The sweet life: You Am I at the Cambridge Hotel

Like an idiot, I had recently convinced myself that I can't be super excited by gigs anymore, and that while I love live music and bands and shows, I just can't muster up the same enthusiasm as I used to.

Turns out I just hadn't seen You Am I in a while.

Triple J's Hottest 100: how did we do?

And so Australia/Hottest 100 Day passes for another year. We hope you had a wonderful day doing whatever it is you did, and that you enjoyed the countdown as much as we did.

Schnitzel and the Moose's Triple J Hottest 100 predictions

Prepare your brains… it’s almost Australia Day, and that means it’s almost Hottest 100 Day! It’s always super exciting, and we have a long history of making reasonably accurate predictions (not in any public or recorded forum, but over beers, and it our opinion, that’s more legitimate) on the top songs as voted by Triple J listeners.

If you haven't voted, it's now
too late and you're probably
dead/about to die.

So, without further ado, here they are… in no particular order, Schnitzel and the Moose’s predictions for tomorrow’s Hottest 100! Also, because we’re fans of hedging our bets, we’ve also got a list of honourable mentions.

Give us your predictions in the comments!

NB: Absolutely no mathematics were used in the formulation of these predictions.

The top 10

- Thrift shop – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

- My gun – The Rubens

- Little talks – Of Monsters and Men

- Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch

- Bangarang – Skrillex

- Feels like we’re Only Going Backwards – Tame Impala

- Elephant – Tame Impala

- I got burned – The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers

- Breezeblocks – Alt J

- Need your love – The Temper Trap

Honourable mentions

- Lost – Frank Ocean

- Spiritus – Lisa Mitchell

- Ready for the weekend – Icona Pop

- My man – Oh Mercy

- Trembling hands – The Temper Trap

- I will wait – Mumford and Sons

- Angels – The xx

- Coming down – Ball Park Music

- Youth in trouble – The Presets

- Take a walk – Passion Pit

- All the rowboats – Regina Spektor

SCHNITZEL AND THE MOOSE

Schnitzel’s note: and, really, Sydney Morning Herald? “…Triple J outsmarted”? C’mon! It’s not like the station is the janitor of the music world and is now screaming “I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that meddling Nick Drewe!” Shame on your laziness and tabloidism. Go say five “Hunter S. Thompsons" and beg Woodward and Bernstein for forgiveness.

Concert review: Weezer

Sydney Entertainment Centre
19 January 2013
Support acts: Ball Park Music, Cloud Control

Schnitzel: After months of intensifying excitement, Moose and I finally jumped in our rental car on Saturday and made the journey down to Sydney. Our destination was the Entertainment Centre, and our purpose was seeing the long-Australia-absent Weezer run through their greatest hits and then play the seminal 'blue album' from start to finish (a concert that had previously existed, dare I say it, "only in dreams". You're welcome). On our journey, we ran through our favourite Weezer songs (with Moose patiently trying to figure out what key I was singing in so he could join in without his ears bleeding) and the excitement just kept building. There was a sense we were going to see something really special… some of the masters of power pop performing their crowning achievements for an audience kept waiting for 16 years.

You wanted arts and crafts, how's this for arts and crafts? - a retrospective review of Weezer

Since forming in 1992, Weezer have played their own special brand of rock and blended gorgeous harmonies with self-deprecating, introspective and funny lyrics to produce credible and catchy-as-hell pop tunes everyone (that's everyone) can enjoy. We are lucky enough to be catching one of their 'blue album' shows on the 'Memories' tour tomorrow night, and have been slowly making our way through the band's discography in preparation. Be sure to check back for our full review of the gig early next week, but in the meantime, take a trip down memory lane as we pick apart  Weezer's studio efforts from the last 21 years.

Triple J's Hottest 100 - have you voted yet?

Congratulations if you have... but if you haven't, why the hell not?

A night with Evan Dando: free gigs and fanboys at the Cherry Bar

At around 9.30 pm last Monday, I was lounging around in a hotel pool enjoying a brief holiday in Melbourne when I missed three phone calls – three urgent phone calls telling me about a free impromptu gig by Evan Dando of the Lemonheads just 10 minutes down the road. What else could I do but dry myself, throw on some clothes and jump on a tram to the Cherry Bar.

Review: 'Where are we now?' promotional single - David Bowie

Massive news David Bowie fans! Today, the newly 66 year old rock legend released his first new music since 2003's Reality and announced a new LP for release in March. I'm (more than likely) getting ahead of myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if a world tour announcement wasn't too far away either (I live in hope…).

Schnitzel and the Moose review (some) of the (good) holiday blockbusters

A short break from work for Christmas and New Year gave us the opportunity to get out and see some of the slew of customary holiday blockbusters. And, because we feel entitled to offer our opinions on film as well as music, here you go - our thoughts on Les Misérables, Wreck-it Ralph and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!

Concert review: Morrissey

Enmore Theatre, Friday 21 December 2012

Sydney Opera House, Saturday 22 December 2012

Schnitzel: It's not often that you go to see a show and walk out stunned into near silence by what you have just seen (and I say nearly, because come on, the post-gig debrief is compulsory). It's also not often that you are routinely turning to your fellow revelers during the course of the gig and screaming with joy as your hear the opening notes of a song you really didn't expect to hear. But that's exactly how we were both feeling after seeing Morrissey just before Christmas.