Top 5 Songs Of The Week: October 29th
We've got the debut track from a Sydney artist now making waves in California + you'll hear a track that DRH describes as like "cannon-balling into the ball pit at Maccas".
Episodes
triple j Unearthed Podcast
Dave Ruby Howe and Max Quinn are your guides through the week's best new independent Australian songs. Meet the next big Australian breakout and stay ahead of the curve. You'll also hear only the very best special content from triple j Unearthed.
Episodes
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: October 22nd
You'll meet the offspring of Australian music royalty that's treading her own path now + PNAU mastermind Nick Littlemore has launched a brand new project with an Unearthed up and comer.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: October 15th
There's a hip hop collab with an Unearthed meet-cute backstory + you'll hear this act that's been amassing hundreds of millions of streams working with K-pop stars and has now dropped a debut original.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: October 8th
Two Sydney producers drop a Rainbow Road-ready track to give your 2021 a turbo boost + you'll hear from a Melbourne solo artist that's been in the studio with Ball Park Music's Sam Cromack.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: October 1st
There's an Amy Shark-assisted debut from a Gold Coast artist mixing earnest songwriting with Hollywood production + we start the petition to get a Melbourne hip hop act on tour with Genesis Owusu.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: September 24th
What does it sound like when a Holy Holy family member creates an unofficial sequel to an Unearthed High classic? You'll hear that and the tropical, eating-stone-fruits-on-the-road-trip answer to Angus & Julia Stone.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: September 17th
JK-47 returns triumphantly with a soulful and spiritual new boom bap drop + you'll hear the a solo artist that DRH calls a '"vital voice" on the Australian songwriting scene.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: September 10th
On this ep you'll hear an honest harmonica heartbreaker from Ruby Fields' guitarist in solo mode + the rising Ipswich hip hop collective signal a hot Afrobeat summer with their new drop.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: September 3rd
One of the members of Methyl Ethel branches out with surprise solo project + you'll hear the song that earned the full five stars from podcast host Dave this week.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: August 27th
DRH says believe the hype when it comes to this hotly tipped new rapper on the rise. Plus you'll hear new surfy garage stuff that sounds more Skegss than Skegss do in 2021.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: August 20th
You'll hear a Melbourne artist teaming up with an all star cast of muso mates as well as a big debut track for a couple of previous podcast faves under a new project.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: August 8th
Everything you need to know about the finalists in Unearthed High 2021! You'll meet the high school aged prodigies who're already impressing big names and vying for top honours this year.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: July 30th
DRH sings the praises of the next Australian indie band to blow up and you'll hear a debut single from an Adelaide producer that has teamed up with Thandi Phoenix for a super fun disco jam.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: July 16th
We check in on the Unearthed High class of 2021 with very different but very great new acts. And meet Djanaba, the Wiradjuri and Bundjalung woman that's collaborated with Pnau's Nick Littlemore on this bad arse new track 'Big Titties'.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: July 9th
A Sydney producer levels up with a co-sign from RL Grime + you'll hear an artist Dave reckons is WA's best kept secret.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: July 2nd
Have we got an early contender for Hottest 100 meme glory? That and you'll also hear a Melbourne artist whose powerhouse voice won over The Rubens.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: June 25th
Reach for the spell book cos DRH has found the 'Charmed' reboot soundtrack in this pod. Plus Maple Glider talks about her debut album and finding "home" as an artist after time in the wilderness.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: June 18th
A Chilean-Australian rapper drops some heat to warm your winter and DRH has found a track that hits like a genetically engineered hybrid of a bop and a banger. Has science gone too far?
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: June 4th
What's it sound like when a member of the Tame Impala and Pond family tree writes a k-hole jingle? And Mia Wray goes three-for-three with her latest stellar upload.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: May 28th
You'll hear what it sounds like when a formidable live band drops their most radio-ready track to date + two tracks that DRH rates as "near perfect".
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: May 21st
Can 2021 breakout band The Terrys continue their winning run? And you'll hear what it sounds like when a young artist from the home of Australian drill gives us some melodic Afroswing vibes.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: May 14th
Getting up to no good never sounded so good as Melbourne punks Clowns make an exciting return, plus a Brisbane artist that's got the co-sign from recent Hottest 100 first timer Hope D.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: May 7th
We kick off with a fresh helping of rap from certified barmen Nerve and JK-47 and you'll hear what it sounds like when a Sydney solo artist takes her queen energy to the next level on a song made in a castle.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: April 30th
Some coastal indie dudes have channeled the summer of love on their new banger and you'll swear you're hearing an Australian Dominic Fike with a hybrid of hip hop and bedroom pop. New music from Pacific Avenue, Korky Buchek, Yi-Lynn, Olive Amun and HANNI.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: April 23rd
An anonymous Brisbane producer has made a gorgeous electronic track featuring Gang Of Youths vocals and you'll hear a band that DRH thinks are on the same path trodden by heavyweights like Ocean Alley and Lime Cordiale. New music from The VANNS, sad face, Coconut Cream, The Last Martyr and DoloRRes.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: April 16th
DRH goes off on a track that was "love at first listen" and there's an interstate team up bridging jacking UKG sounds and Western Sydney hip hop.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: April 9th
There's the debut taste of a new project for some Australian heavy artists plus you'll hear a Dune Rats-endorsed trio deliver a middle finger anthem.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: April 2nd
One half of clubby favourites Choomba goes ham with a solo bass burner and triple j Breakfast producer Ash McGregor shares a bop she found to soothe a long-distance damaged heart. New music from Luude, Lola Scott, Gamirez, Boat Show and Jerome Blazé.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: March 19th
It's all about the new voices and new names on this ep! Emotional blue-collar punk goes back to back with dusty Tarantino-inspired beats and the debut from a pop supergroup of sorts out of Melbourne. New music from Chasing Ghosts, mou, Telenova, Jacob Aedam and Winifred.
Top 5 Songs Of The Week: March 12th
Can Beddy Rays continue their brilliant run of form with a new single? Plus there's a bit of anthem for anyone that's been kept away from loved ones due to border restrictions and lockdowns in the last 12 months. New music from Merpire, Beddy Rays, imbi x Slim Set, Hallie and THE BLOSSOM.