Sunset Sounds Riverstage - Brisbane, QLD (previously the byron bay arts and music festival

Big Day Out - Gold Coast Gold Coast Parklands, Queensland

Big Day Out - Sydney Sydney Showground, New South Wales

Big Day Out - Melbourne Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria

Big Day Out - Adelaide Adelaide Showgrounds, South Australia

Big Day Out - Perth Perth Claremont Showgrounds, Western Australia

Ho Ho Hollo...

Well the holiday season is in full swing so we'll keep this short and punchy. Voting for the triple j Hottest 100 opens today. You can vote for up to 10 songs and there's prizes to be won. (a double pass to EVERY triple j supported tour and festival in 2009!)

Vote here http://triplej.net.au/hottest100/ for:

1) Burn Bridges
2) Aw Yeah
3) Carve Your Name

and check out our comic cheer for more info!

 Thanks for voting! the full list is here.

if you use twitter (or even if you don't) you can follow us at twitter.com/thegrates.

Just a quick note to let everyone know we'll be guest programming Rage on the ABC this Saturday 13th of December, starting 11:25pm. We'll be playing 50 or so music videos and sharing stories about some of them. We actually decided to form our band while we were all watching Rage together one night (which made it all the more special for us to do!).