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

Christopher H James, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Clue To Kalo - The Motives Records
"'The Motives Records' is an outwardly attractive Persian rug of a record."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Bombay Royale, Saun & Starr
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings stay real for the people of Perth.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
But delivered with Jones’ energy, charisma and dynamism it was nothing less than a life affirming as she danced.
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Album Review: Robyn Hitchcock - The Man Upstairs
"The Man Upstairs is another charming effort"
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Album Review: Trentemøller - Lost Reworks
Multiple reworks of only a handful of tracks make for a repetitive listen.
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Album Review: The Love Junkies - Blowing On The Devil’s Strumpet
Their destructive bouts of neurosis are tempered by lovely ennui-sodden passages.
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Album Review: James Brown - Get On Up
A mostly faultless compilation.
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Album Review: Opeth - Pale Communion
It’s a far cry from the bludgeoning of old.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Usurper Of Modern Medicine, Docotorpus, Mudlark, Rabbit Island, Gunns - The Bakery
Usurper Of Modern Medicine threw the kitchen sink into their performance, nailing their opening numbers at The Bakery.
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Album Review: Various - Beck Song Reader
Song Reader is an interesting idea on paper; hopefully these tepid results won’t kill the concept.
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Album Review: Nachtmystium - The Wolrd We Left Behind
A dismal but memorable tombstone
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Album Review: James Yorkson - The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society
The album is a supremely peaceful pleasure
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