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Fact: there is more crap in the blogosphere than in the Ganges River, but in amongst all the self-indulgent diatribes you will find a few pearls, shining...

Like P-plate drivers, many of us refuse to believe that we are breakable. It takes moments of pain and legacies such as scars to remind us that flesh...

For many, who have been put off horns and all things Gypsy by the likes of The Cat Empire, Beirut's debut album Gulag Orkestar is less about imitating...

When grunge dominated the musical landscape there was no shortage of bands eager to replicate. Nowadays it's Baltimore club and aspiring producers. Every...

This is the first book in the Superior Person's trilogy. A buffet of quirky words to memorise and dazzle those around you with incessant coruscations...

We have all been dropped by the devil at some stage in our lives, but very few at the tender age of six. Given the title for their show by a late night...

It sounds simple. Four young guys decide to take a trip overseas in celebration of a mate’s upcoming wedding, and for a bit of cultural experience...

Everyone is getting a bit sick of low-rider jeans. Girls are tired of jeans that you need a bikini wax to wear around children and guys are sick of getting...

Seven video artists climb seven flights of stairs this Monday night. You could probably order seven drinks, drink them in seven minutes and then slur...

What better way to say 'I love you' than with artist Tony Garifilakis' limited edition death prints? Well perhaps not. You might want to think carefully...

In his short story, The Destructors, Graham Greene writes that "After all, destruction is a form of creation", only that it happens in reverse...

Definitely more impressive than a mule, Band Of Horses sound is far from sterile. Bred from orchestral pop band Carissa’s Weird and released...

The adage everything old becomes new again holds on this mind-blowing compilation of 'rare European library grooves' courtesy of Munich's Permanent Vacation...

A couch, sleeping bag, lamp, guitar, laptop and a hermit crab tank. These are Ian Wadley's belongings furnishing Bus Gallery's tiniest nook. After a...

Pixelated palm trees blur into the background as your cherry red Lambo speeds into the sunset. That's the scene set in the video game world of Plug-In...

Sterling vocabulary and deft handling of simile aside, essayist David Rakoff is all about one thing. And it's not himself. Though the he depicts his writings...

Mixed Business is both a café and a convalescent home. You wander in feeling a bit fragile, even wary of spending a hungover Saturday morning in...

Arising from a concern that homosexuality and mediocrity were beginning to blend TSHDT? is, so they say, a look book for gay men and their admirers...

The relationship between art and craft is in many ways similar to that of rock and pop. They are similar, competitive yet distinct, and one is clearly...

The boys of Trimapee revel in change. Their previous collection, Cubicle Confessions, breathed an understated finesse. It was characterised by shades...