FBi Radio, that respected staple of the local Australian music community, has announced the nominees for the 2016 FBi Sydney Music, Arts & Culture (SMAC) Awards, which honours the best in Sydney music, arts, and culture.
Launching in 2008, the annual awards recognise the talent that Sydney produces across the fields of music, arts, and culture. Previous winners include Flume, The Preatures, Sarah Blasko, and Royal Headache.
This year’s nominees include Julia Jacklin, Rainbow Chan, L-FRESH THE LION, Marcus Whale, Shining Bird, and Ribongia, all of whom are up for Record of the Year.
There are a total of 10 categories, including Next Big Thing and Best Live Act and voting is open to the public as of 9am today (23rd November) and will close 5pm Tuesday, 20th December.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at Carriageworks on Tuesday, 17th January. The full ceremony will broadcast live on FBi 94.5FM. Check below for the full list of 2016 SMAC nominees.
2016 FBi SMAC Awards Nominees
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 Opal
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
