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 / Film & TV
Second Sun Rising
Cyclone sinks her teeth into the finale of the cultural hullabaloo that is Twilight.
Features / Music
Feeding MNDR
"I really tried to write with zero irony or zero double entendre – for this album, I wanted to write straight from the heart."
Features / Music
Sims' Motor City
Sims is particularly “intrigued by” dubstep – “We were just like, ‘What the fuck is that?’”
Features / Music
Soul Royalty
“I’m in the studio now trying to finish off a project by tomorrow, so I’m working.”
Features / Music
Breaking The Cycle
“It’s an ultimate goal for me in my career to make a film and the music. But it’s such a huge amount of work that I would have to find the time to do that. Right now it’s not possible, but maybe in a few years...”
Features / Music
Finding A Balance
"People are so fast and trying to get to the top too quickly. There’s so much noise out there, it’s really hard to get heard – I understand that completely."
Features / Music
Sonshine
“The house thing is gonna go the way of maybe like disco... It’s just got to the point where people are getting burnt out on it.”
Features / Music
Steve Aoki
All Encompassing
“Two bottles of Cristal is definitely a ballin’ move. Do I need it? No, but if I can get it… sweet!”
Features / Music
Pocket Full Of Diversity
"I’m really digging Kendrick Lamar... He’s an amazing writer. Listening to his music it sounds like, Yo, this dude has got no rules – he’s not conforming to anything whatsoever."
Features / Music
Park Life
"We had all been in the same circle of friends and we would always hang out at afterparties and go to events together – and we would always end up jamming somewhere or playing records at someone’s house.”
Features / Music
Oakey Dokey
Paul Oakenfold may be scoring movies, but he isn’t abandoning the clubs.
Features / Music
Sheep's Clothing
"In my opinion, things truly have changed – embrace it, put your spin on it, make it better. Nas would be a good example of this."
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