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

Chris Hayden, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Jess Cornelius, pic by Andrew Briscoe
Live Review: The Age 2012 EG Music Awards
Features / Music
Outlandish Riffs
"I also sampled stuff off vinyl records. I have this old sampling module at home that you can do really good pitch shifting with, so I use that all the time as well"
Features / Music
Not Belly Itchers
"The eldest in the band is 24, so we might as well just smash it now while we’re young,” he smiles. “I don’t think we ever sat down and thought to ourselves that it wasn’t going to happen, you know?"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Grizzly Bear, Kirin J Callinan
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deep Sea Arcade, The Preatures, Fishing
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Wallflowers - Glad All Over
Glad All Over is as solid a display of disaffected American songwriting as you’ll hear all year.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: San Cisco - San Cisco
Just about every track on San Cisco could be a single and, with the way things have gone over the past year, there’s every chance they will be.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Taylor Swift - Red
You win again Swifty.
Features / Music
Doing It For Themselves
“It’s not the be all and end all, and we’re not looking at it as our one break, but it’s not often that you get the chance to get on a stage and sing to a couple of million people. It’s been such a positive experience and we really want that to continue.”
Features / Music
Not Drowning, Waving
“I just got back from Portugal where I got these really amazing recordings, but I’ve got no idea how to use them."
Features / Music
The Glitter, The Gold And The Ruin
“I guess like any normal married couple there were times when we were like ‘Alright, I don’t want to work with you anymore!’ out of frustration more than anything."
Features / Music
Them Crooked Vultures
“Now that we don’t have a drummer, we’ve got that space at the back of the stage that we can fill up with fun things.”