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 / Interviews
BARKAA
BARKAA On Her Bold New EP 'Big Tidda': 'I Wanted To Showcase All Parts Of Me As A Woman'
"This is BARKAA as a mum. This is BARKAA being proud of herself. This is BARKAA big noting and showing off. And this is BARKAA being reflective."
Industry / Feature
Elijah
Elijah On BIGSOUND, AI, Being An Influencer & More: 'Nearly Everything I Do Is Creativity'
Ahead of his keynote at BIGSOUND, UK grime pioneer Elijah answers some of The Music's hard-hitting questions.
Reviews / Live
Now Or Never
Live Review: Now Or Never @ Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
The evening's ultimate revelation? Witnessing the Sandwell District team so in sync with each other.
Features / Interviews
Henry Moodie
Henry Moodie Writes About Mental Health Without Falling Into Sad Boy Tropes: 'I'm Willing To Be Vulnerable'
Henry Moodie discusses growing up without toxic masculinity and within stan culture and his new 'coming-of-age record', 'good old days.'
Features / Interviews
3%
3% On NIMAs & Their Debut LP: 'We Made The Album That Needed To Be Made At This Moment In Time'
3%'s debut album, 'KILL THE DEAD,' is about the band members' people. It contains joy, trauma, happiness, strength, and a whole lot of resilience. This is the 3% story.
Features / Interviews
Artemas
Artemas On The 'Spectacle' Of His Live Shows: 'My Music Has Always Been Super Melodramatic'
The 'i like the way you kiss me' hitmaker is preparing to tour Australia for the first time, but first, the Artemas story is furthered in the new mixtape 'yustyna'.
Features / Music
CYRIL
From Darwin To Deutschland, CYRIL Eyes A Bright Future: ‘There's A Lot Of New Music Coming’
Darwin-based DJ and producer Cyril Riley is living his best life. After going viral last year, he’s setting his sights on a new EP (or two) and massive world touring plans.
Features / Music
Hiatus Kaiyote
Hiatus Kaiyote Charge Ahead With Bright & Bold New Album: ‘People Like Our Music Because We Break The Rules’
On their mindful and mesmerising fourth album, ‘Love Heart Cheat Code’, future soul firestarters Hiatus Kaiyote are heralding a new optimism.
Features / Interviews
Macy Gray
Macy Gray On Living Without Regrets & How Nicole Kidman Made Her A Better Singer
Macy Gray discusses the "cool" art she always wanted to make – including heavy metal and jazz albums – and the sleeper success of 'On How Life Is' ahead of her Australian tour.
Features / Interviews
Xzibit
Xzibit: 'I Love What Hip-Hop's Done For My Life, But I Don't Want Hip-Hop To Consume My Life' 
Ahead of Xzibit's upcoming 3:Twenty tour with D12 and Obie Trice, the rapper talks acting, the impact of 'Man Vs Machine', and what's next.
Features / Music
Fever Ray
Fever Ray: ‘Getting To Know Yourself Is A Big Part Of Being Able To Be Open’
Ahead of their Vivid LIVE performances next week, we dive deep with the formerly elusive, forever entrancing Fever Ray.
Features / Interviews
Justice
'We Wanted Our Music To Be Bigger Than Our Personalities': On 'Hyperdrama', Justice Are Still Disrupters
"The more we listen to [music], we're always trying to find something that we haven't listened to before – just because it's more fun and more unsettling."
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