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

Samantha Jonscher, Journalist

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Album Review: Sampa The Great - HERoes Act 2
"Arguably denser, more agile and wonderfully stranger than HERoes."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Laura Mvula, Marcus Whale
"She seemed to sing with her whole body as she moved with uncanny elasticity across both musical and emotional registers."
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Album Review: Cold War Kids - LA Divine
"[Cold War Kids] are uniquely placed to imagine lower middle class Americana in 2017."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bec Sandridge
"There's a real power in Sandridge's performances that comes from her flair for character."
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Album Review: Roland Tings - Each Moment A Diamond
"Epic and incredibly mature."
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Live Review: Atmosphere, Brother Ali
"Powerful, uplifting and mesmerising."
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Album Review: Flume - Skin Companion EP II
"He extends the LP's darkest tendencies and experiments with new and rougher textures."
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Album Review: Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
"A breakup album, rooted in personal and artistic rebirth."
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Album Review: Fractures - Still Here
"'Still Here' shines in its commitment to star-gazing whimsy."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Rubens, Bec Sandridge
"Sam Margin grabbed his mic and journeyed as far into the crowd as his lead would let him to bequeath one lucky punter with a bottle of sparkling."
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Live Review: Laneway After Party
"Jacklin apparently had a "Britney inspiration" scrapbook in her childhood bedroom."
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Live Review: NAO, Kucka
"She shows off the total control required for such rhythmically complex, funk-inspired music."