Amyl and the Sniffers, Dom Dolla & More Win at 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards Winners Announced

Amyl and the Sniffers, Dom Dolla Thelma Plum, and more triumphed at the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards.

With two trophies, Amyl and the Sniffers were top dogs at the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards, presented Wednesday night, April 9th, in central Sydney, while Iva Davies’ ICEHOUSE received the coveted Icon Award.

Fresh from a rare nod at the BRIT Awards, Amy Taylor and co. doubled up with RS awards for Best Live Act and Best LP/EP for Cartoon Darkness.

The current Rolling Stone AU/NZ cover stars came in at No. 1 on the title’s list of best Australian albums released in 2024 for Cartoon Darkness, their hit third album.

The collection peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart, No. 9 on the Official UK Albums Chart, and tickled the Billboard 200, and was critically-lauded, scoring nominations for the J Award for Australian Album of the Year and the Australian Music Prize.

 

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Also on the night, Dom Dolla won the Global Award. The high-flying Australian electronic music DJ and producer is coming off a year for the books, which included a Grammy Award nomination, a record-breaking tour of Australia, hits, huge spots on international festivals, and bookings for multiple residencies. The world can’t get enough of Dom.

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"I'm absolutely shattered that I can't be there tonight to accept the Global Award," he remarked in a pre-recorded speech. "But very fittingly I'm not there...greetings from America".

Meanwhile, First Nations hip-hop “supergroup” 3% nabbed Best New Artist, capping a remarkable 12 months.

The trio closed out the night with a two-song performance from their debut album Kill the Dead, which last year grabbed a brace of ARIA Awards, including Best Hip-Hop/Rap Release, and was lauded with a five-star review from Rolling Stone AU/NZ.

Best Single was presented to Thelma Plum, the singer-songwriter and proud Gamilaraay woman, for “Freckles”, a standout from her ARIA Top 10 second album, I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back.

Adam Hyde, whose solo project is known as Keli Holiday, was selected by Rolling Stone AU/NZ readers for the Readers’ Choice Award, beating out a strong field that included Crowded House, Delta Goodrem, G Flip, Thelma Plum, The Rions, Radio Free Alice, SPEED, Pond, and Gut Health.

“I think right now music devalued more than ever," Hyde said from the stage, "so it feels that crews like Rolling Stone are making it more valuable with culture and community and shit like this tonight. So if you're having a good time make some fucking noise for Rolling Stone".

Hyde and his partner Abbie Chatfield were among the 850 guests at the fifth annual show, hosted by Nic Kelly, whose SCA’s show The Hot Hits with Nic & Loren plays across the Hit Network on weeknights. Rising star Becca Hatch was also among the performers on the night.

The biggest cheers on the night were reserved for Iva Davies and ICEHOUSE, the new wave legends who enjoyed global success through the 1980s, and were, at a time, the biggest Australian band in the world. The group performed two classics on the night, “Crazy”, a US top 10 hit, and the anthemic “Great Southern Land”. ICEHOUSE now join the likes of Tina Arena and Neil Finn’s Crowded House as the third Icon.

Presented at the ivy, Sydney, the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards were supported by headline partner American Apparel, as well as returning sponsors Shure and JMC Academy.

Rolling Stone AU/NZ is published by Vinyl Media, whose network of premium brands now surpasses 160 million monthly page views and reaches 10 million unique Australian users per month – positioning the ASX-listed company as Australia’s largest creator of premium youth content and events.

2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards (winners in bold)

Best New Artist

3% CYRIL Becca Hatch Mia Wray Gut Health 9lives

Best Single

Amyl and the Sniffers - "U Should Not Be Doing That" Empire of the Sun - "Changes" Dom Dolla - "girl$" Thelma Plum - "Freckles" CYRIL - "Stumblin’ in" Baker Boy - "KING"

Best LP/EP

Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness RÜFÜS DU SOL - Inhale/Exhale Lime Cordiale - Enough of the Sweet Talk Missy Higgins - The Second Act Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God

Best Live Act

Amyl and the Sniffers Confidence Man Tones and I Dom Dolla Parkway Drive Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

Readers' Choice [Vote here until March 28th]

Radio Free Alice Thelma Plum SPEED Pond Gut Health G Flip The Rions Delta Goodrem Crowded House Keli Holiday

Rolling Stone Global Award

Dom Dolla Kylie Minogue Amyl and the Sniffers Confidence Man Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Empire of the Sun

Icon Award

ICEHOUSE