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

Tash Loh, Journalist

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Live Review: Grace: The Songs Of Jeff Buckley
"The show wrapped up like a tiny present you want to keep in your pocket and carry with you..."
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Live Review: Dune Rats, West Thebarton Brothel Party, The Beverly Chills
"It was a rowdy, disgusting, insane, downright filthy show. It was a bloody bucket of fun."
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Live Review: The Amity Affliction, A Day To Remember, Motionless In White, Hands Like Houses
"Four bands, three confetti explosions, a few hundred balloons, one top-notch night."
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Live Review: Elton John, Foy Vance
"[The crowd would] probably jump off a cliff if he asked them politely enough."
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Live Review: The Jungle Giants, Leo, Cabin Cults
"The pit held the kind of energy usually reserved for two month old puppies and a room full of toddlers after a few litres of red cordial."
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Live Review: Kisschasy; Sincerely, Grizzly; Mayweather
"'We're Kisschasy from Melbourne, Australia, and this is our final ever tour,' Cordeaux says. The crowd boos. 'Soz.'"
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Live Review: Jive Record Bar Opening
"The idea holds a whole lot of potential, and it's super exciting to watch the record bar grow and develop with the crowd it attracts."
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Live Review: Matt Corby, RW Grace
"The room quietens and Corby lifts his fingers to the mic, closes his eyes, hesitates a moment and starts clicking."
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Live Review: Laura Marling, DD Dumbo
"The stripped-back simplicity of her music secretly draws you in and is overwhelming in how subtle it is."
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Live Review: The Paper Kites, Patrick James
"In their magical fairy forest of hanging lights and surreal sounds, they're right at home."
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Live Review: The Rubens, Saskwatch, Winterbourne
"The band is a well-oiled machine full of more soul and heart than your grandma's homemade apple pie."
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Live Review: Meg Mac, Skies
"The reassurance that everything was gonna be alright set up a beautifully loving vibe in the room."