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

Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

Features / Music
Two Of A Kind
"We’d book time in a studio because I’ve always had this inability to feel comfortable singing my guts out in Ash’s spare room while the rest of the family are watching Family Guy in the next room.”
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Motion City Soundtrack - Go
Now that they’ve wrapped the lyrics in music that takes a bit of unlocking the really great moments feel even more like hidden gems.
Features / Arts
He Knows He Can Dance
"Ballroom dancing was a dirty word about 20 years ago, it didn’t have a lot of street cred," Jason Gilkison tells us how Burn The Floor is changing the game.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Janelle Monae & The Archandroid Orchestra - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
Jones sounds divine – a spectre of a woman bemoaning love gone awry.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Calling All Cars, Strangers, Arts Martial - Annandale Hotel
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Redd Kross, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys and Bloods at Oxford Art Factory 24/04/12
Redd Kross main men Jeff and Steve McDonald were still teenagers when they released their debut album Born Innocent. Thirty years later the kind of loud, fuzzy rock that thrilled the young Californian teenagers finally seems to be seeping back into the Sydney live scene and both this gig’s supports did a pretty good job of it.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cold Chisel, Lanie Lane
'The crowd didn’t just go see their favourite band, they went to see themselves reflected back at them.'
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lou Barlow, Unity Floors
Considering Barlow’s pedigree he should never have had to beg for an audience.
Features / Arts
Elementary, Watson
British comedian Mark Watson reveals he's "pretty anal"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dig It Up! - Sydney
The Sonics. Co-ordinated garage dance routines from The Fleshtones. The Sonics. Spencer P Jones does Kanye. The Sonics. Hoodoo Gurus do Stone Age Romeos. The Sonics. Sunnyboys reformed.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Alabama 3
"The eight-piece band was in fine form at the Manning Bar, playing their intriguing blend of Americana gospel and blues and UK acid house."
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