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

Rip Nicholson, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Trevor Noah
"Noah's show sags a little in the delivery."
Features / Music
An On-Kilter Journey Of Progression
"I didn't know it was happening, then I just started getting all these tweets from Selena Gomez' little 14-year-old followers."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Reclink Community Cup Launch
Eyes Ninety start with 'Canton II' and squeal down lanes of punk in a purposefully unpolished set of banging tracks.
Reviews / Arts
Aaron Gocs
"Tonight Gocsy shows the raw cut of Australia's next breed of comic, minus the sheen."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Shihad, Grenadiers
"Their performance tonight is a breath of pure, unfettered rockery!"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Youngsmith
"The souled-out rock of Youngsmith made for a warm winter's night in."
Features / Music
Why Snarky Puppy Finally Recorded In A Studio
"I think it's important when you're an artist to not become complacent or rest on your laurels or fall into predictable patterns..."
Features / Music
Stealing Pizza From Bob Dylan And Getting Into Rapper Mode
"I think they were kinda surprised that we even rhymed."
Features / Music
Rates
Why Rates Never Wants To Revisit The 'Nightmare' trilogy
"A lot of the things I talk, some fans might not have known or heard about until it's right in front of them, you know?"
Features / Music
On The Magic Of Performing, Rappers And Letting Go Of The Ego
"You don't take the contents and circumstance to a song into account when you're deciding whether you like it or not. You just like it or you don't."
Features / Music
Spinning Something Different, Just Like KFC In '93
"They respected what I was doing because it was different and said to keep continuing that."
Reviews / Arts
Much Ado About Nothing
"A cast not soon to be silenced"
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