HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY - Triple J - 2011 Hottest 100 //

It’s the most wonderful time of the yearrrrrrrr! Triple J’s hottest 100 countdown is an essential part of any ‘straya day celebration. So whether at home or abroad, recap an entire year of musical history right here and let us know your thoughts!

#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 I Used To Know {Ft. Kimbra}

The Rubens - Lay It Down //

With Australia Day around the corner, I have an inkling that these three brothers and their mate may be hottest 100* contenders. Its like they’ve put a little Black Keys and TV on the Radio in a slow-cooker and dished up some rawsome (yes, consider that your weekly portmanteau) riffage.

*For those of you not familiar with the best Oz export besides meat pies, stay tuned for the greatest display of musical democracy courtesy of Triple J.

-k

Gotcha Covered - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Solitude Is Bliss //

Could there be a better way to start your Monday than with Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (including Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow) and Rose Elinor Dougall) covering Tame Impala’s ‘Solitude Is Bliss’? We think not.

-k

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi - Oz Day Hottest 100!!

January 26th. The day Aussies all over the globe eagerly await each year. There is no better way to celebrate the founding of a nation than a boozy beach barbie with friends, sunshine, and of course, the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown.

Unfortunately I left that sunny beach two days ago for the less than tropical US of A. On a positive note, the hottest 100 can be streamed in either hemisphere despite the international date line. And this year there were some real winners…

• 1. Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
• 2. Little Red - Rock It
• 3. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
• 4. Birds Of Tokyo - Plans
• 5. Boy & Bear - Fall At Your Feet
• 6. Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
• 7. Cee Lo Green - Fuck You!
• 8. The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
• 9. Art Vs. Science - Magic Fountain
• 10. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Somebody To Love Me {Ft. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt}
• 11. Pendulum - ABC News Theme {Remix}
• 12. Drapht - Rapunzel
• 13. Sia - Clap Your Hands
• 14. Kanye West - Runaway {Ft. Pusha T}
• 15. Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand
• 16. The Jezabels - Mace Spray
• 17. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Bang Bang Bang {Ft. MNDR & Q-Tip}
• 18. Cloud Control - There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight
• 19. Flight Facilities - Crave You {Ft. Giselle}
• 20. Washington - Sunday Best
• 21. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
• 22. Children Collide - Jellylegs
• 23. Bliss N Eso - Addicted
• 24. Sparkadia - Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs
• 25. Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
• 26. Crystal Castles - Not In Love {Ft. Robert Smith}
• 27. Florence & The Machine/Dizzee Rascal - You’ve Got The Dirtee Love {Live}
• 28. Darwin Deez - Radar Detector
• 29. Illy - It Can Wait {Ft. Owl Eyes}
• 30. Yeasayer - O.N.E
• 31. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
• 32. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
• 33. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
• 34. The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream
• 35. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - The Bike Song {Ft. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock}
• 36. Chiddy Bang - Opposite Of Adults
• 37. Gorillaz - Doncamatic {Ft. Daley}
• 38. The Naked And Famous - Young Blood
• 39. John Butler Trio - Revolution
• 40. Gyroscope - Baby, I’m Getting Better
• 41. Bliss N Eso - Down By The River
• 42. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
• 43. Yolanda Be Cool/DCUP - We No Speak Americano
• 44. Crystal Castles - Baptism
• 45. Boy & Bear - Rabbit Song
• 46. Bag Raiders - Way Back Home
• 47. Birds Of Tokyo - Wild At Heart
• 48. Pendulum - Witchcraft
• 49. The Jezabels - Easy To Love
• 50. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
• 51. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
• 52. The John Steel Singers - Overpass
• 53. Bliss N Eso - Reflections
• 54. Miami Horror - Holidays {Ft. Alan Palomo}
• 55. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
• 56. Sia - Bring Night
• 57. Example - Kickstarts
• 58. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
• 59. Washington - Rich Kids
• 60. Children Collide - My Eagle
• 61. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Jackson’s Last Stand
• 62. Angus And Julia Stone - Hold On
• 63. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
• 64. Gypsy & The Cat - Jona Vark
• 65. Dead Letter Circus - One Step
• 66. Cold War Kids - Audience
• 67. Vampire Weekend - Holiday
• 68. Andy Bull - Dog {Ft. Lisa Mitchell}
• 69. Pendulum - Watercolour
• 70. Groove Armada - Paper Romance
• 71. Gypsy & The Cat - Piper’s Song
• 72. Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
• 73. Gypsy & The Cat - Time To Wander
• 74. Tame Impala - Lucidity
• 75. Hungry Kids Of Hungary - Coming Around
• 76. Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
• 77. Big Boi - Shutterbugg {Ft. Cutty}
• 78. Gorillaz - Stylo {Ft. Bobby Womack and Mos Def}
• 79. Little Red - Slow Motion
• 80. The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
• 81. Klaxons - Echoes
• 82. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
• 83. Arcade Fire - Modern Man
• 84. Washington - The Hardest Part
• 85. Hot Chip - I Feel Better
• 86. Evil Eddie - Queensland
• 87. Birds Of Tokyo - The Saddest Thing I Know
• 88. Kanye West - Monster {Ft. JAY-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver}
• 89. Interpol - Barricade
• 90. Art Vs. Science - Finally See Our Way
• 91. The Bedroom Philosopher - Northcote (So Hungover)
• 92. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
• 93. The National - Anyone’s Ghost
• 94. Xavier Rudd - Time To Smile
• 95. Broken Bells - The High Road
• 96. Jonsi - Go Do
• 97. Parkway Drive - Sleepwalker
• 98. Foals - Spanish Sahara
• 99. Dead Letter Circus - Big
• 100. Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)

Hottest 100 to your ears. from mine. with love. -k

Dirty Projectors - Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan cover) //

A beautiful acoustic performance from the Dirty Projectors set on Australia’s Triple J (via Stereogum).

-MW