We’re halfway through the year now and it’s that time where we look back on the last six months and reflect on our achievements. Well, in Tone Deaf’s case, we’re reflecting on the achievements of Australia’s bustling music scene.

Frankly, we’re pretty astonished by the amount of awesome shows, tours, festivals, albums, singles, collaborations, and other awesome stuff that our homegrown artists have been up to. It’s making us feel a little unproductive, actually.

In order to honour those high achievers in all areas of the music industry, whether the mammoth superstars or the quiet indie up-and-comers, we’ve compiled a list of the artists we reckon have been killing it in 2015 so far.

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