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

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Features / Interviews
While She Sleeps
‘We Have Other Strings To Our Bow’: While She Sleeps On Being Brave With Their Audience
“It’s more fun to be open to see what we create here... let's try and throw sh*t at the wall and see what we're enjoying,” vocalist Lawrence “Loz” Taylor tells The Music.
Features / Music
HOWQUA
HOWQUA: “I Just Wasn't In A Position To Get Through It”
Eight years since he stepped away from the world of music, a brush with mortality has seen Ben Campain resurrect his HOWQUA project once again.
Features / Opinion
Donald Trump, Taylor Swift
The Tortured Politician’s Department, Swifties Vs MAGA Edition: Choose Your Fighter
What happens when these two gigantic, fervent and overzealous fandoms collide? Only time will tell.
Features / Music
Alana Wilkinson
Track By Track: Alana Wilkinson's 'Half Time Oranges'
Fresh from releasing her debut album, 'Half Time Oranges', Alana Wilkinson takes us through each of the record's deeply personal and affecting tracks.
Features / Interviews
RVSHVD
RVSHVD Makes Unapologetic Genre-Blending Introduction With Debut Album 'It’s Rashad'
RVSHVD describes his debut full-length album as “unique, relatable, country.”
Features / Music
Laurie Luke
“All Things Pass Like The Weather”: Laurie Luke On His New Single, 'Breaking The Chain'
Recently marking three years since being admitted to the ICU for life-saving brain surgery, Laurie Luke releases a powerful new single, his first release since 2022.
Features / Music
Dami Im
Dami Im On Going Unexpectedly Viral: 'TikTok Wasn’t A Thing When This Song Came Out!'
“Every artist is trying to get a viral moment with their song.”
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The Rubens
The Rubens Are Not Trying To Make Another 'Hoops'
Fresh off releasing their latest album, 'SODA,' The Rubens discuss what keeps them creatively inspired, the complex legacy of 'Hoops,' and more for The Music.
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Emma Donovan, Paul Grabowsky
Emma Donovan Draws Strength From Keeping Her Grandfather’s Legacy Alive In ‘The Old Rugged Cross’
According to Emma Donovan, Paul Grabowsky – her collaborator on 'The Old Rugged Cross' show – “hears this whole other world” while arranging music.
Features / Music
Miss Kaninna
Miss Kaninna: ‘It's Our Responsibility To Keep The Door Open For The Next Generation’
Following a rapid rise across the last 16 months, Miss Kaninna continues to soar, releasing her debut EP, 'KANINNA', as the latest chapter of an ever-impressive story.
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St. Vincent
St. Vincent On The 'Brutalising Rock Show' & 'Ecstatic Rave' Powering Her 'All Born Screaming' Tour
"Like the record 'All Born Screaming,' we need to start in darkness and end with ecstasy. So, the show, in my mind, kind of travels through that path."
Features / Music
Hannah Stow
Off The Bench: Hannah Stow Scores With Debut EP ‘Sidelined’
Facing rejection from her label, and ejection from 'The Voice Australia', Hannah Stow has struck out on her own path, her debut EP a testament to her songwriting prowess and mastery of genre-mixing.