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

Andy Hazel, Journalist

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Andy Hazel is a writer and musician based in Melbourne. He is also the senior editorial producer at The Saturday Paper to which he contributes profiles on musicians, actors and directors. His writing also appears in IndieWire, The Monthly, Guardian Australia and A Rabbit's Foot. Andy is also the producer and host of Twin Peaks The Return: A Season Three Podcast.

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deap Vally, Gung Ho
Rumours of their return for Splendour should see this crowd size quadruple within months.
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Live Review: Lurch & Chief, Tully On Tully, The Red Lights
Tonight’s single launch for stellar closing track On Your Own is a mere pitstop on their journey to greatness.
Features / Music
Victim, Survivor, Triumph
“By travelling all over the world and meeting so many people, I’ve seen that everybody wants the same thing; all they’re looking for is love and understanding. And that’s what I found, it took a while, but it’s real now.”
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Live Review: Wax Witches, Step Panther & Foam
So good, it is almost like the Arthouse in here tonight.
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Live Review: The Morning Night, The Staffords & Houndsteeth
The band finish with a gunning take on The Easybeats’ I’ll Make You Happy, proving they’re going to be a band you’ll hear a lot more of before the year is out.
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Live Review: The Stone Roses & Zane Lowe
Brown shouts out ‘one love!’ and vanishes backstage while the crowd detach themselves from each other and peel off into warm night air, dazed and happy.
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Live Review: Deep Purple & Journey
The band leave us with a titanic, skull-rattling version of Black Night, ending our short trip back to the days when being a musician meant being able to play an instrument well – no bad thing at all.
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Live Review: The Wedding Present
The set flows from high point to high point, despite a frequent breaking of guitar strings.
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Live Review: Lowtide & Montero
With a spinning mirrorball above, spotlights trained on the ceiling, and dry ice thickening the air, the delicate textures and twining harmonies of Whale and Spring emphatically build and release.
Features / Music
The Breakdown On Breakup
“You have to wait for the dust to settle and get away from the chaos of making something and obsessing over it completely.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: SLAM Day: Degreaser, White Walls, Hunting Pictures & Gold Tango
Songs blend together, united by stomping rhythms of varying speed, and as powerful as it sounds, it seems a hollow, empty clamour. Still, drinks flow, the crowd crowds and the punters love it.
Features / Music
Music For Mainlanders
“There is a bit of pressure. We were nervous until we started playing, then it just sounded like The Stickmen having fun."
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