In honour of International Women’s Day this Sunday, Triple J have decided to celebrate the occasion by bringing Girls To The Front with a special day of programming and radio content that will put the spotlight on female acts, with the boy taking a backseat to all the kick-ass ladies in music.

Kicking off at 6am, everything from the music, to the presenters will have girls at the front. At lunch, Gemma Pike will present an all-female mix courtesy of House Party’s KLP, while Live At The Wireless will feature a set from the inimitable La Roux and dreamy grungers Wolf Alice, both recorded at Falls Festival in Lorne.

Meanwhile, Linda Marigliano will be telling Richard Kingsmill to move over to bring the best in new music in 2015, before special guest Jess McGuire will be kicking of Sunday Night Sass from 9pm, then at 11 we’ll be hearing electronic tunes from the First Lady of Aussie EDM, Nina Las Vegas.

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Double J will also be participating in the revelry, looking at 40 years of women in music throughout Triple J history. At 3pm, Caitlin park will act as Double J’s March Artist In Residence to play a selection of innovative found sound artists, from Kate Bush to Caitlin’s own contemporaries.

Finally, Triple J Unearthed will be showcasing the best independent and unsigned female artists from around the country. Montaigne, Airling, and Kathryn Rollins will be sharing their favourites, Canberra hip-hop crew Coda Conduct pick five of their favourite new female emcees, and stay tuned for the Sisterhood special.

Most interestingly, however, throughout the day listeners will hear from some of Australia’s favourite female musos sharing the incredible female artists that inspire them, such as Julia Stone, who discussed her admiration for fellow Aussie Courtney Barnett.

“A musician that I just love the heck out of – that I got to see recently perform at the Laneway Festival,” said Stone. “I was really inspired watching her play; she’s so free and the way she plays guitar and interacts with her band, there was something really blissful about it and I could see that the crowd feel that as well.”

Melbourne rock queen Adalita discussed the impact that Sonic Youth’s “tough, confronting, thrilling” Kim Gordon had on her: “She just really inspired me from the get-go… she was just the coolest of the cool, she doesn’t take any shit and she actually seems like she doesn’t give a shit whether you like what she does or not; which I love.”

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Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote gushed over Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, saying, “She’s a badass, genius, writer; she plays electric guitar incredibly, which is – as another female that plays and writes with electric guitar – really encouraging and inspiring that there are more women out there rocking instruments.”

Meanwhile, San Cisco’s Scarlett Stevens cemented her Riot Grrrl status, discussing feminist punk icon Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and Julie Ruin: “I love the way she is not afraid to speak her mind and she’s an amazing role model for young women, she’s ferocious and it’s empowering to listen to her.”

There’ll be plenty more insights throughout Girls To The Front this Sunday, including from the likes of Patience from The Grates, Izzi from The Preatures, Jen from Ball Park Music, Gossling, Abbe May, Ainslie Wills, Alison Wonderland, Meg Mac, and many more.

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