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ARIA 2025 Nominations | Predictions
During the week 2025 ARIA nominations, were announced! Well done to Central Coast legend, Ninajirachi, topping the nods! That is eight nominations for the awesome, I Love My Computer record, from NLV records.
Here are my picks/predictions/guesses in red & bold as below. The ARIA Awards will be held on Wednesday, 19 November, at the Hordern Pavilion, in iconic Sydney.
Album of the Year
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Thelma Plum – I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Best Solo Artist
BARKAA – Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records]
Kylie Minogue – Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
The Kid LAROI – How Does It Feel? [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Thelma Plum – I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Young Franco – it's Franky baby! [Neon Records]
Best Group
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Royel Otis – hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gut Health – Stiletto [AWAL Recordings]
Mia Wray – Hi, It’s Nice To Meet Me [Mushroom Music]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Young Franco – it's Franky baby! [Neon Records]
Best Pop Release
G Flip – Disco Cowgirl [AWAL Recordings]
Kita Alexander – Press Pause [Warner Music Australasia]
Kylie Minogue – Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]
Thelma Plum – I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Best Dance / Electronic Release
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
Dom Dolla – DREAMIN' [Good Fortune Records]
FISHER – Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays [Solotoka / ADA]
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
BARKAA – Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]
ONEFOUR – Look At Me Now [ONEFOUR Records / The Orchard]
The Kid LAROI – Baby I’m Back [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Best Soul / R&B Release
BOY SODA – Lil Obsession [Warner Music Australasia]
JACOTÉNE - Why’d You Do That? [Epic Records / Sony Music]
Jerome Farah – CHLORINE [Sony Music]
Larissa Lambert – Cardio [New Levels / Virgin Music Group]
PANIA – Pity Party [Warner Music Australasia / Say Less]
Best Independent Release
Ball Park Music – Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Best Rock Album
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Ball Park Music – Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
King Stingray – For The Dreams [Civilians / The Orchard]
Royel Otis – hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Spacey Jane – If That Makes Sense [AWAL Recordings]
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gordi – Like Plasticine [Mushroom Music]
Meg Washington – GEM [OriGiN Distribution / ADA]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
Best Country Album
Dylan Wright – Half a World Away [Sony Music]
Imogen Clark – Choking on Fuel [Potts Entertainment / MGM]
Kasey Chambers – Backbone [Essence Music Group / MGM]
Keith Urban – High [CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia]
Taylor Moss – Firecracker [Taylor Moss / Ditto Music]
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
Civic – Chrome Dipped [ATO Records / Inertia Music]
Press Club – To All The Ones I Love [Inertia Music]
RedHook – Mutation [RedHook Records]
The Amity Affliction – Let The Ocean Take Me Down (Redux) [GYROstream]
Thornhill – Bodies [UNFD / Community Music]
Best Blues & Roots Album
Dope Lemon – Golden Wolf [BMG]
Mama Kin Spender – Promises [Mama Kin Spender / MGM]
Sons Of The East – SONS [Sons Of The East Music / MGM]
Tash Sultana – Return to the Roots [Lonely Lands Records via Sony Music]
The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo [Mushroom Music]
Best Children’s Album
Emma Memma – Dance Island Party [GYROstream]
Justine Clarke – Mimi's Symphony [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Teeny Tiny Stevies – Brain Fart [Love Your Records / Xelon]
The Vegetable Plot – Season Three [ABC Music / The Orchard]
The Wiggles – Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Best Music Festival
Ability Fest – Dylan Alcott Foundation + Untitled Group
Beyond The Valley – Untitled Group / Beyond The Valley Music Festival
Bluesfest Byron Bay – Bluesfest Byron Bay
Laneway Festival – St Jerome’s Laneway / Laneway Festival
Yours and Owls Festival – Yours and Owls
Public Voted Awards
Best Video
Break My Love - RÜFÜS DU SOL, Alexander George (Katzki) [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Craters – Missy Higgins, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Lordy Lordy – Emily Wurramara, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [ABC Music / The Orchard]
All The Noise – Spacey Jane, Dan Lesser [AWAL Recordings]
Car – Royel Otis, Jamieson Kerr [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Big Dreams – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Stewart [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Dreamin - Dom Dolla, Kyle Caulfield & Shevin Dissanayake [Good Fortune Records]
Don’t Happy, Be Worry – Hilltop Hoods, Roman Anastasios and Jordan Ruyi Blanch [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dancing2 – Keli Holiday, Ryan Sauer [Keli Holiday / GYROstream]
