Saturday night 19 July 2025 on ABC TV
(Virgin) OUTKAST Elevators (Me and You) (BMG)
(BMG) EVE featuring GWEN STEFANI Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Universal)
(Universal) BRITNEY SPEARS Sometimes (Jive/Zomba)
(Jive/Zomba) NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Torn (BMG)
(BMG) SHANIA TWAIN You're Still The One (Mercury)
(Mercury) AIR How Does It Make You Feel (Virgin)
(Virgin) MASSIVE ATTACK Teardrop (Virgin) ROYKSOPP and ROBYN Monument (Inertia)
(Inertia) US GIRLS So Typically Now (4AD)
(4AD) JOHN GRANT Pale Green Ghosts (Bella Union)
(Bella Union) BETH GIBBONS Mysteries (Universal)
(Universal) LHASA DE SELA Rising (Les Disques Audiogramme)
(Les Disques Audiogramme) DAVID BOWIE Blackstar (Sony) VANESSA WORM Lost Memories (Flying Nun Records)
(Flying Nun Records) SCOUT NIBLETT Kiss (Remote Control)
(Remote Control) LAURA JEAN Touchstone (PIAS Australia)
(PIAS Australia) MEL PARSONS Offer Down (Cape Road Recordings)
(Cape Road Recordings) KASEY CHAMBERS Backbone (Essence Records) WAXAHATCHEE ft. MJ LENDERMAN Right Back To It (Anti-)
(Anti-) WATER FROM YOUR EYES Life Signs (Independent)
(Independent) LOST ANIMAL Lose The Baby (Sensory Projects)
(Sensory Projects) SCOTT WALKER and SUNN O))) Brando (4AD)
(4AD) ERIKA DE CASIER Little Bit (Independent Jeep Music)
(Independent Jeep Music) PRINCESS NOKIA Tomboy (Rough Trade) JID 151 Rum (Dreamville/Interscope)
(Dreamville/Interscope) MR OIZO Flat Beat (Independent)
(Independent) DAFT PUNK featuring JULIAN CASABLANCAS Instant Crush (Sony)
(Sony) JACKSON 5 - LIVE I Want You Back (Universal)
(Universal) JAMES BROWN AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES Prisoner Of Love (Polydor)
(Polydor) NICK LOWE I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass ()
() GOD - LIVE ON THE FACTORY My Pal (Au-Go-Go)
(Au-Go-Go) NEIL YOUNG A Little Thing Called Love (WEA) TOM PETTY You Got Lucky (Independent)
(Independent) THE BATS Loline (Independent)
(Independent) PATEA MAORI CLUB Poi E (WEA)
(WEA) ROBERT WYATT Ship Building (Rough Trade)
(Rough Trade) GILBERT O'SULLIVAN What's In A Kiss (CBS)
(CBS) PETER SCHILLING Major Tom (Elektra)
(Elektra) THE CROCODILES Tears (Stunn)
(Stunn) YAZOO Don't Go (Festival) ROXY MUSIC Love Is The Drug ()
() THE BEE GEES Alone (Polydor)
(Polydor) PAUL KELLY and THE COLOURED GIRLS Dumb Things (Mushroom)
(Mushroom) DWIGHT YOAKIM Honky Tonk Man (Warner)
(Warner) ROY ORBISON Blue Bayou (from Black and White Night) (Orbison Records)
(Orbison Records) CHRIS ISAAK Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing (Warner)
(Warner) THE CHICKS Cowboy Take Me Away (Columbia)
(Columbia) SUSANNE SUNDFOR Fade Away (EMI)
(EMI) MARLON WILLIAMS Dark Child (Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS Strange Things (Caroline)
(Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS Hello Miss Lonesome (Caroline)
(Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS and ALDOUS HARDING Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore (Caroline)
(Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS What's Chasing You (Caroline)
(Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS Come To Me (Caroline)
(Caroline) MARLON WILLIAMS Beautiful Dress (Caroline)
