Happy Hottest 100 Day!!!!

Firstly CONGRATS to Gotye with Somebody that I used to know taking out the top stop in todays Hottest 100.


OK so many people around this country of mine are walking around wearing aussie flags, drinking and BBQing all in the name of Australia day. Well for me personally (and a bunch of others) today is the day where we celebrate the music of the last 12 months with Triple J's Hottest 100. Sure I may have spent a large portion of it at work but yep we had the radio tuned to Triple J and trying to guess which bands got in.

People often think technology is a bad thing but thanks to smart phones, internet music streaming and the net in general I have had the hottest 100 music playing all day!!!!!! People are listening all around the work, even my mates in Japan are!!!!

I've spoken about this day before but just in case you still don't know what I'm talking about here is a little history

"triple j's hottest 100 is one of the largest public music polls in the world with millions of individual votes counted since it's inception in 1989. Originally listeners were asked to compile a list of their favourite songs of all time and mail them to triple j. Diligent triple j staffers then tallied these votes by hand! Today things have been greatly simplified behind the scenes, with all voting cast using either SMS or online.

Joy Division topped the first hottest 100 with the classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart". The seminal British band stayed on top for successive years until a band called Nirvana released a little tune by the name of "Smells like Teen Spirit" in '91. The focus of the Hottest 100 changed after these early years limiting the voting selection to songs released in the previous 12 months. Since the change, Australian artists have featured prominently with Spiderbait, The Whitlams, Powderfinger ,Alex Lloyd and Jet all having taken the coveted number one position. " taken from Triple J Homepage www.abc.net.au/triplej

Normally for my friends (online and in person) and I its a day of games like seeing who can guess the most correct entries, who gets number 1; bbq's, drinks and general fun sadly like I said before I was at work. However I did manage to get home for a cocktail and get to hear the top 10 with friends.

So how did I go you may ask in my guess well I didn't get a complete top 10 but some of my fave songs made it onto the list.

The Beards - You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man
Kimbra - Two Way Street & Good Intent & Cameo Lover
Gotye - In Your Light & I Feel Better
Seeker Lover Keeper - Light All My Lights & Even Though I'm A Woman
Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox)
Luke Million - Arnold
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Washington - Holy Moses
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
The Grates - Turn Me On
Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light & Shake It Out
Noah And The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
Owl Eyes - Pumped Up Kicks {Like A Version}
Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me
Skrillex - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
Bluejuice - Act Yr Age
Grouplove - Tongue Tied
Foster The People - Helena Beat, Call It What You Want
Architecture In Helsinki - Contact High
Hilltop Hoods - I Love It {Ft. Sia}
360 - Boys Like You {Ft. Gossling}
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
GOTYE - Somebody that i used to know

And if your interested here is the full list for you, but before you read I do plead with you to listen and open your mind to the music around. Support your local artists, buy their albums, go to their gigs....in fact get out of that house and GO OUT TO LIVE MUSIC IN YOUR AREA!!!!!! Songs can say all that we can't and all that we wish we had the courage to say so open your ears and hearts to all our great artists. And with that enjoy the full list and long live TRIPLE J!!!!!!!!!!

