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

Jake Sun, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: M83, Japanese Wallpaper
"It may have been a hell of a wait but Anthony Gonzalez and co certainly know how to make for lost time."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bluesfest 2016
"Words can never do justice to this level of surrealism and absurdity."
News / Music
Kendrick Lamar Elevates Bluesfest To Wild New Heights On Day 1
"Things get so manic that it feels like a different festival."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Necks
"To affect an audience in such a way is no easy task, yet The Necks manage to make it happen time and again."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: A$AP Rocky, Raury
"'It's real slippery on stage,' Rocky repeats a half-dozen times. 'If we fall and bust our ass you goin' to laugh at us?'"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: DJ Krush, Resin Dogs, Tigermoth
"There's certainly a vast darkness present in these soundscapes, but the immense beauty of the light that trickles through is always prominent."
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Live Review: Woodford Folk Festival
It’s been yet another triumph from one Australia’s all-time great festivals.
Features / Music
The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Jake Sun
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Mono, Danyl Jesu & Pale Earth, The Sea Shall Not Have Them
"The fact that the pre-lingual nature of this experience is reflected by the band's instrumental approach is a conceptual masterstroke."
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Live Review: Ratatat, Black Cab
"This works wonders on the dancefloor, keeping the bodies ecstatically bouncing right up until the chaotic and climatic moments of closer 'Seventeen Years'."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jungle Love Festival
"More than the sum of its parts, this a festival that strives to provide an all-encompassing creative and communal experience."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tame Impala, Mini Mansions
"It becomes apparent that as a live band they are in the most solid state they've ever been in."