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

Madeleine Laing, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cloud Nothings, Cannon
Cloud Nothings and support act Cannon just plain rule at The Zoo.
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Album Review: Jimmy Junk Heart - Young Years
"Tracks that never outstay their welcome."
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Live Review: Bearhug, Step Panther, Hound, Taoe//Off
Bearhug shined on this lineup of guitar music
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Album Review: Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
There’s way too much here to love.
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Album Review: Bloods - Work It Out
"If only they’d brought some spark to disillusioned This Country, which closes the album on a bummer"
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Album Review: Rainy Day Women - Ain't It Time
They slip into dreariness pretty easily
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Album Review: Airling - Love Gracefully
"'Love Gracefully' is intimate, lovely and beautifully restrained."
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Album Review: The Kooks - Listen
Come on, let’s not waste our time.
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Album Review: #1 Dads - About Face
It could do without the songs featuring guest vocals.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tiny Ruins, Shining Bird, Aldous Harding - Black Bear
Tiny Ruin's Fullbrook is completely charming, immediately creating a relaxed and cosy atmosphere for the crowd at Black Bear.
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Album Review: How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart
On this record Krell’s wrapped his sometimes painfully guileless honesty in music beautiful enough to soften the blow.
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Album Review: Scott Spark - Muscle Memory
The stories are endlessly relatable and told with clarity and confidence in Spark’s sweet and likeable voice.