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

Annabel Maclean, Journalist

Features / Music
Bugged By Lack Of Control, Jake's Taken The Wheel
"I never really had much of an input whereas now I want to be part of it because at the end of the day I'm the one that has to go and do it."
Features / Music
Leaving Behind 'Bullshit Commercial Stuff' And Just Loving The Craft
"Having that near death experience two-three years ago was probably the best thing that happened to me..."
Features / Music
There's Only One Thing Catfish & The Bottlemen Want To Do
"We all found something to do - I went to Japan - but honestly we were raring to get going again."
Features / Music
The Best Kind Of One Night Stand
"It's so nice meeting people who listen in from these regional areas who you don't always get a chance to interact with..."
Features / Arts
Man Up: It's "Being Honest About Stuff"
"You wouldn't pressure a couple about anything else. You wouldn't go, 'You guys should smoke some crack'."
Features / Music
Koi Child
Why Koi Child Made Kevin Parker Sleep In A Bed Of Rat Poo
"We were trying to be nice to him and we made him sleep in the poo bed. I'm sorry Kev."
Features / Arts
Alice Fraser
Laughter, Love, Anger, Belief And Crazy People
"I think people are quite afraid to think about heavy things because you worry if you do then it'll slope into absolute despair."
Features / Arts
Writing Jokes, Taking Hits And Haggling With Muggers
"I genuinely managed to bargain it down to $750, I said I was a poor Indian student."
Features / Music
Cosmo's Midnight Made A Friend And They're Bringing Her On Tour
"I was just looking around and then I stumbled on Kucka on SoundCloud and I was like 'Oh my God, this person exists in Australia.'"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: New Year's Eve Fiesta
Western Australia's finest hit the Rosemount to send off 2015 in style, capping off the year with a mighty bang - who even needs Falls?
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jebediah, Tired Lion, Mt Mountain, Suburban & Coke, FOAM, The Sperts
"The annual New Year’s Eve Fiesta at The Rosemount Hotel is a staple event for any Perth live music punter or local music lover and this year’s party to ring in 2016 was no exception."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill prove they're still on top of their game with a bodies-flailing, beer-flying gig in Perth.
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