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

Madeleine Laing, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: DZ Deathrays, Palms, Foam
They of course get called back for an encore and do it right, playing album tracks for the fans and leaving everyone on a high.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Middle Names - I Need Space
"this is a solid, likeable record from a part of Australia we don’t hear enough of"
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Album Review: Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One
Convincing without being overly earnest, Brightly Painted One is acoustic folk-pop done with rare finesse.
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Album Review: Kevin Devine - Bubblegum
"At 12 songs it’s a long record – and often repetitive – but the self-reflective and pretty final song, I Don’t Care About Your Band, is worth the wait."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Babaganouj, The Good Sports, Love Signs
A triumphant homecoming for one of our town’s most fun and likeable bands.
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Album Review: Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
It almost feels like this record was written for you personally: a really special feeling.
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Live Review: Bad//Dreems, The Bacchanales,Thee Hugs
Bad//Dreems would be one of the best bands in Australia. Whether they actually WANT to do that is an entirely different matter, but either way it’ll be exciting to see.
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Live Review: The Growlers, Tomorrow Tulips, The Kramers
They definitely play for too long (a 90-minute set on a Wednesday?), but the crowd leave spent and thoroughly satisfied.
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Album Review: Foster The People - Supermodel
There are some glimmers of gold, but mostly Supermodel just isn’t much fun.
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Album Review: Sally Seltmann - Hey Daydreamer
Seltmann has proven over the last decade that she’s a talented musician, but this album leaves you begging for some kind of strong, interesting melody, a catchy hook or something else to hold on to.
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Album Review: Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Night Time, My Time is a long record, and starts to drag towards the end, especially on the clunky title track, but it’s also dark, sultry and sometimes even fun.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Courtney Barnett, Jarrod M. Mahon, Eves
They rock out in a totally earnest way, with big riffs and solos and hair waving, working with Barnett’s straight-talking poetry to seduce the crowd’s brains and bodies.