New Music Competition

2026 New Music Competition winner!

The Carp Factory

Huge congratulations to our 2026 New Music Competition winner, The Carp Factory.

Born on the banks of the Edward River in southern NSW, The Carp Factory started after a run in between two members, one an illegal fisherman setting springers, the other, a fisheries officer. The pair bonded over their love for music. After pulling another Deni boy into their racket, and adding recruits from Alice Springs and Bacchus Marsh, the Aria-Award-eligible supergroup are now riding high off the release of their maiden album ’Catch And Kill’. The highlights from the record are a pair of odes to St Kilda legends Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Jesse Wardlaw.