"They were kind of god-like to me... They were just always so much better than everybody else. It was extraordinary to go and see a band that was so anarchic and violent." Which Australian band is ...

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The ceremony takes place on Thursday, October 16th, at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena. The event will be hosted by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne, and will be broadcast by the BBC.

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...