Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Writer's Poll - Alex Hardy

Alex Hardy celebrates our awesome bloody music scene in 2012.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Django Django DJANGO DJANGO
2. Born to Die LANA DEL REY
3. Lonerism TAME IMPALA
4. Medicine Man THE BAMBOOS
5. Happy To You MIIKE SNOW
6. The Rubens THE RUBENS
7. An Awesome Wave ALT-J
8. Flume FLUME
9. Fear Fun FATHER JOHN MISTY
10. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats REGINA SPEKTOR

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Get Free MAJOR LAZER
2. Firewater DJANGO DJANGO
3. Boy EMMA LOUISE
4. Little Talks OF MONSTERS AND MEN
5. Silk GISELLE

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Django Django
2. Kimbra
3. Father John Misty
4. Fat Freddy's Drop
5. Of Monsters and Men

BEST WEBSITE

1. prettymuchamazing.com
2. en.wikipedia.org
3. smh.com.au
4. abc.net.au/triplej
5. facebook.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Erykka Badu
2. Radiohead
3. The Black Keys
4. The Whitest Boy Alive
5. Regina Spektor

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Tijuana Cartel
2. Jinja Safari
3. The Rubens
4. Tame Impala
5. Lanie Lane

BEST TV SHOW

1. Girls
2. Game Of Thrones
3. Underbelly Razor
4. Homeland
5. Redfern Now

BEST MOVIE

1. Skyfall
2. The Dark Night Rises
3. Argo
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. The Hobbit

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Erykah Badu. She made me want to sing soul and it is the first time I have ever seen her live in the 15 years I have been listening to her music.

2013 PREDICTION

The rest of the world finally realising that Australia has an awesome bloody music scene!