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

Writer's Poll - Dave Drayton

Here's what Dave Drayton dug this year.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Charge Group CHARGE GROUP
2. Broad Shoulders DIKEMBE
3. Sunshine & Technology THE SMITH STREET BAND
4. Resonation LINCOLN LE FEVRE
5. The Quietest Place On Earth WE LOST THE SEA
6. Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
7. Bless This Mess LISA MITCHELL
8. Leave Your Soul To Science SOMETHING FOR KATE
9. Now Here Nowhere HIRA HIRA
10. Secular QUIET STEPS

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Shuffle And Scrape: A Tribute To Blueline Medic VARIOUS
2. The Good Fight For Harmony ELEVENTH HE REACHES LONDON
3. Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs THE LOCUST

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Call Me Maybe CARLY RAE JEPSEN
2. My Dad The Manatee WAVELETS
3. Miracle Cure SOMETHING FOR KATE
4. Seems Your Buddies Are Dead LIFE & LIMB
5. Gasoline ALPINE

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. The Smith Street Band
2. Lemuria
3. Charge Group
4. Totally Unicorn
5. Ceremony

BEST WEBSITE

1. reddit.com
2. bandcamp.com
3. youtube.com
4. twitter.com
5. facebook.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Restorations
2. Refused
3. Ceremony
4. At The Drive-In
5. Portugal. The Man

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Australian Chamber Orchestra
2. The Smith Street Band
3. Life & Limb
4. Stockades
5. Ted Danson With Wolves

BEST TV SHOW

1. The Simpsons
2. QI
3. The Young Ones
4. Redfern Now
5. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

BEST MOVIE

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Celeste And Jesse Forever
4. Life Of Pi
5. Knuckleball

2012 HIGHLIGHT

The brief week when there were sour cherry Slurpees at 7-Eleven.

2013 PREDICTION

More concrete examples of global warming.