Spotify's Fresh Finds AU & NZ playlist regularly spotlights the local emerging and independent acts you need to know. As 2025 comes to a close, here are the seven Aussie artists whose status as Fresh Finds discoveries will have them dominating the musical discourse next year.

As Future Classic gets ready for a special anniversary event in Sydney, co-founders Nathan McLay and Jay Ryves reflect on the iconic label's origins.

Sleep Token, Ethel Cain, and Hilltop Hoods made surprising appearances in categories otherwise dominated by global pop stars.

From Dean Brady to ixaras, Selve to Larissa Lambert, Rum Jungle to Secret World, Lyric, Mariae Cassandra, and others, Unearthed has revealed its top-played artists of the year.

Voyager are heading back overseas after a "cautious" few years that have involved frontman Danny Estrin receiving cancer treatment.

They finally got to bang the ’gong 50 years ago this week

"We have come together one last time to resolve our differences," the band shared.

A fun fact shared today: 70% of the Top 50 artists played on triple j this year were Australian.

"Got the official Guinness World Records book for 2026, and it has my mania from last year included..."

It seems Obama hasn’t picked a side on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud...

For the shows, The Jane Barnes Band will be joined by special guests Jimmy Barnes and Mahalia Barnes.

Participants in a sound modulation therapy trial in the UK experienced a “significant quieting” of their tinnitus symptoms – up to 10%.