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

Jake Sun, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Boris, Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving
"In all their eclecticism, Boris somehow manage to come through with a level of coherence and consistency that is often dumbfounding."
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Live Review: Explosions In The Sky, FOREVR
"From the very first moment ... this show is absolutely captivating."
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Live Review: Opeth, Caligula's Horse
"Everything seems to fall effortlessly into place tonight."
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Live Review: PJ Harvey
"The fact that PJ stands her ground instead of resting on her past laurels is ... testament to her artistry and maturity."
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Live Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Necks
"The forms that these songs conjure are like apparitions; post-corporeal presences made of memory."
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Live Review: Woodford Folk Festival
"It doesn't take long to hear words like "life-changing" when asking newcomers how their festival experience went."
Features / Music
The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Jake Sun
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Live Review: HHAARRPP, JNXYZ
"In many ways this highlights the fundamental freedoms of music and the restrictions of cinema's fixed perspective."
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Live Review: Baroness, Grieg
"It's Baroness at their most mature and it really hits home."
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Live Review: Flume, Vince Staples
"It seems Flume can do no wrong."
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Live Review: Jungle Love Music & Arts Festival
"Few festivals encapsulate the creative and cultural spirit of a time and place in quite the way this one does."
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Live Review: Steven Wilson
"The multi-faceted visual and aural delight ... damn near pushes this set to a point of transcendence."