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

Jake Sun, Journalist

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Live Review: Einsturzende Neubauten
"Never simply a static enquiry into memory, but a dynamic enquiry into the very act of remembering."
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Live Review: Grizzly Bear, Jens Lekman
"There's certainly no mistaking the abundant orchestrations and mesmerising vocal harmonies of this quartet."
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Live Review: Incubus, Ecca Vandal
"Tonight Incubus prove themselves more than capable of impressing after all these years."
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Live Review: Roger Waters
"The message in this show is that love has the transcendental ability to affect anything in your life!"
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Live Review: Woodford Folk Festival
"For these brief moments, the vision of a sanctuary here on earth is felt."
Features / Music
The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Jake Sun
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Live Review: alt-J, Warpaint
"For a band who were so consistently disappointing on their first tour, it's a real marvel how consistently astonishing they are in nearly every moment now."
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Live Review: Jungle Love Festival
"Is this real, or are we living in some strange and beautiful dream?"
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Live Review: The Weeknd, French Montana, Nav
"It's this explicit embrace of contradiction that has made this generation of stars so appealing."
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Live Review: Max & Iggor Cavalera, Skindred
"Rizzo and Campos return for a final reprise of 'Roots Bloody Roots' and with this the cycle feels utterly complete."
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Photos by Markus Ravik
Live Review: Maroochy Music & Visual Arts Festival
"A hyper concoction of visuals, fire, and streamers flood the stage."
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Live Review: The Jungle Giants, Lastlings
"The peaks are many, but 'You've Got Something' is the absolute highest among them."