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

Lucy Regter, Journalist

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Live Review: Kurt Vile
"The entire Palais was held captivated."
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Live Review: Sticky Fingers, Gold Member
"Hands up, smoke clouds emerging, smiles everywhere."
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Live Review: Stonefox, The Winter Gypsy, MANE
"A lush blanket of indie-pop wrapped up the room and the listeners inside."
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Live Review: Big Scary, Dreller
"They've come a long way from their indie-pop heartbreakers."
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Live Review: Hockey Dad, Horror My Friend, Stork
"One guy got kicked out for crowd-surfing before the end of the first track."
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Live Review: City Calm Down, Ali Barter, SKIES
"It was impossible to tell the band were sleep deprived from early morning interviews."
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Live Review: Dustin Tebbutt, Robbie Miller, Woodes
"We held our breath listening to the final few impossible notes that closed the set."
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Live Review: Alpine, The Montreals, Auguste
"The soaring harmonies from Baker and James were the spectacle of the night."
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Live Review: Skegss, Dumb Punts, Stork
"The dancefloor was a blurry mess of bodies, shoes and beers."
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Live Review: Sons Of Zoku, The Winter Gypsy
"...members seemed to experience moments of spiritual enlightenment with eyes rolling back and sweat dripping from foreheads."
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Live Review: Hey Geronimo, Alice Ivy, Lost Woods, The Montreals
"Playing to a crowd that proudly sang and danced for the entirety of the set, the electricity between the band and fans was unmistakable."
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Live Review: Zen Panda, The Montreals, DRUID FLUIDS
"Possibly the highlight of the set, as it came so unexpected, was a sudden breakout of coordinated dancing by the whole band."
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