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

Dylan Stewart, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Daughter, Vancouver Sleep Clinic
"The London three-piece (with a fourth member appearing as needed) lean heavily on reverb to create their ethereal soundscapes which, when combined with the warmth of the room, cause some eyelids dangerously close to closed in a few pews."
Features / Music
As If You Were There
"It’s funny – I’m really not that comfortable on stage, especially in the acoustic environment where I barely know what I’m doing."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Seth Lakeman - Word Of Mouth
Lakeman is a devil of a musician and songwriter, and with lush, sometimes overcrowded arrangements, he is ably backed by a band and a composition style that takes the meaning of English folk music in a much more modern direction.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood
After so long, it’s testament to Butler that he can still sound so fresh.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: A Great Big World - Is There Anybody Out There?
This record isn’t for everyone, but for all its saccharine, there is something sweet about it.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hospitality - Trouble
It’s an approach that works wonders for Hospitality, and shows that often in music, less is more.
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Album Review: The Angels - Talk The Talk
For a lesson in how Aussies do it, look no further.
Features / Music
Breathing Fresh Air
"We hadn’t really been overseas in a while so we weren’t sure who was going to come out, but it was better than ever."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Dylan Stewart
Dylan Stewart dubs King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard as best artist for 2013.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jake Owen - Days Of Gold
Verse-and-chorus structures are diverse and fluid, synthesisers and organs make pleasant cameos (Beachin’), and although Owen’s lyrical content sticks within the genre (trucks, tequila, tail), it’s delivered in a refreshing manner.
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Album Review: Vex Ruffin - Vex Ruffin
Vex Ruffin is filled with passion and angst, but lacks enough substance to warrant devotion.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Buddy Goode - It's A Buddy Goode Christmas
It probably won’t win Goode another ARIA (his album, Unappropriate, won the 2012 gong for Best Comedy Album), but if you find this album under the Christmas tree, it’s definitely worth a spin.