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

Justine Keating, Journalist

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Live Review: Paramore & Far Away Stables
The final encore is a performance of Misery Business that unleashes all of Williams’ sass and vigour as she lets down her hair and tears up the stage with the help of an audience member whom she invites up.
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Album Review: Wax Witches - Celebrity Beatings
This is the kind of album you’ll either love or you’ll hate.
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Album Review: Veronica Falls - Waiting For Something To Happen
The progression of Waiting For Something To Happen sees things turn from light-hearted to emotionally driven, resulting in a pleasantly well-formed album.
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Live Review: The Smith Street Band, Bomb The Music Industry!, Ted Danson With Wolves
Everyone emerged from the Annandale drenched with the sweat of themselves and others, and it couldn’t have been a more fitting show for what could be the last legs of the venue.
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Album Review: Ex Cops - True Hallucinations
There’s little trace of imitation and more of appropriation as they’ve managed to craft something recognisable as their own.
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Album Review: We Lost The Sea - The Quietest Place On Earth
It showcases an impressive dynamic range of different styles and skill-sets yet nothing feels out of place.
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Album Review: Sleepmakeswaves - ...and then they remixed everything
The assortment of the artist’s individual styles can at times be a bit disorientating, but it makes for an interesting listen.
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Live Review: Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys, Camperdown & Out, Lonely Hearts & Snotty Babies
Despite a lot of repetition, the dominance of garage punk-influenced music was very appropriate for the venue.
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Album Review: Pissed Jeans - Honeys
It’s certainly not for the faint of heart, but for those who can stomach filthy, erratic punk music, Honeys will have you completely immersed.
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Album Review: Now, Now - Threads
Despite comparisons to Paramore, after hearing Threads, it’s hard to liken their intelligent brand of pop punk to the likes of more trendy, indie acts.