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

Donald Finlayson, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sugar Fed Leopards, China Beach, Madeline Leman & The Desert Swells
"Complete with tongue-in-cheek synchronised dance moves, the stage presence of this candy-coloured trio is simply electric."
Features / Music
Managing The Mysticism Of Modern Living
"It took some time to get my confidence as a singer. But now I know that I can stand in front of a room, with or without a guitar, and have the room just listen."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mista Savona - Havana Meets Kingston
"'Havana Meets Kingston' seriously has no business being as funky as it is."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wild Honey - In Your Head
"'In Your Head' seamlessly weaves the band's studio efforts with more intimate home recordings from Moore."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Nic Cester - Sugar Rush
"Warmer and more psychedelic than anything Cester has previously created.'
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Joep Beving
"Beving sits silently at his instrument with his back to the audience like some kind of mistreated fairytale giant."
Features / Music
The Only Constant In 'Pulse Transit' Is The BPM, Everything Else Was Up For Grabs
"The tracks shift in rhythm and sound, you are in transit over land, water and time."
Features / Music
Neo Soul's Newest Bright Light Is Shining From 'Pole To Pole'
"Literature is a huge influence."
Features / Music
There's A Reason That Lakyn's Dubbed His Latest Single 'West'
"I pictured those old Wild West cowboy films. The beat had a constant repetitive flow that influenced the structure. Like a cowboy going from town to town looking for something."
Features / Music
You'll Dance, You'll Laugh, You'll Clap Your Hands
"We bill ourselves as a Melbourne soul band...but fundamentally we're a dance band."
Features / Music
Why He Prefers Live Sets Over Studio Recordings
"The challenge is always spill between instruments. There is always compromise to be made when trying to get the best out of each instrument."
Features / Music
Music, Catharsis & A Month Long Residency
"Music for me is very cathartic so usually it comes from a place of sadness."
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