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

Andrew McDonald, Journalist

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Album Review: We Never Learned To Live - Silently I Threw Them Skyward
"An audacious mix of raw emotional honesty."
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Album Review: Nozinja Nozinja - Lodge
"The problem with the album is that its stylistic approach is too broad to maintain conceptual coherency."
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Album Review: Slaves - Are You Satisfied?
"Anyone looking for punk rock that wears ‘70s influences on its sleeve could do a hell of a lot worse than Slaves"
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Album Review: Wire - Wire
"An album showcasing the sounds of a band with decades of experience who still have a hell of a lot to say"
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Album Review: Mojo Juju - Seeing Red/Feeling Blue
"The bluesy, jazz-influenced pop song is an enchanting and relaxed doorway into an album that never sits still."
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Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
"This may not be Godspeed’s finest record, but it is still one of the best releases of 2015."
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Album Review: Vessels -- Dilate
"Dilate is a promising step forward for this young band."
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Album Review: Cracked Actor -- Iconoclast
"This debut long-player from Canberra outfit Cracked Actor makes no apologies for wearing its influences on its sleeve."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: 65daysofstatic, Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving, Solkyri, The Red Paintings
The English band's audaciousness in Sydney elevated them above their peers.
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Album Review: The Black Ryder - The Door Behind The Door
"The beauty of 'The Door Behind The Door' lies in its insistence to not sit still."
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Album Review: Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
"For those with a passion for left-field pop or fuzzy electro beats, there’s a lot to love here."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: BodyHead
BodyHead's complex music came into its own in Sydney.
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