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

Christopher H James, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Not really his strongest material, but still nothing less than a revolution for Kozelek, truth be told.
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Album Review: Patten - Estoile Naiant
This one’s for the real heads alright.
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Album Review: Actress - Ghettoville
"You won’t hear much else like it in 2014 for sure, but fans may find it a comedown after R.I.P."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: London Elektricity, Memtrix, VLTRN, Terrence & Phillip, MC Wrec, CD/MC, N1 B2B T'Dodge, Network Vs Rexop
VLTRN’s dynamic, hair-blowing bottom end finished off the night, as exhausted bodies crashed out into the street.
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Album Review: Lee Bannon - Alternate Endings
What Burial did for dubstep, Lee Bannon might just do for drum’n’bass.
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Live Review: Ensemble Formidable, The Brow Horn Orchestra, Pimps Of Sound
Phew. Ensemble Formidable? C’est magnifique!
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Christopher H James
Christopher H James reveals 2013 as being a great year for The Drones and also for his love life.
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Album Review: Mastodon - Live At Brixton
In many ways an improvement on their last recorded onstage effort Live At The Aragon, Mastodon play with far greater freedom and finger-cracking, nerve shredding intensity. Horn this into your stocking metalheads.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gignition
Their warm, nicely weighted sound – filled out with some chunky Korg technology – eased the night to a close with a final swell of bittersweet emotion.
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Live Review: Lightning Bolt, Usurper Of Modern Medicine, Bomodi
The interest surrounding Lightning Bolt’s gear, laid out next to the stage in readiness for a floorshow was palpable, as fans inched forward taking snaps and forming a pressure ring.
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Album Review: Polica - Shulamith
In 2012, Poliça gave us ...The Ghost, a chillingly effective debut. In 2013, they’ve given us something of a missed opportunity.
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Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
It’s pure magic.