Perfect: The Preachers perform. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
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Beat the Drum: Celebrating 40 Years of Triple J
The Domain, January 16
Adalita and Tim Rogers perform with You Am I. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Well, it
started civilised. By nightfall, if there wasn't mayhem in the mosh pit as a result of the Presets' ever sinister, always irresistible electronica, it was happening onstage, as a who's who of Australian hip-hop joined the Hilltop Hoods for a verse each on what the Adelaide crew acknowledged was "the most unfortunately named song of 2014",
Cosby Sweater.
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sets tended towards the pedestrian when playing their own material but each featured a sparkling cover, a guest spot or two, a classic of their own or combinations thereof.
Fittingly, the two acts to perform pretty much perfect sets – You Am I and the Presets – featured the most memorable collaborations. The latter had a smouldering Megan Washington give a different view of This Boy's in Love before briefly, spectacularly turning into a hard rock band, with a little help from Brisbane's DZ Deathrays, for Are You the One?
Adalita crowd surfs while performing with You Am I.Photo: Sahlan Hayes
You Am I, meanwhile, led by the ever-stylish Tim Rogers, gave MC Joelistics and indie-rock queens Adalita and Courtney Barnett the chance to fulfil what might now be the karaoke fantasy of everyone at the event, by bringing each on to sing a tune to the backing of the ultimate Australian rock band.
Elsewhere a sprightly Cat Empire had singer-songwriter Brooke "Owl Eyes" Addamo join them for a sultry take on Kylie's Confide in Me, while the Preatures, with singer Isabella Manfredi almost bursting with energy, nailed the Stems' At First Sight before bringing on a Divinyl, guitarist Mark McEntee, to rip through Boys in Town.
Between the main sets various acts turned up for a song or two. Gotye's cameo was predictably special with a spine-tingling Heart's a Mess (he didn't play that other song) and newcomer Tkay Maidza's rapping floored everyone, not for the last time; she also shone during the sausage fest of the aforementioned Hilltop Hoods finale.
Gotye performs ... but not that song. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
However, after the only unbilled appearance of the day – from Midnight Oil frontman-turned-politician Peter Garrett, who gave a warm spoken tribute to Triple J – erstwhile Silverchair prodigy Daniel Johns, for his sole song, took a blowtorch to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Slowed down to something resembling Tori Amos' piano cover of the song, Johns' perfectly performed but execrable arrangement never seemed to end.
Still, what's a party without a little accident? Much of the rest felt special enough to make us look forward to Triple J's next milestone – and accompanying celebration.
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