What an amazing year we had in 2011! We're taking a look back now at our 11 favourite tours from the year, featuring the local artists who dominated our live scene...

We're back with the top half of our top 20 countdown albums of 2011 list, and like all those before it, it's an electic pile of music from around the world that our contributors have been loving over the last 12 months. Let's get it started!

Can you believe it's that time of year again? We can't... but here we are bringing you the first part of our mammoth fortnight of eclectic "best of..." lists. First up we announce The AU Review's Top 40 tracks of 2011, as voted by our fine contributors around the country.

40.

Many of you will probably have heard of this project by now, and it is certainly a remarkable proposition; Rewiggled: A Tribute to the Wiggles gathers together twenty of Australia’s most popular artists from the last ten years and has each of them tackle a song from the catalogue of the world’s most popular children’s group.

Triple J is drip feeding the BDO 2012 announcement ... Here we go!

Kanye West, Soundgarden, Kasabian

ROYKSOPP!!!, Girl Talk, Best Boast, Cage The Elephant, The Getaway plan, Foster The People, Frenzal Rhomb, OFWGKTA, The Jezabels, Battles, Mariachi El Bronx, Parkway Drive, Architecture in Helsinki, Boy and Bear, Hilltop Hoods, The Living End, My Chemical Romance

Brisbane fans aren't afraid to party on a Sunday night. Architecture In Helsinki showed us how it's done with their high energy show that packed the Tivoli on a school night, with help from Oscar & Martin and Mitzi. Erin Smith brings you the photos...

Live music is back on your telly with the return of a huge 12 week concert series: triple j presents

Every Tuesday on ABC2, triple j presents will give you front row seats to some of the hottest gigs in town. The series kicks off tonight with Cut Copy taking their synths and strobes to the massive Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Architecture In Helsinki lit up the Forum on Saturday with an abundantly fun performance in support of their latest album Moment Bends.

I was at the Metro Theatre and whoa behold, Cut Off Your Hands was opening for Architecture In Helsinki. Awesome.

After an enormous tour all over the globe, gallivanting through Europe, the States and back again, Architecture In Helsinki finally do some shows in Sydney.

In the seven short years of its existence, the J Awards have gained a reputation for earmarking the best talent this country has to offer. Nominees are selected on quality and what defined that year in music, the awards are widely recognised as a stamp of excellence. Developing emerging Australian artists is a key component of what triple j is and the J Awards embody that philosophy.

Architecture in Helsinki are a Melbourne pop band that have just released their fourth studio album, Moment Bends. I had a chat to Cameron Bird, the frontman of the five piece, about everything happening with them this year.

Hi Cameron, how are you?

Good thanks!

That's good! So, it's been four months since the release of Moment Bends. How has the reception for the album been?

It’s been a big couple of weeks for Architecture in Helsinki. They arrived home from a two-month tour abroad taking in North America, UK & Europe right before touching down to play a transcendent homecoming set at this years Splendour in the Grass Festival at Woodfordia, QLD.

Drawing an immense crowd that overflowed the Mix Up tent way past capacity, the show was one of the band’s favourite live experiences of all time.

We saw some amazing local and interntional talent hit the stages of Splendour in the Grass on Saturday. In the first batch of photos we take a look at local heroes Architecture in Helsinki, Seeker Lover Keeper, Sparkadia and The Jezabels alongside international guests Cut Off Your Hands, Dananananaykroyd, Fitz and the Tantrums, Regina Spektor and the one and only Jane's Addiction.