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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Amyl and The Sniffers, Troye Sivan, Kevin Parker Win Big at 2025 APRA Music Awards
Australian punks Amyl and The Sniffers have taken out the song of the year at the 2025 APRA Music Awards, held Wednesday (April 30) at Melbourne Town Hall. The Melbourne group received the coveted peer-voted award for their track 'U Should Not Be Doing That,' which was released as the lead single for their 2024 album Cartoon Darkness. The record itself became the group's second consecutive release to hit No. 2 on the ARIA charts, while the single received a nomination for best video at the 2024 ARIA Awards. More from Billboard CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso: The Duo Disrupting Latin Music's Boundaries With Flair, Friendship and Fearlessness Don Toliver & Doja Cat Hit the Fast Lane for New Song 'Lose My Mind': Watch the Music Video Turnstile Shares New Video & Songs Featuring Vocals From Dev Hynes & Paramore's Hayley Williams: Listen The award caps off an impressive run for the four-piece, having recently wrapped up two weekends at Coachella as part of their North American tour, and taking out both best live act and best LP/EP at the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards. Troye Sivan, meanwhile, was named songwriter of the year, just shy of the one-year anniversary of 'Rush' being named song of the year at the 2024 ceremony. 'Songwriting is my favorite thing that I get to do. I think it'll be something that I do for the rest of my life,' Sivan said of his win. 'I feel like it's, one of the greatest gifts that I was born with. Not even the ability to write a good song, just the ability to create at all.' While Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell of Royel Otis received the emerging songwriter of the year award just months after winning four trophies at the ARIA Awards, Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker emerged as the night's big winner, being honored in the categories of most performed Australian work and most performed pop work. In both instances, Parker's win was for Dua Lipa's 'Houdini,' which he co-wrote alongside Lipa and international writers Caroline Ailin, Danny Harle and Tobias Jesso Jr. Released in November 2023, the single topped the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and reached a respectable No. 11 on the Hot 100. Sia's 'Unstoppable' was named most performed Australian work overseas, while Tate McRae's 'Greedy' took out most performed international work. King Stingray, Ziggy Alberts, Make Them Suffer, Kaiit, Lithe, and Dom Dolla also emerged victorious in their respective genre categories, while Kylie Minogue took out the previously-announced Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. The 2025 edition of the APRAs cemented 'another huge year for Australian music, both at home and overseas,' comments APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston. 'It's heartwarming to see so many first-time winners this year, showcasing the incredible breadth of talent Australia produces, and it's a testament to the opportunity of Australia becoming a global songwriting powerhouse,' he added. 'With an election just days away, we hope that both sides of government can see the immense talent we have here, and the opportunities to build a stronger, fairer, more vibrant future for Australian music, recognising our music as the global cultural powerhouse and valuable export that it so clearly is.' Established in 1982, the Australasian Performing Right Association's annual songwriters' ceremony is one of the Australian music industry's most treasured events, a worthy counterpart to Britain's Ivor Novello Awards. Full List of 2025 APRA Music Awards winners: Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year Title: U Should Not Be Doing ThatArtist: Amyl and The SniffersWriters: Declan Mehrtens / Fergus Romer / Amy Taylor / Bryce Wilson Songwriter of the Year Writer: Troye SivanPublisher: Universal Music Publishing Emerging Songwriter of the Year Writers: Otis Pavlovic & Royel Maddell (Royel Otis)Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing obo Ourness Songs International Recognition Award Keanu Torres (Keanu Beats) Most Performed Australian Work Title: HoudiniArtist: Dua LipaWriters: Kevin Parker / Dua Lipa*^ / Caroline Ailin / Daniel Harle / Tobias Jesso Jr.