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

Madeleine Laing, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Mere Women, Nature Trails, Forevr
"There's nothing you could add or take away to make this band better."
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Live Review: Totally Mild, Thigh Master, Workshop, Pool Shop
"Their sound is delicately spacious and every element seems self-contained – Elizabeth Mitchell’s perfectly on-pitch vocal, sweet and sultry guitar melodies, the minimal vaguely jazzy drumming."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Love Migrate - Shimmer Through The Night
"Simple lyrics that cut right to the centre of the heartbreak rippling throughout this EP"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Palma Violets - Danger In The Club
"They can write a hook with their hands tied. It’s just unfortunate most of them are drowned in dreary vocals and stodgy production"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
"It’s an empowering record, with stories that are relatable and cutting."
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Album Review: Totally Mild -- Down Time
"These guys are looking sadness dead-on."
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Album Review: Drenge -- Undertow
"Thankfully, Undertow is just as jaded and aggressive as their debut."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sharon Van Etten, Tiny Ruins, Heather Woods Broderick
The Brooklyn singer-songwriter delivers a transcendent performance in Brisbane.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Love of Diagrams - Blast
"Still plenty to sink your teeth into."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deep Sea Arcade, Spoon
Spoon prove to be a total class act
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Album Review: Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
"'Mr Noah' and 'Boys Latin', with their insistent scattered beats and rhythmic vocals, are ready-made dance party tracks."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Madeleine Laing
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