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

Scott Aitken, Journalist

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Live Review: Sleater-Kinney
"Tucker quipped to the audience that Perth was their favourite city in Western Australia before joining Brownstein for dual vocals on 'Oh!' from 2002's 'One Beat'."
Features / Music
Putting Together The Dream Team
"Everybody in punk looked up to David, but by then he'd kind of changed — he kept changing all the time."
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Live Review: Villain, The Encounters, Buzz Aldrin & The Second Best, Boytjie
"Rowan Florence and Christiaan Mckenzie traded fiery bluesy guitar solos through Foxhunt."
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Live Review: Kiss, The Dead Daisies
"Simmons stayed on alone after to play a bass solo while spitting out blood."
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Live Review: The High Learys, Moana, The Spunloves, Buddy Phoenix
"The band powered through a great version of You're No Good that led into an extended jam featuring killer solos"
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Live Review: The Love Junkies, Skullcave, The Drools
"Mitch McDonald let out a howl of feedback on his guitar."
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Live Review: Alpine, Pearls, Olympia
"The band ended in a haze of feedback and crashing cymbals, leaving the stage to an ecstatic response from the crowd."
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Live Review: Leon Osborn, Mudlark, Coel Healy, Ourobonic Plague, Sam Atkin, Alex Griffin, Spirit Level, Britt Day
'A fantastic night of local talent at one of Fremantle’s best live music venues."
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Live Review: Rat Columns, Ghostdrums, Gilbert Fawn, DJ Jimmy's Choice
"Some brilliant ‘80s-inspired guitar work from West over a swell of airy synths and fast, frenetic drumming."
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Live Review: Blind Tiger Blues Box, The Rogues, Galloping Foxleys, King Of The Travellers, Celery
"A chance to escape the dropping mercury levels and enjoy some local folk talent along with a spicy hot-buttered rum or two."
Features / Music
Why Festivals Are Like The Last Two Minutes Of A Basketball Game
"It can be intense in certain aspects playing festivals so it’s probably a good gauge of where the set is at now."
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Live Review: Gizzfest 2
"The crowd moshing, stage-diving and basically going nuts as the song and the festival came to a chaotic, successful conclusion"