Harbour Jetting & Summer Surfing Countdown - Sun 30 Dec 2012

20 - Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune

19 - Of Monsters & Men - Mountain Sound
18 - Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen



Happy quarter century today Ellie Goulding, XOXO

17 - The Dropkick Murphy's - The Season's Upon Us
16 - Birds of Tokyo - This Fire
15 - Flume - Holdin On' - 961 Album of the Year Nomination #6
14 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love
13 - Chiddy Bang - Happening
12 - Adele - Skyfall
11 - Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
10 - Calvin Harris/Tinie Tempah - Drinking from the Bottle
9 - Calvin Harris/Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing
8 - The Lumineers - Ho Hey
7 - David Guetta/SIA - She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)
6 - Rudimental - Not Giving In {Feat. John Newman & Alex Clare}
5 - Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love
4 - Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
3 - Icona Pop - I Love it!
2 - Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child
1 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop

Super Producers Part Two - Flume

It's been ages since Part One "Calvin Harris", well early June 2012, so it's high time for part two and who else better than Harley Streten, who? You ask.... It's the amazing Flume!

He is only 20 years old and super producer Flume got his first taste for producing at age 13 from the most unlikely of places - a music production program he found in a cereal box. Flume has done some killer remixes and his debut self titled album (along with part one's super producer Calvin Harris) was nominated for this Blog's album of the year. I have decided to announce the Australian album of the year on Monday 28 Jan 2013 (Aust Day Public Holiday) so tune on in to see if Flume had the goods to be numero uno.

His track "Holdin On'" was a massive smash in 2012 and his remix of Hermitude's "Hyperparadise" was just supreme. He also got loads of guests to appear on his debut including and not limited to Chet Faker, Moon Holiday and Jezzabell Doran. My favourite collob however was T-Shirt on the epic tune "On Top".



Amazing or what?

Australian music is looking in mighty fine shape with artists like this releasing such epic debuts and at such young ages. So 2013 will be a huge year for Flume and I can totally see this being a big release overseas (namely in the UK) so Goyte watch yo back mate. The album has also recently been certified gold which in the era of music piracy that's not half bad.



Okay so here's another taste of his epic work below with DJ Anna Lunoe:



Until next time, Super Producers out!

@ the Movies 2012 - Quartet

It's the The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel take 2, with Maggie Smith playing an old bitch again and old people generally getting old and being a little bit down on life.  But then again this movie was ultra cute and the oldies in the cinema I was in loved it sick.

Also if your into Opera and classical music the cast is really going to impress you.

Billy Connolly provided some good comic relief while the character of Cecily "Cissy" played by Pauline Collins was just delicious.  This movie made me smile ear to ear and towards the end just think how great life is and it's little crazy moments.

If you are in the mood for a feel good movie and a decent film in this rather bleak summer of films catch "Quartet" if you love oldies weeing in public, swearing and generally playing up this will make you smile like a goose, like me.

Quartet is a well acted and fun film rating an operatic 4 stars.

