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

Izzy Tolhurst, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cloud Control
Overall, Cloud Control’s acoustic show is a concise and tight little set that reaffirms the manifold musical talents embedded in the group.
Reviews / Arts
Tres Miserables
"Victor Hugo would turn in his grave watching Tres Miserables, a modern interpretation of his work, and the musical currently showing at MICF."
Features / Music
Spreading The Funk
"I wouldn’t say we have a huge following here in Japan. The funk scene here is very niche. It’s a small community."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Izzy Tolhurst
Izzy Tolhurst predicts the continued resurgence of rock and roll in 2014.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Darren Sylvester, Montero Fatti Francis
Sylvester and band end with 23, a more familiar song taken from his first album.
Features / Music
Bang On
"When I was three, I used to rock on my hands and knees on my bed and bang my head on the headboard. My parents were mortified!"
Features / Music
You Only Live Once
"If you engage too much with social media you risk chewing up your focus, and you start to put your focus on what other people think, or expect of you."
Reviews / Arts
A Midnight Dreary
Will you see a one-man effort of such calibre again? Nevermore quoth the reviewer, nevermore.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Orbweavers, Shiver Like Timber
The Orbweavers is a thoughtful conversation about spirit, adventure, home and history, not to mention the great music.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Darts, The McQueens, Jonesez
Tonight’s combination of Jonesez/The McQueens/Darts is punchy but, with the pews so poorly populated, the sparse crowd is left looking around, stunned that the joint is so empty. It’s a residency! Go support them next week.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dirt Farmer, Gamma Rays, Dan & Amy
Dirt Farmer appear to be riding a steady ascent, carrying with them a sound that is infectious, engaging and long-lasting.
Features / Music
Kiss The Dirt
"We’re going to a new venue that sounds really good. It’s not heavy metal at all. I think the scene’s changed in Albury, which is good to see."