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

Adam Wilding, Journalist

Adam Wilding

Adam 'Wildman' Wilding has been a contributor with The Music since 2006, after working his way onto the team via the readers’ letters and spending a short time in head office learning from veterans Andrew P Street, Lachlan Marks and Sarah Norris. Adam has covered numerous Aussie festivals, done countless album reviews and thinks Aussie music is the best.

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Aldous Harding - Designer
"A record that will surely appear on the year’s best albums lists."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Fontaines DC - Dogrel
"Few bands have captured the same excitement for rock as well as Fontaines DC do on 'Dogrel'."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sarah Mary Chadwick - The Queen Who Stole The Sky
"Domineering church organ is her sole companion throughout an album that features no guitar, drums, bass or happiness."
Features / Music
The Music 2018 Writers' Poll: Adam Wilding
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2018...
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn
"Sombre, quiet and reflective."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-01 Hanoi
"These “songs” obviously hold some significance for the band, who recorded some if not all in Vietnam and who were impressed enough to approve its release."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bob Evans, Emma Russack
"It wasn’t just the songs of the past decade or so that impressed us, it was also the sudden realisation of the subtle influences that shaped these tunes."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Connan Mockasin - Jassbusters
"A good album full of thoughtful, indie-contemporary tracks that sit somewhere between a bleached Cass McCombs and Blood Orange."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Richard In Your Mind - Super Love Brain
"Like all albums before, there is not a shred of self-consciousness or urge to follow any type of formula or trend."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Blood Orange - Negro Swan
"It's an eclectic mix of music that manages to retain some of the minimalist multi-instrumentalism of Hyne's other alter ego, Lightspeed Champion."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Gabriella Cohen - Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love
"Although Pink Is The Colour... wouldn't be out of place in the American LA or NY market, the fact that Cohen hails from Oz makes it even better."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sarah Mary Chadwick - Sugar Still Melts In The Rain
"Chadwick is branching out more and growing in confidence as a singer and songwriter."
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