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

Christopher H James, Journalist

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Album Review: Bop English - Constant Bop
"'Constant Bop' is the sound of one man enjoying a second lease of life away from his day job"
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Album Review: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters
"By far their mellowest statement to date, 'Quarters' opens with the unexpectedly slinky funk of 'The River'"
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Album Review: Tyler, The Creator - Cherry Bomb
"If most of the rap records on the charts sound devoid of production ideas, it’s probably because Tyler’s stolen most of them."
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Album Review: Joseph Tawadros - Truth Seekers, Lovers & Warriors
"Go buy."
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Album Review: Delia Gonzalez - In Remembrance
"A touch romantic, in a maudlin kind of way."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Napalm Death, Carcass, Extortion
"Tonight’s performance was as severe and uncompromising as ever"
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Album Review: Earl Sweatshirt - I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
"Despite the clear evidence of sticky green substances, Earl has forged his most focused work to date."
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Album Review: Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving - Yield To Despair
"Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving aren’t just top of the class; they’re educating the next generation."
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Live Review: Drowning Horse, Mt Mountain, Puck, Fait, Kaan, Chris Cobilis
"If they’re still around in 2020, Life Is Noise’s tenth birthday will be a seismic blast."
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Album Review: Various/Amorphous Androgynous -- A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble (Exploding In Your Mind) - Wizards Of Oz
"The only bad thing about this psychedelic expedition is the implication that two weird-looking Brits know far more about our musical heritage than we do."
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Album Review: Shlohmo -- Dark Red
"Dark Red is a crafty Halloween excursion, but If Shlohmo’s really going to creep us out, he’s going to have to start screwing with reality again."
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Album Review: LoneLady - Hinterland
"I will eat my underpants if this doesn't see Campbell written into David Byrne's will."