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

Kane Sutton, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Alestorm, Lagerstein, Troldhaugen
"The line to Amps was littered with fans dressed head to toe in pirate gear for what would be a huge night of sailing the seas..."
Features / Music
Album Focus: Mathas
Features / Music
Why City Calm Down Had A Much Harder Time With Their Album Than Their EP
"You get bored of doing certain things and it becomes repetitive quickly."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mathas - Armwrestling Atlas
"It's been a long time coming, but Mathas covers all bases with this album and it has been well worth the wait."
Features / Music
How They Made 18 Minute Songs More Palatable
"You don't want to be playing a riff for ten minutes, and thinking about whether or not to get a kebab after the show."
Features / Film & TV
Gethin Anthony Loves A Good Costume, So Long As They're Not Flare Trousers
"I'd just been doing a play in London that was '60s, '70s and they kept putting me in flare trousers and I kept complaining."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Various - Sounds Of The Pilbara II: Songs In Language
"At a time where Indigenous languages in this country are disappearing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world, this work is critically important."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dead Letter Circus, Guards Of May, Graphic Characters
"It's obvious from the sheer amount of energy and passion in their performances that they well and truly live for performing on stage."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: City Calm Down, Lanark, Oakland
"Never mind that his voice oozes Ian Curtis with his deep baritone vocals, he is essentially Simple Minds' Jim Kerr reincarnate up on stage."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: TEIJ, Oakland, These Winter Nights
"A great thing about the performance was that everyone had their time to shine."
Reviews / Film & TV
The Wolfpack
"The remarkable facet of the film is that the kids seem relatively unscathed by their isolation."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Griswolds, Our Man In Berlin, Beach Aunty
"Celebrating a year since the release of their debut album, Be Impressive, the band's enthusiasm was infectious."