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

Brendan Telford, Journalist

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Album Review: Popstrangers - Fortuna
"A measured experiment, Fortuna will grow on you"
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Album Review: Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Nothing about In Conflict is easy, nor should it be. This is Pallett’s world, one of ingenuity, flamboyance and verve, and no compromises are necessary.
Features / Music
No Longer Going Down
"I won’t lie; there were some growing pains in trying to rework everything, but there was an overt freedom that came along with it."
News / Music
Splendour's Tune-Yards In Music For The 'Long Haul'
Their new album proves that, says Merrill Garbus
Features / Music
Real Thing
"I think Nikki Nack shows that we are in this for the long haul."
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Album Review: The Icypoles - My World Was Made For You
"Melbourne four-piece The Icypoles are a hard one to pin down"
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Album Review: Keep On Dancin's - Hunter
This is one ‘60s noir fantasy you’ll never want to end.
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Album Review: Tralala Blip - Aussie Dream
A light-headed daydream amongst interstellar reveries that warms the heart.
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Album Review: Nun - Nun
Regardless of what hits you, though, there’s never a clear definition of what Nun is – their out-of-focus band photos and imagery speaks volumes – and it’s this dark, amorphous nature that infuses the album with such enthralling, hypnotic yet viscous energy.
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Album Review: Ela Stiles - Ela Stiles
Stiles’ voice is at once bewitching, seductive, tremulous and powerful.
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Album Review: Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack
Nikki Nack establishes Garbus as a cunning, effervescent queen of pop.
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Album Review: S Carey - Range Of Light
This isn’t some New Age throwaway though – the plaintive plucking of acoustic guitars and soporific electronics combine with Carey’s hypnotic vocals, creating a shimmering landscape of texture and, indeed, light.