^Publishers: Sony Music Publishing / Warner Chappell Music* / Universal Music Publishing^ Most Performed Australian Work Overseas Title: UnstoppableArtist: SiaWriter: Sia Furler / Christopher Braide*Publishers: Sony Music Publishing / Concord Music Publishing ANZ* Most Performed Alternative Work Title: ParadiseArtist: CoterieWriters: Brandford Fisher / Conrad Fisher / Joshua Fisher / Tyler Fisher / Robby De Sa*Publishers: Concord Music Publishing ANZ / Sony Music Publishing* Most Performed Blues & Roots Work Title: New LoveArtist: Ziggy AlbertsWriter: Ziggy AlbertsPublisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Most Performed Country Work Title: Take Forever (Hally's Song)Artist: Cooper AlanWriters: Kylie Sackley* / Timothy Cooper^ / Justin Morgan+Publishers: I Love You More Music Worldwide* / BMG^ / SHOUT! Music Publishing+ Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work Title: Saving UpArtist: Dom DollaWriters: Dominic Matheson / Clementine Douglas* / Toby Scott^ / Caitlin Stubbs^Publishers: Sony Music Publishing / Mushroom Music Publishing* / Kobalt Music Publishing^ Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Work Title: EpitaphArtist: Make Them SufferWriters: Sean Harmanis / Nicholas McLernon / Jordan Mather / Alexandra Reade / Jeff DunneCooking Vinyl Publishing Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work Title: Fall BackArtist: LitheWriters: Josiah Ramel* / Omid KhasrawyPublisher: Concord Music Publishing ANZ obo Boss Level* Most Performed International Work Title: Greedy Artist: Tate McRae Writers: Tate McRae / Amy Allen* / Jasper Harris^ / Ryan TedderPublishers: Sony Music Publishing / Warner Chappell Music* / Concord Music Publishing ANZ^ Most Performed Pop Work Title: HoudiniArtist: Dua LipaWriters: Kevin Parker / Dua Lipa*^ / Caroline Ailin / Daniel Harle / Tobias Jesso Jr.^Publishers: Sony Music Publishing / Warner Chappell Music* / Universal Music Publishing^ Most Performed R&B / Soul Work Title: SpaceArtist: KaiitWriters: Kaiit Waup / Jake Amy / Anthony Liddell / Jaydean Miranda / Justin Smith Most Performed Rock Work Title: Through The TreesArtist: King StingrayWriters: Theo Dimathaya Burarrwanga / Roy Kellaway* / Campbell Messer / Yirrŋa Gotjiringu Yunupingu* / Yimila Gurruwiwi / Lewis StilesPublisher: Sony Music Publishing* Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Service to Australian Music Kylie Minogue Licensee of the Year Lazybones Lounge Restaurant & Bar Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Concerts to see this week: Sturgill Simpson, Magnetic Fields, Amyl & the Sniffers
What a week ahead. The concert calendar around the Twin Cities is absolutely packed. You could hit a concert every day and still miss some shows that are going to be great. Here's what is happening around the Twin Cities with an effort to hone in on some of the best concerts happening. (What about Sharon van Etten? Gang of Four? Julien Baker & TORRES? Ben Folds? Lucius? Allison Russell? There's only so much space available.) Tuesday, May 6–Wednesday, May 7, at The Armory After a stretch of not performing in the Twin Cities, Sturgill Simpson came through last year with fans shouting from the rooftops about it being one of the best concerts of the year. He's already coming back for a pair of shows at The Armory on his 'Who the F**k is Johnny Blue Skies' tour. He'll perform without an opener, playing music from his catalog as well as his recent release as Johnny Blue Skies, Passage Du Desir. Wednesday, May 7, at Palace Theatre The Australian group rides the line between bar rock and punk with joyful, no-holds-barred songs. Their third