For the past seven years, champions of new music and local talent FBi Radio have taken that championing to new levels with their FBi Sydney Music, Arts & Culture (SMAC) Awards.
It’s all about celebrating Sydney’s best in over 10 categories, including ‘Record of the Year’, ‘Next Big Thing’, ‘Best Music Event’ and way more. There’s also a special SMAC of the Year given to an individual who’s made a big contribution to the culture of Sydney as a whole.
Voting has just opened, and closes on December 20th at 5pm. As with all things FBi does, there’s also a party going along with it. While it is invite only, voting puts you into the draw to win a double pass to the award ceremony. There’ll be performances by a bunch of SMAC nominees, including Julia Jacklin, L-Fresh The Lion and Middle Kids.
So check all the categories and a recap of last year below, smash that button, vote for your favourites, go into the draw, and support an institution which is always so supporting of others.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win
L-Fresh The Lion – Become
Marcus Whale – Inland Sea
Rainbow Chan – Spacings
Ribongia – Escapisms
Shining Bird – Black Opa
NEXT BIG THING
Presented by AIM
Buoy
Julia Jacklin
Middle Kids
Moonbase Commander
Wallace
BEST LIVE ACT
Presented by Young Henrys
B Wise
Dispossessed
Marcus Whale
Ngaiire
Rainbow Chan
FBi CLICK BEST PRODUCER
Dro Carey
Nina Las Vegas
Sam Weston
Swick
Swindail
BEST MUSIC EVENT
Presented by Red Bull Sound Select
BAD Festival
Heaps Gay
Sidechains
Summer Dance
Volumes
BEST SONG
Presented by APRA | AMCOS
Buoy – ‘Clouds & Rain’
L-Fresh the Lion – ‘1 in 100,000’
Middle Kids – ‘Edge of Town’
Rapaport – ‘What I Got’
Shining Bird – ‘Helluva Lot’
BEST ON STAGE
Desert Body Creep
Lake Disappointment
The Drover’s Wife
The Tribe
Trigger Warning
BEST ARTIST
Angela Tiatia
Claudia Nicholson
Ghenoa Gela
Giselle Stanborough
Jonathan Jones
BEST ARTS PROGRAM
FM[X] Sydney 2016: What Would A Feminist Methodology Sound Like? – Liquid Architecture at Firstdraft
Food Fight – C3West
LIVEWORKS – Performance Space
With Secrecy and Despatch – Campbelltown Arts Centre
Women of Fairfield – C3West
BEST EATS
Bar Brosé
Continental Deli
Ghostboy Cantina
Hubert
Rising Sun Workshop
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