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

Amorina Fitzgerald Hood, Journalist

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Album Review: Mic Conway's National Junk Band - Diagonally Parked In A Parallel Universe
The comedy is goofy, but with genuine charm and some laugh-out moments.
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Album Review: Dan Wilson - Love Without Fear
His voice is still smooth and listenable, as are his songs, in that inoffensive rock-pop way.
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Live Review: Isaac De Heer, McKisko, Michael Julian Johnson
Title track and set closer, Summer is a true beauty, with lyrics written by De Heer’s grandfather that were found after his passing, arranged to a gentle, nostalgic Bon Iver-reminiscent melody.
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Album Review: Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso
"North Carolina’s Sylvan Esso deliver folked-out harmonies, dancefloor beats and wordy, rhythmic lyrics to enchanting effect."
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Album Review: Kina Grannis - Elements
You’ll enjoy if you like your pop tunes tight, hooky and full of un-self-conscious heart.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Trouble With Templeton, Little Scout, Stephen Smith
Easy enough to see why this group is making waves overseas with such an impressive live show.
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Album Review: Fredrik Kinbom - Oil
Kinbom co-wrote and played on Sarah Blasko’s I Awake and features her eerie wordless vocals on final track, Roots And Rubble. A slow and beautiful record.
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Live Review: India.Arie, Joss Stone
She ends as she began, with a prayer. Ready For Love unites the room and an astonished audience member is invited up to sing, eliciting a spine-tingling belt.
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Live Review: Cloud Control
These songs need nothing else, the strength of writing is proven again and again across the night and supported by their solid performance.
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Live Review: Megan Washington, Hey Geronimo, All Our Exes Live In Texas
"She is enjoying her voice and her song like it is new to her, testing it out and feeling it all – to beguiling effect."
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Live Review: Kate Miller-Heidke, Sweet Jean
"The night’s variety show feel is capped off with a flamenco rendition of Beyonce’s Run The World (Girls), and finally, Last Day On Earth."
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Album Review: Holidays On Ice - The Luxury Of Wasted Space
A slow grower for introspective evenings.
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