Before the Sunshine Coast Music Awards crown this year’s winners, YELO is putting the finalists where they belong: in your ears.

Pineapple Radar has turned its local new music radar toward the Sunshine Coast Music Awards, with a new playlist built as a listening guide to the 2026 finalists.

The playlist kicks off with the Song of the Year finalists, then moves through local artists, rising names and live acts worth hearing before the June 7 ceremony.

It is not the full official finalist list. It is a YELO listening guide drawn from the music and artist categories, made for anyone who wants to actually hear what is moving through the Sunshine Coast scene right now.

What is Pineapple Radar?

Pineapple Radar is YELO’s local new music playlist, built for fresh releases coming out of the Sunshine Coast.

This edition opens with the Song of the Year finalists from the Sunshine Coast Music Awards, then moves through artists, young acts, rising names, live performers and local musicians worth keeping close.

Think of it as a pre-awards warm-up. A little local listening homework, but with better songs and no clipboard.

On the playlist

The playlist begins with the five Song of the Year finalists:

• Alys Ffion — “Secret”
• Buttermello — “Low”
• Che Burns — “Devil Like You”
• Cora — “(boy)cott”
• Jesse Taylor — “I Can Feel It”

From there, it moves through Sunshine Coast artists and finalists across the artist, live act, musician, rising star and young artist categories, including mou, Zorrovian, Marshall Hamburger, Chris Cobb, Elke Louie, Frank & Louis, Jemzel, Layla Havana, Katie Noonan, Minnie Marks, 8 Ball Aitken, Nana’s Pie, Linc Phelps, Raw Ordio and Pat Tierney.

Hear the Sunshine Coast scene before June 7

The Sunshine Coast Music Awards return on June 7, bringing together artists, venues, studios, live acts, young musicians and the wider community behind the region’s music scene.

Before the trophies land, this playlist is a chance to hear the songs, voices and local names already making noise across the Coast.

Put it on while you work, drive, cook, walk, avoid emails, or pretend you are simply “researching the scene” when really you are just having a very good local music moment.

This playlist is a listening guide drawn from the music and artist categories, not the full official finalist list.

What’s Your Reaction?

0In Love0Happy0Not Sure0OMG0Angry0Sad0LOL0Cry0Silly0Crazy