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

Matt O'Neill, Journalist

News / Music
'We’re Not Your Average Aus Indie Band' Says Buchanan
Bandleader Josh Simons on why the guys just went for it on latest album
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kirin J Callinan - Embracism
Give it a shot, anyway. It’s a great album.
Features / Music
Bridging The Gap
"No, we’re not your average Australian indie band."
News / Music
Oliver Tank Admits He's Not In Same League As Flume Or Chet Faker
"I’ll hopefully be up there one day."
Features / Music
Money Is Not Our God
"When it comes to being in the studio, I don’t really get nervous. It’s just me, my computer and my toys and stuff. I just focus on having a good time."
Features / Music
Second Platoon Bravo
"I don’t know if I’d consider myself to be in the same league as the Flumes and the Chet Fakers. Maybe in their infancy I was."
Features / Music
State Of Origin
"It’s actually a pretty classic how-you-start-a-band in this day and age. We were both working at a call centre."
Features / Music
Behind The Noise
"There’s never been any great expectations or even ambitions for the album, commercially speaking."
Features / Music
Back In The Game
"I just sat down with the rest of the band and told them, ‘I feel burnt out, physically and financially; creatively, I just feel stifled and a bit bored – we need to undergo some changes‘. And, you know, we did that."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Seja, Keep On Dancin's, Scraps
By the time they encore with a Justin Bieber cover, it’s hard to imagine the Brisbane musician doing anything else.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Various - Aquatic Lab Sessions Vol 2
Honestly, it’s pretty much a faultless piece of work. Dubstep skeptics would be well-advised to seek it out.
News / Music
Kate Miller-Heidke Glad To Not Be A 'Triple J Artist'
"The freedom of not being a ‘triple j artist’ means I can kind of do whatever the fuck I want"