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Did you think the students spontaneously bursting into song and dance in the FAME cafeteria was a perfectly reasonable example of the miraculous power...

Hidden at the bottom of William street is a little gem of an eat-in-deli that's as sexy and Italian as Monica Belluci. Translated simply as 'to feed'...

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 - but after...

Hosang Park's strange aerial images (like this one) depict fabricated city spaces that are utterly lifeless. His use of a bird's-eye view distorts things...

Woody Allen may have shifted to sunny Catalonia with a Spanish crew, but you'll have to prise his trademark blend of sentimentality and bourgeois satire...

South Rakkas Crew, have such a direct Jamaican style it's hard to believe they're from Canada. They were among the first to combine dancehall and electro...

In the spirit of Gloria Estefan, The Knife’s new album - like love - cuts both ways. On one hand it marks a departure from the wavering and sometimes...

W.C. Fields once said, "never work with children or animals," but he was a strange man. Petrina Hicks works with both, and she does it well...

Baltimore girlfriend/boyfriend duo Beach House have achieved an increasingly difficult feat; they've created a sound that is both instantly recognisable...

These New Puritans emerged from the soil of the English seaside resort, Southend, in 2006.

In person, they cut a striking silhouette: svelte, clean-cut...

In THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, Stéphane hosts a talkshow in his dreams which is filmed on a cardboard set inside his head with windows that look out...

The Paragon café, an example of Katoomba's past pandering to the upper class tourist, is the perfect remedy for today's time poor society. The...

Blah Blah Blah Denim. Yawn! Not another denim label....? Right? Well, actually, this one is a stayer.

See, Maise has been lovingly created by ex-TopShop...

With renowned photographer Max Doyle as editor-in-chief, DOINGBIRD is somewhat of a diamond-in-the-rough of locally published magazines. Well-written...

If their debut is anything to go by, Tic Toc Tokyo have some exciting times ahead. ARTEFACTS sees their tribal-infused post-punk styling expertly merged...

If you are sick of your pecks ‘voting for Pedro' then Via Alley has a solution.

Graniph is based in Japan, but collaborates with artists all...

We all have a favourite place to can on, but generally Sydney follows some rigid drinking rules: we don't like the front bar; we don't like ground level;...

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...

Sure, you're an unassuming, left-leaning gen-X or Y-er who goes to the occasional independent Czech film showcase, has flirted with vegetarianism and...

All the short-run CDRs, improv jams and general hippy mystique provided by the current wave of the "new, weird, America" certainly rock the...