Melbourne, and Other Myths

Wunderkind teen experimentalist, Francis Plagne, dons stripes of genius on his second album split-published by Mistletone and venerated ex-pat, Synaesthesia...

Did you ever find out you’ve got a word completely wrong? Like saying “malapropism” when you mean “melanoma”-this would...

You can imagine that if Jens Lekman wasn’t singing he would, in fact, be silent. He would be that shy guy,who sits thinking, laughs occasionally...

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...

If they hadn’t already appointed the King of Moomba for this year, here’s a man who would be well in the running: Herbie, of Herbie’s...

"New Romanticism: In contrast to punks the New Romantics made an effort to look flamboyant in an attractive, luxuriant, beautiful, narcissistic way."

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Eddy Current are the finest garage band to come out of Melbourne in years. People have been talking them up pretty seriously in the last six months...

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...

Meet Kenji Kawakami, designer, pathological mail-order enthusiast and author of this book. Kawakami is the founder of Chindogu, the art of the 'unuseless'...

It’s happened to us all. A friend returns from overseas, clothed in next season’s fashion, you fall in love with a top/dress/bag, ask where...

What do you find at the Ilk Bar? Fresh ilk, of course, Ars bars perhaps, maybe even some ixed lollies? Apparently not.

What you will find, is an interior...

When you think Japanese cinema, you probably think about anime, right? Or samurai flicks. Or mind-fuck horror. Or a lurid blend of bizarre sex and graphic...

Would you like to dine like a swine or lounge like a lizard? Canary Club, the latest offering from the guys who run Hairy Canary, might be able to help...

Most of us barely have enough money for a daily tram ticket, let alone to cultivate an art collection. But when an original work that lasts FOREVER can...

More interesting to look at than a Moleskine and just as satisfying to hold, Rebound Books inject a lease of new life into dust-covered hardbacks.

Writer’s...

RAINED OUT TODAY! FRIDAY Nov 7. Bummer. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

Oh, Rooftop Market. You were so good to us last year; your shopping was fine and your burger...

Film festivals occasionally throw a few obscure horror gems into their programs to up their cool quotient, but MIFF takes it a step further this year...

Gertrude Street is great. For reasons both contemporary and historical. But it's the transition that seems most interesting. Or problematic -depends on...

Let's face it. Even a monkey could snap something pretty with Polaroid. Its nostalgic feel, its play of light, its instant development; Polaroid is one...

The term 'juggernaut' is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable; that will crush all in its path. With an album being...