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

Tanya Bonnie Rae, Journalist

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Live Review: Hozier
"A wonderfully expressive musician live, he smiled, grinned and bared his teeth through those high notes, eyes closed and utterly lost in the moment."
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Just For Laughs: The Stand Up Series
"Everything from looking like ET with a pot belly, to 'Gen Y cynicism' and homophobia."
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Sammy J & Randy
"Sammy J & Randy have created something playful, interactive and undoubtedly entertaining."
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Live Review: Basenji, Body Promise
"During the Sydney producer's 60-minute set, he played everything from trap to hip hop, to happy-indie electronic music."
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Live Review: Sarah Blasko
"Sarah Blasko is a goddess, and her voice, otherworldly."
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Live Review: Listen Out
"The sound was great at the front of the mosh pit but, when you wandered a couple of metres back, the volume became a mere whisper."
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Live Review: OutsideIn Festival
"One of Sydney's most diverse, boutique electronic music festivals."
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Live Review: Yumi Zouma, Spirit Faces, YEEVS
"It felt a little like an intimate performance art piece being held in someone's living room or garage space."
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Live Review: Astral People
"The infamous vocalist/DJ/producer/songwriter brought an incredible energy and stage presence very rarely felt in a simple DJ set."
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Live Review: Roland Tings, Catlips, Douglas Fur
"He mixed some really beautiful, spacious, dreamy house and electronica, but Tings has a tendency to get a little too carried away in his music"
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Ray Badran: Raised & Confused
"Badran came across as a down-to-earth, harmless creature incapable of harnessing a truly spiteful bone in his body"
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Live Review: Hot Dub Time Machine, Hobophonics
"Hot Dub Time Machine provides an informative lesson in music history, and it’s a remarkably clever and original concept in this regard"