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

Maxine Gatt, Journalist

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Live Review: A Weekend In The Gardens: John Farnham, Daryl Braithwaite, Ross Wilson
"We hear the first beat to 'You're The Voice' and the crowd becomes ecstatic."
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Live Review: A Weekend In The Gardens: Boy & Bear, San Cisco, Amy Shark
Shark sets the bar early: a clear highlight of the night.
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Live Review: Peaches, Black Cracker, Betty Grumble
"Our queer queen of song proceeds to walk like some futuristic, sexual sheepdog beyond the stage inside the now-bulging plastic phallus."
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Photos by Jaz Meadows
Live Review: L7, Cosmic Psychos
"We are L-grab-them-by-the-pussy-7."
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Live Review: A.B. Original, Birdz, DJ Marze
"[A.B. Original] hit us with their latest, bouncy, hook-laden single '26 January' calling Dan Sultan to the stage to expertly sing his chorus."
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Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja, Dan Richardson, Acolyte
"A rock-solid performance that sends the audience into a crowd-surfing frenzy."
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Live Review: My Dynamite, Jesse Redwing Band, Rich Davies & Ayleen O’Hanlon
"My Dynamite are possibly not as tight as usual."
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Live Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thundamentals, XP
"Macklemore sucks you in quickly with his funny stories and likeable personality."
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Live Review: Mark Lanegan Band, Mike Noga
"Fuck yeah, fucking oath!"
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Live Review: Lurch & Chief, Horace Bones, Pretty City
"Somerville and Hall... reach their hands out to pull even more punters up with them until the stage literally can't fit any more people."
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Live Review: The Living End, Bad//Dreems, 131's
"Cheney leaps onto Owen's bass and belts out a guitar solo while balancing up on the instrument."
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Live Review: Being As An Ocean, Saviour, Void Of Vision, Spectral Fires
"The crowd swarm around Quartuccio and sing along as he holds the mic out to a shouting punter."
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