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

Matthew Tomich, Journalist

Reviews / Film & TV
Salad Days
"If you're at all familiar with the Washington DC hardcore scene, you can skip the first half hour."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs
"Music for long journeys to destinations unknown."
Reviews / Film & TV
7 Chinese Brothers
"Despite his lack of direction, Schwartzman is effortlessly likeable."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Hope Drone, Fourteen Nights At Sea, We Lost The Sea, Old Love
"In Hope Drone, we've found one of Australia's best metal bands."
Reviews / Film & TV
Welcome To Leith
Leith's residents attempt to thwart a usurping of democracy
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hope Drone - Cloak Of Ash
"The marriage of melody and malice makes this one of the most compelling heavy releases of the year so far."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: High Tension, I Exist, Outright, Diecut
"It’s a celebration of a community, and a testament to High Tension’s place as leaders and role models in the landscape of heavy music in Melbourne."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Solkyri, Kettlespider, Myyth, Tux
"Solkyri’s show is proof enough that the Sydney quartet are well on their way to becoming one of the most exciting instrumental bands in the country."
Features / Arts
Douglas Coupland Is An Internet Evangelist
Reddit Is Full Of 'Infinite Intelligence And Originality'
Reviews / Arts
From The Rubble
"A compelling piece of contemporary theatre and a triumph of nonlinear storytelling."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Matthew Tomich
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Features / Music
On The Road With Pond And Doctopus Part Three
It's time for the Perth fellas to say goodbye to the touring BS.