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

Lukas Murphy, Journalist

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Album Review: Joseph Tawadros - Permission To Evaporate
"Though widely hailed as one of Australia’s finest musical talents, such an accolade doesn’t come close"
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Album Review: Little Hurricane - Gold Fever
Less centred on the dirty blues progressions they started off with, Gold Fever deviates off into various stylistic territories, all of which will no doubt be tremendously received.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Fairbridge Folk Festival
A solid weekend of crazy-good musicians, artists, funky fresh beats and good old country vibes, the annual Fairbridge Festival hosted yet another brilliant weekend. Get yourselves down there next year, folks!
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Album Review: Tourist - Race Against Time
"A release a long time coming, Race Against Time exceeds expectations."
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Album Review: Leon Russell - Life Journey
"As a celebration of his 72nd (no less!) birthday, Leon Russell’s Life Journey is without a doubt a humbling reflection of the man’s years."
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Album Review: Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
"Drawing on influences like Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and Otis Redding, this album could well become a classic."
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Live Review: West Coast Roots 'N' Blues
Well on its way to being a long-standing tradition in the City of Fremantle, the 11th Annual West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots left every man, woman and the occasional baby screaming for more.
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Album Review: Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus
Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes it just gets a little cheesy; perhaps the Burger King, Apple and Facebook references in Enter The Uninvited just don’t translate well for this reviewer.
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Album Review: Joan As Police Woman - The Classic
It’s worth mentioning that unlike The Deep Field, this has the feel of an album that grows on you over time, like a profound and fulfilling friendship.
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Live Review: Pond, AAA Ardvark Getdown Services, Felicity Groom, The Silents
In actuality, the venue was probably quite small and intimate, but with the way the band played, and the way their adoring onlookers responded, they may as well have been playing Wembley Stadium, the way the vibe was going, the wit was being thrown around and the music was flooding out of those amps.
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Album Review: Rufus Waimwright - Vibrate The Best of Rufus Wainwright Lukas Murphy
It’s all in the way you look at it, really.
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Album Review: Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana - Mehliana: Taming The Dragon
Those familiar with Mehldau’s interpretation of Paranoid Android will not be surprised to hear a quite apparent occasional Radiohead influence.