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

Brendan Telford, Journalist

Features / Film & TV
An Emotional Double Experience
"These are two people who have been penned away and have now come out into the world and you have to do that justice."
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Album Review: Tinariwen - Live In Paris 2014
"There are some spellbinding moments such as the three-part collaboration with the queen of the tinde drum, Lalla Badi."
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Album Review: Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express - Junun
"A true melding of influences, an uneasy alliance that permeates with a trancelike proclivity for otherworldly rhythms."
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Album Review: Panda Bear - Crosswords
"The songs here tend to be more accessible than previous releases"
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Album Review: Drug Church - Hit Your Head
"Supersedes everything that has come before it."
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Album Review: Armour Group - Purge
"Terrifying and alluring stuff."
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Album Review: My Disco - Severe
"Rebeiro's drums are immense, evoking a feral, tribal netherworld in relentless scope, a death march slowed 800% yet raising the stakes on ruthless inevitability."
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Album Review: EL VY - Return To The Moon
"EL VY is a worthy diversion."
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Album Review: Cheatahs - Mythologies
"This is a well-made wash of noise without much lasting effect."
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Album Review: Rolling Blackouts - Talk Tight
"A carefully calibrated beast made loose and fast."
Features / Film & TV
Inspired By The Classics
"In this case then the house is still a character, but it is one that watches."
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Album Review: Summer - Flake Time Rolls By
"The maudlin song titles belie the strength of songwriting on show."