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

Daniel Cribb, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Paramore - Paramore
It’s the angst-filled, heartfelt pop anthems that really bring this album home.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kate Miller-Heidke, Brendan Maclean
Her music was written for the acoustics of churches and cathedrals, and maybe if religious institutes had as much to offer as the church of Kate Miller-Heidke, every mass would be a sell out.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll
You know how you can really save rock’n’roll? By not buying this CD.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bon Jovi - What About Now
Bon Jovi aren’t getting worse, but they don’t appear to be getting any better. Stick to their greatest hits and leave it at that.
Features / Music
Food For Thought
"The world is such an incredible place, and to see so blatantly the injustices faced by so many of our people is just completely unacceptable to me."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Off With Their Heads - Home
Home is the record that will see Off With Their Heads break out of their little subgenre and onto broader horizons as a force to be reckoned with.
Features / Music
True Colours
“I’ll be very honest, we’d never even played those songs for each other – we’d sent them back and forth via email, and that’s kind of how we do things."
Features / Music
Homecoming
"I wrote it during a breakup, but I didn’t want to go all Taylor Swift and write a bunch of breakup songs, I really wanted to turn it around and make it a little bit more positive and look on the bright side of life, and I guess he did me a favour."
News / Music
Tracy Morgan Responds To 'Sexist Hate Speech' Critics
"I don't give a fuck what you think"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Grim Fandango, Kill Teen Angst
There’s something about Frank Turner that is hard to pinpoint. One thing’s for sure: he was born to play music.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pennywise, Face To Face, The Menzingers
Pennywise’s legacy to punk rock became all too clear as the final echoing crowd chants of Bro Hymn faded their set out.
Features / Music
London Calling
“We’re going to spend some time over in Germany because we’ve been offered an artist-in-residence – basically a house to go and hang out and be part of the community and try and be a creative influence on the community."