#100: Mr Little Jeans - The Suburbs
#99: The Beards - You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man {triple j recording}
#98: Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas in Paris
#97: Foo Fighters - Arlandria
#96: The Strokes - Machu Picchu
#95: Grouplove - Naked Kids
#94: The Wombats - Our Perfect Disease
#93: Kimbra - Two Way Street
#92: James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream
#91: City And Colour - Fragile Bird
#90: Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
#89: Beirut - Santa Fe
#88: Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle
#87: Gotye - In Your Light
#86: Seeker Lover Keeper - Light All My Lights
#85: Cosmo Jarvis - Gay Pirates
#84: 360 - Throw It Away {Ft. Josh Pyke}
#83: The Kills - Future Starts Slow
#82: Little Dragon - Ritual Union
#81: Busby Marou - Biding My Time
#80: Pnau - The Truth
#79: SBTRKT - Wildfire {Ft. Little Dragon}
#78: Husky - History's Door
#77: Metronomy - The Look
#76: Redcoats - Dreamshaker
#75: Skream & Example - Shot Yourself In The Foot Again
#74: Drapht - Bali Party {Ft. Nfa}
#73: Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox)
#72: Flight Facilities - Foreign Language
#71: Luke Million - Arnold
#70: Jebediah - She's Like A Comet
#69: Bon Iver - Calgary
#68: Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair
#67: New Navy - Zimbabwe
#66: Bon Iver - Perth
#65: Kasabian - Re-Wired
#64: Owl Eyes - Raiders
#63: Foo Fighters - Rope
#62: Stonefield - Black Water Rising
#61: Radiohead - Lotus Flower
#60: Joe Goddard - Gabriel
#59: Washington - Holy Moses
#58: Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
#57: The Rubens - Lay It Down
#56: Sparkadia - China
#55: Architecture In Helsinki - Escapee
#54: The Grates - Turn Me On
#53: Bon Iver - Holocene
#52: Kimbra - Good Intent
#51: The Drums - Money
#50: Boy & Bear - Part Time Believer
#49: Boy & Bear - Milk & Sticks
#48: Art Vs Science - A.I.M. Fire!
#47: Sparkadia - Mary
#46: Active Child - Hanging On
#45: The Kooks - Junk Of The Heart (Happy)
#44: Hermitude - Speak Of The Devil
#43: Grouplove - Itchin' On A Photograph
#42: Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me
#41: The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness
#40: Foster The People - Houdini
#39: Benny Benassi - Cinema {Skrillex Remix}
#38: Ball Park Music - All I Want Is You
#37: 360 - Killer
#36: Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light
#35: Illy - Cigarettes
#34: Gotye - I Feel Better
#33: Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis {Ft. Otis Redding}
#32: Noah And The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
#31: Ball Park Music - It's Nice To Be Alive
#30: Calvin Harris - Bounce {Ft. Kelis}
#29: Drapht - Sing It (The Life Of Riley)
#28: Owl Eyes - Pumped Up Kicks {Like A Version}
#27: Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me
#26: The Wombats - Techno Fan
#25: Kimbra - Cameo Lover
#24: The Wombats - 1996
#23: Emma Louise - Jungle
#22: Snakadaktal - Air
#21: Skrillex - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
#20: Bluejuice - Act Yr Age
#19: Nero - Promises
#18: The Wombats - Jump Into The Fog
#17: Seeker Lover Keeper - Even Though I'm A Woman
#16: Grouplove - Tongue Tied
#15: Foster The People - Helena Beat
#14: Foster The People - Call It What You Want
#13: Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
#12: Architecture In Helsinki - Contact High
#11: Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
#10: Hilltop Hoods - I Love It {Ft. Sia}
#9: The Jezabels - Endless Summer
#8: 360 - Boys Like You {Ft. Gossling}
#7: San Cisco - Awkward
#6: Lana Del Rey - Video Games
#5: M83 - Midnight City
#4: Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
#3: Matt Corby - Brother
#2: The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
#1: Gotye - Somebody that we used to know

Post Australia Day Post

For some people jan 26 is australia day, ok so it still is but for me its mainly Triple J's Hottest 100 day. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about here is a little history. According to Mark Scott - Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Corporation "a record 1.1 million votes cast in hottest 100 (up 46% on last year)" which is pretty cool if you ask me.

"triple j's hottest 100 is one of the largest public music polls in the world with millions of individual votes counted since it's inception in 1989. Originally listeners were asked to compile a list of their favourite songs of all time and mail them to triple j.

Diligent triple j staffers then tallied these votes by hand! Today things have been greatly simplified behind the scenes, with all voting cast using either SMS or online.

