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

Rip Nicholson, Journalist

Features / Music
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Got "Big Money" From Quentin Tarantino
"It's such a wonderful feeling when people are sampling your music, it makes me feel so good."
Features / Music
Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid May Be Dads, But They Still Know How To Party
"I'm domesticated when I'm off the road, man. I'm house-broken."
Features / Music
Gallant's Decision To Subvert The Mould Was Influenced By Seal
"It's cathartic because it just helps me. Like, some people go do yoga, some people go to the gym, that's what I do."
Features / Music
France Is Part Of Paris Combo, As Much As Its Players
"I don't think we've made a concerted effort to make it sound French. That's part and parcel of who we are."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ludovico Einaudi
"The audience seems caught in transient bliss."
Features / Music
Loyle Carner
Loyle Carner On Immortalising His Parents Through Song
"It's cool not to be cool."
Features / Music
Brother Ali On Abandoning Braggadocio But Keeping The Candour
"If I have a room full of people and their ears and their hearts, I don't wanna talk about how great a rapper I am anymore."
Features / Music
Ludovico Einaudi On Playing To An Audience Of One Seal In The Arctic
"We had a little mascot seal that was coming out of the water to say hello."
Features / Music
Parcels Are Packaging Themselves In A New, European Way
"I don't think our music is the only thing holding us in this city."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: De La Soul
"This is a De La Soul party - ain't no half steppin'."
Features / Music
Rap And Record Labels Are A Family Business
"That's my motivation, getting people really intimate with my story."
Features / Music
The Political Side & The Private Side Of The Sugarman
"There's many different parts to a person and I try to separate myself away from the media."
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