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

Andrew McDonald, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Peter Murphy, Familia, The Dark Shadows
"Despite the lush, depressive nature of the songs, Murphy himself was jovial, charismatic and charmingly funny."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The UV Race - Racism
At 29 minutes, the LP doesn’t overstay its welcome, and should be checked out by most garage/experimental rock fans.
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Album Review: Merveille & Crosson - DRM
This is an interesting record – it doesn’t break any new ground in terms of production or composition (much of it does reek a little Four Tet derivative), but the lengths to which the separate elements here are pushed is worth pricking one’s ears up at.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Post-Festival Party - Rusty Spring Syncopators, Gregory Page, Warsaw Village Band & The Crooked Fiddle Band
It would’ve been ridiculous for any punter to have walked away anything other than tired and satisfied.
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Live Review: 65daysofstatic, Sleepmakeswaves & Bon Chat, Bon Rat
After such a long wait it was hard to not expect a more ‘live’ performance from the band, but a terrific setlist more than sated the crowd’s post-rock desire.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Calyx & TeeBee - All Or Nothing
All Or Nothing, on the whole, is repetitive enough to become trance-like, though not entirely interesting enough to stand up to repeated scrutiny.
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Album Review: Kid Rock - Rebel Soul
It sucks, of course, but at least there’s nothing quite as putrid here as 2008’s All Summer Long.
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Album Review: The Neptune Power Federation - Mano A Satano
If you buy into this high concept record then there’ll be no stopping your enjoyment of this hard rocking hair metal homage.
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Album Review: The Weight - Prisoners Of The Flock
This album won’t win over any converts to ‘brutal’ music, but outside of genre familiarity there’s very little to complain about on this punishing debut.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Datsuns & The Treatment
Little has changed over the years, but with shows like this, do we really want it to?
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The DOT - And That
Though knowing what Skinner is capable of, even as recently as last year, it can’t help but be a minor letdown.
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Album Review: Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart - Road To Palios
The record stands up beautifully and we, as listeners, can feel privileged to hear this duo create for us a world that is entirely theirs.