Phantom of the Opera

Torpedo, the first offering from independent publishing house Falcon vs. Monkey, Falcon Wins, is very pretty. And, unlike a human, it gets prettier...

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...

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...

In the 1800s, Levi Strauss would have had little concept of the implications of his invention. Of the jiving, the flaring, the acid-washing, the skinny...

Coming into summer, a good pair of sunglasses are a precious commodity. At the pool they can be the difference between being mistaken for a pornstar or...

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...

Mike Relm is as badass as they come. He has won turtablism championships, plays live with completely original video DJing mash-ups, and is just releasing...

In 1984 in Tasmania me and Philip Hawley went on a Uniting Church Mystery Bus Tour. We were both 12 and, on that infamous Murray's coach, the only humans...

A paean to freedom and knowing its truth, Beaches' debut is a powerful, sex-driven record smacking of Stooges greatness. Edgeless and heavy, freely oscillating...

Oscar Wilde once noted that, “Alcohol, when taken in sufficient quantities, often produces all the effects of drunkenness”. Otherwise known...

Melbourne’s The Emergency return as a duo with two new disco cuts on New York’s Metal Postcard label. More delicate and spacey than anything...

Yes, we've bitched about biopics here before - but when the subject is Ian Curtis of Joy Division who sound as good now as they ever did? When it's...

FOOL: People who wax lyrical about how 'international' Melbourne is, how it's the 'World's most liveable city', a 'smart city' blah blah blah our ears...

One of the many confusing aspects of the current hype around the movie 300is its rating: "CONTAINS COMPUTER-GENERATED VIOLENCE”. Hasclassification...

In 1986, before headbangers were (ironically) hip, when camera crews were still a novelty worth cavorting drunkenly before, a dude from D.C. borrowed...

Although contemporary Melbourne is probably the antithesis of the prohibition era, the idea of a speakeasy is nevertheless inviting.

Ellis Street Cocktail...

Interviews aren't always as simple as picking up the phone, dialling Spain and talking with a beautiful - and evidently not single - French pop star just...

Creative processes are something we as consumers of end-product culture don’t often hear about. But tonight and tomorrow night Rooftop Cinema...

As soon as rumours began to surface about the opening of North Carlton's newest cafe, North, we had to get our crack team of reviewers there quick smart...

Between 1992 and 1997 R.L Stine made publishing history. His horror novels for children were listed as the fifteenth most challenged books of 1990-1999...