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

Benny Doyle, Journalist

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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Grinspoon, Hockey Dad, Good Boy
"For the next 45 minutes it feels like we're catching up with an old friend. Time has passed, people have aged, but the feeling and energy remains the same."
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Live Review: James Vincent McMorrow, Moreton
"A revelatory evening of music."
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Live Review: Pixies, The Murlocs
"We're instantly removed from Brisbane, to be taken on a twisted, acid-fuelled trip along the coast, south of the border and beyond."
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Live Review: Alexisonfire, The Getaway Plan, Behind Crimson Eyes, The Dirty Nil
"When a hiatus ends for one of your favourite bands, it is absolutely fucking awesome."
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Live Review: Josh Pyke & Bob Evans
"A joyous evening of music and laughter that highlights the enduring beauty of friendship."
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Live Review: The Amity Affliction, Trophy Eyes, Driven Fear, Sensaii
"The 'funnest, longest and sweatiest show in this venue'."
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Live Review: Paul Dempsey, Olympia
"He's always been an affable gent, but tonight he's on form."
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Live Review: Cog, sleepmakeswaves, Switchkicker
"No one in the crowd wants this night to end."
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Live Review: Funeral For A Friend, Harbours, Beth Lucas
"Sore neck, tired eyes, long day, power nap. We are back at The Brightside, depleted on energy but smiling and ready."
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Live Review: Fatboy Slim, Erick Morillo, Nick Galea
"10pm comes far too soon; we could go until daylight. Fatboy Slim was fucking in heaven."
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Live Review: FOMO Festival
"Bright lights hit the disco ball spinning overhead and we're bathed in yellow, bathed in mellow."
Features / Music
The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Benny Doyle