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

Writer's Poll - Cyclone

Cyclone Wehner casts her vote on the best of the best.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. channel ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
2. iLL Manors PLAN B
3. Born To Die LANA DEL REY
4. Life Is Good NAS
5. My Head Is An Animal OF MONSTERS AND MEN
6. The Bravest Man In The Universe BOBBY WOMACK
7. Devotion JESSIE WARE
8. (III) CRYSTAL CASTLES
9. Visions GRIMES
10. Give You The Ghost POLIÇA

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Trilogy THEWEEKND
2. DJ-Kicks MAYA JANE COLES
3. In The House KEVIN SAUNDERSON

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. iLL Manors PLAN B
2. Ride LANA DEL REY
3. Diamonds RIHANNA
4. Heart Attack TREY SONGZ
5. I Never Feat. Daniel Merriweather THE BAMBOOS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Frank Ocean
2. Plan B
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Of Monsters And Men
5. Jessie Ware

BEST WEBSITE

1. themusic.com.au
2. twitter.com
3. guardian.co.uk
4. imdb.com
5. nme.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Anna Calvi
2. Of Monsters And Men
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Adam Ant
5. PJ Harvey

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Sam Sparro
2. Sneaky Sound System
3. The Bamboos
4. Daniel Merriweather
5. Alpine

BEST TV SHOW

1. Redfern Now
2. True Blood
3. Birdsong
4. Rake
5. The Vampire Diaries

BEST MOVIE

1. Cosmopolis
2. Coriolanus
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
4. Snow White And The Huntsman
5. On The Road

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Rediscovering the municipal library – support them before they disappear!

2013 PREDICTION

There will be more peculiar hybrids. Maybe some avant urban classical mash-ups (English Renaissance dance music, Wagner, Holst, etc).