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

James Dawson, Journalist

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Album Review: Gallows - Gallows
Gallows holds no punches and revitalises the band’s career, which could have very easily disappeared all too quickly.
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Album Review: Architects - Daybreaker
The band has the maturity now to follow their hearts and write and record music that is passionate and undeniably brutal.
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Album Review: Hot Water Music - Exister
Exister is Hot Water Music’s glorious return to the punk stage.
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Album Review: Cancer Bats - Dead Set On Living
Dead Set On Living further establishes Cancer Bats as the one and only band who can sound like Cancer Bats.
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Album Review: Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
It’s a ‘clean’ sounding rock record, with minimal attention placed on fuzzed-out guitars, the focus instead on songwriting and sound textures, leaving the blind aggression of his past behind.
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Album Review: The Cult - Choice Of Weapon
The Cult are still holding the torch high for rock’n’roll.
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Album Review: Slash Apocalyptic Love
Apocalyptic Love leaves the pop behind and propels head first into leather clad rock’n’roll.
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Album Review: Tenacious D - Rize Of The Fenix
"Tenacious D are a comedic act, of that there is no doubt, but the songs on Rize Of The Fenix are intricately written and recorded and, while the tracks are slightly kitschy and overly dramatic, they have substance and are genuinely great, trashy songs."
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Album Review: Silversun Pickups Neck Of The Woods
However, on this release, while the aural landscape is definitively SSPU, the band have taken strong musical direction from moody ‘80s pop, as opposed to sourcing from their familiar influences, perhaps in an effort to shake off the stigma of being tagged a post-grunge band.
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Album Review: Betweeen The Devil And The Deep - Paper Spine
The songs are hard and harsh, beautiful and bitter, eager and emotional and, more importantly, they are splendidly easy to listen to and appreciate. BTDATD can notch this debut album up as a fucking winner.
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Album Review: lost prophets weapons
Lostprophets have successfully crossed over from post hardcore to indie pop darlings - jump on board and enjoy the candy ride.
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