Happy Boxing Day - it's the BIGGEST 100 of 2012 - Part One

1 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop {Ft. Wanz}

2 - Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing {Ft. Florence Welch}

3 - Frank Ocean - Lost

4 - Azealia Banks - 212 {Ft. Lazy Jay}

5 - Tame Imapala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

6 - The Temper Trap - Trembling Hands
7 - Florence & The Machine - Spectrum {Calvin Harris Remix}
8 - Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child {Ft. John Martin}
9 - The Rubens - My Gun
10 - Skrillex - Bangarang {Ft. Sirah}
11 - Rudimental - Feel The Love
12 - Xavier Rudd - Follow The Sun
13 - Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
14 - Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
15 - Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
16 - Flume - Holdin On
17 - Django Django – Default
18 - Hermitude - Hyperparadise {Flume Remix}
19 - Missy Higgins - Everyone's Waiting
20 - Icona Pop - I Love It {Ft. Charli XCX}
21 - Kimbra/Mark Foster/A-TRAK - Warrior
22 - Lana Del Ray - Born to Die
23 - Major Lazer - Get Free {Ft. Amber of Dirty Projectors}
24 - Oh Mercy - Drums
25 - Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)
26 - Frank Ocean - Pyramids
27 - Alpine - Gasoline
28 - Tame Impala - Elephant
29 - Kanye West - Clique {Ft. Jay-Z & Big Sean}
30 - Seth Sentry - Dear Science
31 - Calvin Harris - We'll Be Coming Back {Ft. Example}
32 - Lisa Mitchell - Spiritus
33 - Hilltop Hoods - Speaking In Tongues {Ft. Chali 2na}
34 - Plan B - Ill Manors
35 - Sarah Blasko - I Awake
36 - Rudimental - Not Giving In {Ft. John Newman & Alex Clare}
37 - Full Tote Odds - What's Going Down
38 - Disclosure - Latch {Ft. Sam Smith}
39 - 360 - Run Alone
40 - Lisa Mitchell - Bless This Mess
41 - Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
42 - Adele – Skyfall
43 - The xx – Angels
44 - Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen
45 - Atoms For Peace - Default
46 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love {Ft. Mary Lambert}
47 - Kid Cudi - Just What I Am {Ft. King Chip}
48 - Chiddy Bang - Mind Your Manners {Ft. Icona Pop}
49 - Haim - Forever
50 - Chance Waters - Young & Dumb {Ft. Bertie Blackman}
51 - 360 - Child
52 - Full Tote Odds - Southern Wind
53 - Ben Folds Five - Draw A Crowd
54 - Calvin Harris - Let's Go {Ft. Ne-Yo}
55 - Passion Pit - Take A Walk
56 - The Rubens - Don't Ever Want To Be Found
57 - Hot Chip - How Do You Do?
58 - Loon Lake - Cherry Lips
59 - M.I.A - Bad Girls
60 - Parachute Youth - Can't Get Better Than This
61 - Avicii - Silhouettes
62 - Oh Mercy - My Man
63 - The Presets - Youth in Trouble
64 - Azealia Banks - 1991
65 - Plan B - Lost My Way
66 - The Lumineers – Ho Hey
67 - Birds Of Tokyo - This Fire
68 - Alabama Shakes - Hold On
69 - Wiley and Ms D - Heatwave
70 - San Cisco - Wild Things
71 - Ball Park Music - Surrender
72 - Something For Kate - Survival Expert
73 - Illy - Where Ya Been (Ft. Pez)
74 - Solange – Losing You
75 - DZ Deathrays - No Sleep
76 - Seth Sentry - Float Away
77 - The Bamboos - I Got Burned {Ft. Tim Rogers}
78 - Miike Snow - The Wave
79 - Passion Pit - Carried Away
80 - Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
81 - Something for Kate - Miracle Cure
82 - Hot Chip - Night And Day
83 - Urthboy - Knee Length Socks
84 - Lisa Mitchell - The Raven & The Mushroom Man
85 - Missy Higgins - Unashamed Desire
86 - The xx – Chained
87 - Cosmo Jarvis- Love This
88 - Miike Snow - Paddling Out
89 - Bat For Lashes – All Your Gold
90 - Angus Stone - Bird on a Buffalo
91 - Calvin Harris - Drinking from the Bottle {Ft. Tinie Tempah}
92 - Alabama Shakes - Hang Loose
93 - Last Dinosaurs - Andy
94 - Illy - Heard It All
95 - Urthboy - Naive Bravado {Ft. Daniel Merriweather}
96 - Grinspoon - Passerby
97 - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Tapes & Money
98 - St. Lucia – September
99 - Emma Louise - Boy
100 - Flume - Sleepless {Ft. Jezzabell Doran}

Album of the year for 2012 & the winner is......

Wow last year's winner Goyte went onto have a HUGE 2012, so how will the 2012 winner go in 2013? It's been a long road to get here, it's been 6 nominations, a few close call almost, maybe nominations (yes that's you Lana Del Ray and your Paradise Edition) but now it's the moment the world and my blog has been waiting for this BIG album of the year.

From Missy Higgins to Flume and down to SA for some Hilltop Hoods Australia was well represented and on Australia Day I will reveal the top Aussie album of 2012. So for now that leaves the three international albums up for the big 2012 award. Calvin Harris had the highest number of successful singles from one album, The xx were the most chilled but the year does belong to one Frank Ocean.

The release of his Channel Orange has been groundbreaking for hip hop, not only for the super fine music but the fact Frank Ocean had a crush, on a boy.
Go Frank, from the 10 minute opus of "Pyramids" to the smooth jams of "Forrest Gump" & "Crack Rock", this album was hardly ever far from my IPOD. The album was sublime and tracks like "Lost" are on every ones lips and top 10 countdowns for the year ending.

