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.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- 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".
June
July
- 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.
August
September
October
November
December
Bands disbanded
Releases
Albums
February
| 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) |
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| 18 | Go Farther in Lightness | Gang of Youths | |
| 25 | Belly of the Beast | Citizen Kay | Hip hop |
November
| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
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| 10 | Changa | Pnau | |
| Engraved in the Game | Kerser | Hip hop |
December
| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
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| 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
See also
- Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
- List of number-one singles of 2017 (Australia)
- List of number-one albums of 2017 (Australia)
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. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.