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

Writer's Poll - Jan Wisniewski

Jan Wisniewski. Another person to add to the ever-growing Tame Impala fan train.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Lonerism TAME IMPALA
2. Spooky Action At A Distance LOTUS PLAZA
3. Bloom BEACH HOUSE
4. Open Your Heart THE MEN
5. Life Is People BILL FAY
6. The Idler Wheel... FIONA APPLE
7. Oshin DIIV
8. 2 MAC DEMARCO
9. Hard Rubbish LOWER PLENTY
10. Outlands DEAP SEA ARCADE

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Antipodean Interpolations Of The First Psychedelic Era VARIOUS
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico Re-issue THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
3. Trilogy THE WEEKND

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards TAME IMPALA
2. Monoliths LOTUS PLAZA
3. Candy THE MEN
4. Rest Your Head THE DANDY WARHOLS
5. Bad Decisions BITCH PREFECT

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Tame Impala
2. Frank Ocean
3. Lower Plenty
4. Fiona Apple
5. Pond

BEST WEBSITE

1. anydecentmusic.com
2. drownedinsound.com
3. theconversation.edu.au
4. devour.com
5. whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Prince
2. Yuck
3. The Pogues
4. Jack White
5. Youth Lagoon

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Tame Impala
2. Lisa Mitchell
3. Pond
4. Weddings, Parties, Anything
5. The Twerps

BEST TV SHOW

1. Girls
2. Mad Men
3. The Newsroom
4. Fresh Meat
5. Game Of Thrones

BEST MOVIE

1. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
2. Skyfall
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. The Sapphires
5. The Dark Knight Rises

2012 HIGHLIGHT

A lovely birthday picnic in the Botanical Gardens.

2013 PREDICTION

An un-hung parliament.