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

Donald Finlayson, Journalist

News / Music
'Beastie Boys' Doco Airs This Week - Without This LP, There May Not Have Been A Story
In their new doco 'Beastie Boys Story', Mike D and Adam Horovitz share the first-person history of the band's forty years together. But before that, Donald looks back at the album that made that legacy possible.
Features / Music
The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Donald Finlayson
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…
Features / Music
Find Out Who's Been Naughty Or Nice With This Season's Christmas Singles
Xmas scholar Donald Finlayson makes a list and checks it twice to find this year's merriest tunes.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age
"You don't listen to this record, you sit through it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bonnie Prince Billy – I Made A Place
"[M]arginally brighter than the rest of his catalogue."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Swans – Leaving Meaning
"[T]he uncompromising visions of Gira are beginning to feel more and more self-indulgent with each record."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Danny Brown – Uknowhatimsayin
"[I]t's just generally fucking bonkers."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: City Calm Down – Television
"A nice reminder that you aren't the only one who sits down in the shower after work sometimes."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Young Guv – Guv I
"Big Star meets '70s John Lennon meets Guided By Voices and Teenage Fanclub."
Features / Music
DJ Algorithm: The Best of YouTube's Weird Music Recommendation AI
Regular internet user Donald Finlayson goes deep in the 'Up Next' wormhole to bring back some long-lost gems uncovered by YouTube's recommendation algorithm.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Skegss, TOTTY
"Cans, clothes and bodies are flying left and right to the nasally, acid-soaked high of the music."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Black Keys – "Let's Rock"
"[A] weird wax museum of well-worn ideas."
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