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In a perfect world, directors would be forced to submit reasons in triplicate for exactly why their films should run for any longer than 87 minutes. As...

Why is newer necessarily better? Sure, there's a place for faster, smaller, thinner, more effective - but there's also a place (often closer to our heart)...

Finding a good karaoke joint can mean the difference between you blowing your entire weekend’s drinking allowance over three, frequently interrupted...

Is Speed Racer Kubrick's 2001 for kids?

To call its reception 'lukewarm' is an understatement, and it's easy to see why. It's too child-friendly...

Next Wave is all systems go. And, it's not really the kind of wave that dumped you and your boogie board at Point Leo before dumping seaweed in your pants...

Do you plan to have intercourse in the next six months? Scratch that. Do ever you plan to have intercourse? If your answer is a resounding "Fuck...

They called him The Orange Bag Bandit, and circa '89 he left Camberwell residents baffled holding up the local Tuckerbag with his thieving identity concealed...

For those among us who'd like to stab Mischa/Nicole/Paris et al between the eyes, The Sartorialist is a breath of fashionably fresh air.

Scott Schumann's...

The Tom Tom Club's 1981 self-titled debut is a rare nugget of bold artistic genius and its stupidly fun. Comprising of Talking Heads' rhythm section Tina...

On Smith Street it's best to walk really fast between Panama, Cavallero and Wabi Sabi Salon. That's because you may get assaulted by an aggressive man...

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...

Go on, admit it. We’ve been watching you anyway. The way you eye off those stiletto’s your co worker struts about in. How you wait outside...

Back in 2004, Tim Minchin was a ranga from Perth who wrote weird satirical songs that record companies didn't know how to market. Then he had a makeover...

It’s cool when you can buy a band’s EP at a gig – usually you can get a badge too or, in the case of Moscow Schoolboy, a pair of logo...

For one of America's most famous auteurs, David Lynch's best work has always been with someone else reining in his more insane impulses - like Barry...

Heave open the wrought iron doors of Friperie and the collection will cause bladder-tickling, cross-legged excitement. The Smith Street emporium is rustling...

Sound the call. Haters of chubby ‘70s concert halls and ‘shhh' jazz clubs can breath a sigh of relief when Yamaha Felt Hammer opens tonight...

To be honest, Architecture In Helsinki have at times sounded a bit too much like a school band for our liking. However, with sold out shows all over the...

Tucked away above Russell Street, Kanga Kanga stocks - in their words - "Cool Asian Magazines". Visiting the store is like taking a crash course...

A seemingly simple rearrangement of words can have startling effects. For example, "album cover" equals great, while "cover album"...