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)
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. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

[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. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

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2017 in Australian music

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Bands disbanded

Releases

Albums

February

April

August

November

December

Singles

Deaths

See also

References

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