FBi Radio’s annual SMAC Awards (Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards) announced their nominees this morning, once again celebrating some of the best local talent Sydney has to offer. The SMAC’s are awarded each year to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating.
Have your say! Vote here for the bands, curators, directors, producers, collectives or artists you believe to have enriched our city’s music, art and culture in 2011.
The SMAC nominees are:
BEST COLLECTIVE
Dirty Shirlows
Ampersand Magazine
Applespiel Colllective
Big Village
Makeshift
Dorkbot
BEST MUSIC EVENT
Wormwood
Goodgod Long Birthday Nights
Void
Radiant Live
Hoops
Rabbit Hole
Mad Racket
BEST LIVE MUSIC ACT
Kirin J Callinan
Step Panther
The Snowdroppers
The Laurels
Jinja Safari
The Jezabels
Thundamentals
BEST ARTS EVENT
Underbelly Arts
Imperial Panda Festival
Gallery A.S
Outpost
Late Night Library
Secret Wars
BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
Harvest
Peats Ridge
Vivid Live
Musica Tumbalong
Graphic
BEST VISUAL ARTIST
Dara Gill
Bridie Connell
Dan Boyd
Daniel O’Toole (aka Ears)
Justin Shoulder
Tim Moore
BEST EATS
Youeni Provides
Orto Trading
The Dip
Feather and Bone
Bar H Surry Hills
Isakaya Fujiama
FourAteFive
BEST ON SCREEN
Sam Bennett’s Act Your Age (Bluejuice)
Brendan Cowell’s Run (Charge Group)
Emma Tomelty’s Speak For The Devil (Hermitude)
Luci Schroder’s Sophisticated Lover (Donny Benet)
Spod’s Pixyphony (KYU)
Byron Quandary’s Feel a Thing (Emma Davis)
Sixty40’s Out In The Streets (Africa Hitech)
BEST ON STAGE
Holly Austin-Boxing Day
Belinda Bromilow-This Year’s Ashes
Nick Coyle-Me Pregnant
Claudia O’Doherty-What is Soil Erosion?
Gareth Davies and Charlie Garber-Masterclass
Tim Stitz-Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
Post (Zoe Coombs Marr, Mish Grigor, Nat Rose and Eden Falk)-Who;s The Best?
BEST SONG
Alps-Sail Away
Flume-Sleepless feat. Anthony & Cleopatra
Ghoul-Lodum (Rising)
Hermitude-Speak of the Devil
Jack Ladder-Cold Feet
Jonathan Boulet-You’re A Animal
Matt Corby-Brother
Melodie Nelson-My Johnny
Lime Cordiale-Say It
Nantes-Fly
Palms-The Summer is Done With Us
The Rescue Ships-On The Air
NEXT BEST THING
Jonti
Oliver Tank
Catcall
Lanie Lane
Matt Corby
Royal Headache
WIM
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Africa Hi Tech-93 Million Miles
Belles Will Ring-Crystal Theatre
Collarbones-Iconography
Seekae-+Dome
Lanie Lane-To The Horses
Megastick Fanfare-Grit Aglow
Royal Headache-Royal Headache
REMIX THE CITY
Alaska Projects
The Gate Presents No Fixed Address
Jurassic Lounge
Art and About
The Paper Mill
Queen Street Studio
Plus there will be the SMAC OF THE YEAR AWARD suprise!
For more information and to vote, head here.
