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

Simone Ubaldi, Journalist

Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Simone Ubaldi
Jon Hopkins' 'Immunity' makes the top of Simone Ubaldi's list in 2013.
Features / Music
The Jury Is In
"We grew to a point where this thing that we didn’t expect to be a real thing, especially not a real career, became a real career."
Features / Music
Captive Audience
"It’s a developing thing. It’s not a static situation – our ages, the band – so it’s not the same as it used to be. We’re more mature now. There aren’t the same jitters there."
Features / Music
Take Two
"It was really rare to hear him say something like, 'I really like that music you wrote'. Instead he'll say, 'It sounds like you got what you wanted on that one'. And in the end, it worked. We got everything right to the spot that we wanted."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dexter
There is no rock, no pop, no swaggering cuts of classical music in the set and ultimately that is kind of a pity.
Features / Music
Mongrel Wisdom
"At a certain stage of youth, there are less things to do and less things to worry about."
Features / Music
Party Rockin'
“Some kind of music is like real smartypants, you know, like Radiohead or something – nothing against them, I never heard their stuff actually but I know that they’re real smart."
News / Music
How Surfing Gave Loon Lake Their Groove Back
Frontman Sam Nolan explains how he got rid of that nasty writer's block
Features / Music
Drowning Out The Buzz
“We surfed, we ate well and played all night... We had to find a way to get the buzz again and it worked."