The Music Almanac (with Rufus Onfire)

22/12/2025

Happy Festivus to all.

22/12/2025

Vale Chris Rea. Off to that great gig in the sky. RIP

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18/12/2025

Miss the final 2025 The Music Almanac (with Rufus Onfire) show last night?

You can catch up/listen back at your leisure to this and a bunch of other shows at any of these places.

Triple H 100.1 FM website
https://www.triplehfm.com.au/shows/the-music-almanac/

iHeart Radio
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-the-music-almanac-108240363/?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true

Omny studio
https://omny.fm/shows/the-music-almanac

Enjoy!

18/12/2025

18 December Playlist

Little Drummer Boy (Up The Khyber) / Hoodoo Gurus
Rebel Rebel / David Bowie
Jammin’ Me / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Middle Of The Road / The Pretenders
Change Of The Wind / The Paper Kites
Calling Out Your Name / Cast
Lost Control / Boy & Bear
Please Don’t Move To Melbourne / Ball Park Music
Crystal Ball / David McCormack & The Polaroids
LA Perfume / Comedy
I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better / The Byrds
I’ve Got A Broken Heart / The Lemon Twigs
Moment In Time / The Colliflowers
Superunknown / Soundgarden
Hail Hail / Pearl Jam
Down On The Street / Exploding White Mice
You’re Gonna Miss Me / Radio Birdman

Fine Young Cannibals “Fine Young Cannibals”
40th Anniversary 9 December 1985
Blue
Suspicious Minds
Johnny Come Home
Like A Stranger

Here’s Where The Story Ends / The Sundays
There She Goes / The La’s
Life Is Grand / Camper Van Beethoven
Some Might Say / Oasis

18/12/2025

One more sesh for 2025. Show #742 spinning some of the good stuff from 8pm.

17/12/2025

This week on the final Music Almanac show for 2025, new/tastes of 2026 releases from The Paper Kites, Cast Band and Boy & Bear, local sounds from David McCormack & The Polaroids, Comedy and The Colliflowers, some 90's tunes from Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and The La's plus some classic cuts from David Bowie, Exploding White Mice and Radio Birdman.

And we mark the 40th anniversary of Fine Young Cannibals self-titled debut album by playing a few off it and having a chat about it too.

Catch us from 8pm tonight on Triple H 100.1 FM streaming at www.triplehfm.com.au or via the radio app on your phone or preferred listening device as we close out the year that was Almanac style.

16/12/2025

And 2 of 2 aka our final 2025 profile for Aussie Music Weekly, enjoy!

In his final Artist Profile for the year, Rufus OnFire takes a look at the band The Earthmen

16/12/2025

1 of 2 final contributions for 2025 from Ruf to Aussie Music Weekly. Another enjoyable deep dive into the 80’s time tunnel.

Rufus OnFire heads back to the 80's for this edition of the Artist Profile as he takes a look at the band The Eastern Dark

11/12/2025

Our Top 10 Albums playlist streaming style to soundtrack your Friday morning!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5r2aCgTIuqxM8VeVayRwBa?si=213dc7bdbbb7438a

Playlist · Trevor Richardson · 15 items

11/12/2025

11 December Playlist
Music Almanac Top 10 Albums Of 2025

1. Royel Otis "Hickey" (selected track I Hate This Tune)
2. The Living End "I Only Trust Rock n Roll" (Don't Tell Me)
3. Suede "Antidepressants" (Dancing With The Europeans)
4. Ocean Alley "Love Balloon" (Tangerine)
5. Manic Street Preachers "Critical Thinking" (Brushstrokes Of Reunion)
6 . Brooke Combe "Dancing At The Edge Of The World" (This Town)
7. Paul Dempsey "Shotgun Karaoke Vol.II (If I Could Turn Back Time)
8. The Chills "Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs" (Dolphins)
9. The Black Keys "No Rain, No Flowers" (A Little Too High)
10. BIIG TIME "200K" (Gets Better With You)

Close, but not close enough (11-15)
11. Robert Forster "Strawberries" (Tell It Back To Me)
12. The Minus 5 "Oar On, Penelope!" (Words & Birds)
13. Davey Lane "Finally, A Party Record" (Over, Over & Out)
14. Paul Kelly "Seventy" (Take It Handy)
15. Ron Sexsmith "Hangover Terrace" (Rose Town)

10/12/2025

This week on The Music Almanac it's our Top 10 Albums of 2025 show.

We count down from 10 to 1 our favourite releases of the year, spin a track off them and have a chat about why we landed on these records as our top picks for the year that was.

And we also let you know those that were close, but not close enough in the 11-15 spots.

Catch us from 8pm tonight on Triple H 100.1 FM, streaming at www.triplehfm.com.au or via the radio app on your phone or preferred listening device as we count 'em down Almanac style.

And here's what filled the 16-20 spots as a taster of what's to come.

16. Icecream Hands "Giant Fox Pineapple Tree"
17. Paul Weller "Find El Dorado"
18. Doves "Constellations For The Lonely"
19. Dom Mariani - Official "Apple Of Life"
20. Butler Blake Grant "Butler, Blake & Grant"

09/12/2025

9/12/1985. The pop rock and soul trio’s cool
debut turns 40.