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

Andrew Giddings, Journalist

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Reviews / Album
Album Review: nyck - Alive
"Some risks paid off, others fell flat, but the pair have made a commendable attempt at creating something unique."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kyle Lionhart - Eleven & Two
"Eleven & Two hangs around the atmosphere long after listening."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gawurra
"His language is the heart and soul of his performance."
Features / Music
Zucchero Teases Fans With Knowledge Of An Album's Worth Of Unreleased Music
"Bono and myself were speaking after the very sad events in Paris and Bono had the song lyrics in mind. I wrote the music and we made it happen."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Borneo - Alert!
"'Alert!' would be immensely more enjoyable when sharing the atmosphere of a live performance."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dead Language - Like Heart
"'Like Heart' will draw you back until you've wrung the tracks out for every drop of meaning."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Red Gazelle - Red Gazelle
"With a debut EP as strong as this, it makes you wonder what the Sydney rockers could do with a full studio album."
Reviews / Arts
Perri Cassie: Channel Perri (MICF)
"A fun and relatable hour of stories and observations from a mouthpiece for Melbourne millennials"
Reviews / Arts
Dani Cabs & Barnie Duncan: Weekend At Barnie's (MICF)
"There are only so many times you can prop a dead man up and pretend like he's moving before the joke exhausts itself."
Reviews / Arts
Chris Dewberry: Let's Agree To Disagree (MICF)
"A laundry list of things Chris Dewberry finds bizarre, confusing and pointless."