Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Brynn Davies, Journalist

Features / Music
Maverick Have Concocted A Dose Of Summer In Their New Song
"All three of us are really tight, we've got an unfakable chemistry 'cause we're all such good mates."
Features / Music
Why A Motorcycle Accident Wasn't Gonna Stop Red Gazelle
"After a driver pulled out into my street without looking, which was a bit rude."
Features / Music
Why Amy Shark Is Feeling The Heat Of The Spotlight
"A lot of this stuff is really heavy. There's songs on this EP that are so heavy and it's like, how am I going to manoeuvre myself around this?"
Features / Music
Kim Churchill's Gaffer Taped Thumb Still Remains From His Teenage Gigs
"I'll never forget the time I was in Mexico and I was hell-bent on this tradition that I had of muesli and yoghurt and fruit."
Features / Music
Why Music Is An Escape For Cool Explosions
"Like Little Richard driving an old ice cream van relentlessly around Melbourne's northern suburbs blasting out Alan Vega and Rihanna mash-ups."
Features / Music
Trombone Shorty: The Musical Sponge From New Orleans
"You know, it's such a magical city... People in New Orleans, we play music from the soul and for the soul. It's always a party here.
Features / Music
At The Dakota On Sweltering In Darwin While Trying To Break Out
"If you're playing a gig every weekend, you're trying to draw the same crowd in and they're gonna get sick of ya."
Features / Music
Why Roland Kay-Smith Is No Longer About The Moonbeams, Oceans & Yearning
"This album is not that."
Features / Music
The Person Rory J Dawson Could Spend Days Locked In A Room With
"He is one of a select few..."
Features / Music
Why It Never Occurred To Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever To Shorten Their Name
"A lot of our themes have a connection to the idea of home and away... Disconnected from someone else."
Features / Arts
Gasoline Motor Co Make Custom Bikes With A Character & A Story
"We've been able to create a bit of a dream job, when people go 'What do you do?' and you can say, 'Oh, I build motorcycles.'"
Features / Music
Why Lewis Watson's Haircut Is The Difference Between Drinking & Not Drinking On Flights
"On one of the flights here I asked for a gin and tonic and the flight attendant laughed at me!"