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

Mac McNaughton, Journalist

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Album Review: Good Charlotte - Youth Authority
"The mindless cacophony and wretchful lyrics alarmed and distressed the man so terribly that he ran at high speed..."
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Album Review: Needtobreathe - Hard Love
"Based on this evidence, the devil still has all the best tunes."
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Album Review: Canary - I Am Lion
"'I Am Lion' will likely give comfort to others struggling to lick their wounds."
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Album Review: Audego - Glaciers
"You don't need good ice-sight to see the beauty in Glaciers."
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Album Review: Metronomy - Summer 08
"Mount's almost megalomaniac control over every other element results in an album of rare charmlessness."
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Album Review: DJ Shadow - The Mountain
"The unsettlingly dark pace rarely lets up."
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Album Review: Bob Evans - Car Boot Sale
"Mitchell seems more comfortable as Bob Evans, perhaps even ready to retire the persona that was 'the singer from Jebediah'."
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Album Review: Xylaroo - Sweetooth
"The beautiful paradox in Xylaroo is that it's actually quite hard to pin them down."
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Album Review: Michael Franti & Spearhead - Soulrocker
"Franti has never sounded so banally generic."
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Album Review: 3OH!3 - Night Sports
"...it appalls because someone thought it was good enough to pass muster."
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Album Review: Beth Orton - Kidsticks
"Kidsticks is over just as it's getting started."
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Album Review: Richard Ashcroft - These People
"Ashcroft's is back to lushly orchestrated, immaculately produced, crooning pop."