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
Jay-Z & Beyonce And The Other Most Zeitgeist Albums Of 2018 So Far
"Who saw this coming?"
Features / Music
'Lil' Rappers Have Dominated The Urban Music Scene In 2018: Here's The Best Of The Bunch
#OGFlavas
Features / Arts
Oz Comic-Con 2018: Shipping Wars On 'The 100' & Dark Times In 'Riverdale'
"The actors front popular Q&A sessions, covering such matters as 'tonality' and continuity while occasionally spilling some tea."
Features / Music
Finding A Support System In Allday & Being A Vegan On The Road
"[Allday is] one of my most important friends, I think - probably my most important friend!"
Features / Music
A Future Through The Looking Glass
"I learned to trust myself and my capabilities and just realise that art is all about expression of yourself and your ideas and, in that world, nothing else matters."
Features / Music
Exposing 'Parts Of Yourself' Through Art
"I've always pushed myself into places of going, 'Ok, if I can express this and go deeper into my artistry, then perhaps that will reach other people.'"
Features / Music
Solange @ Sydney's Metro Theatre in 2014. Pic by Clare Hawley.
The Secret Aussie History Of Solange Knowles
"Today Solange emanates as an elusive figure who, rarely granting interviews, communicates through her music, videos and social media."
Features / Music
Can A$AP Rocky's New Album Live Up To Its Own Hype?
"Today's rappers have embraced the very notion of 'art', and challenged the perceived boundaries of hip hop, like none before."
Features / Music
Learning More Language Around Gender & Moving On From Pikelet
"I was like, 'Oh, maybe this feels like something I understand in a different way, not just in a theoretical way.'"
Features / Music
Why Are We So Into Mystique?
"Part of it is self-defence. In a digital world, artists are censured, or dragged, for every misstep (just ask Cardi B)..."
Features / Music
Meet MNEK: The Londoner Who's Worked With Madonna, Beyonce & Kylie
"She's [Beyonce] always been so complimentary to myself and my work…"
Features / Music
Swapping Acoustic Guitar For Keys & Watching The Football With Liam Gallagher
"There's something to be said for just straight-down-the-line pop songs with honest lyrics."
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