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

Carley Hall, Journalist

Carley Hall

Carley Hall is a Gold Coast-based writer who loves spinning a good yarn. She’s worked in print news rooms for more than a decade and now juggles young family life with a busy career in research communication, promoting all types of science from the dire and necessary to the weird and wonderful.

When she’s not doing all of the above, she’s dancing around her living room trying to brainwash her kids into liking her taste in music or getting out to see some gigs. Carley likes the heavy stuff most, but if it’s got hooky melodies, clever lyrics or off-kilter beats nothing is off limits.

Reviews / Live
DZ Deathrays
Live Review: DZ Deathrays @ Vinnie's Dive Bar
A faultless gig with energy and chaos generated by DZ Deathrays fueled the entire show on 11 August.
Features / Interviews
Clea
Clea Sighs A Breath Of Fresh Air On ‘Idle Light’: ‘I Had A Much Stronger Idea’
“I think that’s been through the natural course of simply getting older and more comfortable with letting things go.”
Reviews / Live
Voyager
Live Review: Voyager @ The Zoo
“For those of you new to metal, welcome – metal is good for you, it’s good for your mental health, it makes you feel things."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Nick Weaver - 'Won't Let Go'
"It is wonderful to appreciate the talent that lives on forever in these tracks."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tame Impala
"Tight, engaging, fun and vocally spot on."
Features / Interviews
Why Ocean Alley Are Nervous About Their New Album, ‘Low Altitude Living’
“It's always been about longevity and trying to be able to do this for as long as we can.”
Features / Interviews
Tilly Tjala Thomas Embraces The Power Of Indigenous Language & Culture With 'Sanctuary'
"It was a special process, to be able to learn more of my own language while teaching other people as well."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: REVIEW: Highlights From BIGSOUND 2022 Night Two
“It’s been three f*cking years, BIGSOUND!”
Features / Interviews
Noiseworks Have Big Plans: ‘This Year We Will Come Out Of The Darkness’
“The thing with Noiseworks is we're always a much better band live than on record."
Features / Interviews
Sick Of Waiting Ages For Vinyl? A New Pressing Plant Has Opened In Aus
“We didn't get into this to get rich, and we didn't get into this to turn ourselves into a behemoth - the idea of being a behemoth is a bit tiring."
Features / Interviews
King Stingray: ‘When We Heard People Singing Back It Was Like What The Hell’
“To share a really unique and special culture and get that across to people around Australia is really special."
Features / Music
‘Live Music Is In Victoria’s DNA’: State Govt Backing Gigs In A Big Way
“What I would say to our musicians and artists is that we value you and that we need you.”
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