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

Stephanie Tell, Journalist

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Album Review: Hoy - Brigitte Bardot
Sweet and inoffensive, this release feels drifting rather than punchy and draws on retro sunshine-pop bands such as The Mamas & The Papas through cutsie vocal techniques such as the round.
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Album Review: Jordan Rakei - Franklin's Room
Rakei's vocals prove effortlessly polished, but border on sleazy.
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Album Review: Pretty City - Heights
Heights draws on retro and shoegaze elements without being derivative; taking full advantage of contemporary production within its eclectic brand of fuzz rock.
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Album Review: Sahara Beck - You Could Be Happy
Offering a refreshingly down-to-earth, eclectic folk release, Sahara Beck doesn't rely on heartstring-tugging melodrama.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Chapterfest 21: Dick Diver & Twerps, Geoffrey O'Connor, Bushwalking, The Stevens, Darren Sylvester, The Ancients
Frequently screwing up and laughing, ultimately they don’t seem to take this event particularly seriously. However their playful personalities can’t help but win punters over every time.
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Live Review: Violent Soho, Straight Arrows, The Living Eyes
Violent Soho prove the perfect combination of scruffy rockers and consummate professionals with this highly memorable performance.
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Album Review: Tired Lion - All We Didn't Know
This EP strikes a fine balance between grittiness and sweetness in an infectious, adventurous manner, showcasing the clear merits of female-driven alt.rock groups.
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Album Review: Wildcat General Strike - Hell Is Empty The Devils Are All Here
This immersive ‘80s experience is thoroughly enjoyable despite clear derivative qualities.
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Album Review: Guineafowl - I Hope My City Loves Me Still
The highly polished production on this EP ensures a smooth, pop offering, but unfortunately it lacks heart, surrendering moments of intimacy through techniques such as double-tracked vocals.
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Album Review: Lucy Roleff - Longbows
Though commendable for its experimental use of unmelodious instrumentation, the engrossing, stormy-weather feel of this EP will be best suited to those with particularly moody dispositions.
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Album Review: Baio - Mira
At times understated, this bright, intricate EP is undeniably solid.
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Album Review: Evan & The Brave - Island
Although this keenly produced offering has saccharine moments, these are overcome by the EP’s textured, genre-spanning approach.
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