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

Christopher H James, Journalist

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Album Review: Preoccupations - Preoccupations
"Some promising adventures in lo-fi audio grime are soured by bottom drawer songwriting and Interpol-wannabe vocals."
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Album Review: Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime [Deluxe Edition]
"The album holds up well today."
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Album Review: Faith No More - Album Of The Year (Deluxe Edition)
"...more like the fruit of contractual obligations than genuine inspiration."
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Album Review: REMI - Divas And Demons
"REMI doesn't need to bark, bite or do the done-to-death Aussie-bloke hollering thing."
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Album Review: Fait - Sonder
"Few acts have mastered their sound as diligently as shoegaze virtuoso Elise Higgins; aka Fait."
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Album Review: Bashka - Fihi Ma Fihi
"...blur the arbitrary borders between ancient and modern musical forms."
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Album Review: Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings - Miss Sharon Jones!
"...just as vital today as ever."
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Album Review: Scott Walker - The Childhood Of A Leader
"A ghoulish cult outsider, Walker is plumbing new levels of sinister."
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Album Review: Factory Floor - 25 25
"Sparse, shuddering rhythm tracks that lock your body in with their compelling economy."
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Album Review: Gonjasufi - Callus
"...Ideal for exorcising the guilt once the nukes start flying. Winter is surely coming."
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Album Review: Katie Dey - Flood Network
"[Dey] is from another dimension."
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Album Review: Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's Of Imhotep
"This release raises the bar for the insanely prolific Jamal "Hieroglyphic Being" Moss personally and arguably for dance music as a whole."
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