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

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David James Young

David James Young is a music journalist, amateur DJ and former podcaster working on unceded Dharawal land. He is the Guinness World Record holder for most gigs attended in one year. His other bylines include NME, Junkee, The Big Issue and The Australian.

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Doja Cat - 'Scarlet'
Has Doja Cat created an album that meets the expectations set by 'Paint The Town Red'?
Reviews / Live
BIGSOUND 2023
Live Review: 10 Artists We Vibed On At BIGSOUND 2023
From Kobie Dee and PRICIE to Cult Shotta and Cloe Terare, we look back at some of our favourite acts from BIGSOUND 2023.
Reviews / Live
Bella Amor at BIGSOUND
Live Review: BIGSOUND 2023
Country, metal, hip-hop, indie songs, hyper-pop and more - where else could you find it all but BIGSOUND?
Features / Music
'Welcome To Happyland' album cover
25 Years Of Happyland, The Most Underrated Aussie Supergroup Of The 90s
25 years on from their first and only album, it's high time to revisit the short-lived and crucially underrated adventure known as Happyland.
Features / Interviews
Golden Features
Golden Features: ‘I Just Want To Make Music That Stands The Test Of Time’
“It's so easy to make a song that will just make kids jump up and down. It's another entirely to be like the artists I love – Daft Punk, Justice, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy – and create something with a real depth to it.”
Reviews / Arts
Comedy Review: Mark Normand @ Enmore Theatre
Mark Normand kicks off his first of three sold-out shows at Enmore Theatre this week.
Features / Music
The Waifs
The Waifs: 'We Truly Felt Like We'd Been Embraced That Day'
"In terms of the public perspective of the band? They're still very much very attached to this narrative of the three kids who got in the van and travelled around the world playing folk music."
Features / Interviews
Royston Noell: 'It's So Powerful To See Someone That Looks Like You On TV'
“I feel like my younger self would be in complete shock.”
Features / Interviews
Aus’ Country Music Boom: ‘People Worked Their F*cking A*ses Off To Make It Happen’
Following the release of his third album ‘Acres’ (out now via Sony Music Entertainment Australia), Brad Cox – joined by Sammy White – explores recent country music trends in Australia.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Ed Sheeran '-' (Subtract)
Truly, there is a version of - (Subtract) that exists in an alternate timeline somewhere that serves as Sheeran's best start-to-finish studio album.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Buddy Guy @ Enmore Theatre
After Guy has said his damn-right farewell, he knows that the blues are in good, capable hands.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Counting Crows @ Enmore Theatre
Who needs 'Accidentally In Love' when the audience is already so very intentionally in love?
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