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

Bradley Armstrong, Journalist

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Live Review: Lakes, Gaud, Mollusc, Terry
"There are some strong points towards the end but overall things just fall short."
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Live Review: Glenn Richards
"The highlights are truly highlights and don't deserved to be sullied by the lowlights of a half attentive room."
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Live Review: The Drones, Augie March, Money For Rope
"Like Augie March before them, it would have been nice to hear some of The Drones' softer moments mixed into the set."
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Live Review: Totally Mild, Terrible Truths, Small World Experience, The Shifters, Simona Castricum
"Believe the hype that has come to surround [Totally Mild] as tonight is bliss."
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Live Review: Cured Pink
"Yep, the concept of this band playing three times, also as their own supports, is a good one."
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Live Review: John Cale
'Lisa Gerrard's voice simply inspires awe.'
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Live Review: Bed Wettin' Bad Boys
"The sound is top notch... coming through loud while maintaining a level of lo-fi personality."
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Live Review: Forces, Multiple Man, Lucy Cliche, Lakes, Regional Curse
"The band comes across as purists with their aesthetic and it really aids the output and creates an immersive experience."
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Live Review: Label Of Love: Nun, Ooga Boogas, Time For Dreams, Exhaustion
"Their paint-by-numbers and I-hate-my-parents-and-am-gonna-wear-black-eyeliner approach is far from new or interesting."
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Live Review: Boris, White Walls, Hotel Wrecking City Traders
"By the time we reach the equally punishing closer 'Farewell', it’s quite clear that Boris have easily won over this packed-out room."
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Live Review: Augie March, Fraser A Gorman
"Richards lives up to his reported reputation as a perfectionist by forcing the band to restart tracks"
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Live Review: Death To The Liberty
"...it would be cheaper to go home and dig out your 13-year-old self's CD collection and have a whale of a time."