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'.

“I am a Yolngu Man from North East Arnhem Land. I am angry. I am scared. I feel every negative emotion that there is to feel about what happened to George Floyd” - Australian hip-hop star Baker Boy wrote in his Instagram post about police violence in the USA. As he wrote, it also happens in the, seemingly, much fairer communities - “I feel these emotions EVERY DAMN DAY... This is my life and I am scared, I have anxiety about going to unknown places like a different cafe from my usual, not to mention the challenge of touring from the fear of racism, that, yes, is still rampant here in Australia too”. He shared advice - "I truly hope your activism goes further than your social media. Activism starts at home, with hard conversations”.

Guardian picked out the best 20 Australian songs for the month of July, a good starting point for discovery. Some of those are these: a world-beating tune 'Ready' by Montaigne, funkyish Black Eyed Peas tune 'In Control' by Baker Boy, indie bubblegum pop 'Backseat' by Ali Barter, psych rock 'I’ll Try Anything' by Pluto Jonze, […]