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
3D World Magazine
The Secret History Of 3D World Magazine
"The voice of underground movements": To celebrate The Music's street press archive launch, music journalist Cyclone Wehner explores the history of 3D World Magazine.
Features / Music
PNAU
PNAU On Driving A Global Phenomenon: ‘How Could That Not Shift Things?’
The iconic Aussie dance trio are just hours away from launching their career-defining sixth album, ‘Hyperbolic’.
Reviews / Live
The Human League
Live Review: The Human League @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne
"It's a bold call but The Human League must be the best live electronic band in music today."
Features / Interviews
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers: 'When It Sounds Good, People Will Respond In An Excited Manner'
This month, The Chemical Brothers are returning to Australia with their transportive audio-visual live show for the first time since 2019.
Reviews / Live
Texas
Live Review: Texas @ Forum Melbourne
Watching Texas live in Melbourne, it's clear they're anything but a predictable heritage act – they forever exist in the present.
Reviews / Live
AO Finals Festival
Live Review: Australian Open Finals Festival - Men's Final Day
The AO Finals Festival may become its own as less a musical satellite of the tournament and more a planet – putting some extra "happy" in "The Happy Slam".
Reviews / Live
Peach PRC @ AO Finals Festival
Live Review: Australian Open Finals Festival - Pride Day
While Tash Sultana works the massive venue with an expansive set, Peach PRC was the superstar of the day.
Features / Music
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy On Going With The Flow For New Era: ‘It's Gonna Be Very Elegant And Very Beautiful’
Lacy is about to embark on the Laneway Festival tour, where he had such a good time in 2018 that he "personally asked to come back".
Features / Music
Milan Ring
Milan Ring Is Figuring Herself Out: ‘I Just Wanna Make Some Fun Songs And Be Silly And Playful’
The bonafide polymath is kicking off a new era with the psychedelic, maximalist ‘Quicksand’. In our exclusive interview, she explains how her future will be defined not by one singular path, but a kaleidoscope of ambition.
Features / Music
Miss Kaninna
Miss Kaninna: ‘Blak Women Have Always Been At The Bottom But If You Give Us The Chance, We'll Outshine All Of You’
"I'm really excited for the EP 'cause it will make people understand me as an artist a bit more, rather than just boxing me into hip-hop."
Features / Music
TLC
TLC On Their Past, Present And Future As The Girl Group That Defined A Generation
"You can't think about the '90s without thinking of us."
Features / Interviews
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee On Bringing Goth & Electronica 'Full Circle'
"I think we're probably more sane than we've ever been – and more lucid. If that comes with age – bring it on!"
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