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

Sebastian Skeet, Journalist

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Album Review: Lisa Miller - Meet The Misses
The album works as a paean to herself as she is now able to look at that early creative period and see that justice is done to her songs.
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Album Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
It’s not his strongest album with Crazy Horse, but it definitely keeps his fans guessing.
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Album Review: Evermore - Follow The Sun
They could take a few tips from their fellow countrymen, the Finn brothers, and be a bit more daring next time.
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Album Review: Archie Roach - Into The Bloodstream
There is no doubt that this album will be seen as a classic in years to come.
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Album Review: Van Morrison - Born To Sing: No Plan B
There are a few tracks on Born To Sing that deserve to be on his next ‘best of’, which could well be a big seller.
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Album Review: Shane Howard - Other Side Of The Rock
Other Side Of The Rock is the perfect reminder of what’s important in our itinerant lives.
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Album Review: Dwight Yoakam - 3 Pears
You get the feeling that Yoakham would like to spend more time working with artists he admires and continue to break free of country music’s confines.
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Album Review: Matchbox Twenty - North
North is not quite the success I imagine they hoped for.
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Album Review: Ry Cooder - Election Special
Perhaps the best way of describing this album is calling it political blues with a message from the left, or from any direction that’s not Republican
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Album Review: David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant
Love This Giant just goes to show Byrne can do almost anything and make it special.
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Album Review: Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp - Songs Of The Southern Skies
The songs and their part-time owners no doubt will take good care of each other on the road together.
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Album Review: John Mayer - Born & Raised
This is a record that is a perfect career changer. Forget the good looks and guitar licks; Mayer is close to perfect on this record.