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

Bradley Armstrong, Journalist

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Live Review: My Disco, Vacuum, Makeda, Xavier Irvine
"Still a band that warrants attention and shows potential for growth."
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Live Review: Sui Zhen, Superstar
"For the most part, they don't quite hit the mark of excellence as set by latest record 'Secretly Susan'."
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Live Review: Deep Heat, Love Of Diagrams, Deaf Wish, Bits Of Shit, Mollusc
"They round out the set with a Joy Division/early '00s hardcore hybrid, which proves a great way to cap off a truly solid night."
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Live Review: Ratatat, Kirin J Callinan, The Frikstailers
Did Ratatat need to come back so soon?
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Live Review: Habits, Lucy Cliche, Geryon
"It's slightly weird and dark, but boy! You'll dance all night to it!"
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Live Review: Lucy Cliche, Sleep D, Nicky Crane
"The atmosphere is now looser and closer to a Saturday night vibe come Cliche and the crowd groove away, inhibition free."
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Live Review: Deradoorian, Oscar Key Sung
"The problem with this show is that it lacks any real form of atmosphere from which to grow, rendering it as almost background music."
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Live Review: Ooga Boogas, Tom Ridgewell's Mongrel, Hierophants, Tommy T & The Classical Mishaps
"It is when they let loose and jam freely that Ooga Boogas really shine and by the end of the sweaty set it is no surprise that encores are requested."
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Live Review: Sunn O))), Extortion
"It's about being sucked into their little slice of well-crafted hell for an hour and seeing if you can make it out alive."
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Live Review: Golden Plains Festival
"With the tenth nail in the coffin, a long drawn-out hug feels more appropriate [for Aunty]."
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Live Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"This is not a gig or even a performance; this is an experience and you don't have to feel good at the end to be moved."
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Live Review: Chapterfest
"Twerps have never really put on a bad show, but tonight showcases the band at their finest."
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