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

Annelise Ball, Journalist

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Features / Music
'We Never Expected To Be Playing At This Level'
"We needed ten years in the trenches refining our trade before we felt ready to get off our bums and record something we were proud of."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Father John Misty, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders
"Tillman goes 'Pure Comedy' and cracks into a rare, genuine grin at the lyric, 'Ladies, I hope we don't end up regretting this'."
Features / Music
Greg Gonzalez Of Cigarettes After Sex Shares Ambient-Pop Moments Of Love
"Once I started writing naturally about relationships in the most honest way that I could, I found my identity, it became what I wanted to do."
Features / Music
Letting Bygones Be Bygones And Doing It All For The Music
"It feels like this natural thing we can do it in our sleep, but there's a new freshness that's really charming."
Features / Music
Why Dan Aueurbach Is Releasing His Latest Album On His Own Label
"We just went with the breeze and made music you can't put in a box, and I really love that."
Features / Music
Love For The Electric Guitar Helped Inspire Husky's New Album
"I'll fall in love with my acoustic guitar again... In fact, I already have."
Features / Music
Living The Labour & Life-Intensive Dream
"Even though we're living the dream creatively, it's still a job. I can't do anything else but tour this whole year."
Features / Music
Get Off The Algorithms And Into Your Local Record Store
"Personal recommendations from DJs or record store owners or friends have always been an essential part of music culture."
Features / Music
Devendra Banhart Talks Donald Trump & Werewolf Babies
"It's about babies who, when they fall asleep, turn into werewolves in Glendale, a weird part of LA."
Features / Music
The Evolution Of Vera Blue
"This is the music I've been wanting to make and I feel like I'm unleashing."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Beards, Franky Walnut
"With arms slung across manly shoulders and beers raised high in the air, deep voices join as one on 'The Beard Accessory Store'."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Cat Empire, The Bombay Royale
"'Rising With The Sun' offers a brief respite from the raucous party jams, before Angus's elephantine trumpet squeals wreck the peace."