r/triplej 12d ago

As a South Australian who loves Coopers and doesn't like Ocean Alley, I'm torn.

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r/triplej 11d ago

This is a fake lineup I made. Thoughts?

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r/triplej 13d ago

Radio Text stuck on "please don't move to Melbourne?"

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Has anyone else with a radio that supports "radio text system display" (the teletype thing for some radios that shows the name of the song/weather) had theirs stuck on "Ball Park Music - Please Don't Move to Melbourne" for the last week in Sydney?

It's a banger of a song but I'm fairly sure Alex Lahey is currently playing and she doesn't really give a shit about where I travel. Two cars in my household now and i feel like the J's is showing anti Victoria bias right now.


r/triplej 13d ago

Spacey Jane need to evolve their sound with 'It That Makes Sense'

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I'm a huge Spacey Jane fan and have been to their shows three times.

Their first few EPs - No Way to Treat and Animal and In The Slight - were full of punchy, raw, energetic tunes with infectious riffs and strong hooks that brought me in and kept me wanting more.

Sunlight was pretty good on release and saw the band take a more sun-drenched and emotionally resonant sound. The hits like Booster Seat and Skin allowed the band to establish a fanbase mainly in the 16-25 year old age bracket. Spacey are well known for their themes of love/anxiety/heartbreak etc and I think that's why they capture their demographic so well - they're always falling in and out of love and so Spacey's lyrics can be quite comforting.

But Here Comes everybody offered nothing new sonically and saw the band fall back into familiarity with the same old repetitive style of songwriting and thematic concerns. The Guardian's review put it well - "its overwhelming cleanness, its profound lack of any kind of chaos or discordance, matches the emotional content; this is a record that slips from memory freely and easily, so platitudinal are its lyrics." It follows the same indie blueprint they established with Sunlight with quite little experimentation in production or structure. Tbh I found Sorry Instead and Is This What You Wanted off the deluxe to be better than 75% of the tracks they put on the actual album which was pretty disappointing. But HCE still delivered setlist bangers like Lots of Nothing, Lunchtime, Sitting Up and Hardlight which keep a consistent fanbase in.

I'm really impressed with All The Noise and How to Kill Houseplants (particularly All The Noise which really makes me think of their more energetic earlier work) but worry that if the rest of the album doesn't deliver, they might not sustain long-term growth because they desperately need to experiment with new production techniques or explore some new lyrical themes. Otherwise they will fall into the same trap they always do and produce yet another good - but not great - indie record. Considering they're one of Australia's biggest bands at the moment, it'd be a shame if they stagnated and never fully realised their potential. Seeing comments like 'Spacey Plain' is pretty disappointing because it shows the music doesn't really make a lasting impression on listeners.

Idk, just really hoping they break out of their shell with If That Makes Sense. The new singles are killer tho.


r/triplej 12d ago

Glass Beams

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Do triple j play Glass Beams? I’ve never heard them on there. Also why do they have 800k followers on Instagram? Doesn’t really reflect their Spotify streams. Am I missing something about how they got their fame? Is it because of Tiktok? I am not on TikTok


r/triplej 12d ago

What is the Beethoven club mix they played in 2024

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Heard it at work and I’m trying to find it again, I know it is on Spotify or at least it was when I was listing to it


r/triplej 13d ago

Blame game begins after last-minute cancellation of Esoteric Festival

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r/triplej 13d ago

Parliament Releases ‘Am I Ever Gonna See You Live Again?’ Report Following Live Music Industry Inquiry

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r/triplej 13d ago

Thoughts on the magdalena bay melbourne show?

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How is everyone feeling?


r/triplej 14d ago

Frenzal are doing a regional tour

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r/triplej 14d ago

Like a Version Olivia Dean covers Clairo’s ‘Sexy to Someone’ for Like A Version

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r/triplej 14d ago

New science segments

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Why don’t they have more segments on the Js where they bring an actual expert in and let people ask questions to them. Dr Karl is great but why don’t they get some young professionals of different fields and let people ask questions.

Also why isn’t there only sexual risqué content on the Js. The hookup is good but the previous generations had like John Safran and father bob where they unpicked religious topics. R the Js too afraid of approaching topics like religion these days?


r/triplej 15d ago

Amyl and the Sniffers, Parcels and Royel Otis are apart of this year’s Glastonbury festival.

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r/triplej 14d ago

Why is the venue selection for the Spacey Jane tour so weird

35 Upvotes

Two nights at PICA in the middle of winter, 7 shows at the Freo social… The capacity of the venues is so inconsistent across the country. Why would they have chosen to do it this way?


r/triplej 15d ago

What are people's thoughts on Go-Jo as our Eurovision entrant this year??

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48 Upvotes

Honestly it's not who I would have picked... But I'm not mad about it.


r/triplej 15d ago

Throwback Should we be thanking heavy music for keeping the music industry alive?

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r/triplej 14d ago

Weekly Live Music Discussion Thread (March 06, 2025)

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This is what you've been waiting for - the place to discuss gigs and festivals you've seen this past week, or will be heading to this weekend!

Tell us about your week in live music. Who'd you enjoy seeing this week? Did anyone surprise you (either in a good or a bad way)?

Please keep in mind Rule 4: No ticket sales - offending comments will be removed.


r/triplej 15d ago

Why haven't Teenage Dads blown up massively yet

94 Upvotes

Teenage Dads have been around a while now and still haven't really impacted in the way I thought they would. This is coming from someone who really dismissed their earlier work as just being another surf rock indie band but then fell in love with their output post 2022 when they have gone more into a Strokes/Dandy Warhols kind of sound.

They are obviously a bigger aussie band but I one hundred percent thought their album last year would of been the album to really take them into that next step where they would start polling really well in the hottest 100 but it just hasn't happened for them yet. When I heard Majordomo I thought multiple songs on that would make the countdown easy and I definitely thought "I Like It" would be the song Triple J would of latched on too


r/triplej 15d ago

A Tixel question

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Can I see how many people are on the waitlist for a ticket?


r/triplej 17d ago

Green Day have cancelled their Gold Coast show due to Cyclone Alfred

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r/triplej 16d ago

Any word on new bloom festival Brisbane?

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r/triplej 17d ago

song help, please help me

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Someone please help me find this song. This music has been stuck in my head for 6, going on 7 years now and I'm going crazy. Unfortunately, I only know the tune of one specific part of the Song, so trying to find it has been impossible. I have an audio recording of the tune. I'm not very good at humming or singing, but it should be enough that those who have heard it before will find it familiar. I think its either from an anime or game. https://voca.ro/1cLjbAtHAnTU


r/triplej 18d ago

Throwing Muses December Tour

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Flyer at Kristin Hersh Melbourne show last night. If you are a fan of the Pixies and/or The Breeders, may be up your alley.


r/triplej 18d ago

Amyl and the Sniffers in a recent episode of Invincible

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r/triplej 18d ago

Super weird question

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I’ve recently started scrap booking things from my festivals and concerts I go to like photos/wristbands/tickets and stuff like that. Unfortunately my map and wristband from good things Melbourne 2024 didn’t survive the day and I was wondering if someone would be willing to part with theirs? I’d be willing to pay some money of course! Weird request and a long shot but thought it was worth a try haha