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Triple J Hottest 100, 2008

// January 17th, 2009 // music

I have not listened to enough music this year. When we lived in Brisbane, I had a 20 minute drive to work, and listening to Triple J was part of my daily routine. Now in Perth my work is 6 minutes from home and I use my scooter, which does not have a radio. I do still listen to a lot of Triple J, and my iPod at home and at work though. Even in China, I connect my iPod to the work WiFi and listen to Triple J streaming, and coming home Qantas has an Australian music station DJ’d by Robbie Buck, it is fantastic, after being away for a month to settle into a plane, have a glass of wine and listen to some good music. I have also not seen enough live music in the past year, but Southbound made up for that. As per usual I look down the list and see a very eclectic mix, it is only 1 week till Australia Day and the big countdown, last year I picked most of the top ten but this year I think it will be different. Mark and I are going to put some batteries in a portable radio and head to the beach to listen to the countdown this year, what a great day to spend Australia Day!

So, here is my top 10 (in no particular order)

Verve, The – Love Is Noise [iTunes]
Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name [iTunes]
Roisin Murphy – Overpowered [iTunes]
Presets, The – This Boy’s In Love [iTunes]
Kanye West – Love Lockdown [iTunes]
Goldfrapp – Happiness [iTunes]
Architecture In Helsinki – That Beep [iTunes]
Bon Iver – Skinny Love [iTunes]
MGMT - Electric Feel [iTunes]
Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning [iTunes]

And the shortlisted tracks that I also love:

Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
Coldplay – 42
Drapht - Jimmy Recard
Jens Lekman – The Opposite Of Hallelujah
Lyrics Born – I Like It, I Love It
CSS – Rat Is Dead
Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
Cut Copy – Lights and Music
Santogold – L.E.S Artistes
Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
Herd, The – Zug Zug
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
Pnau – Baby
Portishead – Machine Gun
Salmonella Dub – Lightning
Soko – I Will Never Love You More
Birds of Tokyo – Silhoettic
Buraka Som Sistema – Kalemba (Wegue – Wegue)

Hottest 100, 2008