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

Hurb Jephasun, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Underground Lovers, Andrew McCubbin
"The local audience left them in no doubt that the 20-year break between visits was far too long."
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Live Review: John Farnham, Mondo Rock, Kate Ceberano, The Badloves
"Farnham effortlessly joked and talked to the huge crowd between songs as he and his stellar band kept them up and dancing through the performance."
Features / Music
The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Hurb Jephasun
Reviews / Live
Live Review: WAMFest Live 2017 - Saturday
"What followed was an awesome display of political statement, delivered with full conviction - from the heart and impossible to ignore."
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Live Review: Bernard Fanning, Stella Donnelly
"His unmistakable voice seems to be almost ingrained in a generation of Australian's psyches after so many years."
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Live Review: Alison Moyet, Steve Balbi
"Moyet again paused and explained in no uncertain terms that she hadn't sung ['Invisible'] in 30 years and would not be doing it tonight."
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Live Review: The Black Sorrows, Trevor Jalla
"They knew exactly what their crowd wanted and that was exactly what they delivered."
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Live Review: X, Axe Girl, The Floors
"...tonight X showed that, despite the years travelled, they've lost none of their edge and energy."
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Live Review: Ralway Bell, Billie Rogers
"From James Allsopp's opening riff, 'Friends Down South' is one of those infectious songs that, although new, is instantly recognisable..."
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Live Review: The Love Junkies, Ralway Bell, Belle Harvey
"...The four-piece powered through a set that seemed to transform The Buffalo Club into a steaming, moshing cauldron."
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Live Review: Tex Perkins & Matt Walker, India Bradshaw
"...an artist who must surely be regarded as one of the greatest front men in the country."
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Live Review: Killing Heidi, Iluka, Elli Schoen
"This was a band that showed how they had evolved and, if anything, became even better."
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