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

Bradley Armstrong, Journalist

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Live Review: Roku Music, Cobwebbs, Occults, Deadshred
"The problem with this set though is the fact the sound is quite inconstant throughout"
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Live Review: Sally Seltmann, Wintercoats, Phoncurves
Ultimately, unless you’re a fan this is not a set that would win you over and in fact it would do the opposite. But if you were the girl sitting up the front blowing bubbles you probably had the time of your life.
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Live Review: Four Layers Of Zed
The set is lapped up by all involved as funk is mixed with more traditional alt-based electronica, and at the end it feels as if ‘808 4 Lyf’ is a tattoo that should be mandatory upon entering the basement.
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Live Review: African Braidz, Enderie Nuatal, Second Interview, Domestic Sphere
At times the synch drops out and the odd sound drops up but God damn, these distant Chemical Brothers lookalikes have a solid future in bringing the lads and ladies the beats should they leave the guitars at home.
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Album Review: Cass McCombs - Big Wheel And Others
All in all this is a solid release by a man who has been debatably trying his luck by not allowing his releases time to mature, and is a record that fans will lap up and cherish.
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Live Review: Day Ravies, Naked Maja, Nite Fields, Barbiturates
s the band for backing synth, and the sound is amplified to the point where they should have the man in the band, and it’s a shame he only stuck around for a few tracks. However, when the soothing summertime sounds of I Don’t Mind kick in he’s quickly forgotten, with the track’s peaks being aided by a mean fuzzed-out guitar with a well-constructed tone behind it.
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Live Review: 4zzz Guilt Retreat 8
A brief encore concludes the set and then the masses spill out onto the street well served. Phew.
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Live Review: Summer Flake, Cannon, Screaming Match, Thigh Master, Cured Pink
Summer Flake begin as debatably the most subdued/professional band of the gig, but as the group respond to audience calls for Metallica, it is clear that they are having as much fun as the crowd.
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Live Review: The Spinning Rooms, Turnpike, Big Richard Insect, Landing In The Presence Of The Enemy Janguars Advanced
Apart from the odd sound problem mainly due to the variety on offer, the set is a joy and makes the prospect of this group playing at the illustrious ATP all the more understandable and welcoming.
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Live Review: Velcro, Hot Palms, The Creases, Dag, Thigh Master, Fred Savage Beasts
It was a great way to round the night in the first of hopefully many at this gem of a venue.
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Live Review: Bardo Pond, Dreamtime, Pale Earth
The band are naturally tight, though, drawing primarily from their latest self-titled record and not venturing much into their back catalogue.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Zomby - With Love
It’s not that it is a bad attempt at the genre, but considering some of the artists around today and ones that have been gone before – it’s all just a little boring.