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

Will Oakeshott, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: High On Fire, Hydromedusa, Crypt
"Matt Pike, Des Kensel and Jeff Matz, the players of High On Fire are masters of their weapons... well, instruments."
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Live Review: Josh Pyke, Banff
"For now Pyke But For All These Shrinking Hearts have grown and been filled, thank you."
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Live Review: Make Them Suffer, Far West Battlefront, Pridelands, 23/19
"Although the venue was not near capacity, there was an intimacy that added to the intensity of the show."
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Live Review: Stray From The Path, Hellions, Antagonist AD, Void Of Vision
"The most admirable facet of SFTP's performance was the social awareness in each song and the meaning behind them."
Features / Music
The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Will Oakeshott
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Unwritten Law, Grenadiers, The Lizards
"The songs represented Unwritten Law's 'best of' — but it wasn't the best of Russo."
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Live Review: Lagwagon, The Flatliners, Mixtape For The Drive
"Lagwagon never missed a beat, mixing maturity and boundless energy into a dynamic set."
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Live Review: The Mark Of Cain, InWoods
If they continue to shatter venues like they currently are on this tour, well, the world will be delighted.
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Live Review: Future Islands, Curse Ov Dialect
"The infection of the music created a dance floor rivalling salsa club standards."
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Live Review: Northlane, August Burns Red, Like Moths To Flames, Ocean Grove
"To the progressive-djent-core New South Welshmen's credit, they are almost spiritual in a sense."
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Live Review: At The Gates, Truth Corroded, Voros
"These lords of the Gothenburg sound have a chemistry that is a bond impossible to break and each instrument is utilised as a near-menacing weapon."
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Live Review: Pennywise, Anti-Flag, Local Resident Failure
"The party spirit was well and truly alive."