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.

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Elemental P
“There’s just a whole helluva lot of great rap out right now – honestly. I think it’s one of the best times for hip hop music in general. Maybe there were a few years where it was a little stale, but I just think that there’s so many new cool voices out right now."
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A To Zed
“I think the album format definitely still has relevance to us – and we’d definitely wanna do one. It’s just about timing, really, and making a big commitment.”
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Cop That
“The purpose is not to make the voice more in tune,” Leaneagh reveals, “it sort of distorts it in a certain way that kind of smoothens it out into an instrument, more than just a vocal performance.”
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What A Guy
“I learned that it is good to support other artists, good to give and listen to advice. Competition is not so healthy when you don’t want to share your knowledge and always have your head in the sand."
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Every Which Way
“I tend not to focus too much on the reviews and stuff, ‘cause you can get a bit bogged down with it, but the response has been really good. I’m dead chuffed with how it’s gone down, so that’s a bonus.”
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A Monstrous Rise
“I guess there have been a couple of folky bands that have paved the way for us in America. I think it was maybe the right music at the right time for the American market. "
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Jack Of All Trades
“I’m pretty much doing a club tour this time around, which I don’t always do, so that’s kinda nice, actually – ‘cause I’m usually on some big festival and now I’m gonna do a few club dates instead."
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Letting It Flow
Kaskade is looking forward to inviting The Killers' Brandon Flowers back to his hotel room while in Australia for Big Day Out.
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OG Trance?
"Pretty much I just wanna take it to the movies – soundtracks and scoring – and doing stuff for video games and commercials and stuff like that."
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Coles' Home Brand
"My Dad used to do the artwork for bands like Killing Joke, so maybe it's just in my blood!"
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Writer's Poll - Cyclone
Cyclone Wehner casts her vote on the best of the best.
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Just Dance Music
“Whenever I try to describe what we do, I just say what I say to my Grandma: We make dance music and it’s around this beat – and that’s about it!”
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