album, Cartoon Darkness, has them both more melodic and more chaotic, which suits their energetic live vibes pretty nicely. Friday, May 9–Saturday, May 10, at The Fitzgerald Theater Stephin Merritt and co. are on the road celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's seminal record, 69 Love Songs. They'll play through the entirety of the roughly three-hour album across two nights. Playing classic albums in their entirety has become a mainstay of touring, but rarely is it an album that is as iconic as 69 Love Songs. Friday, May 9–Saturday, May 10, in Winona Head to Winona for the sprawling annual festival that puts local groups on stages across the city. This year's fest features Charlie Parr, Gully Boys, Humbird, Nur-D (who is about to release a new album), People Brothers Band, Mae Simpson, Kiss the Tiger, LAAMAR, The Nunnery, Westerlund/Hagen Duo, and plenty more. Saturday, May 10, at First Avenue The British punk group was in town last year, prior to the release of their debut LP. Though, they'd already made plenty of noise with their You're Welcome EP and the 'God's Country' single. Clearly, their truth-to-power brand of punk rock has struck a chord after the release of Who Let the Dogs Out. (Yes, that's the name of their new record, which is excellent and has a great title.) The show, originally scheduled to take place at 7th St. Entry, has been moved to the First Avenue main room. Punk fans will have to make a choice on Saturday, though. Gang of Four's farewell tour is happening on the same night, just down the street at Fine Line. Saturday, May 10 (Brother Ali), and Sunday, May 11 (Dessa), at Icehouse Over the course of two days, Icehouse will bring in a few Rhymesayers veterans for shows at the intimate venue. Brother Ali, a former Twin Cities resident now based in Istanbul, released Satisfied Soul earlier this year. He'll bring the new music to Icehouse on Saturday, where he'll appear with DJ Abilities. The following night, Dessa will take the stage, joined by Lazerbeak and an opening set from Zach on Monday, May 5: Lucy Dacus at Palace Theatre Bruce Cockburn at The Parkway Theater Citizen Soldier at First Avenue Fame on Fire with Halocene and Archetypes Collide at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Edwin McCain at The Dakota Obituary, Nails, Terror, SpiritWorld, and Pest Control at Varsity Theater Shayfer James with Sparkbird at 7th St. Entry Magic Sword with Starbenders, Mega Ran, and North Innsbruck (DJ set) at Turf Club Concerts on Tuesday, May 6: Sturgill Simpson at The Armory Lucy Dacus at Palace Theatre Bruce Cockburn at The Parkway Theater New Band Night w/ Megasound, Ringlet, Greentop, and Keston Wright at Green Room The Toxhards with Lakeside Effects at Turf Club Paul Thorn at The Dakota FLO at The Fillmore Arm's Length, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Riley!, and Bike Routes at Varsity Theater Trousdale at Fine Line Luke Callen and Clare Doyle: Stripped Down Song Swap at Icehouse Concerts on Wednesday, May 7: Sturgill Simpson at The Armory Amyl and the Sniffers with Sheer Mag at Palace Theater Ben Folds & A Piano Tour with Lindsey Kraft at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester Enter the Void: Lilac Fortress, Second Lavender, and Terry Goodbat at Can Can Wonderland Teen Mortgage with UPCHUCK at 7th St. Entry Visual Learner, Black Dots, City Mouse, and Couch Potato Massacre at Cloudland Theater Eem Riplin and DC the Don at Varsity Theater Magnolia Park with Hot Milk, Savage Hands, and South Arcade at Fine Line Guy Branum at Turf Club Peter White at The DakotaConcerts on Thursday, May 8: Minnesota Tango Music Festival at The Parkway Theater Giacomo Turra at The Dakota Dosh w/ Anthony Cox and Chris Thomson at Berlin Kevin Kaarl at The Fillmore Manias, The Customers, and Rodents at Cloudland Theater Ghost-Note at The Dakota Raynes with Eldest Daughter at Turf Club The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs at Palmer's Bar Annie Fitzgerald and Mother Banjo at Aster Cafe Sonic Sea Turtles, Odd