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

Luke Butcher, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Smith Street Band, Cheap Girls, Grim Fandango, Ten Points For Glenroy
Will Wagner and Co. were typically magical, demonstrating to everyone that intangible quality that even the sincerest form of flattery can’t create.
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Live Review: Grace Woodroofe, Leure, Dianas
Taking advantage of a great feeling in the room all night, the set was in equal measures beautiful and ugly, highlighting the evolution of one of Perth’s treasures.
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Live Review: State Of The Art
Proving their prestige, Karnivool packed out their spin in the Concert Hall, and somehow made a room of that scope seem surprisingly intimate.
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Live Review: The Novocaines, Foxes, Foam, Black Birds
The band deservedly headlined a fine night of passionately loud rock’n’roll, which displayed enough variety amongst the substantially shared approach of the bands.
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Live Review: I, Said The Sparrow
As they so often do, consummate professionals I, Said The Sparrow took to the stage and immediately showed up their predecessors.
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Live Review: This Will Destroy You, Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving & Dumbsaint
The band really shined with their softer, more refined moments, and the best god-damn control of dynamic this scribe has witnessed.
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Live Review: Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics Heartbreak Dance
More than just a musical performance, the atypical format did take the crowd a little while to come to terms with, but as the show progressed so too did the audience involvement.
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Live Review: The Smith Street Band
Playing all their big tracks, and even a promising newie, the anthemic insights into life as a twenty-something in suburban Australia yet again forced those in attendance to re-evaluate the way they see the world.
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Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja, I, Said The Sparrow & The Meaning Of
All in all, a grand set.
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Live Review: Big Day Out
As if any more was needed, the Red Hot Chili Peppers closed the main stage in sensational style.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.
Like many commercial ‘urban’ releases, the 17 tracks of ONIFC is way too long, and too shit.
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Album Review: TV Snow - Red
"TV Snow have succeeded at crafting a release that ticks the boxes while adding enough moments of uniqueness above the plethora of cookie-cutter stylistically similar triple j bands."