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Dec 21, 2023 · 2023 has been another big year for the Australian music scene. And while the industry hasn't quite seen the post-COVID bounce-back they were hoping for, with some festivals even forced to shut-up shop - or take a hiatus. But despite that, music lovers continued to engage with music on their own terms.
- C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops. How often do you hear a punk rock album that recalls the best of Australia’s pub rock heyday and modern-day examination of today’s socio-political class?
- Cub Sport - Jesus At The Gay Bar. Cub Sport finally sound like the band they’ve always been destined to be on Jesus At The Gay Bar. With a cheeky title and a whole lot of heart, their latest album was released on Good Friday.
- G Flip – DRUMMER. 2023 was nothing short of enormous for G Flip – already the most successful non-binary pop star in Australian music history – with the release of their incendiary second album, DRUMMER, topping a list of milestones that also includes their biggest tour yet, huge wins at the ARIAs and J Awards, and collabs with legends like Delta Goodrem and Mike Shinoda (not to mention their marriage).
- Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER. Genesis Owusu doesn’t need us to gas him up – his countless accolades (including huge wins at the National Live Music Awards, J Awards and ARIAs) and sold-out shows do just fine with that – but we’d be remiss not to celebrate the genre-bending stalwart for the monumental impact he’s had on Australian music, especially over just a few short years.
Dec 21, 2023 · As 2023 came to its end, and Rolling Stone Australia‘s writers started preparing our shortlist of the best albums of the year, one thing became clear: Australians continue to produce some of...
Dec 15, 2023 · Our list of the best Australian music reflects the eclecticism of 2023, from the massive pop comebacks to revelatory folk songwriting to boundary-pushing hip-hop artistry.
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- Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney.
- Teether & Kuya Neil – CYA (feat. ZK king 劉)
- Sleep D – Punch Drunk (feat. YL Hooi)
- Kee’ahn & Emma Donovan – Take No More.
2023 has been a strange year of ups and downs, but there’s always been good music to get us through. We said hello to exciting new artists around the world, welcomed fresh tracks from mainstays, and bid a fond farewell to some trailblazers (most notably Camp Cope in Australia, who challenged and changed the local music landscape).
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Apple Music’s end-of-year charts are based on plays between 1 November 2022 and 31 October 2023. We’re hereby declaring 2023 the year of Miley Cyrus for Australian listeners: “Flowers” has been a steady presence atop local charts since it was first released in January, with no signs of slowing down.
