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In addition to sharing the name of one of Melbourne's finest bygone groups, Brooklyn's Vivian Girls sound Australian in other Chapter Music / best...

This is the first book in the Superior Person's trilogy. A buffet of quirky words to memorise and dazzle those around you with incessant coruscations...

For those who have just joined us, Goldfrapp weren't always hedonistic dance floor fillers, using synth-pop melodies and gyrating beats to seduce us...

The Spanish have it down tight when it comes to good eating; taking your time, digesting, having a listen to conversations around you, and savouring your...

In our worldly population of over 6 billion, the average person has around 700,000 hours to live. While most have watched a clinically damaging number...

Kate Moss is an Agent Provocateur devotee, so when we heard about this new AP product we couldn't help but think of Ms Moss lubing up her lips with...

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for those crazy pop assholes The Unicorns. The antics that they used to pull, trying to break up the band...

Ripple is a new Melbourne-based project that has found a cunning way of redirecting internet advertising profits to charity. This enables you (kind...

He's That Subliminal Kid, the DJ/producer who travels the world adding nothing but class and intelligence to dance floors, writing books and lecturing...

Pour café / petite dejeuner: While we French purists have been turning our noses up at Vue de Monde (it's Vue du Monde, Monsieur Bennett), its...

Wall Two 80 is an institution for Melbourne's café mafia and on any given morning you'll find it pleasantly busy with relaxed, sophisticated types...

It's probably true to say there aren't many books that could be spun out from a Vice column. True, some of the don'ts are quite evocative (ref: ‘It's...

Mike Relm is as badass as they come. He has won turtablism championships, plays live with completely original video DJing mash-ups, and is just releasing...

Sounding somewhat similar to Confest, Resfest does not involve thousands of people walking naked on the beach, patchouli, or chickpeas, although it...

The best cure for an art hangover is not to be found in alcohol abuse. Edie Sedgwick, for instance, got wild until everyone at The Factory had crossed...

Architects. Melbourne's long been awash in them. Conversations on Deco awnings and Belgian floor plans are more ubiquitous than chats on coffee-bean...

In the tough world of independent publishing print titles can drop off faster than a dinger off a limp dick - and you know that you truly like a magazine...

Twinkle Twinkle, the title of Rhys Lee's current exhibition at Helen Gory Galerie, confirms that this young art-star is burning bright. A prolific and...

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...

Written in a deliberately clipped, staccato fashion, The Contortionists Handbook acts to convey the rapid-fire thoughts of John Dolan Vincent, a fast-thinking...