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

Cyclone Wehner, Contributor

Cyclone Wehner

Cyclone Wehner is a Melbourne journalist writing about R&B, hip hop, dance music, synth-pop, and film/TV. She's interviewed everyone from Beyoncé to Daft Punk to Jane Campion. Cyclone has also DJed at feted clubs like Revolver. She is obsessed with vampires and, currently, curating concept playlists.

Features / Music
Kehlani's 'While We Wait' Mixtape Is A Movement
The California artist has dropped her first 'event' mixtape.
Features / Arts
Veronica Milsom's Husband Nearly Missed The Birth Of Their Child Because Of Thor
Anti guru Veronica Milsom tells Cyclone she's here to share her parenting method of "knowing nothing at all".
Features / Arts
Joan Morgan Doesn't Need Hip Hop To Make Sense Of Her Feminism Anymore
Writer Joan Morgan, who coined the term 'hip hop feminism' in 1999, explains to Cyclone how the term intersects with the modern #MeToo movement.
Features / Music
Charlotte de Witte Talks Industry Sexism: 'Things Are Moving In A Good Way'
DJ, producer and Belgium native, Charlotte de Witte sits down with our resident techno expert, Cyclone, to discuss her nation's electronic history, industry sexism, upcoming projects and her forthcoming Aussie tour.
Features / Music
Boogie Wants A Grammy & To Be The 'Greatest Artist From Compton'
"It's gang pressure and it's pressure to make it out. I think that's what makes the story; when people do make it out, that's what makes it so amazing."
News / Music
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Solange Dropped A Surprise Album; Here's A Track-By-Track Breakdown
"It's likely to be one of 2019's most vaunted pop culture 'events'."
Features / Music
It Took A Lot For Mansionair To Realise How Not To Be A Band
Jack Froggatt, Lachlan Bostock and Alex Nicholls of Mansionair sit down for a wine with Cyclone to talk about why it took so long to release their debut album.
Features / Music
Fans May Have 'Cancelled' These Albums On Release But Are They Worthy Of A Do-Over?
"There is a long line of urban albums that have been canned because the artists were perceived as challenging, indulgent or 'weird'. Some were merely ahead of their time. So which controversial failures need a boost?"
Features / Music
'We'd Disagree Often & We'd Disagree Loudly': Hilltop Hoods Are Tighter Than Ever For Their New Album
Matt Lambert, aka Suffa from Hilltop Hoods, explains to Cyclone how his friendship with his bandmates has "gotta come first".
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Denzel Curry, The Kid LAROI
"Curry has always been in a league of his own."
Features / Music
Ten Cult & Brilliantly Confounding Post-genre Artists Beloved In R&B, Hip Hop & Beyond
"R&B and hip hop artists are more fluid than ever."
Features / Music
Smino Still Loves Kanye Despite Him 'Eating Too Much Of That Kardashian Soup'
Back Down Under for Laneway, Smino tells Cyclone that 2019 will see him doing "shit in a bigger and better way".
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