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

Olivia Gardner, Journalist

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Reviews / Arts
Yours The Face
"A charismatic, complex and human insight into people in an industry who are often cast as vapid or disingenuous."
Features / Music
Keeping It Organic
"I never expected to live off my music when I was younger."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Chicks On Speed
To much cheering and encouragement the ladies joined us once more on stage for an encore of a few of their older favourites before the audience, a little over-stimulated and out-danced, slinked their way out of the Freo Arts Centre and into the salty night.
Features / Music
U Is For Utopia
"On the song Utopia, we have a guest, Yoko Ono, because she was a big player in that concept of utopia with John Lennon."
Features / Arts
Get Creative
“Even when I was in fashion I kind of didn’t really pay attention in all the pattern-making classes, so then when I did my own label, I just made up all the pattern-making techniques that were totally not industry standard."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tokimonsta, Kit Pop, Cosmo Gets, Leon Osborn
It was a wholesome set that brought her music together with a selection of others that were handpicked by the talented DJ. 2am came and went, the set pressed on, and everyone enjoyed what they had come for – plus a little extra in the interim.
Reviews / Arts
The New Conway Vibe
Those of you who have seen the man before will see him just as you remembered – very natural, very excitable and very damn funny.
Reviews / Arts
It's Me Dayne
He is bold and uncouth yet completely endearing, with one of the funniest conclusions to a show you may ever witness. Just don’t bring your kids.
Reviews / Arts
Trixie & Monkey: Flipping & Stripping
The two made an excellent on-stage team, and the show’s ending was met by a standing ovation.
Features / Music
Bear Necessities
“It’s really nice to be getting a foot in the door and kind of get our name around here, build a bridge; we’ve been really well received over here.”
Features / Music
Raah Raah
“We sort of explore the areas of urban music with a string section, a big band.”
Features / Arts
Reaching Out
“One of our first jobs was actually to go and rip out the phone booth.”