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

Bailey Lions, Journalist

Features / Music
Something In The Water
"It’s my heart. It’s what I feel, what I love, what I believe in, and what I’m willing to fight for."
Features / Music
The First Step
"I don’t want a song to be an impulse purchase."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Calling All Cars, The Love Junkies, The Sinking Teeth
The band blitzed the remainder of their set, with the unfaltering rhythm section locked into the growling guitar lines and full-throttle vocal melodies of the upbeat anthem Standing In The Ocean to close the night.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The JAC - Love Dumb
While the songs are strong, they play out like pre-packaged templates rather than original works.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Skrillex - Recess
Recess sees Skrillex taking chances and flexing his creative muscles.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Forty Five - In The Web
Forty Five never really add a modern or personal streak to their dated sound, the album ultimately remaining lacklustre and unconvincing.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Veludo - Stay Young
Indigo, in particular, offers up some great melodic hooks that all but force a smile out of you.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: I Declare War, Graves, Iconoclast, Monolith, Illuminator
Every drum hit came down like thunder, every note lashed out like lightning, an endless and inescapable storm of power and noise and electricity. It was a brutal set of intense songs that drilled you into the floor.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mudlark - Zimdahl
Zimdahl is not the type of record you can just try on for size.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Spitfires, The Novocaines, Faim, The Caballeros, Apache
To their credit, clean, sharp drums cut through everything and provided a much needed edge to their sound, and a few upbeat and sing-along tracks allowed The Spitfires to swim back to the surface and send off the night successfully.
Features / Music
True Punk Soul Rebel
"I want to be a part of the community, but I don’t want the pressure. I still have problems, I’m still a fucked-up person."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Apache, Runner, SpaceManAntics, Moaana, We Move Walls, Tired Lion, Celebrator
The band whipped the crowd into frenzy in the front rows, dropping from soaring highs to harsh and gritty growls, and finishing out the night to an epic rock rhythm.