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

Madeleine O’Gorman, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Rumer - Boys Don’t Cry
Each track is coated in a tender and airy musical ambience, a far cry from the mellow-yet-edgy jazz flavours that soaked Seasons Of My Soul.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: His Merry Men, The Dub Captains, The Bon Scotts
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Graveyard Train The Hi-Fi Bar
From the word go, their sinister undertone is exposed, one that’s both fearsome and addictive as all hell.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Buckley Ward - The Toff In Town
"Like staring down a barrel, lead vocalist Jimmy Allen has an intense gaze that’s hard to ignore. What’s more, if you focus on it hard enough, you can somehow hear what he’s hearing and zone out the crowd.'
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Boy & Bear - Forum Theatre
"Although the Forum has a 1,700-odd capacity, the gig is one of intimacy, with friendly rapport between band and crowd."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ainslee Wills - Workers Club
Wearing a blue kimono-like jacket and red heels, the night’s leading lady beams onstage, looking genuinely overwhelmed by the turnout
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kim Boekbinder, Brendan Maclean - Evelyn Hotel
"Wide-eyed and expectant, her fans slowly gravitate towards the front, clapping and chanting “she’s the impossible girl” before landing on the floor with their knees against their chests. The whole spectacle is quite bizarre, but fascinating, as if she’s channeling an unearthly presence that’s given rise to a devoted movement."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes @ Prince Bandroom
This was less a Clairy Browne gig and more a Clairy Brown spectacular.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Last Dinosaurs - Phoenix Public House
Unrivalled and fresh, Last Dinosaurs leave behind a sweaty and exalted crowd who opt not to surrender to the streets, but instead to linger in awe.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Peep Tempel, Mesa Cosa, Jackals, The Kremlins @ The Tote
Despite previous releases, they prune their set of any old recordings until a throng of devotees scream for Boots On The Bed as an encore, to which they happily oblige. Is Friday 13th really a night of bad omens? I beg to differ.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: mother and son, the bonniwells, mesa cosa