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leece @[email protected] · 2026-06-26 · 05:21 UTC

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/like-a-version/jem-cassar-daley-covers-men-at-work-who-can-it-be-now/106837666?utm_campaign=triplej&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=triplej Fantastic cover of Who can it be now from the Like A Version JJJ studio.

#cover #music #Triplej #jjj #ozmusic #Australia

#cover #music #triplej #jjj #ozmusic #australia

itgrrl :donor: @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 10:42 UTC

@nest I’ve never done the streaming thing and tbh I’ve built a large part of my music library over the last couple of decades from interesting songs or music I’ve heard in movies or TV shows & then going & finding the albums from those artists and either buying & ripping the CDs or buying DRM-free digital downloads… (I tend to only learn about the latest big pop songs if someone does a nerd parody 🤪)

if I wanted to dial in (😏) to what the kids are listening to these days or something more eclectic, I’d give a listen to #JJJ or #RRR online to find new artists & go buy their music from their websites (if they have any offline options)

RRR: https://www.rrr.org.au/

JJJ: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/triplej

you might also like to have a listen to the JJJ #Hottest100 at https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/countdown/hottest100 – they also have the archives going back to 1989 🤘

#jjj #rrr #hottest100

Devorppa @[email protected] · 2026-01-25 · 10:59 UTC

My thoughts on quite a limited listen to the 2025 #JJJ #Hottest100

For *reasons* I only heard the better part of the top 20 songs in this year’s Hottest 100 after having a real listen from 2000-2009 and skipping those between then and now.

What I heard was a lot of music that was eerily similar to the kind of music that you would find in a 1980’s playlist - it sounded very mainstream compared to past lists from the naughties. I didn’t hear any (c)rap.

I also noted there was a hell of a lot more Australian artists in the countdown (which is a good thing) than in past years and, according to The Guardian, the songs in the Hottest 100 were reflective of the general JJJ playlist during 2025.

My thoughts on why these things have occurred come down to the retirement of Richard Kingsmill. Kingsmill had an outsized influence for a very, very long time on what got played on JJJ. I suspect that a lot of the songs that got played and thus ended up in the 2025 countdown would never have been given airtime while he was still around - they simply would not have been ‘alternative enough’ for Kingsmill.

FTR - I don’t have an issue with Kingsmill, I am just noting the change.

Overall, the change is probably for the benefit of the Australian music industry - more local talent getting air time and more results in the Hottest 100. I am fairly sure promoting Australian music was the reason Gough Whitlam’s government set up (what was then) 2JJ … yes, I was around to the hear the launch.

Dinosaurs like me might wish for a higher number of songs that sound like what I am used to on JJJ, but we are not the JJJ demographic. While we have ‘aged out’ of JJJ, we kept listening anyway.

I would note in passing Number 4: ‘Keith’by PLAYLUNCH … that is an absolute cracker of a song, reminds me of various ‘joke’ songs from the naughties, such as ‘Russel Crowe’s Band’ by Frenzal Rhomb and ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ by The Drugs. It was good to see it up in the Top Five.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PTvxw4fc9M

#jjj #hottest100