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

Helen Lear, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lost Picnic
A great little festival that offers something for every level of music lover.
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Live Review: Empire Of The Sun, Rudimental, Miguel, Samantha Jade
London four-piece Rudimental, replete with a bevvy of backing singers and musicians, bounded onto the stage with great enthusiasm, starting off with hit Right Here.
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Album Review: Reverend & The Makers - ThirtyTwo
Sheffield indie-pop outfit, Reverend & The Makers, return with their fourth album, ThirtyTwo, celebrating the age of lead singer John McClure (aka The Reverend) and all they love about everyday British life, from relationships to pill popping.
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Live Review: Sinkane
It would have been great to hear some of the older, psychedelic instrumental tracks, like Blown from the second album, but overall, an inspiring and fun performance.
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Live Review: Mount Kimbie, Charles Murdoch
A great set and proof that electronic music comes into its own as a live performance.
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Live Review: London Grammar, Vancouver Sleep Clinic
A solid performance, but a few more tracks wouldn’t have gone amiss.
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Live Review: Gossling, Little Scout, Whitaker
A solid performance and maximum respect for pulling off so many slow songs on a bustling Saturday night in Sydney.
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Live Review: Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Foreigndub Sound System, DJ Kilmarnock Steve
A big ‘hats off’ to one of the most interactive and captivating bands around.
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Album Review: Booka Shade - Eve
It’s what Booka Shade fans will have been waiting for.
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Live Review: Rudimental, Gorgon City
A short interlude and a sweaty, screaming crowd welcomed back the band for an interesting encore cover of Paramore’s Now, which melded seamlessly into Bob Marley’s Sun Is – no mean feat!
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Album Review: Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull
It’s an album of two halves and one that is sure to divide their fans and critics.
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Live Review: Midnight Juggernauts, Kirin J Callinan, Fascinator
Great to see the guys back in form and so excited to be back on stage.