Yolŋu rapper Baker Boy has dominated the 2022 Arias, taking home a total of five awards for his album 'Gela', including the top gong for album of the year, as well as best solo artist and best hip-hop release, ABC reports. Amyl and the Sniffers took home Best group, and Best rock release (for their 2021 album 'Comfort to Me'). Tones and I took home the fan-voted best song award for 'Cloudy Day'.

NME likes Australian pub-punkers' Amyl and The Sniffers debut album - "Loud and aggressive, for sure, but it’s singer Amy Taylor’s insightful yet chant-worthy lyrics that make this more than just a ear-bleeding exercising... It’s not big, it’s not clever, but it’s a bloody hoot". Atwood Magazine likes it even more - "A ridiculously flawless […]

Here's how Guardian describes them in a few lines: Amyl and the Sniffers are like a breath of filthy fresh air... Their sound sucks meat from punk and glam’s bones, and throws in basslines from 70s pub-rock... [They] promise swearing, sweat and the short, sharp shock of rock at its gutsiest. Amyl and the Sniffers’ […]

Each week NME picks out stand-out songs from various genres, and this week their menu for hungry ears offers the following: indie-pop band Pronoun, rapper Little Simz, r'n'b singer Poppy Ajudha, noise-poppers The Ninth Wave, rapper Tierra Whack, indie rockers Amyl and the Sniffers, soul singer Asiatica, pop-rockers Body Type, tropical electronics artist Durante, and […]