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

Andrew McDonald, Journalist

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Album Review: Marc Romboy & Ken Ishii - Taiyo
Should these two collaborate again, the results could be masterful.
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Live Review: Dead Can Dance
Each song felt like a gift; this was music held together with a delicate touch for open ears. And all those that heard it were thankful and moved.
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Live Review: Nite Jewel, Holy Balm, Buzz Kull & Astral People DJs
Despite a never quite seamless set, the talent of this always entertaining, occasionally brilliant, group shone throughout.
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Live Review: The Men, Royal Headache & Raw Prawn
There’s little argument against the band’s recorded power, but its now obvious to the lucky and hearing-damaged crowd that The Men are designed for the stage.
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Album Review: The Ruby Suns - Christopher
The poorly produced synth sounds and strangely embarrassing lyrics will turn most off.
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Album Review: Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic
This is an open, bright homage to old ideas.
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Album Review: Strange Talk - Cast Away
The album does fall into its groove a little too quickly, and certain songs (Visions) aren’t needed at all, so the 45-minute effort does manage to somehow feel overlong.
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Album Review: PVT - Homosapien
This is relevant, living, music lying between humanity and construction – the organic and the artificial.
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Album Review: Petra Haden - Petra Goes To The Movies
This is a good album that occasionally escapes its novelty-heavy nature, but never enough to move like the films it loves.
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Album Review: TV Snow - Red
TV Snow may become Australian indie rock stalwarts someday; they certainly know how to write a catchy song. But that day is not today.
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Album Review: The Kits - Lead Us Into Temptation
Is this bad music? No. It certainly fulfils a need somewhere, but it really doesn’t do anything anyone hasn’t already heard.
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Album Review: Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida
"Rather than showing a more honest and personable side to the band, these ten tracks soon become radio-friendly background noise."