Well, you'd be talking about two sexy Sydney boys by the name of Nick and Nathan. The boys (to quote their Facebook fan page)...

"... (combine) new wave synths with a unique '80s feel and a dash of blatant pop, Garçon Garçon write intelligent songs with catchy hooks. Coming from different musical worlds of classical and punk rock, the duo conjure a sound as complex as it is podium busting."

Nice. For me the boys remind me of a raw Cut Copy. All fresh and young, with that 80's-synth feel that makes my heart skip a beat. It's just like when I heard Frankmusik or Grum for the first time. Love, love, love.

Garçon Garçon's debut single, Stay in Touch, was released only last week. I'm very excited about their first release, and it's great to see these boys get some decent press (see: DNA Magazine, SX Magazine, TimeOut Magazine).

Me - do I like? Yes. Me - do I approve? Yes. Me - will I be following these boys until their new EP (aptly titled "EP") comes out? Yes.

Should you be doing the same? Yes. I think we'll be hearing a lot more from these beautiful Sydney boys - look out!

Read a very good interview with the boys on Coco: Ideas [SITE]

Purchase Stay in Touch digitally today [ITUNES]

[FRESH RELEASE] Cut Copy // Take Me Over

Whilst some of us are still basking in the beauty that was Cut Copy's last album, In Ghost Colours, it's hard to believe that the album that debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, was released over two years ago. How quickly time flies, and how amazing are summer days when you're rocking out to Lights & Music on the beach...

Anywho. Fast forward to now, actually to February 2011, and Cut Copy will release their much-anticipated third album, Zonoscope. The title and cover art (left) were launched a few weeks ago; however today I have the pleasure of introducing you to the official lead single off the album, Take Me Over (cover below).


The track was uploaded to Modular People's soundcloud account a couple days ago, and this week, was also released digitally in Australia (purchase on iTunes here).

I'm hearing hints of Fleetwood Mac (the track Everywhere I think), with a little bit of synth and disco-pop. I personally love it, and can't wait for the album. I'm just a little disappointed I have to wait 'til after summer to hear it!

As a side note, some of you are probably lucky enough to see the boys headlining the St Jerome Laneway Festival in February 2011 across Australia. I missed out on tickets, so I hate you if you are going to see them.

Enjoy the track, and don't forget to tell me whether you love it as much as I do!

Cut Copy - "Take Me Over"