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

Matt O'Neill, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Emma Louise, Fractures, Mezko
"Tonight’s set showcased an artist of profound guts and ambition, operating at the peak of her (considerable) powers."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mel Parsons - Drylands
Exceptionally written, beautifully arranged and remarkably consistent.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bernard Fanning, Dustin Tebbutt, Ainslie Wills
"While he'd probably baulk at the praise, Fanning himself is a rich and complex performer."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: FRANK IERO and the PATIENCE - Parachutes
"An album that is as deep, personal and distinctive as any of Iero's prior efforts."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Ben Lee - Freedom Love & The Recuperation Of The Human
"Lee is, outside of the occasional overwrought lyric, in peak songwriting form."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: All Our Exes Live In Texas, Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers, Miss Eileen & King Leer
"It's joy, pain and humour. Solitude, connection, stupidity and genius."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Peep Tempel - Joy
"It's a little bit sharper. A little bit more accessible. A little bit (read: marginally) shinier."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pandora Warehouse Party
"If Sentry had hit the stage sooner, he could honestly have saved the whole night."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
"A rich, dynamic album from an exceptional artist."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Wilson Pickers, Katie Brianna
"Two women (and apparent strangers) took to the stage area to dance together and close out the set (fittingly, to the band's 'We Can Dance')."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Big Scary, Dreller
"Their set showed a mastery of the visual showmanship of true world conquerors."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Holy Balm, Enderie, Phone, Sex Havers DJs
"Holy Balm's set just couldn't quite measure up."
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