2017 in Australian music
# 2017 in Australian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.

## Events

### May

* 13 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Isaiah Firebrace, finishes in ninth place with 173 points for the song "Don't Come Easy".

### July

* 21–23 July – Splendour in the Grass 2017 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by The xx, Queens of the Stone Age and LCD Soundsystem.

## Releases

### Albums

**February**

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Everyone We Know | Thundamentals | Hip hop |

**April**

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Speeding | Allday | Hip hop |
| 28 | Off the Grid | Bliss n Eso | Hip hop |

**August**

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Go Farther in Lightness | Gang of Youths | Indie rockAlternative rock |
| 25 | Belly of the Beast | Citizen Kay | Hip hop |

**November**

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Changa | Pnau | Electronicwonky pop |
| 10 | Engraved in the Game | Kerser | Hip hop |

**December**

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ClassicILL | Downsyde | Hip hop |

### Singles

* 10 February – What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? by Gang of Youths
* 9 March – Big Night Out by Butterfingers
* 17 March – In Motion by Allday
* 23 March – Feel Good by Kwame
* 23 March – Friends by Kwame
* 27 March – No Time by B-Nasty
* 28 March – Moments by Bliss n Eso
* 14 April – Blue by Bliss n Eso
* 28 April – Believe by Bliss n Eso
* 4 May – Here by Briggs
* 5 May – Hyperreal by Flume
* 10 May – Cloud 9 by Baker Boy
* 18 May – Richman by Downsyde
* 26 May – Let Me Down Easy by Gang of Youths
* 16 June – Drunk Together by Jai Waetford
* 22 June – Late Nights by Carmouflage Rose
* 9 August – The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows by Gang of Youths
* 17 August – Champagne by Jai Waetford
* 1 September – A Dark Machine by ShockOne
* 22 September – Yesterday by 360
* 6 October – Marryuna by Baker Boy
* 20 October – Girl with a Suntan by Jai Waetford
* 27 October – Way Out by 360
* 27 October – Go Bang by Pnau
* 10 November – Back in the Game by Downsyde
* 14 December – We Don't Have To by Jai Waetford
* 29 November – The Heart Is a Muscle by Gang of Youths

## Deaths

* 2 January – Auriel Andrew, 69, singer
* 22 January – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 46, musician
* 13 February – Carol Lloyd, 68, singer, songwriter, composer
* 19 July – Graham Wood, 45, musician
* 2 August – Tony Cohen, 60, record producer, sound engineer
* 16 October – Iain Shedden, 60, drummer
* 22 October – George Young, 70, musician, songwriter, record producer
* 18 November – Malcolm Young, 64, musician, guitarist, songwriter, producer
