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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Review: ★★★★½ Double Denim Adventure Show (MICF)
"A wild and ridiculous ride."
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PO PO MO CO: Nosfer-ARSE-tu (MICF)
"Whatever it is, there's absolutely nothing else like it."
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Gillian Cosgriff: So Far So Good (MICF)
"Everything a crowd could possibly want in an hour of musical comedy, and so much more."
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Cam Knight: Get Rich Or Die Crying (MICF)
"A superbly put together evening or classic showman stand-up."
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Review: ★★★½ Perri Cassie: Secondhand Bubblegum (MICF)
"He's ambitious, to say the least, but his show may fall on the rougher side of 'too much of a good thing'."
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Review: ★★★★½ Fringe Wives Club: Glitter Clittery - A ConSENSUAL Reboot (MICF)
"A powerhouse of inspiring song and dance."
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Review: ★★★ Becky Lucas: Cute Funny Smart Sexy Beautiful (MICF)
"The comedian is exceptionally funny when she hits the mark, but the peaks are too few and far between for a wholly satisfying solo show."
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Review: ★★★★ Tim Key: Megadate
"Constantly ticking, never resting, riding peaks of comedic poise and artistic brilliance."
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Review: ★★★½ Fern Brady: Suffer, Fools! (MICF)
"Brady may not be for everyone, but her story is one that really should be heard by all."
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Neal Portenza: Fafenefenoiby II: Return of the Ghost Boy (MICF)
"A wonderful, joyous, shatteringly honest sucker-punch send-off."
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Review: ★★★ John Kearns: Don't Worry, They're Here (MICF)
"There are moments where Kearns almost berates the crowd for not laughing enough."
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Review: ★★★★ Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College (MICF)
"The boys have delivered another textbook Aunty Donna show, satisfying that urge for the weird and wonderful that they do so well."
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