It used to be a truck rental garage, now it’s a bakery. Actually it’s a commercial bakery, but it’s also a café. But don’t...
Scared Famous
17th Oct 07
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...
Infinite Jest
27th Nov 08
Okay, this is the big one. Bret Easton Ellis calls it 'the doorstop'. When my friend Dan was reading it on the tram, he called it 'the chick magnet'...
The Longcut mini album
1st Jan 06
You could imagine that no one speaks while watching The Longcut play live. There would be no gossiping and certainly no small talk, bottles could break...
nownow.com.au
21st Feb 07
Not everything makes sense at the start and it's important to test the waters, analyse what you do and re-shape it if necessary. Take NowNow, for instance...
Christian Dior Bois D’Argent
23rd Aug 06
If all little girls should smell like roses, then all men should smell like Dior’s Bois D’ Argent.
A concoction of masculine musk and...
We're
14th Aug 08
Cairns is known for its barrier reef, its melting mercury and its cruise ships. It's definitely not known for progressive fashion, because, we imagine...
The Poster Project & Who I Am And What I Want by David Shrigley
18th Apr 07
There was an exhibition. It is still on actually but David Shrigley did not come. He left us all in the lurch. He was torn apart by a beast with four...
Johnny Benchpress tracksuit pants
1st Jul 08
Trackies: daggy pants that individuals wear for comfort, usually when feeling unhealthy and unwholesome from the night before. Fortunately, the three...
Bang Gang Deejays, D is for Disco, E is for Dancing
23rd Oct 08
Recently I caught up with Jamie Doom from the Bang Gang Deejays. We took a few minutes to chat about the new album they are releasing, why Melbourne is...
Lenko Boutique
6th Jun 07
Lenko has a new range in and thusly you should go in to Lenko. Since the store opened in 2005, it has gained legions of fans and a few bonus labels...
Billy Thorpe died on the last day of summer. That day me and Age went down to Chelsworth park with some beers and fags. I had completely forgotten about...
Cosmic Divisions
5th Apr 06
In a world full of facts it is nice to think that a lack of knowledge can actually be powerful.
In his show Cosmic Divisions James Deutsher uses...
Gang Of Losers
30th Aug 06
There is something cinematic about listening to The Dears, but also something so personal that it would probably piss you off if you ever heard it on...
After Dark
30th Jan 08
Baby Boomers' Disco chintz returns emasculated and in altogether more sinister form with the new Italians Do It Better compilation, After Dark. Recent...
The Great Hartford Fire
31st Jan 08
Skillfully maneuvering droning organs, looping guitars, and swooning violins, London-based muso Daniel Lea (aka By the Fireside) has written an album...
Basic Circle Frames
27th Aug 08
Calling all those championing for the crowned shade-shape of the season. Eyeful US label ‘Slow and Steady Wins the Race' brings it home with Basic...