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.

Reviews / Album
'Random Access Memories: Drumless Edition' album art
Album Review: Daft Punk - 'Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)'
'Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)' isn't essential, but it's singular – and occasionally gorgeous.
Features / Interviews
Sound Unlimited
Rosano Martinez On The Impact Of Sound Unlimited: 'We Were Probably The First Multicultural Act Out There'
Sound Unlimited will lead the celebration of 50 years of hip-hop in Australia at the ARIA Awards tonight alongside 1200 Techniques, Bliss n Eso, Barkaa and DJ Krissy.
Features / Interviews
Duran Duran
Roger Taylor Reveals The Key To Duran Duran's Longevity: '40 Years Later, Something Really Special Seems To Happen'
"And, while that happens, we will continue."
Features / Interviews
The Boy Of Many Colors
The Boy Of Many Colors: 'Music's Just One Form Of My Culture'
"Blackfullas are political when they're born; they're born into a position of responsibility. It can be pretty heavy and hard to hold at times."
Features / Music
Tkay Maidza's 'Sweet Justice' Is An Epic Ode To Growth And Evolution: 'My Music Is About Overcoming Things'
"I feel like it took the last eight years of me figuring out that I CAN do dance music, but I just have to be confident in it..."
Features / Music
Luude + Kosheen
Are We Currently Experiencing The Drum 'N' Bass Renaissance?
Drum 'n' bass is back – and bigger than ever.
Features / Music
Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware Promises High-Energy Opulence In Summer Camp Performance: ‘It Will Be Amazing’
“We shall be dancing, I shall be singing, we shall be flirting; it will be fun, it'll be great.”
Features / Music
Holy Holy
Holy Holy: 'If You Travel Outside Australia & Come Back, You Realise How Interesting Australian Music Is'
"I worry that we sometimes dumb ourselves down a little bit to try to not stand out from the bunch..."
Features / Music
BIG WETT
BIG WETT Is The Melbourne Punk Taking Slut-Pop To New Extremes
"Some people love it and some are just so horrified."
News / Music
Yung Gravy and bbno$ aka BABY GRAVY
Yung Gravy And bbno$ Hit A New Peak With ‘GOAT’ Third Mixtape: ‘It’s The Most Fire Of All Of Our Shit'
"I once traded my car with a fan for a weapon. I don't wanna give too many details, but I thought someone wanted to kill me. So I traded a vehicle for a weapon with a super-fan."
Features / Interviews
Bag Raiders
Bag Raiders: ‘The Scene Here Is Just So Watered-down & Weird’
“We've had a little sabbatical, a little hiatus, from each other and now we're ready to resume."
Features / Interviews
Odd Mob
From LEFT TO RIGHT: Odd Mob's Rise To DJ Stardom, Coachella + More
"I love Brisbane. I don't think I ever wanna move. It's the perfect place for me… I can't picture myself living in LA. It's not for me."
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