The Kaiser Chiefs have been hyped to the eyeballs and have press clippings poking out their ears. Sounding like the bastard lovechild of Franz Ferdinand...
Graduation by Rittenhouse
30th Jul 08
The latest collection of menswear by Rittenhouse is simple, neatly cut and comfortable enough for any dude who just wants to sit on a couch and eat...
They Used to Call Me Rad in High School
25th Jul 07
If you're anything like us, all it takes is two beers, and the next thing you know, you’re surrounded by 20 sweating salarymen in a small cubicle...
Cancer
8th Oct 06
My Disco's Cancer is a raw and elemental debut which, true to their goal, has captured the essence of their live sound.
What is most apparent when...
Skeleta 2006
19th Jul 07
From what we can work out, it’s kind of like an artist chain gang. Coming up at Westspace, Skeleta 2006 is a themeless mutating exhibition...
The Umbuster
3rd Dec 08
More than the nose picking, the endless demands, the reckless driving, you know what makes me a bad person? I don't want it to rain.
Drought you say?...
Everything All The Time
22nd Mar 06
Definitely more impressive than a mule, Band Of Horses sound is far from sterile. Bred from orchestral pop band Carissa’s Weird and released...
Badges by Lisa Kearns
14th Aug 08
Working as a doctor, the stethoscope around your neck earns you a certain amount of respect. Even as I accidentally wander into a family bereavement room...
Cylk
23rd May 07
The first thing you need to know about Cylk designer Lexi Lavranos is that she makes an awesome mix tape. The promo CD for Cylk’s autumn/winter...
Switchboard
28th Feb 07
They say good things come in small packages. They also say all good things must come to an end. So it is fitting that after one and a half years Melbourne...
Lucky Miles
11th Jul 07
Can we shift gears into First Person for a moment? Thanks. I’m not proud of it, but should admit my occasional cultural cringe towards Australian...
Take Me To The Sea, Jaguar Love
10th Sep 08
Those ‘from the ashes' supergroups are often doomed to forever compare palely to their forefathers. In retrospect, was anyone really ever going...
In the 1980s Australian Robyn Beech was a portrait photographer in London. From relative obscurity she fell in league with the Westwoods, the...
Lenko presents Room Service
15th Aug 07
An art show called ‘Room Service' implies a kind of art-on-demand, like Ricky Swallow turning up at your door with a tray of moulded Darth Vader...
ThreeThousand print issue
13th Feb 08
Why would Melbourne's happiest publishing accident (aka ThreeThousand) do a print version? Is it not like denying our digital birthplace? Is it not like...
Lovers le Strange
26th Oct 05
The term expat has been sullied of late; made synonymous with sexploitation and loutish behaviour. But for the Sydney four piece Expatriate, getting the...
Jan von Holleben
9th Nov 08
This year, Rooftop Cinema worked with Berlin/London-based photographer Jan von Holleben. That is why the posters make you cry tears for your lost childhood...
Pinku Eiga
23rd Jul 08
Japanese dude: Oh hello, can I please have a DVD of locally produced soft porn? Japanese porn purveyor: There it is man. Over there next to Astro...
Two Fingers
7th Feb 07
There are three words to describe drinking on Flinders Lane: “wrong,wrong, wrong.” Which is why Two Fingers, located just behind The Forum...