Frank Ocean has a very bright future and I can't wait to hear what his second release will bring us. Channel Orange is this years very special album of the year and for the first time on Australia Day, I will crown an Australian Album of the year from the below:

The Hilltop Hoods - Drinking from the Sun
Missy Higgins - The Ol Razzle Dazzle
Flume - Self Titled

So stay tuned.

In the meantime here is some silky smooth Frank Ocean for y'all.



Happy Holidays!

And just in time for this announcement Frank has dropped a new gem, what do you reckon???

@ the Movies 2012 - BEST OF..... + Trouble with the Curve

So first up the best fo 2012, here we go again:


BEST hyped film of 2012 - The Dark Knight Rises

BEST jump out of the seat film - Paranormal Activity 4 (3 YEARS RUNNING PARANORMAL!)

BEST Teen drama/coming of age/comedy blah - Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST low budget film - Project X

BEST NZ/small film - Intouchables (Not Kiwi but Bonjour, so Frenchy so Chic!)

BEST 3D movie - The Amazing Spiderman, but this was actually in 4D in the lovely Bangkok!

BEST Aussie Movie - The Sapphires

BEST Music film - Rock of Ages/The Sapphires (tie)

BEST controversial film of 2012 - The Dictator

BEST Drama - End of Watch

BEST musical on the big screen - The Sapphires/Pitch Perfect (it's kinda like Glee in a movie format) (tie)

Now to the Christmas spirit of family in the great sporting drama "Trouble with the Curve".

Such a fab end of year film which I was lucky to catch pre no further screenings to make way for family friendly crap.  Clint Eastwood was back to his Gran Torino best acting and producing this wonderful father/daughter tale.

Amy Adams is equally wonderful and Justin Timberlake is making real great acting choices by choosing great roles and like some men he is only getting better looking.  Remember how foul he looked when he dated Britney???

The supporting cast is also really awesome, John Goodman is great while Matthew Lillard (remember him from scream???) is great as a real creep.

This is one of those movies you sit down and just enjoy it's such easy viewing, all actors are great and own their roles and the story is touching and interesting (despite my quick pee break - damn coffee going right through me!) keeping your attention for the near two hour running time.

Trouble with the Curve has no troubles and is a real end of year gem, 4 stars.

JT now:

JT Before:

Me knows which one I would prefer to sit on my face.  And with that thought Merry Christmas all and all the very best for 2013.  Thanks for reading in 2012 and look out for the album of the year announce tomorrow and my hottest 100 list for 2012.  It's gonna be HUGE! Laters.....

Album of the Year Nomination #6 - FLUME - Flume

Good on you Flume, from Sydney and bringing us an awesome electronic album for 2012 and the final album of the year nomination for 2012. This takes us to 6 big nominations, 3 Aussies and 3 internationals. The winner will be unveiled on Boxing Day and I am so up in the air as to who will take the big award.

Flume has really risen and risen from his Triple J Unearthed beginnings to big tours, to “Holdin On” being a big radio smash. “Sleepless” was where we first heard his production skills and the guests lined up for his debut album Chet Faker, Moon Holiday and Jezzabell Doran & George Maple. My highlights from the album “Sintra” is definitely a killer opener, “Holdin On” the single amazing, “On Top” so awesome with a rap by T Shirt & “Sleepless” so EPIC!

Hope you have been enjoying Flume’s debut as much as I have since its release on the 9th of November, it’s been on my IPOD on a very regular basis. And BTW he is like only 20 and just super talent, am I jealous much, hell to the yes!

A big sorry to the below albums that missed the cut for a nomination this year and a brief reason why:

Tame Impala – Lonerism, WHY – I probably have not been smoking enough

The Presets – Pacifica, WHY – one word “Ghosts” WTF???

Lana Del Ray – Born to Die, WHY – Oh so close but the drama, the SNL performance, the whole first album cover up, not a winner in my book.

he Temper Trap – Self Titled, WHY – The second album is said to be difficult and this is proof of that.

Mumford & Sons – Babel, WHY – This one trick pony needs some new tricks, fast...

Pink – The Truth About Love, WHY – The truth is Pink, your RnB days were way better than this lame pop rock rubbish, sorry honey you may be able to put on an ace live show but by the looks of the sales for the recent album your fan base is even getting bored.