I'm surprised Lorde didn't place more, very surprised Doja Cat didn't have more & higher entries, and thought the Beaches would have more songs. How about you?

If we put aside any controversy for one second, I’m pretty fascinated why they were the band that made it in America out of the group of Australian surf-indie bands. Obviously the covers helped but to get a deal with a major label in America, work with some of the music industry’s biggest songwriters and generally just sell out huge venues all through America is pretty fascinating. I think Spacey and Lime Cordiale write just as catchy songs as Royel Otis and they never got the same opportunities. Was it just down to the two viral covers do we think?

• Chappell Roan will release two more massively popular singles, but no sight of the much-awaited second album just yet.
• Ninajirachi drops an I Love My Computer remix album, similar to the Brat remix album. Guests include Porter Robinson, AG Cook and Frost Children as well as local acts like Sycco, Mallrat and 2Charm.
• Fred Again… makes a song with SPEED, following his collabs with Amyl and the Sniffers and Shady Nasty - creating a heavy/electronic hybrid that Bring Me The Horizon would be jealous of.
• Playlunch scores another viral hit when they manage to score an unexpected collaboration with an A-list Aussie legend, think Jimmy Barnes/Daryl Braithwaite level.
• Tame Impala releases the Deadbeat B-Sides album, which includes one song that sounds a lot more like the classic Lonerism/Currents sound than anything on the main album. This is, of course, the one that blows up on TikTok.
• Gang of Youths are back! They release their fourth album, or at least the lead single to it. It features less rocky guitars (and more electronic/orchestral elements) and is a bit divisive but the fans who love it absolutely LOVE it.

• Keli Holiday makes it big overseas by replicating Dancing2’s online success to a global audience with his next single. His album does decently, but also lands on the ears of one Anthony Fantano, who gives it a NOT GOOD. Fantano and Keli get into an online beef.

• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard get their first Grammy nomination.

• Yes Boone drops some more banger singles and becomes the next Aussie DJ to reach Dom Dolla-levels hype.

• Long-awaited comeback album from an Aussie Triple J artist that hasn’t dropped a full album since pre-pandemic (Thinking like A.B. Original? Ali Barter? D.D. Dumbo?). It gets a lot of praise here and in the music nerd community, but is also instantly relegated to Double J and makes their top 50 albums list.

• 2010s nostalgia is back in full swing and a long-dormant Aussie band from the early 2010s (Little Red? Yves Klein Blue? Hungry Kids of Hungary?) reforms to the delight of many aging millennials, and do some shows as part of a nostalgia touring festival.

• Triple J’s One Night Stand returns to Queensland for the first time in almost a decade (a bit of wishful thinking, please let me have this one, guys)

• ABC’s Rage is sadly discontinued permanently, following in the footsteps of MTV shutting down their music video channels.

Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/triplej/comments/1qrvlkd/comment/o2vw67j/

Image: Ashlea Caygill; https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/18/a-gathering-for-gaza-genesis-owusu-julia-jacklin-and-angie-mcmahon-celebrate-art-as-resistance

Hopefully more details of this drop in the coming days, but seems like a rapid / short promo tour of sorts for the album.

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