Dick Diver

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Dick Diver
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Indie pop, dolewave
Years active2008–present
Labels Chapter Music
MembersRupert Edwards
Alistair McKay
Steph Hughes
Al Montfort

Dick Diver is an Australian four-piece indie pop band from Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). The band consists of Rupert Edwards (guitar) and Alistair McKay (guitar), Steph Hughes (drums) and Al Montfort (bass). It took its name from the character Dick Diver in the novel Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[ citation needed ]

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Origins and development

Dick Diver was formed in 2008, with guitarists Rupert Edwards and Alistair McKay, drummer Steph Hughes (Boomgates) and bassist Al Montfort (Total Control, UV Race, Lower Plenty et al.). The band have been one of the more successful products of the "New Melbourne Jangle" scene, gaining traction in Australia and overseas. [1] They are also the unwilling pioneers of a joke genre called "dolewave". [2]

In 2009, Dick Diver released their debut EP, Arks Up.

Their debut album, New Start Again, was listed on a number of year's end best-of polls, including from Mess and Noise. [3] [4]

Dick Diver shared a vinyl single with one of Montfort's other bands Lower Plenty, as part of the 2013 singles club series for iconic US label Matador. [5]

Their 2013 album Calendar Days was named by The Guardian as the best Australian album of 2013, [6] and the second best album by Mess and Noise. [7] It appearing on best-of 2013 lists from the Sydney Morning Herald , [8] The Music, [9] Buzzfeed, [10] Faster Louder, [11] Beat, [12] and The Finest Kiss. [13]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
New Start Again
  • Released: October 2011 [14]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH92)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Calendar Days
  • Released: March 2013 [15]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH105)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Melbourne, Florida
  • Released: 6 March 2015 [16]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH124)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

EPs

TitleDetails
Arks Up
  • Released: November 2009 [17]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH74)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Alice
  • Released: November 2012 [18]
  • Label: Chapter Music
  • Format: digital download

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
AIR Awards of 2013 [19] [20] themselvesBest Independent ArtistNominated
Calendar DaysIndependent Album of the YearNominated

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2015 [21] Melbourne, FloridaAustralian Music PrizeNominated

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
Music Victoria Awards of 2013 [22] [23] themselvesBest BandNominated [24] [25]
Calendar DaysBest AlbumNominated
Music Victoria Awards of 2015 Melbourne, FloridaBest AlbumNominated

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dick Diver want to destroy dolewave – Life & pop culture, untangled". TheVine. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Critics Poll 2011: 20-1 : Mess+Noise". Messandnoise.com. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "V presenters' top 5 albums of 2011". [V] Music. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Matador Singles Out Dick Diver, Lower Plenty, Bits of Shit, Royal Headache in News : Mess+Noise". Messandnoise.com. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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