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

Brendan Telford, Journalist

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Album Review: Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
Me Moan stands as a strange document of Daughn Gibson’s unlikely ascendency to pop icon. Let’s hope he goes back to his roots a little more – all hell may indeed break loose
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Album Review: Major Chord - Transition
Too many areas within the album highlight that less is most definitely more
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Album Review: Royston Vasie - Tanah Merah
The 11 tracks contained within the album are considerably less adventurous, adhering diligently to straight-up no-frills rock’n’roll without attempting to stamp any unique approach to the material
Features / Music
Feeding From The Trough
“I went down to Melbourne years ago and caught up with Paul Kidney, and he helped get the ball rolling in terms of wanting to play music again.
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Album Review: Solkyri - Are You My Brother?
Are You My Brother? is a great entry into the undermanned echelons of great Australian instrumental rock albums.
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Album Review: Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Above all, Desire Lines strips away the pomp and keeps things low and steady, an easy-listening record for those who hate easy listening
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ben Salter, Seja, Machine Age
Combining such strong songs with typically droll, self-deprecating banter, Salter is a consummate performer who always strives to make the audience part of the experience.
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Album Review: The Pastels - Slow Summits
Slow Summits is an eloquent, welcome return.
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Album Review: Great Earthquake - Mind Maps
Mind Maps is an album that never sits still, with so many ideas zinging off in all directions, that it can be a little daunting for some.
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Album Review: Batpiss - Nuclear Winter
Be warned, though – Nuclear Winter is brutal, yet brutally addictive.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Black Angels, The Laurels, Zeahorse
Two-plus hours and one encore later, and The Black Angels’ track record remains resolutely intact.
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Album Review: The BellRays - Black Lightning
That’s The Bellrays – an uncompromising force, unwilling to kowtow to fads and trends, only aiming to rock and/or roll.