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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]- 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
[edit]July
[edit]- 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
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]Bands disbanded
[edit]Releases
[edit]Albums
[edit]February
[edit]| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Everyone We Know | Thundamentals | Hip hop |
April
[edit]| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Speeding | Allday[1] | Hip hop |
| 28 | Off the Grid | Bliss n Eso | Hip hop |
August
[edit]| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Go Farther in Lightness | Gang of Youths | |
| 25 | Belly of the Beast | Citizen Kay | Hip hop |
November
[edit]| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Changa | Pnau | |
| Engraved in the Game | Kerser | Hip hop |
December
[edit]| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ClassicILL | Downsyde | Hip hop |
Singles
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
- List of number-one singles of 2017 (Australia)
- List of number-one albums of 2017 (Australia)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.