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
Club Glam
"I’m really in two minds about an album for a dance artist. Obviously, for some people it works really well – like you see Disclosure and Flume and how it did really well for them."
News / Music
MIA Wants, Needs Media Attention Says Sri Lankan Club Muso
It's all about the music for Perera Elsewhere though
Features / Music
Move Over MIA
"The mainstream press don't really analyse music – they analyse lives and celebrities. I guess that is something [MIA] wants or needs."
Features / Music
Ready For Battle
“I mean, you want a girlfriend, but it’s so hard being distant. It just doesn’t work.”
Features / Music
Bring On The Dog
"I can’t really say if I’m gonna work on a new album or not because I make music all the time. If it feels like an album, then it probably is."
Features / Music
Taking His Time
"I’m writing some very, very cool stuff at the moment and I’m in the midst of turning it into something gargantuan."
Features / Music
Dirty Harry
“I’ve never been a mysterious guy – like, if anyone asks me anything, I’ll tell them whatever.
Features / Music
Healing Bones
"It was very shocking, of course – because, when you’re young, you think that you’re immortal and you’ll never get old and you’ll never die."
Features / Music
Steppin' Out
"We are sometimes more easily pigeonholed as ‘dubstep’ based on some of our older music. We don’t care about genres, though – especially now."
Features / Music
Bounce Back
“Australia’s always been great for me – it’s definitely one of those places internationally that has supported me from very early on.”
Features / Music
Morcheeba
Tripping Across Generations
“I was very nervous about returning. I didn’t know how they felt about me – and was it gonna be like before?”
Features / Music
Titilation
“I’ve put my whole heart and soul into this thing.”
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