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

Matt MacMaster, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Emma Russack, Jordan Ireland
"It built into something transcendent, and had us swallowing our tongues it was so good."
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Live Review: London Grammar
"It was perfectly timed; the thundering applause felt righteous and cathartic."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
"... The sound of a band consciously detached from their high-browed rock-oriented past and simply enjoying themselves."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Emma Russack - Permanent Vacation
"The work of a seasoned performer in total control, demonstrating monkish restraint, completely clear of sonic clutter."
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Album Review: FOREVR - Death Is A Miracle
"Where 'Classics' demonstrated a clear love and understanding for the hyper-coloured rock romantics of shoegaze, 'Death Is A Miracle' is a darker, more ponderous take."
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Album Review: FOREVR - Classics
"A chameleonic interpretation of shoegaze that wears its heart."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deafcult, Skullsquadron, Egoism
"Their pillowy mixture of emo, crushing dream pop and '90s-inflected guitar noodling sounded immediate and invigorating."
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Live Review: Wild Honey, Planet, Sunscreen
"Wild Honey seemed happy enough, skipping through harmony-driven melodies and derivative jangly hooks, but even on stage, which usually adds a few pounds of muscle and charisma...the band couldn't raise a pulse."
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Live Review: Sigur Ros
"Their slow passages of ambient drone drained time of its momentum."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Laucan - FramesPerSecond
"Spectral harmonies, delicate percussion and sounds captured through an open window all dovetail together in arrangements that shine."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pallbearer, Illimitable Dolor, Hashshashin
"One of the best metal gigs of the year so far from a band truly in their prime."
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Album Review: Bonny Doon - Bonny Doon
"A breezy release that listlessly wanders through the usual themes."