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

Alex Collins, Journalist

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Live Review: Cold Chisel, Paul Kelly, The Teskey Brothers
“I think it went better this time."
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Live Review: Conversations With Nick Cave
"Throughout the evening, Cave is a generous and compassionate host."
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Live Review: Florence And The Machine, Leon Bridges, Marlon Williams
"Hers is a voice you can lose yourself in."
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Live Review: Darwin Festival Opening Weekend
"It's a reminder of the value of community, and the importance of not taking things too seriously, and Darwin Festival has got both of those just right."
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Live Review: Eilen Jewell, Max Savage & The False Idols, Naomi Keyte
"It was a memorable gig for all the right reasons and makes us wish more promoters considered these early evening shows."
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Live Review: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"You can measure the strength of the line-up not by who you see, but by who you have to miss out on to see them."
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Live Review: The Mountain Goats, Oh Pep!
"He's a nerd, he knows it and doesn't care."
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The Kagools: Tutti
"... Joyously unpredictable."
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Baby Got Back
"You'll never look at chocolate doughnuts in the same way again."
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Josh Warrior: Aboriginal Gigolo
"... Sitting through an hour of jokes that often revert to reinforcing negative racial stereotypes is uncomfortable at best."
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Cardinal Sins
"'Cardinal Sins' is not the slickest, most polished show you will see all Fringe. Instead, it's intensely personal, moving and well worth seeing."
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Alanta Colley: Parasites Lost
"This is the kind of show that could really get under your skin."