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

Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Against Me! The Smith Street Band & Hoodlum Shouts
Already one of the best live bands around, are reaping the benefits of a whole new dynamic with Grace out the front.
Features / Music
Appreciating A Current Clarity
"To make a decision like that and to come out and be open with something and then be met with such support is definitely humbling and something that I won’t soon forget."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Willis Earl Beal & Courtney Barnett
It was the power of his voice that made this set something amazing and why he’ll be back in Australia before too long.
Features / Music
Writer's Poll - Danielle O'Donohue
The Dirty Three did it for Danielle O'Donohue this past year.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: John C. Reilly & Friends, Sarah Silverman & Steven Smyth
Now it’s up to Bluesfest, Port Fairy or one of Australia’s many other music festivals to make sure Reilly & Friends come back to play in front of much bigger audiences soon.
Features / Music
Two Lane Blacktop
“I feel like it’s competitive in Nashville. I don’t feel like Los Angeles is like that. I mean it is, but I don’t think with music. LA’s more based around the film industry so I kind of feel like I’m on the outskirts of that and I can just look in and observe and do my thing."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: After The Fall, Mere Theory, Harbour
While After The Fall have always known how to write crunchy rock, their real talent lies in the light pop hooks that turn their songs into infectious choruses.
Features / Music
Falling And Flying
“It had to happen I guess. I’d love to give a certain producer who I love a call but our budget didn’t permit any of that kind of behaviour. I’ll make it clear, I didn’t get paid.”
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jools Holland - The Golden Age Of Song
The song choices are familiar, they’re not picked from that over-used pool of 50 or so tracks that seem to be mandatory for standards albums these days
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Living End, Even
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Ben Abraham
Reviews / Arts
Pirates Of Penzance
One audience member said of the show, “What a silly load of nonsense”. It was an apt description considering it was meant in the nicest possible way.