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

Bailey Lions, Journalist

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Album Review: Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out
Lyrically playful and none too serious, Lights Out will brighten up the winter.
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Album Review: The Apache Relay - The Apache Relay
The sound overall is surprisingly heavy, creating a heady dream-like quality that seems to evaporate, condense and pour out like a summer storm captured in song.
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Album Review: Highasakite - Silent Treatment
It’s no surprise this quintet is one of Norway’s most beloved bands, and with Silent Treatment they may just become one of Australia’s too.
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Album Review: Chris Gibbs - Big Appetite
The songs feel weighted and cruise with this fantastic classic American rock vibe, but they’re such standard tracks you can’t help but wonder why the hell they left out the drums.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Luca Brasi, Grim Fandango, Monuments, Flowermouth
The crowd stayed loud and vocal through to the end, and Luca Brasi finished up their heart-on-their-sleeve punk rock set with a plethora of shout-outs to bands and friends, showcasing the intimate and personal vibe that holds the punk scene together.
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Album Review: Tycho - Awake
"Open your mind to the Tycho sun."
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Album Review: The Southwicks - Euphoria
"The Southwicks eschew typical song formats and avoid choruses, but the band more than make up for it with the passion and vigour of their instrumentation and the power of their vocal harmonies."
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Album Review: Opiuo - Meraki
Meraki is a city to get lost in, a drive through modern technologic marvels built on retro foundations.
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Album Review: Ceres - I Don’t Want To Be Anywhere But Here
Ceres cracks and burns with the sound of summer, setting fire to your heart and singing anthems to the blaze.
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Live Review: The Southwicks, The Right Way Up, Being Beta, These Winter Nights, Ohayo
Their EP hits Home and Girl With A Gun thundered out with strong pop hooks and powerful instrumentation.
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Album Review: Davey Craddock & The Spectacles - There Will Be Light/100 Days
"Cruisey from the get-go"
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Album Review: Slumberhaze - Rhyme, Rhythm & Romance (Part 2)
"Slumberhaze run the gamut of musical influences to create dreamy and atmospheric tracks that bleed into your psyche."
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