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

Lorin Reid, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Grey Ghost, Suburban Dark, Remi
He dedicated Space Ambassador to “all the space cadets” and with that kinda style, successfully thwarted every single hip hop stereotype.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Houndmouth - From The Hills Beneath The City
From The Hills Beneath The City is far from original but Houndmouth are paying homage to their genre and paying it well. It’s a great soundtrack for catching trains, pushing drugs and swinging in hammocks.
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Live Review: The Preatures, Hot Spoke, Dr Goddard
The Preatures made sure their last show on their single tour went off with a bang.
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Live Review: Laura Imbruglia, Melodie Nelson, Roger Loves Betty
Rewriting the text-book of how to make it work, Laura Imbruglia and co. were gritty yet chilled and pulled off a rollicking set that will go down as one of those special moments where the audience really felt like part of the conversation.
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Album Review: Amali Ward - Back In Time
Although Ward’s lyrics and repetitive hooks don’t add up to an amazing album, the old-school soul sound is endearing and refreshing in a mainstream setting
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Horrorshow, Pic by Clare Hawley
Live Review: Horrorshow, Dialectrix, L-Fresh The Lion
Horrorshow launched Unfair Lottery amongst family with an amazingly pumped audience responding to their every word.
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Live Review: Katie Noonan, Jack Carty
Katie Noonan wove an intimate and down-to-earth performance where she engaged harmoniously with the eager audience, concluding with a gentle 505 community choir singalong of her hit song, Breathe In Now.
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Album Review: Buchanan - Human Spring
This debut is polished, with a collection of those magic moments of whimsy and temperament that will soon enough set them apart from the pack.
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Live Review: Matt Corby, Grace Woodroofe
As one hyperventilating young lady stammered, “I don’t want it to be over”.
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Album Review: Andrew Stockdale - Keep Moving
There are 17 tracks in total and tunes like Let It Go, despite its grandiose guitar, start to sound the same.
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Album Review: Jagwar Ma - Howlin
Howlin is an ethereal and experimental project that accomplishes an almost psychedelic throw rug effect over a genuinely inspired dream-pop base.
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Album Review: Disclosure - Settle
Dance music mixed with a heaped teaspoon of emotion and soul is a winning combination and Settle is an exquisite showcase of how electronic music can be beautiful.
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