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

Kassia Aksenov, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Spandau Ballet
"Although Spandau Ballet’s new material has not lost their signature sound, the fans were there to relive memories of their youth, the ‘good ol’ days’"
Reviews / Arts
Matt Okine: The Other Guy
"Okine is an outstanding storyteller."
Reviews / Arts
Rhys Nicholson: Forward
"Nicholson takes his audience on a journey through life’s ups and downs from a 20-something, gay man’s Gen Y perspective"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bootleg Rascal, Lyall Moloney, Good Counsel
"Bootleg Rascal treated the audience to blissful tracks inculcated with Lara’s exquisitely raspy vocals."
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Live Review: Band Of Skulls, Spookyland
"Band Of Skulls haven’t written a bad track."
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Live Review: Alabama Shakes, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
"...devoted fans were left hanging as they waited for their Alabama Shakes favourites, Hold On and Hang Loose, arguably two of their best tracks, which regrettably never came"
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Live Review: Dorsal Fins, Main Beach, Robert Muinos
"Those who saw Dorsal Fins dolphinately had a whale of a time!"
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Live Review: Client Liaison, Retiree, Wrooks
Punters at Oxford At Factory left with heavy hearts and weighty, water-logged feet.
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Live Review: Parquet Courts, Straight Arrows, Destiny 3000
The American rock band got the audience moshing and crowd-surfing in Sydney.
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Live Review: The Crooked Fiddle Band, Rapaport & Ellesquire, P. Smurf
The Sydney band performed at The Basement with a 17-piece string orchestra.
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Live Review: Richard In Your Mind, Raindrop, Alyx Dennison
Richard In Your Mind performed psychedelic songs off their latest album at Union Hotel.
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Live Review: Basenji, Oscar Key Song, Michael Ozone
Basenji delivers infectious fun to a packed-out Sydney room.
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