Joy Division topped the first hottest 100 with the classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart". The seminal British band stayed on top for successive years until a band called Nirvana released a little tune by the name of "Smells like Teen Spirit" in '91. The focus of the Hottest 100 changed after these early years limiting the voting selection to songs released in the previous 12 months. Since the change, Australian artists have featured prominently with Spiderbait, The Whitlams, Powderfinger ,Alex Lloyd and Jet all having taken the coveted number one position. " taken from Triple J Homepage www.abc.net.au/triplej

Normally for my friends (online and in person) and I its a day of games like seeing who can guess the most correct entries, who gets number 1; bbq's, drinks and general fun.

Everyone seems to celebrate in different ways, on the triple J site some of the images around the world are fantastic especially of Rosie and Tom (2 triple j presenters) surprising the winner of the best party in qld.

Hottest 100 2009

1. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
2. Art vs. Science - Parlez Vous Francais?
3. Hilltop Hoods - Chase That Feeling
4. Phoenix - Lisztomania
5. Bluejuice - Broken Leg
6. La Roux - Bulletproof
7. Lisa Mitchell - Coin Laundry
8. Lily Allen - Not Fair
9. Muse - Uprising
10. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
12. Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden - Bonkers
13. Phoenix - 1901
14. Jamie T - Sticks 'n' Stones
15. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
16. The Gossip - Heavy Cross
17. Kasabian - Fire
18. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
19. Muse - Undisclosed Desires
20. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

21. The Temper Trap - Fader
22. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
23. The Bloody Beetroots - Warp 1.9 (Ft. Steve Aoki)
24. Flight Of The Conchords - Carol Brown
25. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
26. Metric - Help I'm Alive
27. La Roux - In For The Kill
28. Sarah Blasko - We Won't Run
29. Sarah Blasko - All I Want
30. Flight Of The Conchords - Hurt Feelings
31. Seth Sentry - The Waitress Song
32. Paul Dempsey - Ramona Was A Waitress
33. Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (Ft. MGMT & Ratatat)
34. Little Birdy - Brother
35. Muse - Resistance
36. Weezer - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
37. Hilltop Hoods - Still Standing
38. Passion Pit - Little Secrets
39. John Butler Trio - One Way Road
40. Angus & Julia Stone - And The Boys

41. Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge (Ft. Chris Keating)
42. British India - Vanilla
43. The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome (Ft. The Cool Kids)
44. Florence + the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
45. Florence + the Machine - Drumming Song
46. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
47. Karnivool - Set Fire To The Hive
48. The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear
49. Powderfinger - All Of The Dreamers
50. Sia - Buttons {CSS Remix}
51. Kasabian - Where Did All The Love Go
52. Vampire Weekend - Horchata
53. Miike Snow - Animal
54. Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
55. Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls
56. The XX - Islands
57. Philadelphia Grand Jury - The Good News
58. The Temper Trap - Love Lost
59. Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone
60. Lily Allen - 22

61. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
62. Bloc Party - One More Chance
63. Karnivool - All I Know
64. The Middle East - Blood
65. Eskimo Joe - Foreign Land
66. Illy - Pictures
67. Washington - Cement
68. The Prodigy - Omen
69. Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox
70. Animal Collective - My Girls
71. Bertie Blackman - Byrds Of Prey
72. Sia - You've Changed
73. MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker (Ft. John Legend)
74. Art vs. Science - Friend In The Field
75. Wolfmother - New Moon Rising
76. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
77. Jet - She's a Genius
78. Tame Impala - Remember Me
79. Yves Klein Blue - Getting Wise
80. Dizzee Rascal - Holiday
81. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
82. Miami Horror - Sometimes
83. Basement Jaxx - Raindrops
84. Muse - United States of Eurasia
85. Kasabian - Underdog
86. Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor)
87. The Middle East - The Darkest Side
88. NOFX - Creeping Out Sara
89. Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

90. Florence & The Machine - Kiss With A Fist
91. Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
92. Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
93. Bertie Blackman - Thump
94. Regina Spektor - Blue Lips
95. Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
96. Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'n' Stuff (Ft. Rob Swire)
97. Regina Spektor - Laughing With
98. Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
99. Tegan And Sara - Hell
100 Foo Fighters - Wheels

So next year tune your radios into triple J and listen for number one.