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.

Reviews / Arts
Jess Perkins & Naomi Higgins: Twins (MICF)
"'Twins' is a total triumph in the lesser-known offerings of the festival."
Reviews / Arts
Judith Lucy & Denise Scott: Disappointments (MICF)
"Be prepared to hear the words "strapping antlers to my vulva", and take that as setting the tone"
Reviews / Arts
Paul Culliver: Don't Go Chasing Water Pauls (MICF)
"[Culliver's] organic charisma could carry him through a recital of the phone book."
Reviews / Arts
Hammer & Tongs: Goin' At It (MICF)
"Lisle and Ryan are resilient and hardworking performers."
Reviews / Arts
ACT Like A Lady (MICF)
"Their comedy can traverse their Gen-Y facade with personal and eye-opening stories"
Reviews / Arts
Headliners Lineup II (MICF)
"[Fortune Feimster] has an affability that most comics couldn't dream of achieving"
Reviews / Arts
Damian Callinan & Paul Calleja: The Wine Bluffs (MICF)
"Callinan and Calleja play to their knowledgeable punters with total ease and outlandishness."
Reviews / Arts
Barry Morgan: Out Of This World (MICF)
"A one-man explosion of '70s chic, organ rock songs, and cheese of the highest order."
Reviews / Arts
Jonathan Schuster: Earth Choice (MICF)
"His style is carved from the same stone as some of the greats before him."
Reviews / Arts
Clara Cupcakes: The Worst (MICF)
"All the little details that come standard with a Clara Cupcakes show are what make it so excellent."
Reviews / Arts
Alanta Colley: Parasites Lost (MICF)
"Like a lecture with some gags thrown in for good measure."
Reviews / Arts
Arielle Conversi: Tumbleweedesque (MICF)
"For anyone looking for that 'one unknown to go see', she is definitely worth the punt."
View More