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

Simon Holland, Journalist

News / Music
How VHS Kung Fu Movies Led To The Prodigy's Biggest Hit
"It’s either hitting that magic spot or it’s not."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
"With Harper on lead vocals, alternating between guitar and Weissenborn slide, and Musslewhite on the electric blues harmonica, together the pair are a match made in musical heaven."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Strung Out, Dan Cribb & The Isolated, Freak Vibe
"The band steadily progressed through the album start to finish, hitting the mark with CD-quality tightness and live band-quality face-meltingness."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Arch Enemy, Chaos Divine
"The new revamped Arch Enemy blew off the doors of the Luddites afraid of change."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sets On The Beach
"The Freo lights sparkled on the ocean as Thundamentals took the stage and proved that, despite all the flash internationals on this line-up, good old-fashioned Aussie hip hop is still king of the hill for the people."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Perturbator, Snorri, DJ Amnesia
"Dark, heavy tracks ruled the night."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Haken, Chaos Divine, Nucleust
"Hailing geographically from Ole' Blighty and sonically from Jupiter, UK prog legends Haken drifted down for the tail-end of their Affinitour."
Features / Film & TV
Here's Why You Should Be Excited For Neil deGrasse Tyson's Australian Tour
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Frenzal Rhomb, Leeches!, Naked Wizard
"The band is special - maybe not musically gifted, maybe not classy, but they brought what the '90s youth needed."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jethro Tull By Ian Anderson
"The timeless Ian Anderson - as mischievous as he is musically gifted - stood upon one leg and delivered a performance for the ages."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: B*Witched, Atomic Kitten, S Club 3, East 17, Liberty X
"It was testament to the talent and showmanship required to succeed in the era."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Origin NYE 2016
"An epic slice of Aussie culture."