Angie McMahon explained

Angie McMahon
Birth Place:Alphington, Victoria, Australia
Years Active:2013–present
Label:Angie McMahon, AWAL

Angie McMahon is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She released her debut studio album Salt in 2019.

Early life

McMahon grew up in Alphington, Victoria and began piano lessons at four years of age.

McMahon was inspired to be an artist after hearing Missy Higgins' The Sound of White, saying "That was a really big turning point in my life. I felt like [after] listening to that record and learning to play the songs, which I did a lot, I had a clear understanding of what I wanted to do with myself."[1]

Career

2013–2021: Salt

McMahon performed in a nine-piece soul band called The Fabric before beginning her solo career.[2] She won a Telstra competition in 2013 to open for Bon Jovi on the Australian leg of their Because We Can tour.[3]

McMahon completed an arts degree at the University of Melbourne. She returned to music in 2017.[1]

In 2017, McMahon won the Josh Pyke Partnership,[4] releasing her debut single "Slow Mover" in the same year.[5] She then later the singles, "Missing Me", "Keeping Time", a cover of Neil Young's "Helpless", "Pasta", and "And I am a Woman".

Her debut album, Salt, was released in July 2019 and peaked at #5 on the ARIA Charts. A live extended play was released in September 2019.

In October 2019, Happy Mag labelled her as "one of the most endearing and talented voices in music today," placing her at no. 15 on their list of "The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now."[6] On 3 October 2019, McMahon released a cover of Tom Waits' "Take It With Me"; the lead single from an all-female tribute album to the singer titled . In November 2019, McMahon released a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song, "Silver Springs"; a song McMahon names as her favourite.[7] In February 2020, McMahon released a cover version of ABBA's "Knowing Me, Knowing You" as part of Triple J's Like a Version.

2022–present: Light, Dark, Light Again

In June 2023, McMahon released the single "Saturn Returning", her first new single in three years.[8]

On 12 July 2023, McMahon released "Letting Go" and announced her second studio album, Light, Dark, Light Again. The album was released on 27 October 2023.

Announced in February 2024, McMahon embarked on the "Making it Through Tour" in May and June 2024,[9] encompassing 13 shows in Australia and New Zealand, which included selling out three nights at the Forum Theatre in her hometown Melbourne.[10] [11] [12]

In August, McMahon released "Untangling" and announced an EP titled Light Sides would be released on 13 September 2024.[13]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[14]
Salt 5
Light, Dark, Light Again
  • Released: 27 October 2023[16]
  • Label: Angie McMahon, AWAL (AM003CD)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
6

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
Audiotree Live
  • Released: 10 September 2019[17]
  • Label: Audio Tree
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
—
Piano Salt
  • Released: 2 October 2020[18]
  • Label: Angie McMahon (AM002PCD)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
19
Light Sides
  • Released: 13 September 2024
  • Label: Gracie Music, AWAL
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col"
YearCertificationsAlbum
"Slow Mover"2017 Salt
"Missing Me"2018
  • ARIA: Platinum
"Keeping Time"[20]
  • ARIA: Gold
"Helpless"[21]
"Pasta"[22] 2019
  • ARIA: Gold
Salt
"And I am a Woman"[23]
"Silver Springs"[24] rowspan="3"
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[25] 2020
"Knowing Me, Knowing You"
[26]
"If You Call"
[27] 		Piano Salt
"Soon"/"The River" [28]
  • ARIA: Gold
"Tea, Milk & Honey"[29] 2021Amerikinda: 20 Years of DualTone
"Saturn Returning"2023Light, Dark, Light Again
"Letting Go"
"Fireball Whiskey"[30]
"Exploding"[31]
"Making It Through"
"Reckless"
[32] 		2024
"Just Like North"[33] Light Sides
"Untangling"

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist! Title! Year! Album
scope=row "Slave"
[34] 		2019
scope=row "Angie (i've been lost)"
[35] 		2021Actual Life (April 14 – December 17, 2020)

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, showing year released and album name! Title! Year! Album
"Take It with Me"[36] 2019

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.! |-| 2018| "Slow Mover"| Breakthrough Independent Artist| | [37] |-| rowspan="2"| 2020| herself| Breakthrough Independent Artist| | rowspan="2"| [38] |-| Salt| Best Independent Rock Album or EP| |-

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.[39] ! |-| rowspan="2"| 2019| rowspan="2"| "Slow Mover"| Rock Work of the Year| | rowspan="2"| [40] |-| Song of the Year| |-| 2020 | "Pasta"| Song of the Year| | [41] |-| 2024 | "Letting Go"| Song of the Year| | [42] |-

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Angie McMahon has been nominated for six awards.

