this is not a very good list.

I've seen much, much worse.

I did not realize how big the Smith Street Band was.

lol snoxall they never were

got me a movie
ha ha ha ho
slicing up eyeballs
ha ha ha ho
girlie so groovy
ha ha ha ho
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia

They used to be, back in the good ol' days.

haha yeah i know dude i just don't know how old you are and sometimes the kids say that and mean 2-3 years ago haha

this IS the worst 2012 list i have seen so far.
hence why i avoid tripple J

yeah I'm 24 and have noticed JJJ getting progressively worse with each passing year

everything is coming up for Milhouse

it is just the punk and hardcore 2012 though. Not all around 2012.

Still, so much hipster wank will fill the general 2012 albums of the year.

@Snoxall This Poll is from short.fast.loud, the punk/hardcore/alternative program, not Triple J overall

too late nvm

Still, such much hipster wank will fill the general 2012 albums of the year.

Gonna vote Taylor Swift to annoy the elitist bastards.

great idea i'm gonna get on board

i knew you were trouble SOTY

wow our scene sucks
so many mediocre bands

@tommy album of the year man haha

haha yeah i wonder if their website will even let people vote for it

the obvious aoty at 21 lol what a bunch of out of touch retards

Seems about right

lol at Parkway being 1

bias much?

Every bogan tradie dickbag gets excited about Parkway Drive, and they all listen to short fast loud.

This list just appeals to the hardcore section of the trend-hopping demographic of Australian radio listeners, instead of the regular "alternative" section of trend-hoppers. I do not very much like Triple J and their monopoly over so-called independent music in Australia right now.

100 percent agreeance with you liledman. TripleJ is hand picking what becomes popular in Australia at the moment, with their monopoly of pretty much unlimited music in the unearthed world.

Yeah, but the whole aura that is triple j currently is just disgusting.

They basically own all unsigned Australian bands music through their unearthed program - and the way
they utilize it is appalling.

Yeah list is probably as expected. A lot of poor-average Australian metalcore interspersed with a few good albums. I was stoked that The Smith Street Band got so high though.
I dont really like Triple J apart from a couple of presenters but short.fast.loud is normally ok as Stu Harvey has great taste. The problem is that the popularity of all the average metalcore bands dictates that he has to play it as its really the only punk/hardcore show of note on Australian radio.

And the exposure that short.fast.loud has given good Australian bands like Smith Street, Anchors, Milhouse etc is unparalleled. So that sort of makes up for the garbage that needs to be played to satisfy the majority of the listeners.

Yeah Dougie it is not particularly nice to see. I know a few of my friends have gotten too caught up in playing their games. One guy got a fair bit of attention pretty quickly for some tracks on unearthed, and he actually got to the point of having a meeting/interview with Triple J people, and they flat out told him that they wanted more of this song, not that new song, but more in this style, etc. If that is what the independent artists of Australia have to do to get recognition, then it's a severe compromise.

And if I see one more of my friends on FB posting "We only need x amount of plays on unearthed to reach this meaningless number!" I will vomit.

Although one of my friends' bands is doing quite well out of them, so I guess if you fit the Triple J mould then make the most of it.

Scary isn't it? I heard down the grape vine that a couple of years ago, Kingsmill forced Gotye to stay out of his side project band and only be Gotye, or otherwise triple j wouldn't play his music anymore.

Worked out for him in the end I guess, but still.

kingsmill is a twat

I still strongly support triple j, and I don't think they've changed much in who they pander to since their conception. If anything they're much broader than ever before. Shows like this never existed. Seriously, a POPULAR hardcore/punk show? That's a huge step. And sure, a lot of this list shitty scenecore but there's more of the other stuff than if Stu Harvey wasn't doing his damnedest to introduce scene kids to good shit

kingsmill is a twat [2]

Also, not entirely sure I believe that. I thought they were still performing not long ago?

Just what I have heard from people on the inner, could be all rumours?

Fuck yeah for 4

Fuck yeah for 4

1, 3, 22 are bad
6 & 9 are too high

derrrrres blooorrr in derrr wadurrrr

pwd #1

Douglas, I dunno, I worked at the ABC (and my dad has worked there for a long long time) and I've never heard of that kind of thing happening.

Great list!

Atlas really wasn't that good, to be completely honest.

agree with most included. disagree with the placement. [2]

Get rid of Enter Shikari, Billy Talent and The Gaslight Anthem and i'll be happy.

Enter Shikari album was good

The electronics gave me chest pain.

Does FBi still do that punk/hardcore/metal show on Mondays?
If so, that. Cause that ruleeddd.

But I don't really listen to any radio any more, sans ABC Classical when I'm reading in the car.

Our music scene is cancer.

wouldn't quite go that far winrar. Bands like TAA have helped a lot of people

List sucks for the most part but I agree with 1. I know a lot of people hate on them but Atlas is pretty damn good

I like some of these but their ranking is just silly.

Why does OFF! feel so out of place on this list?

list is objectively wrong so who cares

Just glad it's not the rolling stones.

14 and 17 are the only one's I agree with.

good list, dun cur cun cur cun cur

australians are idiots. too many fucking bogans vote nowadays and they have no idea what they're listening to

This list is a joke!