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

Kelly Herbison, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Blake Scott, Spiral Perm
"Savage paces around the stage with formidable intensity, delivering her lines with wide eyes and unapologetic potency."
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Live Review: Totally Mild, Jess Ribeiro, RVG, Jade Imagine
"Her sounds are unwaveringly powerful and thoughtful."
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Live Review: Wetfest
"This evening marks the beginning of Wet Lips' indefinite hiatus and bassist Jenny McKechnie insists that 'it's not a funeral, it's a celebration'."
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Live Review: 30/70, Cool Out Sun, MzRizk
"Joy ditches her cowbell for an empty beer bottle halfway through, leading into 'Misrepresented' by telling us, 'I feel misrepresented by this government... I feel mis-rep-ra-sen-TED'."
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Live Review: DJ Emoceans, Habits, Miss Blanks, Cable Ties, Simona, Miss Destiny, Eat-Man
"Cheers fill the room as she shouts the iconic line, 'I am not a production unit/I am a human being'."
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Live Review: Dizzee Rascal, Baker Boy
"Rascal leaves the stage after 'You Got The Dirtee Love', but we all know he's not going anywhere until 'Bonkers' happens."
Features / Music
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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gold Class, Dianas, No Local
"Crowd favourite 'Life As A Gun' is delivered by Adam Curley from atop the stage barriers."
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Live Review: Like Running Water
"The collaborative efforts of Thompson, Zhen and Renner generate a sense of power and emotion."
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Live Review: Batpiss, Gareth Liddiard, Palm Springs, Bench Press
"The tone of Sloane's voice and powerful bass incite a spine-shaking hum through The Tote's floor as 'Tell Them My Name Is X' begins."
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