(Caroline) KACY and CLAYTON and MARLON WILLIAMS Your Mind's Walking Out (New West)
(New West) MARLON WILLIAMS Thinking Of Nina (Virgin) MARLON WILLIAMS Don't Go Back (Virgin)
(Virgin) MARLON WILLIAMS Aua Atu Ra (Independent)
(Independent) MARLON WILLIAMS Rere Mai Nga Rau (Independent)
(Independent) MARLON WILLIAMS ft. LORDE Kahore He Manu E (Independent)
(Independent) ANDY SHAUF Wasted On You (Anti-)
(Anti-) NADIA REID Get The Devil Out (Independent)
(Independent) ALDOUS HARDING The Barrel (4AD)
(4AD) JULIA JACKLIN Pressure To Party (Liberation)
(Liberation) KEVIN MORBY Harlem River (Woodsist) CASS McCOMBS County Line (EMI)
(EMI) GILLIAN WELCH Revelator (Shock)
(Shock) BONNIE PRINCE BILLY and MATT SWEENEY I Gave You (Spunk/Inertia)
(Spunk/Inertia) BILL CALLAHAN Javelin Unlanding (Independent)
(Independent) M. WARD Engine 5 (feat. First Aid Kit) (Anti-)
(Anti-) CATE LE BON Home To You (Mexican Summer) ANGIE MCMAHON Letting Go (Independent)
(Independent) THIS IS THE KIT More Change (Rough Trade)
(Rough Trade) DIRTY PROJECTORS Impregnable Question (Universal)
(Universal) ANGEL OLSEN Special (Jagjaguwar)
(Jagjaguwar) GRACE CUMMINGS A Precious Thing (Sugar Mountain Records)
(Sugar Mountain Records) WEYES BLOOD A Given Thing (Sub Pop) THE CLEAN Anything Could Happen ()
() THE CHILLS Pink Frost (Mushroom)
(Mushroom) THE VERLAINES Bird Dog (Flying Nun Records)
(Flying Nun Records) HELLO SAILOR Gutter Black (Live on Countdown, 1979) (Big Mouth)
(Big Mouth) SPLIT ENZ Message To My Girl (Festival)
(Festival) CROWDED HOUSE Don't Dream It's Over (EMI)
(EMI) LORDE Team (Universal)
(Universal) KIMBRA Settle Down (Independent)
(Independent) LADYHAWKE My Delirium (Universal) THE MINT CHICKS Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Warner)
(Warner) UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Nadja (Jagjaguwar)
(Jagjaguwar) CONNAN MOCKASIN It's Choade My Dear (Independent)
(Independent) THE BETHS Future Me Hates Me (Dew Process)
(Dew Process) SCRIBE Not Many (The Remix) (Fest/Mush)
(Fest/Mush) FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Ladies Of The World (Stomp) WET LEG Davina McCall (clean version) (Domino)
(Domino) PUBLIC FIGURES Landed In A Trap (Independent)
(Independent) X CLUB. Stay With Me (Independent)
(Independent) JUNIPO Tommy Gunn (Independent)
(Independent) SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD Catch Me Outside 2 (clean version) (Victor Victor Worldwide Inc.)
(Victor Victor Worldwide Inc.) RINSE Head With No Body (Independent)
(Independent) MEL BLUE and SYCCO None Of That (Nettwork Music Group)
(Nettwork Music Group) COSMO'S MIDNIGHT Hold On (Young Heart) (Independent)
(Independent) BOY SODA Blink Twice (clean version) (Warner)
(Warner) 3% Our Greats (1788 Records) THE TERRYS Spezial (Westway Collective)
(Westway Collective) HILLTOP HOODS ft. SIX60 Never Coming Home (clean version) (Island Records Australia)
(Island Records Australia) WINTER McQUINN ft. DYLAN YOUNG, HOT APPLE BAND Always Looking (Third Eye Stimuli Records)
(Third Eye Stimuli Records) MEGHNA Road Rage (Independent)
(Independent) WOLF ALICE The Sofa (clean version) (Mushroom)
(Mushroom) STELLA ANNING Watching You As You Fall (Independent)
(Independent) ROYEL OTIS Car (Ourness)
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