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

Brendan Telford, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Yo La Tengo, Keep On Dancin's
Not that the show has been poor – Yo La Tengo could never be tarred with that brush, and most songs tonight have been awe-inspiring – but this experiment hasn’t necessarily worked.
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Album Review: Future Islands - Singles
It isn’t a best of – but it kinda is, because this is the most cohesive release they’ve put together to date.
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Album Review: Postblue - I Hope They're Praying For Me
Don’t yet have the ingenuity or nuance to make these inspirations their own.
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Album Review: The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
Tomorrow’s Hits proves that The Men aren’t hardcore heathens but rock tragics at heart, that they do whatever they damn well please – and do it damn well.
Features / Music
Honest Instincts
"We like to keep ourselves busy and broke."
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Album Review: Mikhael Paskalev - What's Life Without Losers
Susie is an amiable yet bittersweet ode to the love that got away, and the best track here – and whether cranking the electric or feathering the acoustic, Paskalev is an effervescent revelation.
Features / Music
Timeless Cruise
"I don’t want to become a formulaic songwriter – I want to keep playing with the form."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Wire, Per Purpose, Multiple Man
Wire deliver a clinical masterclass in atmosphere and statement – indelibly impressive so many years after the epoch of their punk movement impact.
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Album Review: Water Liars - Water Liars
Mississippi’s Water Liars have followed up last year’s debut, Wyoming, with this self-titled album, and it’s even more gut-wrenching than ever.
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Live Review: Soundwave Festival
"With almost three hours of Green Day you're gonna get a bunch of everything; old stuff, new stuff, stadium rock posturing and covers – plenty of covers. It all works well – though three hours is far too long."
Features / Music
Seasonal Shift
"[Weird Season] is essentially summing up the year that we’ve had."
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Live Review: THE STEADY AS SHE GOES, OCCULTS, BEN SALTER, KATE JACOBSON & OLA KARLSSON
Tell Your God To Ready For Blood echoes – The Steady As She Goes occupies a very unique corner of the local music scene, and are an exciting proposition for the future.