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

James d'Apice, Journalist

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Album Review: Eves Karydas - summerskin
"What Karydas has created on her debut album is a truly curated experience."
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Album Review: Thundamentals - I Love Songs
"I Love Songs represents growth for both emcees."
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Album Review: Ghetts - Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament
"It’s Ghetts’ calmness in the delivery where he is at his most dominant, rather than the superspeed mania he deploys a little too regularly."
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Album Review: B Wise - Area Famous
"There’s a uniformity about the genre that makes new leaders stand especially tall. B Wise is one such leader."
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Album Review: Suicideboys - I Want To Die In New Orleans
"There’s nuance and drive to it; genuine creative pulse."
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Album Review: Trippie Redd - Life's A Trip
"What Trippie Redd is teaching us now, is that emo rap is an aesthetic, not a conversation topic."
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Album Review: Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
"It was a product of lead Projector David Longstreth's pettiness, bitterness and selfishness. It was also perfect: a shining gem of wonky, sometimes multi-tonal pop."
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Album Review: Mallrat - In The Sky
"Personal stuff; emotionally available and courageous."
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Album Review: Okenyo - The Wave
"The Wave is a reminder of why we listen to rap music"
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Album Review: Esoterik - My Astral Plane
"The embrace of the uncool is thoroughly refreshing."
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Album Review: Spit Syndicate - Orbit
"The Australian rap you recommend to people who don't like Australian rap."
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Album Review: Lanks - twentyseven
"The record you can play for your grandma without feeling like you've sold your musical reputation down the river."