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

Matt O'Neill, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: PVT - New Spirit
"In time, it could easily be considered the band's best work."
Reviews / Live
Photos by Angela Padovan
Live Review: White Lung, Phantastic Ferniture
"White Lung cannot help but compel their following to movement and violence."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sarah Belkner - But You Are, But It Has
"Genuinely surprising and delightfully adventurous."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
"A relentless, rootsy record that still feels somewhat alien."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wiley - Godfather
"Not a single dud production in sight. A surprising triumph."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
"Demands repeated listens."
Features / Music
The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Matt O'Neill
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Flume, Vince Staples, Sophie
"[Flume] had the entire venue on their feet for the majority of his set."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Raf Rundell - The Adventures Of Selfie Boy, Pt 1
"A consistent draw back to the odd collage of hypnotic rhythms, silliness and psychedelia."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Garbage, Olympia, Tiny Little Houses
"A performance rife with opportunities for igniting moments of catharsis."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Polographia, Pluural, Colourwaves
"Energetic, unpredictable and boasted a surplus of grooves."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hideous Towns - Disquiet
"Hideous Towns' debut album feels particularly Australian."
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