2010
The 2010 SMAC Awards were celebrated on a hot, hot night on Thursday 20th January, 2011 at The National Art School, Darlinghurst.
A brand new Sydney ‘supergroup’ led by Al Grigg from Straight Arrows and Red Riders had us all drunkenly swooning with covers by a bunch of Sydney legends – everything from the first song ever played on FBi – ‘Turn Up Your Radio’ – to a special interpretation of the Divinyls’ ‘I Touch Myself’. We also heard super SMACS performances by Guineafoul, Richard In Your Mind, Ozi Batla, Jinja Safari and DJ sets from members of Halfway Crooks and Heaps Decent. Chris Taylor was hosting, with a lil help from FBi’s own Renny Kodgers.
Best Artist
Beastman
Best Arts Event
SuperDeluxe@Artspace, 17th Biennale of Sydney
Best Collective
Heaps Decent
Best Live Music Act
Cloud Control
Best Major Festival
Laneway Festival
Best Music Event
Changing Lanes
Best On Screen
Greedy Hen There’s Nothing In The Water by Cloud Control
Best Performer
Toby Schmitz in Measure for Measure
Best Sydney Song
Guineafowl, ‘In Our Circles’
Next Big Thing – Music
The Jezabels
Record Of The Year
Cloud Control, Bliss Release
Remix The City
Art & About for Sydney Statues, Oh Alfred! and the Laneway Art project
SMAC Of The Year
Hana Shimada and Jimmy Sing from Goodgod!
Some very talented photographers captured the highlights of THE NIGHT…
