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
Destiny's Children & Terminators - Invaluable Experience From Unusual Opportunities
"Me and Anderson .Paak did a lot of music for Kelly [Rowland] before he blew up, but she didn't actually end up recording any of it."
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R&B Outfit Rhye Rise From The Ashes On Latest Album 'BLOOD'
'BLOOD follows the arc of one relationship ending and another beginning.'
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Comebacks, Newcomers & Homegrown Talent - All Your R&B Predictions For 2018
'Some of urban music's biggest names are expected to drop albums in 2018.'
Features / Music
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I think, when I was more honest with myself, I was writing better music. I'm not trying to over-complicate anything."
Features / Music
The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Cyclone
Features / Music
10 Acts Who Defined Urban Music In 2017
"The personal and political can be cerebral – and poetic."
Features / Music
How Changa Changed PNAU
"We've made a record called 'Changa', 'cause we smoked changa - and you get really into another dimension when you do that."
Features / Music
New Zealand's Villette Dasha Is The 'One-Woman Band' Set To Make It Big In 2018
"My Mum named me Villette 'cause it means 'strong and determined'."
Features / Music
A.Skillz & Z-Trip Are Pushing The Boundaries With Their New Collab
"The Battle Of Breakfest" is almost upon us.
News / Music
Is 'Revival' Eminem's Best Work Yet?
Mathers – the top-selling rapper ever – betrays a new self-consciousness about his music. Rather than buckle to complacency, Mathers has had a crisis of confidence.
Features / Music
Living In The Future Of Pop Music
"Of all the people who have died recently, that was the one that really shocked me - a guy who I thought would go on for another 30 or 40 years making vital albums."
Features / Music
Thirty Years In, Texas Is Just As Big As Ever
"It was about a very personal moment in my life that kind of almost had to be put out there to be able to make the next Texas record."
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