Two major names of South Australian music won big at the South Australian Music Awards last night, both taking home four awards. Read the list of winners.<\/p>\n
One of the state\u2019s most exciting new voices in pop music has triumphed, alongside a mainstay winning rap group, at the 2025 South Australian Music Awards.<\/p>\n
Pop singer aleksiah \u2013 a regular feature in CityMag\u2019s Best New Music column \u2013 won three major awards including Best Song for her track \u2018Clothes Off\u2019, Best Solo Artist and Best Release for her EP Cry About It. She also won the People\u2019s Choice Pop Award.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, DEM MOB also won three major awards, including Best Regional Artist, Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist and Best Music Educator, plus the People\u2019s Choice Award for Hip Hop.<\/p>\n
The sweep in 2025 is just the latest triumph for DEM MOB, which has now won 10 SA Music Awards in just three years.<\/p>\n
Hosted for the first time at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, the SA Music Awards drew artists and industry together to celebrate the best of the state\u2019s contemporary music scene.<\/p>\n
Attendees were treated to performances from nominees on the night, including the likes of Bromham, Lonelyspeck, J-MILLA and Oscar the Wild.<\/p>\n
Music SA CEO Christine Schloithe said the awards \u201ccontinue to showcase the brilliant talent emerging from South Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s winners are a collection of remarkable artists, businesses and professionals, who are not only shaping the sound of our state, but stamping their mark on the national industry,\u201d Schloithe said.<\/p>\n
This included the likes of Oscar the Wild and Ella Ion, who both claimed two awards.<\/p>\n
The former \u2013 set to open for Australian rock royalty AC\/DC at the bp Grand Final concert next month \u2013 won Best Group and the People\u2019s Choice Award for Rock.<\/p>\n
Singer songwriter Ella Ion meanwhile took home Best New Artist and the People\u2019s Choice Award for Folk.<\/p>\n
Music festival Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival was recognised with the Best Large Music Festival and Best Regional Music Venue, Festival or Music Event.<\/p>\n
Other winners included effie isobel, winning Best Music Video for \u2018Moon Made\u2019, while Lion Arts Factory was picked as the state\u2019s Best Live Music Venue.<\/p>\n
Arts Minister Andrea Michaels congratulated the winners and finalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of you have made an important contribution to South Australian music this year and it\u2019s wonderful to celebrate your achievements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Australia\u2019s only UNESCO City of Music, a designation we have now held for 10 years, the Malinauskas Government is committed to supporting our state\u2019s incredible musicians and growing the South Australian music sector for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
2025 SA MUSIC AWARDS WINNERSMAJOR AWARDS\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best Song<\/p>\n
aleksiah (Clothes Off)<\/p>\n
Best New Artist\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella Ion<\/p>\n
Best Regional Artist <\/p>\n
DEM MOB<\/p>\n
Best Solo Artist\u00a0<\/p>\n
aleksiah\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best Group<\/p>\n
Oscar the Wild<\/p>\n
Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist\u00a0<\/p>\n
DEM MOB<\/p>\n
Best Release (EP\/Album)<\/p>\n
aleksiah (Cry About It)<\/p>\n
INDUSTRY AWARDS<\/p>\n
Best Cover Art<\/p>\n
TOWNS (Dan Steinart)<\/p>\n
Best Large Music Festival<\/p>\n
Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival<\/p>\n
Best Live Music Photograph<\/p>\n
Elise De Simoni (Amyl and the Sniffers)<\/p>\n
Best Live Music Venue<\/p>\n
Lion Arts Factory<\/p>\n
Best Live Technician <\/p>\n
Luke Hancock<\/p>\n
Best Manager<\/p>\n
Hannah Louise<\/p>\n
Best Music Educator<\/p>\n
DEM MOB<\/p>\n
Best Music Video <\/p>\n
Grace Stewart (Moon Made \u2013 effie isobel)<\/p>\n
Best Regional Music Venue\/Festival\/Event<\/p>\n
Limestone Coast Beer & BBQ Festival<\/p>\n
Best Small Festival <\/p>\n
Porch and Recreation<\/p>\n
Best Studio<\/p>\n
Wizard Tone Studios<\/p>\n
Best Studio Engineer\/Producer<\/p>\n
Mario Sp\u00e4te & Lucinda Machin<\/p>\n
PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE<\/p>\n
Blues & Roots <\/p>\n
Laura Hill<\/p>\n
Country <\/p>\n
River Rose<\/p>\n
Electronic <\/p>\n
TONIX<\/p>\n
Experimental & Art <\/p>\n
Violet Harlot<\/p>\n
Folk <\/p>\n
Ella Ion<\/p>\n
Heavy <\/p>\n
Raccoon City<\/p>\n
Hip Hop <\/p>\n
DEM MOB<\/p>\n
Jazz <\/p>\n
Live Slug Reaction<\/p>\n
Pop <\/p>\n
aleksiah<\/p>\n
Punk <\/p>\n
LOLA<\/p>\n
Rock<\/p>\n
Oscar the Wild<\/p>\n
Soul\/Funk\/RnB <\/p>\n
WANDERERS<\/p>\n
Note: David Simmons was one of the judges in the SA Music Awards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two major names of South Australian music won big at the South Australian Music Awards last night, both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-248056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}