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

Nick Gray, Journalist

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Live Review: Nai Palm, Jaala
"With the passing of soul legend Aretha Franklin, Palm admits this show is cathartic for her and song after song we watch as she regenerates and heals herself."
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Live Review: Eliott, Charlz
"Driven, self-assured and unfazed by attention, tonight saw an artist ready to take on Australia and the world."
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Live Review: G Flip, Kezra
"As the bass rumbles through our collective chests, some subtle rhythm guitar is added to the mix during what is arguably the best pop song to come out of Australia so far this year."
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Live Review: Jacob Collier
"Just how a performer can repeat the lyrics 'singing in the dead of night' for minutes on end and keep us wailing, sweating and enthralled is a true testament to Collier's skill and the humanity he brings to performance."
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Live Review: Alex Lahey, Bloods, Eilish Gilligan
"Stadium euphoria and pop tunes are Lahey's essential bread and butter, and she leaves us beaming and dazed."
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Live Review: Willow Beats, Saatsuma, Emma Ovendon
"The organic, symbiotic feel of the visuals and lighting echoes the natural beauty of their wistful songs."
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Live Review: King Krule, Emerson Snowe
"... Gnarled, nasty, heady and brilliant all at once."
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Live Review: Hachiku, The Ocean Party, June Jones
"While cueing up their second last song and the single they launch tonight, 'Murray's Lullaby', Osterdorf shares with us that her band practiced this one for two hours straight."
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Live Review: Alice Ivy, Nasty Mars & The Martians, Francois, Sophie Grophy
"Ivy teases master volumes, cutting quick fadeouts and then dropping the whole track back in and doesn't stop jumping and dancing for the whole set's duration."
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Live Review: Billie Eilish, Okenyo
"Eilish's hook-writing is superb and her vocals flutter over the top of these songs like alpine water on riverbeds."
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Live Review: Sugar Mountain
"There probably are a few Sugar Mountain revellers 'Out There On The Ice', but if it's a question of, 'Yes, no, maybe'? It's a definite yes in terms of Cut Copy getting the job done."
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Live Review: Meg Mac, Angie McMahon
"Her voice is sultry-smooth, but hard-edged at times, with vocal runs and sustained high notes effortlessly woven in."