Ziggy Ramo, Vv Pete Win Big at FBi’s 2023 SMAC Awards

FBi Radio held its annual SMAC – Sydney music arts and culture – awards at the Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, on Thursday, 9th November. Ziggy Ramo took home Record of the Year for his album, Sugar Coated Lies, which was released on Invasion Day 2023. Vv Pete was the night’s most awarded artist, snagging the SMACs for Best Live Act and Song of the Year (for ‘Jordan 1s’; an awarded shared with the song’s producer Utility.)

Inner West venue the Red Rattler Theatre was the recipient of SMAC of the Year. “The Red Rattler Theatre has shown such incredibly quick and responsive programming this year, especially in times when coming together as community is so necessary but can feel so out of reach,” said FBi’s managing director Tanya Ali. “They embody being truly grassroots. Put simply – FBi Radio in the way that it is today wouldn’t be possible without a venue like this. This city is far better for it.”

Find a complete list of the night’s winners below.

Vv Pete – ‘Jordan 1s’

2023 FBi SMAC Awards

Record Of The Year

• Bract x BAYANG (tha Bushranger) – REDBRICKGOTHIK
• Collarbones – Filth
• Dylan Atlantis – violet
• Julia Jacklin – PRE PLEASURE
• Ninajirachi – Second Nature
• Optic Nerve – Angel Numbers
• Skeleten – Under Utopia
• Ziggy Ramo – Sugar Coated Lies – WINNER

Song Of The Year

• AGONY – ‘FRIDAY NIGHT’
• Becca Hatch, Club Angel  – ‘Ride For Me’
• cherry chola – ‘princess puta’
• Collarbones – ‘Ripe for Filth’
• Eternal Dust – ‘Absinthe’
• FRIDAY* – ‘Dying In the City’
• Lottie World – ‘Candy Sound’
• Vv Pete, Utility – ‘Jordan 1s’ – WINNER

Next Big Thing

• Carnations
• cherry chola
• ealing
• Lottie World
• xmunashe
• Zion Garcia – WINNER

Best Video

• Babitha – ‘Only Fair’
• BVT – ‘Lalaki’ – WINNER
• Display Homes – ‘Proofread’
• Doris – ‘Teeth’
• GLO – ‘Certified Freak’
• SOLLYY, Zion Garcia – ‘Apply the Pressure’

Best Live Act

• Loose Fit
• Parasol
• Tee Vee Repairmann
• Vv Pete – WINNER
• xmunashe
• Yasmina Sadiki

Best Music Event

• Bare Necessities Rooftop Party
• CRIP RAVE THEORY
• Hotter Out West – WINNER
• South East Block Party Maroubra
• SOFT CENTRE: UNFURL
• Xaddy’s Door List

Best Eats

• Ambi’s Chai Bar
• Midden by Mark Olive – WINNER
• Parami
• Self Raised Bread Shoppe
• Takam
• Yeodongsik

Best Arts Program

• Art Gallery of NSW: MONUMENTAL (working title)
• Carriageworks Nights
• Club Chrome: Fxckery – WINNER
• Dither_
• Garden Reflexxx: SWARM
• SWANA Film Festival

Artist of the Year

• Billy Bain – WINNER
• Dorcas Tang
• Feras Shaheen
• Maissa Alameddine
• Monica Rani Rudhur
• Nick Breedon

SMAC Of The Year

• The Red Rattler Theatre – WINNER

Further Reading

Vv Pete, Collarbones, cherry chola Lead 2023 FBi SMAC Nominations

All the Winners of the 2023 Music Victoria Awards: Julia Jacklin, Immy Owusu, Cable Ties + More

Listen to Ziggy Ramo’s New Album, ‘Sugar Coated Lies’