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.

News / Film & TV
Naoki Mori
Ab Fab Actor Isn't Happy She's Not Returning For The Movie
"I was absolutely gutted. But it didn't work out."
Features / Arts
Bridget Everett
Why A Beastie Boy Told Bridget Everett To Embrace The Silly
"I have a feeling that a lotta people I grew up with are voting for Donald Trump."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Belinda Carlisle, Pseudo Echo
"Renowned for her tremulous vocals, she engages in minimal banter, instead focusing on her extensive 'greatest hits'."
Reviews / Arts
The Distance
"Bruce's writing is unwaveringly astute — and, unexpectedly, The Distance broaches social satire."
Reviews / Arts
Picnic At Hanging Rock
"One detail is particularly inexplicable — why do the girls wear modern winter private school uniforms?"
Features / Music
Berlin And A Galaxy Far, Far Away
"We were kids and so couldn't say, 'Hey, we need a break' — and the record labels weren't gonna say it."
Features / Arts
A Sense Of The Australian Gothic
"It's all these kind of really philosophical and mysterious questions that in some way nature does hold the answers to..."
Features / Film & TV
Daft Punk Unchained
Daft Punk Unchained, Unmasked
"It's the first time when an electronic band was considered like a rock band... It's a huge battle in this industry."
Features / Arts
Fill A Room And Make 'Em Laugh
"I can say whatever I like — and I will!"
Features / Film & TV
Using More Than His Voice To Call For Change
"If we're gonna see change, or if we're going to initiate change, there has to be a presence. This is part of that — it's a big part of that."
Features / Music
Common Kings
How Justin Timberlake Shared His Secrets With Common Kings
"He'll come and just chop it up with us."
News / Music
Briggs Blasts Iggy Azalea: "She's Definitely Over"
"It's like this weird minstrel show she puts on – she's garbage."
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