WASSA – VV Pete, UTILITY, Formation Boyz, UTILITY [Trackwork]
Best Australian Live Act
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness World Tour
Ball Park Music – Like Love Tour
BARKAA – BIG TIDDA TOUR [Jackson Street & Bad Apples Music]
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) Tour [I OH YOU]
Dom Dolla – Dom Dolla Australia 2024 [Untitled Group]
Hilltop Hoods – Hilltop Hoods 2025
Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour 2025
Miss Kaninna – Dawg In Me Tour [Astral People]
SPEED – SPEED Australia Tour ‘25
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other Tour [Live Nation]
Song of the Year
Cyril, Maryjo – Still Into You [Warner Music Australasia / Spinnin Records]
Dean Lewis – With You [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla Feat. Daya – Dreamin [Good Fortune Records]
FISHER – Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Gotye, FISHER, Chris Lake Feat. Kimbra, Sante Sansone – Somebody [Eleven: A Music Company / EMI Music Australia]
ONEFOUR, Nemzzz – Spinnin [ONEFOUR RECORDS / THE ORCHARD]
Royel Otis – Linger (SiriusXM Session) [Ourness]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays [Solotoko / ADA]
The Kid LAROI – Girls [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Tobiahs – Angel of Mine [Mushroom Music]
Most Popular International Artist
Alex Warren – You'll Be Alright Kid [Atlantic Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Calvin Harris – 96 Months [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Kendrick Lamar – GNX [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Noah Kahan – Stick Season [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Post Malone – F-1Trillion [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet [Island Records USA / Universal Music Australia]
Tate McRae – So Close To What [RCA Records / Universal Music Australia]
Taylor Swift – [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Artisan Awards
Best Cover Art
Giulia McGauran for The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise [BMG]
John Stewart for Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music
Group]
Kira Puru, Em Jensen for Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Waner Music Australasia]
Nina Wilson, John You, Aria Zarzycki for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sarah McCloskey for Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Fine Arts Awards
Best Classical Album
Andrea Lam – Piano Diary [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings and Andante
Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
Nat Bartsch – Forever Changed [Amica Records]
Simone Young & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No.2; Barton: Of The Earth
[Deutsche Grammophon Australia / Universal Music]
Sophie Hutchings – Become The Sky [Universal Music Australia / Mercury KX]
Best Jazz Album
Evans Robson Quartet – Zenith [Lamplight Records]
Lachlan McKenzie – Departures [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]
Lucy Clifford – Between Spaces of Knowing [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]
TL; DR & Peter Knight – Too Long; Didn’t Read [Earshift Music / The Planet Company-MGM]
Touch Sensitive – In Paradise [Future Classic]
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Australian Chamber Orchestra – Memoir of a Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
François Tétaz - The Surfer [Impressed Recordings / Rubber Music Pty Ltd]
Michael Cassel Group – Michael Cassel Group Presents A (Very) Musical Christmas [The Orchard]
Various Artists – How To Make Gravy [Origin Recordings]
Vidya Makan – The Lucky Country (Original Cast Album) [ORiGiN Distribution / ADA]
Best World Music Album
Electric Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Live In Concert [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Gurrumul – Banbirrngu – The Orchestral Sessions [Decca Australia & Skinnyfish / UMA]
Joseph Tawadros – The Forgotten Path To Humanity [Independent / The Planet Company]
Tenzin Choegyal – Snow Flower [Warner Music Australasia / Rainbow Valley Records]
The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise [BMG]
Our Soundtrack Our Ads (Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement)
Fox League 2025: Our Greats – Fox Sports Australia, 3%
Menulog: What’s Good in Your Hood – Thinkerbell, Bliss n Eso
Paramount+ Australia: Ballad of the GOATS – Paramount+ Australia, Briggs
Tooheys: I Feel Like a Tooheys – Thinkerbell, Dune Rats
Tourism & Events Queensland: That Holiday Feeling – Publicis Worldwide, Kita Alexander
Friday, September 26, 2025
Thursday, September 25, 2025
(Pre) Friday Flash(back)
The Living End formed in 1994 in sunny old Melbourne.
Since 2002, the line-up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals), & Andy Strachan (drums).
The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their EP Second Solution / Prisoner of Society, which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
And tomorrow the group release I Only Trust Rock n Roll, their ninth studio album. Two of which reached the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart: The Living End (October 1998) and State of Emergency (February 2006).