Prospect, Lana Leone, and berzica at 7th St. Entry Late Night Radio with DMVU and rsrch_chmcls at Fine Line PaviElle French, composer and vocalist at The Landmark Center (free) Early Evening Jazz: The Willie August Project at Berlin (no cover) Concerts on Friday, May 9: Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at The Fitzgerald Theater Midwest Music Fest at various venues around Winona Lucius with Victoria Canal at Palace Theatre Alison Moyet at Fine Line Allison Russell with Kara Jackson at First Avenue Dan Rodriguez at The Parkway Theater Brantley Gilbert at The Ledge Amphitheater Brett Newski & the Bad Inventions with The Cold Casuals and The Makeout at Zhora Darling The Belfast Cowboys at The Dakota My Kid Banana, Bad Idea, Couch Potato Massacre, Cut Rate Clones, and Murder Curious at Palmer's Bar Ana Everling Quartet at Berlin Annie and the Bang Bang, Mary Bue, and Sawtooth Witch at Aster Cafe Arkansauce with Steam Machine at The Cedar Cultural Center Squid at Turf Club Under Violet, Val Son, and Shady Cove at Cloudland Theater Fish Narc and GAG with Giallo at 7th St. Entry The Melismatics with Benjamin Cartel and Stone Arch Rivals at Icehouse Sugarcoat and Mishi Mega at 331 Club (free) Early Evening Jazz: Carpel / Goodroad / Hurtado at Berlin (no cover) Concerts on Saturday, May 10: Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at The Fitzgerald Theater Lambrini Girls with Party Dozen at First Avenue Brother Ali with DJ Abilities at Icehouse Midwest Music Fest at various venues around Winona Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory w/ Love Spells at Palace Theatre Gang of Four at the Fine Line Corbin with LUCY at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Impossible Prom Kings, Fragged Out, Gradience, Delilah Daybreaks, Courier, Kalopsya, and Exphasis at Palmer's Bar Doinks n' Dubstep feat. Champagne Drip with p0gman and Cut Rugs at Hook and Ladder Joe Kay at Varsity Theater The Hillcats at Aster Cafe Jamecia Bennett: A Mother's Day Tribute to Women in Music at The Dakota Eleganza! with Taylor Hollingsworth and Boot Cut at Cloudland Theater Youth Lagoon with Kaleah Lee at Turf Club Order & Chaos Club at Zhora Darling Richard Shindell with Robert Thomas and The Sessionmen at The Cedar Cultural Center Michael Sarian's ESQUINA at Berlin Two Harbors album release show at Turf Club Turtle Island Quartet at The Parkway Theater Early Evening Jazz: Paul Harper / Phil Aaron at Berlin (no cover) Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond Band at 331 Club (free) Concerts on Sunday, May 11: Dessa at Icehouse Julien Baker & TORRES with Ali Macofsky at First Avenue Tommyinnit at The Fitzgerald Theater iann dior at Fine Line George Clanton and Slater at Varsity Theater Asleep at the Wheel at The Dakota Anthony Shore & His All-Star Band's Tribute to Elvis at The Parkway Theater Imagined by Nelson Devereaux: J. Hoard + Nelson Devereaux / Asher Kurtz at Berlin Emmy Woods and Mark Joseph at 331 Club (free)Just announced concerts: May 29: Go Your Own Way: a Fleetwood Mac Sing-Along at Turf Club June 15: Father's Day Badfinger Night, a tribute to Joey Molland at The Parkway Theater July 10: Langhorne Slim at Turf Club July 11: Buñuel with Today is the Day and Spiritual Poison at Turf Club July 16: Yeison Landero at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza July 18 and 19: Steely Dane: The Ultimate Steely Dan Tribute Band at The Parkway Theater July 20: Coleen Raye: The Music of Adele at The Parkway Theater July 23: Abinnet Berhanu's Ahndenet አንድነት with Genet Abate at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza July 23: Quintron and Miss Pussycat at Turf Club July 28: Mustard Service with Strawberry Milk Cult at 7th St. Entry July 30: The Buddha Prince at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza Aug. 6: Combo Daguerrre at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza Aug. 13: The Burroughs at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza Aug. 17: Ken Carson: The Lords of Chaos Tour at