Triple J Unearthed Reveals Top 50 Bands Of 2012

Having celebrated its 1st birthday last year, triple j’s Unearthed digital radio station has done the math and produced a list of the top 50 artists spun on the station. With a strong emphasis on up-and-coming fresh talent, the list gives a strong indication of who to keep an eye on.

South Oz is normally left out of any sort of music talk, but that’s probably going to change given that the top two Unearthed artists are SA residents – hip-hop rising star Purpose and indie rock crew Bad Dreems.

Following Victoria’s Runforyourlife, New South Wales enters the mix with Sticky Fingers and the band exciting everyone at the moment The Preatures.

A whole range of genres have been covered, definitely skewed more towards the indie side of things, but plenty of hip-hop, including Allday with C1 and Mr Hill & Rahjconkas.

Take a look at the list below to get an idea of who you will soon be hearing a lot more of.

1. Purpose – SA

2. Bad Dreems – SA

3. Runforyourlife – VIC

4. Sticky Fingers – NSW

5. The Preatures – NSW

6. Mr Hill & Rahjconkas – NSW/QLD

7. Collarbones – SA/NSW

8. Tinpan Orange – VIC

9. Them Swoops – VIC

10. Argentina – QLD

11. Drop Frame – WA/VIC

12. Pigeon – QLD

13. Winter People – NSW

14. Remi – VIC

15. Money For Rope – VIC

16. Cub Scouts – QLD

17. YesYou – QLD

18. Rainy Day Women – WA

19. Wolfwolf – QLD

20. Tigertown – NSW

21. Sun City – WA

22. Jackie Onassis – NSW

22. Art of Sleeping – QLD

24. Vegas Aces – QLD

24. The Fabergettes – NSW

26. Ry – VIC

27. The Griswolds – NSW

28. Stillwater Giants – WA

29. Taxidermy Hall – VIC

30. Death Starrs – QLD

31. Jimblah – SA

32. Lurch & Chief – VIC

33. Dirt Farmer – VIC

34. Jeremy Neale – QLD

34. Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes – VIC

34. Bloods – NSW

37. Palms – NSW

38. Saskwatch – VIC

39. Seven – QLD

39. Axolotl – VIC

41. Koolta – SA

42. Ta-ku – WA

43. The Belligerents – QLD

43. Rainman – QLD

45. Allday x C1 – VIC

45. Coach Bombay – VIC

47. Bored Nothing – VIC

48. The Trouble With Templeton – QLD

49. Oliver Tank – NSW

50. Tokyo Denmark Sweden – NSW

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