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

Stephanie Tell, Journalist

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Album Review: Stone Clocks - Knives Out
"Clichéd and problematic psychosexual issues aside, an original story would serve them better."
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Album Review: Magic Hands - Tone
"It’ll make you want to choreograph an interpretive dance."
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Album Review: Lowell - I Killed Sara V
"Amid wormy pop melodies and squeaky vocals wrapped up in breezy layers, this Canadian singer presents a feisty example of girl power."
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Album Review: Bam Bam - The Good Life
This EP feels done to death; pigeonholed in the mid-‘90s.
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Album Review: Courtney Barnett - A Sea Of Split Peas
"Barnett perfectly captures the musings of a laidback (yet mildly anxious) slacker throughout."
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Album Review: Metals - When I Say You I Mean Me
"Though the chorus in Silence does venture a tad too far into ‘edgy’ Pink territory, this tactile EP proves genuinely biting."
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Album Review: Divide & Conquer - Long Story Short
"Veiled in generic angst, this syrupy release wades through impenetrable layers of highly produced pop-rock and American teen clichés"
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Album Review: The Swiss - In The City
"What it does reveal, however, is plenty of in-your-face bubbliness and a tired, party aesthetic."
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Album Review: Thief - Closer (Deluxe)
"A no-nonsense, wormy electro-pop song, the track demonstrates the makings of a singalong classic, however its remixes are far too numerous."
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Album Review: Holy Holy - The Pacific
"Expansive guitar tones wash over you in this lyrical, accessible offering."
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Album Review: The Stiffy's - We Are Groovy Boys
The swaggering Groovy Boys, however, touches on something more than theatrical humour.
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Album Review: The Bucketseats - Frozen In Time
"The Bucketseat’s musical compositions feel far too pedestrian and amateur."