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

Mac McNaughton, Journalist

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Album Review: Pop Evil - Up
"Pop Evil have become nothing more than a bankrupt cliche."
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Album Review: Ash - Kablammo!
"Eight years after publicly abandoning the album format, they're refocused and delivering what they always did best."
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Album Review: Various - Daptone Gold II
"As authentically soulful as anything from the '60s."
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Album Review: Duran Duran - Paper Gods
"The title track [is] the dullest seven minutes of the '80s icons' entire career."
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Album Review: Le Pie - And He Said Honey You Look So Fine
"Cascading through Spector-isms with a respectful adoration of classic girl groups."
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Album Review: Foals - What Went Down
"It's exactly what you didn't realise you needed Foals to deliver."
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Album Review: Grand Pavilion - Foreign Escapes
"The Byron Bay duo marry Panda Bear-ish harmonies and Odessa/Bibio-like lo-fi digital serenity to radio-friendly effect."
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Album Review: k-os - Can't Fly Without Gravity
"Crazy diversions continue to be his modus operandi."
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Album Review: Warren Haynes - Ashes & Dust
"Ashes & Dust is a mesmerising puff of Americana."
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Album Review: The Waifs - Beautiful You
The Waifs' white sand-peppered brand of folk/country arguably deserved more mainstream longevity
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Album Review: The Phoenix Foundation - Give Up Your Dreams
"A joyous rummage through harmony-layered peppy pop."
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Album Review: Owl City Mobile - Orchestra
"His dedication to Pro-Tooling the fuck out of his vocals lacks the deftness of TPS's Ben Gibbard."
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