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Travellers returning from a Parisian sojourn prattle on about history, architecture, and romance (blecch), but true sophisticates go for one reason: the...

Lola is a very lucky little girl. She gets to go on trips to France and find all the very best independent designer fashion, accessories, home wares and...

They say that behind every great man is a great woman. In the case of that larrikin pie man down at Woolloomooloo there has never been a truer word spoken...

There's something about Oslo - something very, very strange. These three little books, collections of work printed on subtly varying paper stocks, are...

DJs Edo and Steezy are awesome DJs in their own right, but team them together and it's the Apollo Kids that drop the bombs. Sure, we might be a little...

Too often do we hear, "the line-up was great but if only it wasn't for the fat guy who burped juice on my shoe". Music festivals need not be...

Skillfully maneuvering droning organs, looping guitars, and swooning violins, London-based muso Daniel Lea (aka By The Fireside) has written an album...

Most of us have found ourselves stranded on Oxford Street, in dire need of caffeine, a little privacy and something good to chew on. Perry Lane is one...

Animation in café windows...installations in a carpark...world music in pubs...books at a wine bar. Where the hell are we!? Melbourne!?

It...

In the golden age of infomercials, Demtel would advertise a set of steak knives by cutting through a shoe. Tim Shaw also went nuts on tomatoes and a...

The term “release date” means different things to different musicians: compare, for example, Lil’ Kim to Gary Glitter…er...

There's another, unassuming, "Harry's" in town that's (ahem) clawing for your attention. From the moment you're greeted by the neon-lit ‘live...

When Zilver was known as Silver Spring there was a phenomenon called "Dim Sim Buffet". For around $15, you could buy a ticket to short term...

God bless ye olde record store. It's great that you can (still) wander in and find fresh tunes you've never heard of, or have someone recommend awesome...

Do you know that I keep cornflour in my bathroom? No? Well, neither did Holman. This is surprising, as Holman Wang is a man unnaturally obsessed with...

In 1975, a brash, outrageously talented group of Australian and South African surfers burst into surfing's Mecca: the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Far...

THE GREAT ESCAPE is more than a 1963 McQueen classic, it is a girl wearing Chanel. Coated in luxe branding, she is no longer a student from a suburban...

It won’t be long before radio stations suck the disco-blood from the neck of Swedish singer-songwriter Jenny Wilson and her album LOVE AND YOUTH...

Let's face it: finding stinky stuff for guys (and for yourself, if you're a guy) that doesn't well, stink, is hard work. But the alternative is simply...

Take heed, for the next few weeks the city is going to be bursting with art like a penguin pregnant with a panda. In less convoluted (and disquieting)...