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

Christopher H James, Journalist

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Album Review: Mt Mountain - Cosmos Terros
"It's this shadowy quintet's steady progression that will satisfy the most."
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Album Review: Mantar - Ode To The Flame
"A lesson in the effectiveness of simplicity."
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Album Review: The Francis Wolves - The Francis Wolves
"The Francis Wolves is a freewheeling groover to turn on, tune in and drop out to."
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Album Review: Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop - Love Letter For Fire
"Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop have sparked up a believable chemistry in double-fast time."
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Album Review: J Dilla - The Diary
"Don't remember him this way."
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Album Review: Kaada / Patton - Bacteria Cult
"When you release as many records as he does, you can't expect all of them to be first round draft picks."
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Album Review: Tim Hecker - Love Streams
"If it really has a theme of love, then Cupid is horribly doomed."
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Album Review: Mike & The Melvins - Three Men And A Baby
"Not amongst the Melvins' finest moments but still a case of better late than never."
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Album Review: Mogwai - Atomic
"Mogwai have failed to replicate [Fuck Buttons'] edginess and lost their trademark heaviness."
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Album Review: Gentleforce - Refuge From The Great Sadness
"'Refuge From The Great Sadness' is a beguiling wonderment."
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Album Review: Babymetal - Metal Resistance
"They make the patented Muse mistake of pushing the 'apocalypse' button a bit too hard."
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Album Review: Bibio - A Mineral Love
"Someone tell him to stop reminiscing and get back to work."