! |-| 2019| Salt| Best Independent Release| | [43] |-| rowspan="5" | 2024| rowspan="3" | Light, Dark, Light Again| Album of the Year| | rowspan="5" | [44] |-| Best Independent Release| |-| Best Rock Album| |-| herself| Best Solo Artist| |-| Making It Through Tour| Best Australian Live Act| |-

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. It exists to discover, reward and promote new Australian music of excellence.[45] ! |-| 2023| Light, Dark, Light Again| Australian Music Prize| | [46] |-

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.! |-| 2018| Angie McMahon| Unearthed Artist of the Year| | [47] |-| 2023| Light, Dark, Light Again| Australian Album of the Year| | [48] |-| 2024| Angie McMahon| Australian Live Act of the Year| |[49] [50] |-|}

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.! |-| rowspan="2"| 2018| Angie McMahon| Best Solo Artist| | rowspan="2"| [51] [52] |-| Angie McMahon| Breakthrough Act| |-| rowspan="3"| 2019| Salt| Best Album| | rowspan="3"| [53] |-| Angie McMahon| Best Female Musician| |-| Angie McMahon| Best Solo Artist| |-| 2020| Angie McMahon| Best Solo Artist| | [54] [55] |-| 2024| Light, Dark, Light Again| Best Album| | [56] [57]

