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'Mike Giant'. A name like that would pressure-cook anyone for success. Luckily, Mike is the shiz. The tattooed, globetrotting, zine-making, bike-riding...

It's rad watching artists evolve.

The last album from Melburnian John Lee's one-man-band Mountains in the Sky, CELESTIAL SON, was an exuberant mix...

So it's kind of similar to the Korova Milk Bar from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, only instead of milk laced with drugs and naked lady furniture, they've got...

I have this problem. It involves festive occasions and cards. Catch me 15 minutes before a birthday and I'll be in the supermarket searching for something...

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...

Something I enjoy on a Monday morning is comparing my neighbour's recycling bin with my own - trying to gauge who's had the biggest weekend based on the...

While The Strokes may have dismissed their New England private school heritage as irrelevant, NYC newbies VAMPIRE WEEKEND embrace their inner preppie...

Bedroom to club production in the UK continues to evolve apace, stepping the future with refinement and fast results. Minted tracks pass about widely...

Music eZines, like MESS+NOISE or PITCHFORK, are great vehicles for promotion (and perhaps hype) if you are an independent artist or label. They have...

Digitalism are two German record store employees who decided to hunker down in a WWII bunker in Hamburg and make a giant indie electronic crossover album...

Sophomore albums are make or break for any artist - whether you slump or whether you thrive depends on the act's talent and depth, and some artists just...

I love pastizzi! Like little golden parcels of happiness they saved me on many occasions as a starving student and in the years after. After a two year...

We're not quite sure how Penguin arrived at this genius marketing ploy, but we can speculate that it was one of the following incidents:

1) The copyright...

As you can see, I am pretty smart. But I find that when you look like a numnut, one thing you need is an outward sign of intelligence. This might be...

We are truly an attention-challenged, internet-addled generation who has forgotten that news can be found outside an RSS reader. For us overwrought victims...

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...

We know - we're cafe sluts. We go on and on about the newest, the latest and the greatest. But do you realize how addictive caffeine is? Jesus, if heroin...

Growing up in the quiet, beautiful and boring confines of New Zealand, I find myself feeling an unhealthy affinity for the place now I don't live there...

Little local folklore for ya - Flying Fajita Sistas flew up to Sydney late last year from Wollongong, bringing along a tasty range of killer margaritas...

Awaba café provides a great reason NOT to visit the North Shore. Situated just across the road from Balmoral Beach, you would expect the tranquil...