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

Mac McNaughton, Journalist

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Album Review: M.E. Baird - [Fall]
"Baird fingers a half empty tumbler of cheap scotch while a forlorn violin lollops in the corner."
Reviews / Arts
Larry Dean: Out Now!
"Dean is one of those blokes who is so comfortable in his own skin, the charm sprayed over everyone without the need to get crude."
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Craig Hill: Playing With My Selfie
"Craig could have been playing with his selfie a little longer to leave us contently wanting a fag to suck on."
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Album Review: Shit Robot - What Follows
"Lambkin's focus on synthesised rather than synthetic composition makes What Follows an hypnotic, lush experience."
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Album Review: Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
"Angular at its best, alienating at its worst, forgettable it is not."
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Album Review: Lush - Blind Spot
"Saturnine yet breathless, these four new songs on the EP pick up the shoegazey mood of 1992's Spooky."
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Album Review: M83 - Junk
"'Junk' is destined for short term consumption."
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Album Review: Pet Shop Boys - Super
"The Boys still know how to party, but Super leaves one craving substance."
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Album Review: James - Girl At The End Of The World
"Densely produced with heavy electronics almost suffocating the guitars in places, it's James' most emotional album."
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Album Review: Larry Levan - Genius Of Time
"Genius Of Time is a decadent and fabulous education."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Charlatans, Verge Collection
"This is a band who have weathered the years gracefully, but still inspire the rambunctious camaraderie of soccer fans..."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Paces - Vacation
"It makes for a pumping house party, occasionally dipping a toe in to the R&B pool..."