Hermitude

They seamlessly move across their station with crazy fingers, taking turns on the pad, tweaking and playing as the entire venue move their bodies along.

Hermitude are capitalising on their well-deserved popularity spike of late, and if they keep up with shows like this it’s only going to keep on rising.

There’s no question that they’ll leave the night on such a relaxed note, though – after all, this is Hermitude.

“Maybe we’ll fly to some exotic island somewhere and set up a hut and drink cocktails and make a new record.”

Third shows for Sydney and Melbourne to meet the crazy demand.

“It’s been fucking mental man. We’ve gotta change the ‘Year of the Dragon’ to ‘Year of the Hermitude’ because it’s just been killer."

The first band on the short-list also announced for the new Amp Alive event

“A lot of massive hip hop tunes were based on jazz samples though, so that was how I discovered and gained a love for hip hop personally."

Full local announce Wednesday

triple j announce this year's nominations for Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year and Unearthed.