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

Baz McAlister, Journalist

Features / Arts
The King Of Comedy
"I don’t want the [big drunk expat crowds], I only want the locals who’ve picked up The Music to come! Lonely people who pick up magazines in pubs and record shops; maybe they’re waiting for someone, or between relationships."
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Party Games
"With the two of us on stage there’s always eight ideas flashing around between our brains – so if I go dry for one moment, he’s still got four great ideas over there."
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Deuce Is Loose
“You can’t hide behind whatever you’ve achieved in your life, whatever movies you’ve made... You’ve got two minutes to be funny and that’s it."
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Craic Dealer
"I don’t know under what vision giving people guns when they’re drunk is a good idea."
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Byrne Notice
"I’d never stopped for that long in seventeen years of gigging, and I was worried I wouldn’t remember how to do it. I’m such a fucking idiot."
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Old-Fashioned Lynching
"I don’t play comedy clubs and that’s not where I cut my teeth, it was more music clubs, so I don’t feel part of that fraternity."
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Downward Spiral
"I recall a young Judith onstage 20 years ago, twirling a salami over her head. To be honest, the notion that Judith Lucy would become one of Australia’s greatest stand-ups was not the first thought that came to mind that night."
Reviews / Arts
Uta Uber Kool Ja
Uta and George’s easy banter and turbulent relationship was a joy to sit back and watch.
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Too Legit To Quit
“I have a house now in the Hollywood Hills, and it’s all very wanky and stuff, but LA is a fun place... if you’ve made it,”
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Perfect Tripod: Australian Songs
One hour and some change just doesn’t seem enough time in the hands of these chaps.
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Wayan's World
"We’re really excited to be able to come out on tour and connect with our fanbases around the world. I’d say come out and see us, check your brain at the door and have a really great time.”
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Voice Of The People
“It’s very hard to ignore by comedians, but the only gags that will survive are the clever ones."