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

Xavier Rubetzki Noonan, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gang Of Youths, MT WARNING, Tim Fitz
In fact, this particular song was so powerful that the next couple suffered – almost as if the crowd couldn’t feel happy again for a while.
Reviews / Arts
Reginald D Hunter: Wake In Sleight
"Some more introspective moments seemed to be heading somewhere less unpleasant, but regrettably, they couldn’t cut through the thick discomfort in the air."
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Live Review: Velociraptor, Donny Benet, Adults, The Knits
"It barely needs to be said how massive this band sounds, even in this stripped-down touring mode"
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Live Review: The Murlocs, Spirit Valley, Julia Why?
"It’s mostly smut"
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Live Review: Loon Lake, Jeremy Neale
With that said, the cover received maybe the best reception of the night, and there aren’t many people who can wail quite as well as Justin Hawkins.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cloud Control, Brett Winterford, Eleanor Dunlop
The unplugged set was an unexpected departure but felt like a rare treat, a sort of behind-the-music look at the bare-bones fundamentals of these great tunes.
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Live Review: Babaganoüj, Ghost Talk
As band members dodged balloons thrown and kicked around by an enthusiastic crowd, they churned out vibrant pop-rock gems with ease and style.
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Live Review: Kate Miller-Heidke, Sweet Jean
While the set had a few rough moments, each one was soon forgotten with the advent of some new delight, and it was Miller-Heidke’s terrific and unique voice that bound it all together.
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Live Review: The John Steel Singers, Jeremy Neale, Bell Weather Department
And sound issues aside, the band still put on a pretty damn good show, churning out psych-pop grooves and tight harmonies, caught up in the chaos of a whirlwind tour around the country and embracing the last night before Sydney’s new lockout laws were to come into effect.
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Live Review: Cull, Made In Japan, Bad Jeep
Cull might just be Sydney’s best.
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Live Review: Major Leagues, The Ocean Party, Super Galaxies
"Major Leagues are one of the stand-out bands from Brisbane’s incestuous-but-brilliant indie-rock scene, and their live show is not one to miss."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Frightened Rabbit, Gang Of Youths
"It was Hutchison himself who centred the whole thing, a refreshingly honest and unpretentious figure whose humility and grace kept the audience in the palm of his hands."