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

Matt MacMaster, Journalist

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Album Review: Theories Of Everything And Thomas The Woodcutter - Theories Of Everything And Thomas The Woodcutter
"It leaves a vague impression of something graceful and ambitious."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bad//Dreems, Fait Accompli, Creo, Wasters
"Fully capitalising on the room's energy, the group played well, performing favourites with machismo and drive."
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Album Review: Playwrite - Cathedrals
"There's a kitchen sink mentality here that shrugs off restraint."
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Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden Of Delete
"The album [is] full of writhing digital pieces full of detail and life."
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Album Review: Loon Lake - Low Res
"These guys might have been real pros just pretending to be slackers."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dan Kelly, Ben Ely
"It was a loose, freewheeling set that was overflowing with levity and charm."
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Live Review: Bad//Dreems, Green Buzzard
"There was a palpable energy exchange as the set progressed, the crowd surging and the band responding in kind."
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Live Review: Rhye, Rachel Claudio
"Everyone rose to their full potential as live musicians to really flesh out the material."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
"A gorgeously realised piece of romantic asceticism that uses a much more organic approach with its textures and ideas."
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Album Review: The Widowbirds - Black Into The Blue
"Bon Jovi, flat beer and regrettable back tattoos are three things you could engage with that are more interesting than this."
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Album Review: Danny Yau - Do You Think We'll Live Here Forever?
"Yau has a light touch, but, like his beloved suburb, he also has a surprising amount of depth."
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Album Review: Beach House - Depression Cherry
"They aren't afraid to expand into more abstract territory."
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