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

Joe Dolan, Journalist

Joe Dolan

In 2016, I was studying professional writing when an email dropped into my inbox with an opportunity to intern with a budding street press magazine (those were a thing back then). By the end of the eight-or-so-week course I was hooked - and for some bizarre reason,The Musicdecided to keep me around.

Since then I’ve gone on to review countless live gigs, albums, standup sets, theatre shows and gotten to interview some bone fide legends along the way too. Nowadays, I even perform and work on the occasional show myself, but I still like to find time to get out amongst the action whenever I can.

If it weren’t forThe Music, I can genuinely say my life would be totally different. Definitely more boring, to say the least.

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Reviews / Live
CMAT
Live Review: CMAT, Ella Hooper @ Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
The room bellows with a sound once reserved for early Beatles shows at CMAT's first-ever headline show in Australia.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Catherine Cohen, Jordan Barr @ The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
It’s hard to imagine Cohen being any funnier, even if she wasn’t severely sleep-deprived.
Features / Interviews
Sparks On Playing Larger Australian Venues: 'Bring It On'
"A lot more younger people are coming out! We’re hoping the same thing happens in Australia."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: IDLES @ Festival Hall
IDLES don’t do encores - they don’t need to.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: "Weird Al" Yankovic @ Palais Theatre
There are no costumes, no sketches, and shockingly to some, no parodies. It’s all Yankovic originals, and it’s about damn time, really
Features / Interviews
‘NEVER Step On Our Jokes’: We Took On TISM & It Got Interesting
“We’ve just spent 20 minutes trying to get that joke across the line with a very intelligent journalist at the ABC who was deeply unimpressed by us.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Penn & Teller
"And just like any other media, it is all the better for seeing it in person."
Features / Music
With Liminal, Budjerah Is At A 'Transitional Point' In His Creativity
“The team had a very clear and creative vision for the staging and lighting, I loved everything they had in mind. They did a really good job I think of capturing the mood of my music.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Review: 'Play On Victoria' Gives Punters Exactly What They Need Right Now
"This is a glimmer of hope that we can - and will - make it back."
News / Arts
Watch Comic Tash York Nail The Era Of Zoom-ertainment With 'Pivot'
"I wrote this, made a jumpsuit and turned the sparkle den into a 90s rave/kids disco party."
Features / Arts
Why Did Vic's COVID Roadmap Get Quietly Updated To Exclude Entertainment Venues?
"This is about them opening the door just enough to get our hand out, and then slamming it shut.”
Features / Arts
Melbourne Fringe Has Hit The Internet! Here Are Some Picks For What To Watch
With the pandemic forcing Melbourne Fringe to go completely digital this year, artists and performers have gotten more creative than ever to bring you some of the best at-home content you can sink your teeth into. Here are just a few of the amazing acts we can't wait to see.
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