2017 in Australian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.

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13 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Isaiah Firebrace, finishes in ninth place with 173 points for the song "Don't Come Easy".

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21–23 July – Splendour in the Grass 2017 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by The xx, Queens of the Stone Age and LCD Soundsystem.

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Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
10	Everyone We Know	Thundamentals	Hip hop

April[]


Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
21	Speeding	Allday^[1]	Hip hop
28	Off the Grid	Bliss n Eso	Hip hop

August[]


Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
18	Go Farther in Lightness	Gang of Youths	Indie rock Alternative rock
25	Belly Of The Beast	Citizen Kay	Hip hop

November[]

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
10	Changa	Pnau	Electronic wonky pop
10	Engraved in the Game	Kerser	Hip hop

December[]

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
1	ClassicILL	Downsyde	Hip hop

Singles[]

10 February - What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? by Gang of Youths
9 March - Big Night Out by Butterfingers
17 March - In Motion by Allday^[2]
23 March - Feel Good by Kwame
23 March - Friends by Kwame
27 March - No Time by B-Nasty
28 March - Moments by Bliss n Eso
14 April - Blue by Bliss n Eso
28 April - Believe by Bliss n Eso
4 May - Here by Briggs
5 May - Hyperreal by Flume^[3]
10 May - Cloud 9 by Baker Boy
18 May - Richman by Downsyde
26 May - Let Me Down Easy by Gang of Youths
16 June - Drunk Together by Jai Waetford^[4]
22 June - Late Nights by Carmouflage Rose
9 August - The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows by Gang of Youths
17 August - Champagne by Jai Waetford^[5]
1 September - A Dark Machine by ShockOne^[6]
22 September - Yesterday by 360
6 October - Marryuna by Baker Boy
20 October - Girl with a Suntan by Jai Waetford^[7]
27 October - Way Out by 360
27 October - Go Bang by Pnau
10 November - Back in the Game by Downsyde
14 December - We Don't Have To by Jai Waetford^[8]
29 November - The Heart Is a Muscle by Gang of Youths

Deaths[]

2 January - Auriel Andrew, 69, singer
22 January - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 46, musician
13 February - Carol Lloyd, 68, singer, songwriter, composer
19 July - Graham Wood, 45, musician
2 August - Tony Cohen, 60, record producer, sound engineer
16 October - Iain Shedden, 60, drummer
22 October - George Young, 70, musician, songwriter, record producer
18 November - Malcolm Young, 64, musician, guitarist, songwriter, producer

References[]

^ "Album Review: Allday 'Speeding'". Australian Music News - AAA BACKSTAGE. 1 May 2017.
^ "Allday & Japanese Wallpaper Join Forces For New Single & Tour". Music Feeds. 17 March 2017.
^ "Flume waves goodbye to the Skin era with final single, Hyperreal". PILERATS.
^ "JAI WAETFORD DROPS LATEST SINGLE 'DRUNK TOGETHER' FT. ALLDAY!". Sony Music Australia. 20 June 2017.
^ "Jai Waetford Champagne". www.girl.com.au.
^ "ShockOne Returns With New Video For 'A Dark Machine'". Cool Accidents Music Blog.
^ "Jai Waetford and His Girl with a Suntan". 2017-10-20.
^ "Jai Waetford". Falcona.

[1] "Album Review: Allday 'Speeding'". Australian Music News - AAA BACKSTAGE. 1 May 2017.

[2] "Allday & Japanese Wallpaper Join Forces For New Single & Tour". Music Feeds. 17 March 2017.

[3] "Flume waves goodbye to the Skin era with final single, Hyperreal". PILERATS.

[4] "JAI WAETFORD DROPS LATEST SINGLE 'DRUNK TOGETHER' FT. ALLDAY!". Sony Music Australia. 20 June 2017.

[5] "Jai Waetford Champagne". www.girl.com.au.

[6] "ShockOne Returns With New Video For 'A Dark Machine'". Cool Accidents Music Blog.

[7] "Jai Waetford and His Girl with a Suntan". 2017-10-20.

[8] "Jai Waetford". Falcona.

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2017 in Australian music

Contents

Events[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Bands disbanded[]

Album and Single releases[]

Albums[]

February[]

April[]

August[]

November[]

December[]

Singles[]

Deaths[]

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