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

Joel Lohman, Journalist

Features / Music
Just Get The Songs; You Can Work Out How It Should Sound Afterwards
"Getting to a point where you can dedicate all your energy to making music full time is a dot on the horizon that keeps moving. It's like a mirage."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Camp Cope, Chastity Belt
"Camp Cope is unmistakably a trio, with each member contributing enormously to the band's distinctive sound."
Features / Music
The Importance Of Being Positive On Purpose
"Hugs are nice! Who doesn't love a good hug?"
Features / Music
'I Didn't Want To Go Half & Half - I Wanted To Go All The Way'
"In the past people's perception of what jazz is was skewed so we would play and people would literally come up and say, 'What kind of music do you call that?'"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Protomartyr, Mere Women
"Casey meets a fan's repeated, shouted requests for 'I Forgive You' by saying, "I forgive you, too," each time, but never playing it."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Alex Cameron, Spike Fuck
"Although the perspective of the straight, white male may be the most overexposed and least essential right now, if anyone has a new angle to contribute, it might just be Alex Cameron."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Slowdive, Kane Ikin
"Tonight Slowdive achieve the extremely rare feat of having songs from their reunion album... as warmly received as favourites from their classic period."
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Live Review: Banoffee, Darcy Baylis
"The song peaks with an epilepsy-inducing light show and Banoffee maniacally whipping her long plaits from side to side."
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Live Review: (Sandy) Alex G, Brightness
"He bleats his lyrics through clenched teeth as if he's still trying not to disturb his college roommates."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Mount Eerie, Julie Byrne
"Couples cling to each other, wondering who will die first and whether the one left behind will transform their grief into transcendent art."
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Live Review: Vince Staples, Kucka
"In this hugely effective, minimalist setting, even minor changes carry an inordinate amount of weight."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Fleet Foxes, Gordi
"With an artist as preternaturally talented as Pecknold, we can only hope he will continue to share, however sporadically, his melodic and musical gifts."