2017 in Australian music explained

See also: Timeline of musical events. The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.

Events

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".

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.

December

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
25	Belly of the Beast	Citizen Kay	Hip hop

November

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

December

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1 May 2017. Album Review: Allday 'Speeding'. Australian Music News - AAA BACKSTAGE.
2. Web site: Allday & Japanese Wallpaper Join Forces For New Single & Tour . Music Feeds . 17 March 2017.
3. Web site: Flume waves goodbye to the Skin era with final single, Hyperreal . PILERATS.
4. Web site: JAI WAETFORD DROPS LATEST SINGLE 'DRUNK TOGETHER' FT. ALLDAY! . Sony Music Australia . en-AU . 20 June 2017.
5. Web site: Jai Waetford Champagne . www.girl.com.au . en.
6. Web site: ShockOne Returns With New Video For 'A Dark Machine' . Cool Accidents Music Blog . en.
7. Web site: Jai Waetford and His Girl with a Suntan. 2017-10-20.
8. Web site: Jai Waetford . Falcona . 2019-07-04 . 2019-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704161449/http://falcona.com.au/artist/jai-waetford/ . dead .