The Armory Aug. 20: Ukrainian Village Band at The Cedar Cultural Center's Cedar Plaza Aug. 27: Hank Williams Jr. at The Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Sept. 5: Marc Ribot at The Cedar Cultural Center Sept. 7: Peter Antonious: Pretty Psychic Tour at The Parkway Theater Sept. 13: Nature TV at 7th St. Entry Sept. 14: Haim with Dora Jar at The Armory Sept. 23: Polo & Pan at Palace Theatre Sept. 24: F. Scott Fitzgerald Birthday Party feat. Southside Aces and the Riffin' Trio at Turf Club Oct. 8: Far Caspian at 7th St. Entry Oct. 21: Jack and Jack at Fine Line Nov. 22: The Beths with Phoebe Rings at Palace Theatre
The Guardian
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Amyl and the Sniffers win song of the year at 2025 Apra awards
Amyl and the Sniffers have won the top gong at the Australian Performing Rights Association (Apra) awards, winning song of the year on Wednesday night for their track U Should Not Be Doing That. The track – the first single from the Melbourne punk quartet's 2024 album Cartoon Darkness – is a brazen kiss-off to industry gatekeepers and naysayers. 'I think it's a comedic way of rubbing the dog's nose in its own dog piss after it weed on your favourite rug,' frontwoman Amy Taylor has said of the song. The Apra award is the latest honour in a mammoth few months for Amyl and the Sniffers, who were recently nominated for best international group at the Brit awards. A Guardian review of Cartoon Darkness said the band were 'on the brink of transforming critical acclaim and cult status into something much bigger'. True to form, they are now partway through a mostly sold-out US tour – which saw them play Coachella earlier in April – before heading to Glastonbury later this year. Song of the year is the only peer-voted category at the Apras, where most awards are determined by airplay and royalties. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Also a big winner at the awards, which were held at Melbourne Town Hall, was Tame Impala's Kevin Parker – who won both most performed Australian work and most performed pop work for his contribution to Dua Lipa's single Houdini. The Apra board of directors does have discretion over a few categories including songwriter of the year – which went to Apra favourite Troye Sivan. It marks the Australian pop star's third win after taking home song of the year in 2024 for Rush and breakthrough songwriter in 2017. The board also selected emerging songwriter of the year, which was won this year by Royel Otis – the indie rock duo who had a breakthrough year in 2024 with a debut album and two viral covers of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Murder on the Dancefloor and the Cranberries' Linger. A highlight of the night was the Ted Albert award – a lifetime achievement honour – which went to Kylie Minogue. 'Seventeen-year-old me would not be able to compute the life that music has given me,' she said in a video acceptance speech. 'We all know it's work. You work for it, but I feel like whatever we give and whatever it might take from us, we receive more.' Six-time Apra winner Sia won most performed Australian work overseas for her 2016 hit Unstoppable, which was released as a US radio single in 2022 after it resurfaced on TikTok that year. Grammy winner Keanu Torres took home the international recognition award – previously titled the overseas recognition award – in the first time the prize has been presented since 2019. The songwriter and producer, also known as Keanu Beats, has worked with Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and The Kid Laroi. Other genre awards on the night went to Paradise by Coterie, for most performed alternative work; New Love by Ziggy Alberts, for blues and roots; Take Forever (Hally's Song) by Cooper Alan, for country; Saving Up by Dom Dolla, for dance and electronic; Epitaph by Make Them Suffer, for hard rock and heavy metal; Fall Back by Lithe, for hip-hop and rap; Space by Kaiit, for R&B and soul; and Through the Trees by King Stingray, for rock.
