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

Sevana Ohandjanian, Journalist

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Album Review: The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It
"Bright and beautiful indie rock, the simplicity shouldn't be dismissed."
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Album Review: Miguel - Wildheart
"He attempts to marry that to a rock star persona, all huge guitar riffs and vocal crescendos, with some success."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Paloma Faith, Joel Culpepper
"She’s the elegant party girl – she’ll get up on the piano and shimmy her way through a tune, but she’ll do it all with every hair in place"
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Album Review: Blur - The Magic Whip
"This new record suggests their already expansive horizons are broader, a melting pot of abstract influences."
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Album Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
"Though 'Chasing Yesterday' delivers this in some respects, moments in it tend to fall flat."
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Album Review: Various - Fifty Shades Of Grey Original Soundtrack
"You know what’s really sexy? Strings."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Collarbones, HTML Flowers, Yoke
Sydney got swept up in Collarbones' euphoria at Newtown Social Club.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: One Direction, McBusted
One Direction thrilled the large Sydney crowd with their desire to entertain.
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Album Review: Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
"A masterful funk-disco record."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jamie T, High-Tails
Jame T gave us trouble of a good kind at the Metro.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: How To Dress Well
How To Dress rates well - and rates himself - in Sydney.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bo Ningen, MAKING
Bo Ningen's enthusiasm was palpable at Oxford Art Factory.