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

Velvet Winter, Journalist

Features / Music
Festival 18 Is Going For Gold At This Year's Commonwealth Games
"I'm really proud of the diversity and I didn't try to do that, it just came through a proper process."
Features / Music
'We're Dancing And Stuff, How Can You Not Like That?'
"I think that's really important: if you're not getting any backlash then there's never going to be people that really love you either."
Reviews / Arts
Tom Walker - Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk
"For an hour you enter Tom Walker's head and, goddamn, it is a fantastical place to be."
News / Music
ICYMI: Applications Have Opened For Music Victoria's Live Music Professionals
Go apply now!!
News / Music
'He Sang Ferociously': Tom Morello On The Last Time He Played With Chris Cornell
'It was just awesome.'
Reviews / Arts
Daniel Sloss: Now
'The question that Sloss wants to answer this time around, "Is he a sociopath?"'
Reviews / Arts
Becky Lucas: Cute Funny Smart Sexy Beautiful
"Becky Lucas may as well have 'next big thing' tattooed on her forehead."
Reviews / Arts
Rhys Nicholson: Seminal
"Nicholson's manic energy works for him as he stacks jokes inside jokes inside jokes."
Reviews / Arts
Angus Gordon: Stand Up (Aquatic)
"His absurd sense of humour and unflappable deadpan delivery made for one of the most interesting and thought-provoking shows of the festival so far."
Reviews / Arts
Damien Power: Violent Chaos Anyone?
"He builds up these mammoth real-world issues only to tear them down with a simple-yet-whipsmart punchline."
Reviews / Arts
Cameron James: Chilled Out/Fired Up
"James valiantly charged on to deliver a show that was rich in concept but lacking in execution."
Reviews / Arts
Mel Buttle: Dog Bitch
'It's almost impossible to not like Buttle as she embodies the relatable everywoman.'