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

James d'Apice, Journalist

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Album Review: Tuka - Alive Death Time Eternal
"Tuka the rapper is dead. Long live Tuka the songmaster!"
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Album Review: Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
"He sounds like a force of nature, like bottled, recorded lightning."
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Album Review: Throwing Shade - House Of Silk
"It's tough to sound contemporary when you open with a track called 'Hashtag IRL'."
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Album Review: El Guincho - HiperAsia
"Have a listen as you sip your latte and stare at the sea, but don't expect HiperAsia to linger long."
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Album Review: Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like A Second Heartbeat
"Epic love, bushfires, abandoned cricket matches, the Blue Mountains, surprisingly violent tempo switches — they're all here."
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Album Review: Wiz Khalifa - Khalifa
"This is competent, solid stuff but Wiz's competitors have taught us to expect more."
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Album Review: Future - EVOL
"Before he rushes off to his next project, let's celebrate what we've got here."
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Album Review: Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
"With this even the sceptics among us can learn to love Kanye like Kanye loves Kanye."
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Album Review: Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit
"Massive Attack have embraced nostalgia earnestly."
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Album Review: Tank - Sex, Love & Pain II
"Frank Ocean and The Weeknd among others consigned slow, saccharine sex jams to the past years ago."
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Album Review: G-Eazy - When It's Dark Out
"Ignore our host's flaws and there is lots of fun to be had with When It's Dark Out."
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Album Review: Major Lazer - Be Together Australazer
"'Be Together' is a really neat bit of pop music. It's sweet but not overly so. There's balance. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the accompanying remixes on this EP."
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