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

Matt MacMaster, Journalist

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Album Review: Lower Dens - The Competition
"[A] slick piece of art that finally feels like a fully formed expression from the group."
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Album Review: Mermaidens - Look Me In The Eye
"[S]parkles like starlight through thin clouds."
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Album Review: Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place
"[A]n album shot out of a cannon onto a wall, creating a bit of a mess, Jackson Pollack style."
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Album Review: Tycho – Weather
"[Q]uite beautiful, but vapid."
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Album Review: Emma Russack – Winter Blues
"[Russack] hasn’t fussed with the formula."
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Album Review: Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm
"A nice attempt at something new(ish) for the band, with mixed results."
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Album Review: Baroness – Gold & Grey
"Bursting with fist-pumping passages of inspired riffage."
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Album Review: Calexico And Iron & Wine – Years To Burn
"[W]arm, grand and deeply comforting."
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Album Review: Mac DeMarco - Here Comes The Cowboy
"Effortlessly charming, yet terminally lethargic."
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Album Review: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - End Of Suffering
"You wish their songwriting abilities rose to meet their ambition."
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Album Review: Sunbeam Sound Machine - Goodness Gracious
"There’s not much to really engage with."
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Album Review: SOAK - Grim Town
"['Grim Town'] becomes a bit of a slog at the tail-end."
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