CBS News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Kinetic Australian punks Amyl and the Sniffers headline the Fox in Oakland
Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers bring their high-energy stage show and songs from their latest album Cartoon Darkness to the Fox Theater in Oakland Saturday night with support from punk/metal power-pop crew Sheer Mag. Since first coming together in 2016, the Australian quartet has risen to become one of the most celebrated new acts to emerge from Down Under in the past decade. Formed by pint-sized, bleach-blonde singer Amy Taylor (aka the band's namesake Amyl) and her housemates in suburban Melbourne, the group named itself after the party drug amyl nitrate or "poppers." Taking cues from classic '70s proto-punk (particularly Iggy and the Stooges), glam, pub rock and modern punk, the band's recorded and released their debut EP Giddy Up that same year, reportedly tracking the four songs in just 12 hours. While the raw early recordings featured on that recording and the follow-up Big Attraction EP showed the band's knack for writing short -- often only 90 seconds long -- catchy blasts of punk, it was their feral live show that established the band in Australia. Shows often found the diminutive vocalist spending as much time crowd surfing or on the floor dancing with the audience as onstage during performances. The group would enter the studio to record their debut full-length with producer Ross Orton (the former drummer for UK synth-punk band Add N to X), releasing their eponymous album in 2019 on Flightless, the label affiliated with popular Australian psych band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (ATO and Rough Trade would issue the record in other parts of the world). The album would receive uniformly high praise from critics, earning the ARIA Award -- Australia's version of the Grammy -- for Best Rock Album and getting nominated for the Australian Music Prize. King Gizzard had already provided Amyl and company with their first significant exposure in the U.S., taking them out on a North American tour the year prior. The quartet would become a regular attraction at festivals its native Australia, Europe and the States, appearing at Coachella and Oakland's own garage-punk celebration the Mosswood Meltdown. While the pandemic put a pause on the band's momentum and busy touring plans, Amyl and the Sniffers issued their sophomore effort Comfort to Me to another round of ecstatic notices last year. While maintaining the group's aggressive musical attack, some of the new songs found Taylor ruminating on self-empowerment, sexual politics and emotional vulnerability that elevated the visceral impact of the album. In 2022, the band returned to the Bay Area for a pair of sold-out shows at the Great American Music Hall in in the spring and paid the region another visit to headline the first night of the Halloween Meltdown in Oakland's Mosswood Park. The band has issued an expanded edition of Comfort to Me that featured a full live performance recording made on an empty dock in Melbourne during the pandemic. The band embarked on another national tour last summer that included several festival stops, including a raging set at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. Last fall, the quartet released its latest effort, Cartoon Darkness . While still retaining their unbridled punk fury and Taylor's trademark snarl and biting humor at its center, the band's third album shows them stretching into more melodic territory. Still as blunt and profane as their earlier songs (see album opener "Jerkin'" and its video packed with blurred, full-frontal nudity for proof), this round of tunes focuses some of Taylor's bile at the punk rock gatekeepers who question her legitimacy ("U Should Not Be Doing That"). At the same time, the singer questions her own onstage image on "Tiny Bikini" and turns more introspective on a couple of uncharacteristically quieter songs ("Bailing On Me," "Big Dreams"). Amyl and company bring their latest tour to Oakland's Fox Theater on Saturday night , returning to the biggest Bay Area venue the band has headlined. For this show, they are joined by acclaimed Philadelphia-based punk band Sheer Mag. Contemporaries who also feature a distinctive powerhouse female singer in Tina Halladay -- the two groups appeared together at two editions of the Mosswood Meltdown in 2019 and 2022 -- the band's roots stretch back to when the vocalist and fellow core members Matt Palmer and siblings Kyle and Hart Seely while attending Purchase College in New York. Relocating to Philadelphia, the band formed in 2014 and soon started churning out 7-inch singles equally informed by punk, '70s hard rock (especially the harmonized twin-guitar sound of Thin Lizzy) and power pop. Sheer Mag has released three albums while touring with such diverse bands as PUP, Coheed and Cambria and Power Trip. The group put out its latest Playing Favorites a year ago on Jack White's Third Man Records. Amyl and the Sniffers with Sheer Mag Saturday, April 12, 7 p.m. $39.50-$59.50 (sold out) Fox Theater
