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

Shaun Colnan, Journalist

Shaun Colnan

Shaun's been writing with The Music since 2015 and in that time has written on everything from high art to hip hop, from spectacular jazz in grand arenas to burgeoning bands in back rooms at pubs. He's mapped the rise of such acts as Winston Surfshirt and Noname, reviewed musicals, theatre shows and a tonne of music including the reunions of Wu-Tang Clan and TLC.

His one claim to fame is a short-lived time as singer in a band that Julia Jacklin opened for before she was famous. He's interviewed the Tibetan Prime Minister and a radio comedian he can't remember the name of. Outside of reviewing for The Music, he is a full-time English teacher, part-time poet and avid music and literature aficionado/desperado.

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Live Review: Khruangbin @ Sydney Opera House
The Texan three-piece truly shined on the Opera House stage.
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Live Review: Tim Minchin
“Fuck off, you COVID-riddled giant floating bath.”
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Live Review: Fat Freddy's Drop
“There was such a ruckus they would only let us come back now.”
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Live Review: Tamikrest
"This is a band hoping music can unify and end suffering."
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Live Review: PARCELS
Parcels brought Berghain to Enmore last night on their sold-out tour!
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Live Review: Sierra Ferrell Band
“If you believe in fairies, then clap really hard.”
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Live Review: Amyl & The Sniffers
"At times, you almost forget there’s a show going on, caught in the maelstrom of sweat and flesh."
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Live Review: Cate Le Bon
"A set that would renew your faith in alternative pop music."
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Live Review: Astral People 10 + 1 Birthday Feat. Yussef Dayes, Hiatus Kaiyote & More
"Thrilled and satisfied by a night of music Astral People should be proud of."
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Live Review: Sampa The Great Presents 'An Afro Future'
“As dope as it is to do the high energy stuff…the thing I love most is to show vulnerability…to show my fears.”
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Live Review: Paul Kelly & His Band - 'Time & Tide: Four Decades Of Song'
“We haven’t played in Sydney for two and a half years..."
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Live Review: Groovin The Moo Canberra 2022
"A celebration of the best pop, indie, electronic and rap festival programmers could muster in a world still in the grips of a pandemic."