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

Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

Features / Music
This Won't Hurt A Bit
"In France they had a way of making pop music in the ‘80s that was really open. They’d really go too far and it was okay."
Features / Music
Hanna And Her Sisters
"I wanted to perform because I wanted to be like, ‘Hey y’all, guess what? I’m not dead. I’m still here.’ This wasn’t a sombre thing following my funeral that happened earlier in the day."
Features / Music
I Can Hear The Rain
"It sounded like there was music playing and sometimes it sounded very violent and discordant and other times it was very confident and beautiful."
Features / Arts
Luck Be A Lady
"My work really resonates with international audiences."
Features / Music
Date With Destiny
"It would make no sense writing a song about ‘I hate my girlfriend’. My goal as a lyricist has always been to write something that’s real."
Features / Arts
Heavy Lifting
"When something’s really exciting there’s an adrenaline rush and you want to just try everything straight away."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Danielle O'Donohue
Danielle O'Donohue predicts subtle female empowerment on television in 2014.
News / Music
Inside The Final Of ABC's Exhumed Band Comp
Jahsifik take away the top prize
Reviews / Album
Album Review: To Kill A King - Cannibals With Cutlery
Where the band’s tendency is to throw everything but the kitchen sink at a song, this album’s better moments are when they just let Pelleymounter sing.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Audego - Beneath The Static And The Low
Bionic has always had a tendency to produce beats that throw the listener off balance, but here Big Fella’s vocals act as a way into her husband’s musical creations.
News / Music
Why Are Warped Festival's RDGLDGRN Red, Gold And Green?
It's all inside, man.
News / Music
Darren Middleton Is No Longer 'Darren From Powderfinger'
The artist has found himself.