The Grates (official website here, myspace page here, Last.fm page here) are a Brisbane band, and they’ve just made the shortlist for the Australian Music Prize 2006.

They also had four songs in the Triple J Hottest 100 vote this year, including 19-20-20 which came in at number 10 (see this chart of all Hottest 100 songs).

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(BTW this clip is from The Grates’ own YouTube account - you won’t be seeing copyrighted video clips here without permission, even if they are on YouTube)

Keep reading to see more YouTube vids of The Grates, and links to their music available on-demand at Last.fm.

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This clip is of lead singer Patience Hodgson karaoke-ing ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’

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The third clip I was going to use - googlemonster’s recording of The Grates playing the Media Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, had been taken off YouTube :(

So here they are, playing instead at The Zoo, in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley (everyone calls it just ‘The Valley’)- recorded by thetinaxo.

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Click here to see the exact location of The Zoo.

You can listen to every song from the album ‘Gravity Won’t Get You High’ here at Last.fm

Are there any Brisbane bands you’d like to see covered here at Brisbane is Home? Let me know in the comments, especially if there is legit YouTube video of them, or if they have myspace pages or are on Last.fm - or anywhere else where you can hear their music.