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

Lucia Osborne Crowley, Journalist

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Album Review: Paul Banks - Banks
While certainly not uplifting, is endlessly impressive in its complexity and almost harrowing in its depth and melancholic feel.
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Album Review: Sarah Blasko - I Awake
This record, with all its simultaneous sophistication and honesty, truly is a triumph on all accounts.
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Album Review: Ball Park Music - Museum
While still relatively new on the Australian music scene, the group have constructed a steady, satisfying record that speaks of experience far beyond their years.
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Album Review: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise
Technically, the record is far from flawless and certainly feels misdirected at times, but it certainly makes an impact.
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Album Review: TZU - Millions Of Moments
Millions Of Moments pushes the envelope of Australian hip hop with its incredibly complex textures and variety and depth of lyrical content.
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Album Review: Cat Power - Sun
The album certainly has some conspicuous weak moments, but also has particularly powerful moments in equal measure and is nonetheless a very satisfying collection.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jinja Safari, Opossom, White Arrows
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Live Review: The Shins, Husky
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Album Review: Alt-J (∆) - An Awesome Wave
A fascinating combination of progressive alt-pop instrumentals and incredibly varied, intoxicating vocals.
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Album Review: Plan B - Ill Manors
The album does frequently fall short in terms of instrumental and lyrical cohesion, and is at times slightly repetitive, but it’s nonetheless courageous and, more often than not, incredibly catchy.
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Album Review: Angus Stone - Broken Brights
Broken Brights is not quite what you might expect, with an overpowering country-folk feel and a less conventional instrumental arrangement than the singer is known for.
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Album Review: Birdy - Birdy
The young singer undoubtedly proves her musical and vocal talent with this record.