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

Cam Findlay, Journalist

Features / Music
Close Encounters
“I don’t know if my tunes are so different to the others out there," Aeph says, "but I always try to add something unique in what I do."
Features / Music
One Nation For All
With Kevin Rudd's apology given time to sink in, Archie Roach says, "We do, as a people, have to meet the rest of Australia half-way."
Features / Music
Dark Lights
Pumping d’n’b duo Neonlight may work like a well-oiled dancefloor machine but, as Cam Findlay learns from Tobias Jakubczyk and Jakob Thomser, it’s the differences that grease the cogs.
Features / Music
Home Is Where The Art Is
Silversun Pickups are not necessarily a band you can set your watch to. A free-flying take on touring and recording might frustrate some, but they wouldn’t have it any other way, as bassist Nikki Monninger explains to Cam Findlay.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Open Your Heart The Men
Not at all swayed by contemporary trends, aesthetically against any notion of genre definition, and ready to experiment with any process that catches their fancy.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Bombay Royale
Have you seen Indian Spiderman? No? See it. Seriously.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Fu Manchu, Black Cobra, Matt Sonic & The High Times, The Devil Rides Out - The Rosemount Hotel
"The band rocked the fuck out, and the crowd reciprocated in kind with a few painful crowd-surfing injuries."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: James Teague - Lavender Prayers
With Lavender Prayers, James Teague has crafted a very eclectic and intriguing album.
Features / Music
Keeping It Simple
And then our lyrics are very literal – I don’t get religious or anything, I just write lyrics about stupid stuff like cars and, like, UFOs,” Hill laughs. “There’s no deep meaning behind those lyrics, there just all things I see and like. It’s just stuff you remember.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: RTRFM's In The Pines
Features / Music
Massaging Ear Holes
Boasts of a "stainbow" and "seizure-inducing lights" is to be expected from an outfit that delivered the Acid Chess EP. And now, Usurper Of Modern Medicine’s Cam George promises a "buckwild" live show.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: West Coast Blues'N'Roots