US vs Them and L.I.M.P present The Mint Chicks

On the first rotation Razorlight's debut 'Up all night' seems to have all the right attributes of another classic NME funded attempt to resuscitate the...

There is nothing more painful than a story told badly, yet there are few things better than one told well. Fortunately, San Franciscan multi-instrumentalist...

From its mid-20th century heyday to popular neo-noir incarnations, film noir has proven that deep down we're all gloomily romantic at heart. Noir maintains...

Ariel Pink's music is beautiful in that ultimate, metonymic way of having no substitute; its feeling simply cannot be expressed in any other way. Obsessively...

At some time or another we’ve all had that crazy notion that it’s much cheaper to make your own lunch. It’s not. By the time you buy...

Ever since Blood Simple back in 1984, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced a steady stream of unrelentingly oddball features that totter on the border...

When Gwen Stefani stepped into Harajuku the world went crazy for Japan's 'street' style. But just over the Sea of Japan, Korea's kids are also bashing...

Seeing a silent film accompanied by a live score is a thing of wonder - anyone lucky enough to have caught the Blue Grassy Knoll's performances for...

Concentrated listening duo, ii, are Melbourne's best bliss pop-improv act. Their sound pushes the limits of known recording and performance technique...

I may sound like a terrible turncoat, but let's face it, New Zealand is punching well above its weight. So much good stuff comes out of the place; The...

Self Service magazine doesn’t mince words. In fact, apart from the editor’s letter they barely have any until page 264. Not that we are...

Every fashion designer is familiar with, and more often than not inspired by, Little Edie Beale’s incredible outfits or as she would say “revolutionary...

The art and fashion worlds have been in cahoots ever since the first sentient being glimpsed their own reflection in a murky pool and decided to do something...

Although Napoleon Bonaparte's Frenchmen didn't survive the winter, Melbourne's Dead Frenchmen are taking it by the balls of the brass monkey. Their new...

David Shrigley has made a new book.

There is no way to explain
this book
other than to write down various things
that are in it.*

I have sampled the...

In The Science Of Sleep, Stéphane hosts a talkshow in his dreams which is filmed on a cardboard set inside his head with windows that look out...

The Arcade Fire are the perfect compliment to this Melbourne winter. Their album Funeral contains all the pain of a rainy tramstop with the euphoria...

If only Too Obscure had been around several years ago, to save me from the clutches of an identity/wannabe hiccup. Amidst a bout of teen-angst-induced...

'Creativity'. It's rare as hen’s teeth and yet was winner of the 'Most Over-used Word Award 2005/06'. It's the sort of stuff that makes money out...

What’s your favourite song? Well it’s about to become a whole lot favouriter: the long awaited, much hyped iBuzz has come to town. This naughty...