A funny little hip-bro from Melbourne called HARTS is warming our tired limbs this winter with iridescent dance-rock.

We’ve picked up this track “Back To Shore” from his triple j Unearthed page. Take a listen and visit his profile to hear more.

Harts – Back to the Shore (low res)

Harts on triple j Unearthed

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Mandu

Gypsy and the Cat without the bombast but still packing plaintive vocals and cheesy string synths. Another worthy contender in 2011 from Brisbane’s surging electronic scene – a scene surging much like a river might surge after a torrential downpour.

Half Of It by YesYou

-Mandu

First came that Care Bear cute sing-along ‘Come Around’ from Tim and Jean, now more junior burgers from Perth are poised to blast your inhibitions with the best electroclash that generous parents can buy.

This is a bit like Boys Noize meets Electric 6? Is that bow too long to draw? Not if you have enough paper sir. And this is the internets, we got alot of paper round here…

Blud will win triple j radio’s current high-school band competiton and then they’ll have to wrestle with Art Vs Science for festival gigs all summer. Just you watch them. I’ll admit, I’m excited for them.

Blud – Masterpeace (Crap Version)

Blud – Sarah is for Lovers

(tracks via triple j)

triple j have amazing live engineers who always manage to capture the raw essence of a live festival show without compromising on the quality of the performance itself. Queue lots of WOOOOOOS and AAWHWHHWHAAA and PASS ME THE RACK in crystal clear stereo.

Here’s a new recording, just gone online, for Calvin Harris‘ standout performance at the Big Day Out festival early this year

In the words of Muz from Falcona “it was fuckin’ bullshit man you missed out”.
Which means it was pretty damn good.

‘The Rain’ doesn’t make an appearance, but all the other hitz do.

Apparently Calvin Harris is pulling back on live shows for the next while and focusing on DJ sets – does that make you feel angry on the inside? Or do you care not much/at all? Do you reckon Calvin Harris would beat Kissy Sell Out in a tennis match? What about a knife fight? So many questions.

Setlist through the jump.

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1. Stars Come Out
2. Colours
3. Ready for The Weekend
4. Relax
5. Flashback
6. You Used To Hold Me
7. Acceptable In The 80′s
8. The Girls
9. I Created Disco
10.I’m Not alone

That’s right, Valerie’s british branch member is performing a live set today on Triple J radio, tune in 2:00pm EST to get a taste of what’s in store for his upcoming gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth

If you’re in Sydney tonight, head down to Candy’s Apartment to see Russ in all his bleepy glory. Ned will be there, and he’s cool. So do it.

This year the top ten spots went to the following:
1. Muse – Knights of Cydonia
2. Silverchair – Straight Lines
3. Kings Of Leon – On Call
4. John Butler Trio – Better Than
5. Faker – This Heart Attack
6. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
7. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (live)
8. Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
9. Soko – I’ll Kill Her
10. The Panics – Don’t Fight It

Interesting piece of trivia is that the Silverchair track in the number 2 spot was co-written by Julian Hamilton of the Presets who used to act as touring support for Paul Mac and Daniel Johns’ The Dissociatives.

And here is the rest of the top 100. Well the ones you probably know and/or care about:

12 Wombats, The Let’s Dance To Joy Division
14 Muscles Ice Cream
17 M.I.A Paper Planes
18 Presets, The My People
19 Architecture In Helsinki Heart It Races
20 Kanye West Stronger
24 Bloc Party Hunting For Witches
27 Operator Please Just A Song About Ping Pong
34 Feist 1234
35 Justice D.A.N.C.E
36 Architecture In Helsinki Hold Music
37 Cold War Kids Hospital Beds
39 Cut Copy Hearts On Fire
40 Bloc Party I Still Remember
54 Klaxons Golden Skans
57 Midnight Juggernauts Into The Galaxy
69 Digitalism Pogo
76 Muscles Sweaty
86 Midnight Juggernauts Tombstone
93 Bumblebeez Dr Love
98 Interpol The Heinrich Maneuver
99 Hives, The Tick Tick Boom
100 Pnau Wild Strawberries

You can listen to the Triple J Hottest 100 here as well as checking out who made the entire list. And that’s all I have to say on the matter

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