Husky are the dullest band I've seen in my life.

egads!

I like Alpine, BKC, Loon Lake, Emma Louise, and Oliver Tank
Lots I haven't heard in there too.

More like Bleeding Ears Club amirite?

bleeding ass club

dot dot dot to a lot of those bands.

Oh you're so right bulk! SO right.

Oh, they're not alll bad.

this is more like a list of bands triple j have already been flogging heavily for a while that just havn't happened to have released an album yet.

The segregation of 'unearthed also rans' and those considered worthy of full on triple j rotation is become a lot more pronounced. There are few acts on here that havn't already played numerous festivals or have at least had significant hype or support (oliver tank, snakadaktal, etc). Would you really call bleeding knees club, a band nme listed months ago in an equivalent poll, 'next crop'?

It'll be nice when elizabeth rose explodes a little bit, wonderful voice, quite a talented producer also.

why doesn't mess and noise write about how it is obviously a SYSTEM. i have to say m + n have the potential to be a positive force in the Australian music scene but for whatever reason (vested interests etc.) it remains an (albeit cynical) reflection of the mainstream. Of course you can argue that the music industry in Australia isn't big enough to say that there is a mainstream, but the fact is that m + n write about stonefield and kimbra and gotye et all and it's quite tiresome. It's great that they talk about more underground bands but the fact is there is obvious cashola involved and it's just bullshit. Who gives a fuck about any of those bands! Nobody...yet. a few of those bands i'm sure will have banner ads on mess and noise before long and so it goes, but a bit more transparency would be appreciated. I get annoyed by the fact that to ''make it'' in Australia (ha!) you have to jump through these hoops...anyhow, i felt compelled to write this but let the cynicism flow...viva la mediocre!

for the record that is a drunken rant but nevertheless there is truth in it.

Er, isn't the SYSTEM exactly what the story is about?

it is, but not in so many words. it reads like a press release as opposed to a critical appraisal, which i think should be the approach taken. as i was saying there is an underlying cynicism to much that is written on this site but it's hidden to some degree, and i can't help but think there is a reason for that.

FUCK!

Can't believe I missed out on the draw again, maybe I'll have better luck next year.

Guess I should take some clues from industry vets like these cunts

TRIPLE J'S 'NEXT CROP' 2012:
San Cisco
Split Seconds

would be a nice feeling to get this news late in the year! hope they don't rest on their laurels! i guess it means 1 year radio saturation & touring max?

Golden tickets

Mule is spot on - drunken rant or not. JJJ play the artists that JJJ thinks will do well - and guess what. It is a musical mono culture that we are producing, look at the ARIAs. Australia acts release what - 1,000 titles a year - and 2 acts clean up most of the major awards????

haven't you learnt to just ignore the aria's? everyone else has.

I listened to some Triple J the other day. It was all so unrelentingly 'new'. They need to play more hits. Maybe the Unearthed station will be gold to filter out a lot and allow some back catalogue.

Secondly. The breakfast announcers are woeful. One of them can't speak clearly, its embarrassing.

Thirdly. hate hate hate hate hate haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate etc..

I listened to some Triple J the other day. It was all so unrelentingly 'new'. They need to play more hits. Maybe the Unearthed station will be gold to filter out a lot and allow some back catalogue.

don't be silly, the whole things designed to be a assembly line of new, its all about new.

Geez people. A whole bunch of people who are interested in music pick the music they like and promote it throughout the year...I'm not really sure I see the issue here. They also need to play music that the majority of people will like and are interested in. They're not perfect, but they do a lot more to promote new music than any other major radio station out there. Half the people here are whinging that they play too much new music and the rest that they don't.

default translation: 'they are not playing my band, therefore they are cunce'.

ain't it wonderful how some things never change?

They also need to play music that the majority of people will like and are interested in.

the charts tell me this would be a very, very bad idea.

I'd rather hear Gotye than most of the hipster noise that passes for ''underground''.

@letterbox - well maybe the majority of their listeners....

@letterbox - well maybe the majority of their listeners....

pfft, they don't need to be triple m, changing their format all the time whilst chasing some imaginary listener that the marketing department dreampt up. obviously they have to keep the abc board happy etc, but they don't have to worry about keeping/gaining sponsors and selling advertisements and all that shit. why does it need to be popular?!!?

Did you actually just say why does it need to be popular?

Do you think the ABC will fund a radio station with no listeners?

I think you're living in a dreamland.

few deserving bands in there, many are shit. but this is more about listing every newish band that gets played on jjj. where's twerps and gizard but.

Did you actually just say why does it need to be popular?
Do you think the ABC will fund a radio station with no listeners?
I think you're living in a dreamland.

you both summarised and changed what i said, but vaguely, yes, i live in a dreamland.

this is more like a list of bands triple j have already been flogging heavily for a while that just havn't happened to have released an album yet.

Definitely. Some of these bands have been getting JJJ airplay for years - Alpine especially (back when they were Swiss) started airing some of the same songs in 2009!

it is, but not in so many words. it reads like a press release as opposed to a critical appraisal, which i think should be the approach taken. as i was saying there is an underlying cynicism to much that is written on this site but it's hidden to some degree, and i can't help but think there is a reason for that.

Since when has the cynicism on M+N been hidden?

Jjj is the new mmm noone with any taste or knowledge of music listens to this garbage