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

Daniel Johnson, Journalist

Features / Music
Raise A Fist
"You have to be a bit nuts to rock and roll for as long as we have"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Propagandi, Crisis Alert, Dick Nasty
If the band continues to deliver performances like tonight’s show, the punters are sure to keep coming.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Bad Shepherds, Seavera
"the band make it their own with what can best be described as a folk breakdown"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Frenzal Rhomb, Dick Nasty, F.U.C.
Despite being a band for longer than some of the punters at tonight’s show have been alive, Frenzal Rhomb’s set is as energetic and infectious as it was two decades ago.
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Daniel Johnson
Violent Soho was a favourite for Daniel Johnson in 2013.
Features / Music
They're Back!
"It was a pretty shit time, that last few years; we just needed a break."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nancy Vandal, 1.1.1, Spike City
The band’s next scheduled Brisbane gig is next year’s Soundwave festival, but if tonight’s turnout is any indication, they’ll be welcomed with open arms for their next headline show.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Joey Cape & Brian Wahlstrom, Jud Campbell, Matt Hoara
Cape and Wahlstrom wrap up proceedings with International You Day, which results in a massive sing-along – making what could have been a morose end to the evening more of a celebration.
Features / Music
Can't Get Enough
"It’s just super fun and there’s no consequences; I just generally have a few drinks and have a blast with that band. This time we had such good crowds.”
News / Music
The Go Set: We'll Never Be A Fashionable Band
"We’re just going to keep doing what we do" says Justin Keenan
Features / Music
All Set To Go
“Yeah, if you’d told me ten years ago that we would’ve finished our European tour two weeks ago walking offstage at Mighty Sounds, I would’ve laughed at you."
Features / Music
The Real Deal
"It almost began as sort of a joke: ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if we grabbed kilts and took all these songs and gave them a Scottish flavour?’"
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