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

Eliza Goetze, Journalist

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Live Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Alex Cameron, Black Zeros
"The crowd, having sung every word, was suitably entranced."
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Live Review: Lapalux, Shigeto, Kailo, Huggz & Seabreeze
"Perhaps that's a mark of his skill: that he can make it feel like there's more going on than it seems."
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Live Review: At First Sight
"The room floated on a dreamy, bittersweet cloud as [Nicholas Allbrook] hovered somewhere between Bowie and Robert Smith."
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Live Review: Sampa The Great, Wallace
"I'm gonna need everybody to shake it off. Let loose. Be free."
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Live Review: Flowertruck, Big White, Aegean Sun
"Warm, friendly rock loosened up the room like home brew, lyrics with a fond sense of place"
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Live Review: Vallis Alps, Nick Hill, La Mar
"The pair showcased a range of moods, from slow R&B beats to tweaks of industrial noise and liberal sprinklings of marimba."
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Live Review: Blackstreet, Lily V
"Blackstreet locked down the formula for a good time 20 years ago."
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Live Review: Soak, Jesse Davidson
An ordinary night ascended to a higher level at Paddington Uniting Church.
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Live Review: Tiga, Motorik Vibe Council, The Finger Pince, Jensen Interceptor
MTK know how to make it feel like summer forever.
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Live Review: Freddie Gibbs, Baro, Halfway Crooks
Gibbs leaves an impression at sold out Sydney show.
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Live Review: Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding
Perfume Genius delivered a contrasting mix of delicate piano ballads and reckless rock’n’roll romps to Sydney.
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Live Review: Sarah Blasko, Luluc
Songs so engaging that Blasko even had baby elephants dancing.