Sydney’s loved-up community station FBi Radio has pulled back the sheet, revealing the 100 most played artists of 2012. Following in the footsteps of ARIA and triple j, who have released similar lists, FBi’s collection stands alone from the other two, strongly reflecting the tastes of their listenership as well as their unwavering dedication to Aussie music.
Just in the top 10 alone, you’ll find 9 Aussie artists, which beats 2 Aussie artists in the ARIA top 100, with triple j’s unofficial hottest 100 fairing a bit better in the Aussie music category.
The dynamic duo Hermitude have taken the crown after a solid year of kicking ass, with FBi darlings Dappled Cities taking silver, and the new ambassadors of Australian music Tame Impala rounding off the top 3. It’s a fairly forward-thinking list of artists, with FBi showing support to many artists who have broken internationally with very little other homegrown radio play.
So here it is in all its glory: the FBi class of 2012.
FBi’s Most Played Artists of 2012:
1. Hermitude
2. Dappled Cities
3. Tame Impala
4. Catcall
5. Collarbones
6. Pond
7. Jonathan Boulet
8. The Laurels
9. Deep Sea Arcade
10. Beach House
11. Flume
12. Twerps
13. Grizzly Bear
14. The XX
15. Palms
16. Animal Collective
17. Jonti
18. Dirty Projectors
19. Bloods
20. Santigold
21. Seekae
22. Sui Zhen
23. Van She
24. Chet Faker
25. Hot Chip
26. Rainbow Chan
27. Melodie Nelson
28. Death Grips
29. Bobby Womack
30. Holy Balm
31. Ta-Ku
32. Bearhug
33. Winter People
34. Cat Power
35. Grimes
36. Woollen Kits
37. Sures
38. Alpine
39. Bored Nothing
40. Bleeding Knees Club
41. Purity Ring
42. Django Django
43. Japandroids
44. Jeremy Neale
45. The Presets
46. Moonbase Commander
47. Jessie Ware
48. FISHING
49. Sharon Van Etten
50. Royal Headache
51. Mere Women
52. Sampology
53. Step Panther
54. Father John Misty
55. Flying Lotus
56. Dro Carey
57. Dan Deacon
58. DZ Deathrays
59. Geoffrey O’Connor
60. Chromatics
61. Dick Diver
62. Alabama Shakes
63. Tuka
64. The Khanz
65. Oliver Tank
66. Galapagoose
67. Ty Segall
68. Cloud Nothings
69. JJ DOOM
70. ollo
71. PVT
72. Richard In Your Mind
73. Young Magic
74. Aesop Rock
75. Chasm
76. Azealia Banks
77. Bat For Lashes
78. Day Ravies
79. Frank Ocean
80. Wiley
81. Anomie
82. Giselle
83 Chairlift
84. Elizabeth Rose
85. Oliver Tank & Rainbow Chan
86. Quakers
87. Donny Benet
88. Caitlin Park
89. Charge Group
90. Big Dumb Kid
91. Dirty Three
92. Urthboy
93. Kendrick Lamar
94. Boomgates
95. Canyons
96. How To Dress Well
97. Thomas William
98. First Aid Kit
99. Twin Shadow
100. Jagwar Ma
