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

Pete Laurie, Journalist

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Album Review: Caravãna Sun - AYA
Just in time for summer, this is the perfect soundtrack for cold beers and hot nights.
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Album Review: Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume 2
Singer Ivan Moody, along with the constantly shredding guitar of Jason Hook, manages to find actual melodies within the aggression… So much aggression.
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Album Review: Motorhead - Aftershock
"No man or band should be rocking this hard after so many years. But if you told Aftershock that, it would kick you in your balls before rocking them right off."
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Album Review: Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
Derek Edward Miller’s guitars still offer plenty of fuzzed out, speaker-killing crunch, with a new edge of polished pop that works.
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Album Review: Tumbleweed - Sounds From The Other Side
Aaaah, Tumbleweed’s Sounds From The Other Side is just like being back in the warm, loving embrace of 1995, and it couldn’t feel more like home.
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Album Review: Regurgitator - Dirty Pop Fantasy
"These days, I think the band, and Dirty Pop Fantasy, can both be summed up best by album standout, We Love You!, with Yeomans declaring, “We know what you want, but we’re not gonna give it to you, ‘coz that would be easy.""
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Album Review: Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
Slow and contemplative, fast and fun, quiet and brooding, The Worse Things Get… is an eclectic mix that could have spun out of control. But when reined in by Neko Case, it’s an eclectic trip well worth taking.
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Album Review: Tired Pony - The Ghost Of The Mountain
Light, sincere and reflective, The Ghost Of The Mountain is a great example of a supergroup creating something new, individual and worthwhile.
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Album Review: Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
If Franz Ferdinand were attempting any neck-jarring changes in direction, they failed miserably. But if their goal was to make another record of catchy, tight-jeaned alt-rock, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action more than delivers.
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Album Review: Drenge - Drenge
Lo-fi and no frills, gloriously raw and gritty, you can almost smell the rock and roll coming off Drenge.
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Album Review: The Wild Feathers - The Wild Feathers
The Wild Feathers pays its respects to the past, while carving out something new and pretty great.
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Album Review: Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
Harlequin Dream perfectly combines the jaunty swagger of neo-folk with real emotion and a touch of bitter sweetness for an album of real substance.
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