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.! |-| 2019| Angie McMahon| Live Indie / Rock Act of the Year| | [58] [59] |-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why one of Australia’s most in-demand singers felt like a ‘failure’ . Sydney Morning Herald. 14 October 2023. 27 October 2023. Jules LeFevre.
  2. Web site: Get to know... Angie McMahon. 30 October 2017. Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
  3. Web site: Young singer to open for Bon Jovi.
  4. Web site: Melbourne Musician Angie McMahon Named 2017 Josh Pyke Partnership Winner. Staff Writers.
  5. Web site: Josh Pyke Partnership Winner Angie McMahon Releases First Single 'Slow Mover'. theMusic.
  6. Web site: The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now. en-US. 30 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Angie McMahon Releases Cover Of Her "Favourite Song," Fleetwood Mac’s "Silver Springs". ShoreFire. 21 November 2019 . 23 December 2019.
  8. Web site: Angie McMahon returns with first new single in three years, ‘Saturn Returning’. NME. 8 June 2023. 9 June 2023.
  9. Web site: Angie McMahon - Making It Through Tour . . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240529053740/https://www.frontiertouring.com/angiemcmahon . 29 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Jeffery . Yasmin . Chit Chat: Singer Angie McMahon dishes on the reaction to her Like a Version cover and her national tour . abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 29 May 2024 . 22 May 2024.
  11. News: Au-Nhien Nguyen . Giselle . Angie McMahon offers up a sublime performance in front of home crowd . 29 May 2024 . The Age . 29 May 2024 . Melbourne, Victoria.
  12. Web site: Lewis . Christopher . Live Review: Angie McMahon @ Forum Melbourne . themusic.com.au . 29 May 2024 . 29 May 2024.
  13. Web site: Angie McMahon Announces New EP ‘Light Sides’ Alongside New Single. Billboard. 16 August 2024. 17 August 2024.
  14. Web site: Discography Angie McMahon. australian-charts.com. 10 October 2020.
  15. Web site: Angie McMahon reveals new single 'And I Am A Woman', announces national album tour, debut album release date . Amnplify . 25 June 2019 . 5 July 2019.
  16. Web site: Varvaris . Mary . Angie McMahon Announces Two Special Australian Headline Shows . theMusic.com.au . SCG Media . 11 July 2023.
  17. Web site: Audiotree Live (EP). 10 September 2019 . 22 December 2019.
  18. Web site: Piano Salt (EP). 2 October 2020 . 2 August 2020.
  19. Australia. 2023. single. 6 June 2023.
  20. Web site: Keeping Time – Single by Angie McMahon on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 18 July 2018 . 21 February 2019.
  21. Web site: Helpless – Single by Angie McMahon . Apple Music AU . 27 August 2018 . 21 February 2019.
  22. Web site: Pasta – Single by Angie McMahon on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 7 March 2019 . 21 February 2019.
  23. Web site: Angie McMahon announces Australian album tour, shares 'And I Am A Woman' . ABC . 21 June 2019 . 21 June 2019 . Newstead, Al.
  24. Web site: Silver Springs – Single by Angie McMahon on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 20 November 2019 . 22 December 2019.
  25. Web site: Total Eclipse of the Heart – Single by Angie McMahon . Apple Music AU . 24 January 2020 . 23 April 2021.
  26. Web site: Knowing Me, Knowing You (triple j Like a Version) – Single by Angie McMahon . Apple Music AU . 21 February 2020 . 21 February 2020.
  27. Web site: If You Call (feat. Leif Vollebekk) – Single by Angie McMahon on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 7 May 2020 . 7 April 2020.
  28. Web site: Soon + The River by Angie McMahon . BandCamp . 16 September 2020 . 10 June 2021.
  29. Web site: Angie McMahon shares cover of Oh Pep!'s "Tea, Milk & Honey". NME. 9 June 2021. 10 June 2021. Triscari, Caleb.
  30. Web site: Angie McMahon’s ‘Fireball Whiskey’ Explores Anxiety . Clash Music. 24 August 2023 . 9 September 2023.
  31. Web site: Melbourne-based singer and musician Angie McMahon shares new single "Exploding" – a life-affirming eruption from her forthcoming album Light, Dark, Light Again. . The Line of Best Fit. 21 September 2023. 22 September 2023.
  32. Web site: Behind Angie McMahon's cover of Australian Crawl ‘Reckless’ for Like A Version . ABC . 16 February 2024 . 3 May 2024.
  33. Web site: Angie McMahon Shares New Single ‘Just Like North’. Music Feeds. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024.
  34. Web site: Slave (feat. Angie McMahon) – Single by Jim Alxndr on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 24 October 2019 . 22 December 2019.
  35. Web site: Angie (i've been lost) [feat. Angie McMahon] – Single by Fred again.. on Spotify ]. Spotify . 14 April 2021 . 22 December 2019.
  36. Web site: Warren Zanes talks all-female Tom Waits covers album & unveils Angie McMahon's 'Take It With Me' . . 3 October 2019 . 22 December 2019 . Graff, Gary.
  37. Web site: 2018 AIR Awards Nominees. 17 April 2018 . 20 August 2020.
  38. Web site: That's a wrap: 2020 AIR Awards winners and celebrations. the industry observer. 1 October 2020 . 1 October 2020.
  39. Web site: APRA History . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) . 25 April 2022 .
  40. Web site: 2019 APRA Awards nominees announced. noise11. 27 March 2019. 29 March 2019.
  41. Web site: APRA Has Revealed The 2020 Song Of The Year Finalists. The Music. 6 February 2020. 26 April 2022.
  42. Web site: G Flip, Genesis Owusu, RVG & More Shortlisted For 2024 APRA Song Of The Year. The Music. 22 February 2024. 23 February 2024.
  43. News: 2019 ARIA Award Winners Announced . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 27 November 2019 . 5 December 2019 .
  44. Web site: Global superstars headline the 2024 ARIA Award nominations . ARIA . ARIA . 26 September 2024.
  45. Web site: About the AMP. Australian Music Prize. 24 January 2023.
  46. News: Brandle . Lars . 28 November 2023 . Troye Sivan Shortlisted for 2023 Australian Music Prize . . 29 November 2023.
  47. Web site: The J Award 2018. Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2018. 15 August 2020.
  48. Web site: Check out all the nominees for the 2023 J Awards . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023.
  49. Web site: Varvaris . Mary . 1 November 2024 . Amyl And The Sniffers, Speed, Emily Wurramara Lead 2024 J Award Nominees . 1 November 2024 . . en.
  50. Web site: Here are your big winners of the 2024 J Awards . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 November 2024. 14 November 2024.
  51. Web site: Previous Nominess. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 19 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214225/https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees. dead.
  52. Web site: Previous Winners. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731040330/https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners. dead.
  53. Web site: And The Music Victoria Awards Nominees Are … . noise11 . 10 October 2019 . 10 October 2019.
  54. Web site: Industry Awards Winners And Hall Of Fame Inductees Revealed + 2020 Music Victoria Awards Nominees Announced With Public Voting Now Open! . Music Victoria. 9 October 2020 . 9 October 2020.
  55. Web site: Sampa The Great Walks Off With a Stack of Music Victoria Awards. noise11. 10 December 2020. 10 December 2020.
  56. Web site: G Flip, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ninajirachi Dominate Music Victoria Awards Nominations. The Music. 2 September 2024. 2 September 2024.
  57. Web site: Music Victoria awards rocked by voter hack with new winners announced. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 November 2024. 4 December 2024.
  58. Web site: HERE ARE YOUR 2019 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES!. NLMA. 22 October 2020. 5 September 2020.
  59. Web site: AND THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS ARE…. NLMA. 5 December 2020. 5 September 2020.

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