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

Christopher H James, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jambinai, Gold Class
"Jambinai are travelling through musical landscapes no one else has yet imagined."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Children Of Alice - Children Of Alice
"Insular soundscapes awash with extraterrestrial sounds."
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Album Review: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
"Despite the innovations, much of 'Flying Microtonal Banana' sounds exactly like the King Gizz we know.
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Album Review: Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy
"We can only hope this isn't a one-off."
Reviews / Arts
4 Stuntmen Of The Apocalypse
"Only a fool would argue that the 4 Stuntmen are anything but the most dangerous act at Fringe World."
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Album Review: Tinariwen - Elwan
"Tragic circumstance have spurred Tinariwen on to creating their most vital album in years."
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Album Review: Sinkane - Life And Livin' It
"His sugar-toned voice... masks the mental strife lurking below."
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Barbu
"The skills on display were so accomplished that the performance seemed virtually flawless."
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Mac The Comedy Computer: Is This What You Humans Call Variety
"... Waves of cheering, laughter and occasionally fear."
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Symphonies Of Sensuality (Fringe World)
"A zesty, borderline confrontational mix of hormones and chutzpah."
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Matt Hale: Serving Suggestions
"...Solving a Rubik's cube by manipulating what appeared to be a severed hand."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jessy Lanza, Wilus Bixler
"You could be forgiven for thinking all sorts of studio trickery was involved manipulating those breathless angel tones, but live she proved to be the real deal."