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

Stephanie Liew, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Yeasayer & Montero
A well thought out setlist, impeccable musicianship, arresting stage presence and genuine joy emanating from the band make for a very happy bunch of punters indeed.
Features / Music
Writer's Poll - Stephanie Liew
Another Frank Ocean fan? Yep, that's Stephanie Liew.
Features / Music
Staying Pure
“As we’re speaking, I’m making underwear for my boyfriend... This week I’m onto panties. Maybe I’ll make a few extra and try to sell them at the merch table, but I can’t really say right now! It would be really funny.”
Features / Music
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
Taste Test: Dean McGrath
Dean McGrath of Hungry Kids Of Hungary tells us some of his favourite things.
Features / Music
Get It Out
“Things move on and things change and that song is largely looking at a time that we remember fondly but it’s quite different to what it used to be.”
Reviews / Arts
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari, Matt Okine
Ansari is as charming in person as he appears on screen, adopting character voices into his performance, interacting with the audience throughout the set (to varying degrees of success) and expressing genuine gratitude that he is able to travel overseas working as a stand-up.
Reviews / Arts
Air Oceania Flight A011
By the play’s conclusion, the audience perhaps feel like they’ve developed friendships with these characters, too.
Reviews / Arts
The Adventures Of Butt Boy & Tigger
The Adventures Of Butt Boy & Tigger
The Adventures Of Butt Boy & Tigger reflects modern Internet dating and hook-up habits and processes with a nod to the Grindr era.
Features / Music
Don't Think, Do
"It’s still dark, but I thought I fooled everyone with the tambourines."
Features / Music
No Zu
Who's Who In No Zu?
"I find the idea of genre – although it’s sometimes helpful – often amusing or distracting, so I just thought I’d create my own and try to make that the sound."
Reviews / Arts
Angela's Kitchen
Reviews / Arts
Melbourne Writers Festival: Inside Asia
In a rapidly shifting global economy, it’s important to analyse not only economic and political change, but cultural as well.