Sydney band Bluejuice claimed what is becoming the increasingly cherished-as-a-consolation-prize number 101 spot in the 2009 triple j Hottest 100, with their single “(Ain’t) Telling The Truth”.
They also featured in the actual Hottest 100 countdown, with their track “Broken Leg” reaching number five.
You can hear both these tracks, plus others, on Bluejuice’s MySpace page.
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Wow, that was quick, or seemed so, voting in the triple j hottest 100 of all time closes this Sunday, 28 June.

Voting in the much anticipated (if search engine queries into disassociated are anything to go by) triple j Hottest 100 Of All Time (2009) gets underway in a few weeks time, on Monday 1 June.
Unlike the annual Hottest 100 countdowns which are usually broadcast in their entirety each Australia Day, the all time countdown looks [...]

Writing a Triple J Hottest 100 number one song: while your mileage may vary with some tips, making the title more memorable by including it in the chorus is definitely a recipe for success; since 1989 13 songs that do so have reached the top spot:
Songwriters love featuring the song title in the chorus hook, [...]

During the Australia Day countdown of the Hottest 100 of 2008, Triple J’s music director Richard Kingsmill announced the next Hottest 100 Of All Time poll will take place in July.
Unlike annual Hottest 100 countdowns, where only music released during the current year can be voted for, the field will be wide open for the [...]

In time honoured Australia Day tradition, the Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown gets under way this morning, Australia wide, from 10am EDT.
If you’re in Sydney and want to make a day of it, head along to Parramatta Park, where the Triple J crew will broadcasting the show, or simply throw your own Hottest 100 party.
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Voting has opened for this year’s Triple J Hottest 100, regarded as “one of the largest public music polls in the world”.
The countdown of 2008’s top songs, as voted by Triple J listeners takes place, as usual, on Australia Day Monday 26 January 2009. It’s a cool sort of way to spend what is considered [...]

This week’s trivia item, picked up while listening to last week’s streamed 2008 show on Triple J.
Kate Nash’s song “Foundations” was awarded perhaps one of the countdown’s more notorious gongs, being ranked at number 101 in Triple J’s annual poll of their listeners’ favourite , er, 100 songs for 2007.
Personally I think the song deserved [...]

… or rather the number one song in this year’s Hottest 100 was “Knights of Cydonia” by Muse. I’d gone for either Silverchair or the John Butler Trio. Oh well.

It’s a disassociated tradition of sorts to lock the doors, dim the lights, twist the volume dial to TEN, and while the day away listening to the best tracks of the previous year, as voted by Triple J listeners.
The fact that Australia Day proper falls on a Saturday (with the holiday being marked this Monday, [...]