They have also achieved chart success in the USA & the United Kingdom.
The band was nominated 27 times and won five awards at the Australian ARIA Music Awards ceremonies: "Highest Selling Single" for Second Solution / Prisoner of Society (1998), "Breakthrough Artist – Album" and "Best Group" for The Living End (1999), as well as "Best Rock Album" for White Noise (2008) and The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (2011). In October 2010, their debut album was listed in the book "100 Best Australian Albums".
So ahead of the ninth record landing tomorrow, let's have a bit of a west end riot! Well done to the Living End for years of great tunes and incredible live shows!
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Monday, September 22, 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Laneway 2025 - A Thursday Mixtape
It's that time of the year, how do you top Charli XCX from last year. Well Laneway has given us the below. There are the highlights, full info HERE
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
(Pre) Friday Flash(back)
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler AKA John Butler, is an American-Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer.
John is best known for his time as the eponymous frontman of the John Butler Trio, a roots rock and jam rock band that formed in Perth Fremantle, Western Australia in 1998.
The John Butler Trio recorded five studio albums, including three that reached number one on the Australian charts: Sunrise Over Sea, Grand National and April Uprising.
Butler was born in the United States and moved to Australia at an early age. He began playing the guitar at the age of sixteen.
In 2002, Butler, along with several partners, formed their own record label Jarrah. He is also the co-founder of The JB Seed, a grant program that seeks to improve artistic diversity in Australia.
Recently released PRISM, is the third entry in the WA-based artist's ongoing Four Seasons album concept, which began with last year's ambient ode to healing, Running River, and instrumental reset Still Searching.
With the release of PRISM, John has a celebrated career spanning over three decades, Butler's latest album is a humble reminder that there's always horizons to expand and mistakes to be learned from.
As environmentally and politically active as ever, Butler's principles are still at the core of his music.
Butler's wife of 25 years Danielle Caruana, professionally known as Mama Kin, serves as the muse behind PRISM's most obvious singles.
Butler is about to hit the road, so for all the tour dates, click here.
A few more weeks of the Friday Flash(back), before the 2025 season finale.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025
(Pre) Friday Flash(back)
Cut Copy the synth-pop group formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford (vocals, keyboards and guitar). Originally a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass guitar), and Mitchell Scott (drums).
The band achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their second album, In Ghost Colours, which included well-known singles Lights & Music & Hearts on Fire.
Last Friday the Melbourne band gave us their seventh record, Moments. Cut Copy were one of my Homebake highlights from yester-year.
Back in the festival hey day, Homebake kicked off the festival season with an all Australian (occasional NZ group, also the one random year Blondie headlined) line up. Cut Copy slayed the dance tent back in the day.
The group take 80's dance pop to new levels.
So ahead of streaming their latest record tomorrow, let's go old school to remember the wonders of Cut Copy!
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Monday, September 8, 2025
Friday, September 5, 2025
Thursday, September 4, 2025
(Pre) Friday Flash(back)
DUMB is a collaborative album by Australian singer-songwriter Emma Louise & Flume. The album was released late last month.
Upon announcement, Emma Louise said "The title Dumb is loaded with weight for me... At first, naming the album Dumb felt irreverent and freeing, but later I realised how deeply it connected to my own fear of being seen as stupid and unworthy. This album is me reclaiming that word, letting go of shame, and promising myself I'll never abandon my voice again."
Flume and Emma Louise have previously collaborated on the 2022 track Hollow, from Flume's third studio album Palaces.
The lead single Easy Goodbye was released in mid-July.
Shine, Glow, Glisten was released ahead of the album alongside its video, directed by Jonathan Zawada. The third single is Monsoon, with its music video being directed by Jonathan Zawada and Michael Hili.
Both Emma Louise & Flume are Aussie icons. Making them perfect for my Friday Flash(back) weekly feature. Emma Louise burst onto the scene with Jungle, while Flume has given us multiple instant classic singles, even winning a Hottest 100. Flume has worked with countless artists, so a collaborative album feels so right from these two.
I am excited to share the album with you tomorrow, while today having a deeper dive into some of their new work and classics. Of course including Jungle. I've seen Flume live a few times, but need to see Emma Louise live. Bring on my outing to North East Party House next month for their farewell tour.
Speaking of farewells. There are not too many more Friday Flash(back)'s for 2025. However, over the next few weeks, there are some gems! So look out!
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025
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