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ThreeThousand has never attended a contemporary dance performance before. Not even accidentally while walking down the Bourke Street Mall when that belly-dancing...

Is that great literature in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Penguin have celebrated 70 years of accessible high quality writing with well...

Mistletone Records planted its flag by releasing a little album by Ariel Pink. For some time, House Arrest was that one album people put away entire...

What would double your happiness in a city bar? A cocktail list to make Bryan Brown shake in his martini glass? How about a venue that isn't suffocated...

It was hard to find, easy to buy. Now you could say it’s hard to find, heaps easier to buy. Actually, being that the sale is online too, it’s...

Nestled in the heart of the newly re-upped Manchester Lane sits the hottest new joint to open in Meltown: Provider. With its high ceilings and oak accents...

Definitely more impressive than a mule, Band Of Horses sound is far from sterile. Bred from orchestral pop band Carissa’s Weird and released...

A picture is worth a thousand words. The recommended industry rate for freelance writers is $799 for 1000 words or less and 80c per word thereafter. Rolling...

Don't you think it's hard to stay cool in an age of relentless cultural turnover? There is always some new-fangled form of music or art or something to...

With a cast of characters initially tied together only by the family unit and their own fallibility,Little Miss Sunshine is a road trip film of...

There's nothing like a game of Scrabble to ignite the fires of unhealthy competition. This unassuming board game separates the sane from the insane...

The craftsman behind Note to Self was not your average kid. While most juveniles were trading fags for swigs of Spumanti behind the shelter sheds, Max...

In Winter, most would agree that Melbourne’s fashion pallet is more Yamamoto than McQueen. Come June 1, black, noir and shock horror, charcoal...

Tank Magazine certainly doesn't give much away on the cover. The word ‘vroom’ and some Girls On Film-esque hair may not tempt many people...

Not many people get to celebrate their 50th birthday by publishing a glossy coffee table book, but then the creator of Italian fashion empire, DIESEL...

Online mail order service Cloth Ear Music is a boon for fans of lo-fi psychedelia, drone experimentation and handmade recordings. Operated anonymously...

There are only a handful of cities around the world that popular culture won’t stop mythologising. Yes, this is yet another film about Paris –...

We have all been dropped by the devil at some stage in our lives, but very few at the tender age of six. Given the title for their show by a late night...

Film festivals occasionally throw a few obscure horror gems into their programs to up their cool quotient, but MIFF takes it a step further this year...

With two Melbourne days over 36 degrees and summer just around the corner, you can’t blame us for being hyper on the sunglasses front of late...