The Faint (USA)

The end of an era is nigh. Smokers – be you heavy, social, dietary, one-a-day-by-yourself-on-the-balcony or only-while-drinking – be aware:...

Not long ago we somehow found ourselves reading a transcribed PDF file of the new Harry Potter book on a laptop, in a public bathroom, and decided enough...

The five boroughs are used to describe the distinct areas of New York City to avoid confusing it as one large whole of geographical space. It is also...

All architects don’t just wear square-framed glasses and black turtle-necks, and neither does their design just focus upon buildings. Exhibition...

This album is just too good. Trying to write about it has been nearly impossible, because it's amazing and obviously I can't say that more than the two...

Artistic collaborations are a pretty sweet thing. Matthew Barney and Björk, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed... Starbucks and Sonic Youth.

'Anglomania'...

Tiny bears have menaced many civilisations throughout history. More than a few have known the terror of tiny claws; the squeeze of tiny jaws; the more...

Apparently, the first denim jeans were made for a bunch of sailors in the Genoese Navy in the 1600s, and they were dragged in large mesh nets behind the...

"The Rolling Stones free concert is finally going to happen tomorrow at the Altamont Speedway... Apparently it's one of the most difficult things...

MIFF said it, democracy relies upon it, the great forums of our global internets prove it every day... everyone's a critic. And this year at Rooftop...

There has been many a market regular who's pondered the origin of ‘flea market'. Like, was the first flea market run by business-savvy fleas that...

Dragging one's ass out of bed might be necessary for the film festival, even if you do it Schembri-style in a pair of trackies and a matching snarl...

Everybody likes to think of Bradford Cox - frontman of last year's best buzz-band, Deerhunter - as a freak, anorexic Perry Farrell-lookalike. "True...

Does THIS fill you with awe? Does THIS make you laugh? And do you not want to end up doing THIS this winter?

Well, if you answered YES to all...

We feel pretty dubious about all this hipster anthropology shit, but this book has some serious credentials. Photographer Peter Beste apparently spent...

Things you can do on a Sunday morning in Melbourne:

1) Hang out on Flinders Street Station steps wearing black eyeliner, four layers of black clothing...

Many people who enter these types of competitions put their eggs in that ol' basket labelled ‘all of the above'. It's a bold approach that sometimes...

In the opening article of Another Man, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance...

In 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit strung up a cable between two corners of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York and went for an...

His mother demanded he have a Collins Street address. His pink-cravated bartenders have served cocktails at Madam Brussels on Bourke Street and his Gin...