Pants & Pies

With Amanda De Simone’s new exhibition, Crying Boy Fanclub, it would seem that The Cure were wrong all along – boys do cry. Similar to Sam...

Notebooks used by Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway and Chatwin are gaye with an e. Now everyone has the notebook used by the founder of antweb.org.

“I...

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...

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...

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… there was an awesome art gallery called Per Square Metre!! As well as being run by the universe’s...

Like a shot of serotonin to the central nervous system, Hot Chip’s new album The Warning will remind of you of what being happy feels like...

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...

Here's the deal: Red Road is the first in a loose trilogy called "The Advance Party". New directors were given a set of characters - defined...

Forget Victoria markets, Camberwell or St Andrews markets, or any other hippy dive – Coburg Trash & Treasure is the real deal! Situated...

"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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It’s a common affliction - give a microphone to most designers (architects we’re looking at you) and you’re hit with a viral spiel on...

There’s a brand-spanking new hub for Melbourne’s art community, it’s open 24/7, has no walls and is guarded by a mixed-mutt super dog.

Brainchild...

Street Smart Australia is a campaign created to help the homeless. Operating between 14 November and 24 December, Street Smart encourages diners at...

Although contemporary Melbourne is probably the antithesis of the prohibition era, the idea of a speakeasy is nevertheless inviting.

Ellis Street Cocktail...

With a name like Lover, it is not enough merely to be loved - as this Australian label surely is - you must, like the great seducers of history, love...

You might not be able to pronounce his name, but designer Alexandre Herchcovitch first rose from the streets of São Paulo ten years ago and ...

Are you ready to turn your back on the cookie-cutter, self-assemble, IKEA empire? Yeah, nor are we. But if, like us, you feel you should feign some amount...

There's been talk, oh yes there has. And now it's open. The gallery above Glitzern in Crossley Street. It's actually in the apartment that once belonged...

Having been released in Sept 2004 this album might not be gracing the grubby pages of the local street press but things move quickly in the media world...