i love my digital radio - i can listen to the abc cover 2 afl games at once!

Nice to hear about the arancini and rice paper rolls.

I wonder how (if at all) this will effect Unearthed songs on regular Triple J - it oughtn't, but maybe there'd be less of an emphasis, etc. Did that come up at the launch?

Do they currently have a set quota on JJJ of how much of what they play is from Unearthed?

Nice to hear about the arancini and rice paper rolls.

Thanks. We like to keep you in the loop about this stuff.

If they're broadcasting twenty-four-seven and only playing stuff from the Unearthed site, surely the quality's gonna drop off pretty soon - or there are going to be a fair few repeats.

If they're broadcasting twenty-four-seven and only playing stuff from the Unearthed site, surely the quality's gonna drop off pretty soon - or there are going to be a fair few repeats.

yah, just like abc news 24! woo

does a digital radio signal match up with a digital tv signal? ie, can you listen to ABC cricket commentary and watch the game at the same time?

Is this station going to restrict its playlist to the Unearthed submissions, or will that form merely a part of its all-Australian offering?

I was under the impression that it was an exclusive unearthed thing. If the J's can survive on playing the same 40 songs over and over each day of the week, then i'm sure the unearthed station can find 40 decent enough songs

Oh god, how annoying is the visual artist/graphic designer/animator/appropriate job title prick at the ABC these days? That video is nigh on un-watchable with all the shaky camera shit and slowly spelled out text narration.

Can't see this as anything other then a good thing really.

be interesting to see whether the former uneartehd acts who've been signed / gone on to bigger things - such as boy & bear and redcoats (both signed to universal's island imprint), stonefield (warners), etc. - are played on the station.

it'd be the logical thing to do, so they can intersperse songs that folks don't know with ones they do.

are they having presenters or is it effectively an automated station?

500 000 radios isn't many.

That video is nigh on un-watchable with all the shaky camera shit and slowly spelled out text narration.

Not to mention the very artsy focus pulls and run of the mill animation.

But alas if Julia likes it then I likes it.

And Boy and Bear should be called Boys with bad facial hair.

I'm pretty sure they'll have presenters. But hey, if dig is any precedent then perhaps not. Shoestring public broadcasting!

Isn't this just kind of ghettoising the music that jjj should really be playing on their primary station? ie a broad selection of new Australian music. Plus the requirement to go through unearthed is ridiculous.

Plus the requirement to go through unearthed is ridiculous.

correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the only way to be played on jjj?

Not the only way, but it helps. They are obsessed with being responsible for 'breaking' indie acts. It's so territorial and lame. And yes, it does feel a bit like annexing off their obligation to challenge listeners (?!) and reflect our country's musical culture on the ground.

It's light on detail at the moment (as expected) but JRB said, can't see this being anything other than a good thing.

'Congratulations! You're going to be one of the first acts played on JJJ digital'. So either, all my friends are awesome... or every band on unearthed is getting a spin.

I got that email too, and I haven't played in a band since 2008

That was one of 'em!

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I'm sure there's a news item and a minor expose in this for M+N.

Lasted about twenty five seconds on this before getting annoyed. Might try again later.

i never got an email! :(

Is is stlll preshrunk@firewitch.com?

*it... fuck you fat fingers.

i never got an email! :(

That is because Ricky Kingsmill thinks your band is shite.

Well played Hellza.
Fuck me is Richard Kingsmill still at Triple J? I gave up on them a long time ago, anyone reckon this new station is worth even sending a record to?

i'm really excited about this, lots of aus bands, lots of genres, lots of variety

could be lots of shit, but i'm willing to bet a whole lot of rad too

montyclift said about 1 month ago:

I like how in this thread we have one commenter saying Triple J don't play the great songs often enough, and another saying they play them too often.

well said.

fuck people, it's an outlet for new australian music. sure, there's never enough. and it might not be the music exactly to your taste but, ffs, it's something.

well said sir

anyone reckon this new station is worth even sending a record to?

You don't really do that...you just upload your shit to the unearthed site and wait for them to find it. Mailing anything to them would subvert the entire premise of the website and digital station.

still don't know what the first song was.

i had a quick listen (streaming from the website) and all i heard was JJJ announcers yabbering about a party a listener was having. Did i press the wrong button?

A station full of triple J careerist bands playing non stop 2 years to late Afro-pop, Aussie hip hop and Verbed out beach boys ripoffs? Sign me up!

Er I meant ''too'' late

firewitch - isnt the idea of this that you have to have a unearthed site for your band and thats where the music is coming from? I assume this means they dont take submissions as in cds.

Ah...had a listen this morning and they get around having an announcer by displaying the track name on the digital radio's info box. Much better system than back announcing...expect all radio stations to start displaying track names soon I reckon.

they get around having an announcer by displaying the track name on the digital radio's info
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