If baile funk was the emerging sound of the last twelve months, then kuduro - a bastard blend of traditional African music with ragga and techno - may...

A friend told us a friend of hers saw Michael Caine in the Thanh Binh. I already knew it was cool because I'd eaten frogs legs there, but that made...

“There was a long period after the first album where I felt disillusioned with the machinery of the industry.”

“Recorded relatively...

Midlake create songs that are so beautiful and natural you will know what the sound of one hand clapping really is. With lyrics as simple and evocative...

The lungs of Joanna Newsom seem to be an acquired taste, like eggplant or anchovies. According to fans, her voice is 'delicate', while another (less doting)...

Unless you know their tastes, recommending artists or artworks to people is always a gamble. Individual taste arbitrates with a heavy hand. To some, Basquiat...

Can you hear it? It’s the call of the wild. It’s the smell of sweat oozing out of your pores and dripping liquid gold into the sand under...

Beer. Liquid Gold. If anyone ever told you that nothing good ever came of buying beer, you can now stick it to ‘em. Some alcoholic genius at Crumpler...

For years now, from an unassuming building on Elizabeth Street opposite the Waterloo skatepark and a lolly factory, Darren Knight has been repping great...

For a while now Cansei De Ser Sexy (Tired of Being Sexy) have been in the spotlight of music tastemakers such as FBI fm’s Fat Planet and...

Hot little people making hot little songs in a hot little studio, all crafted with their hot little hands - it only makes sense that this record is hot...

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...

The bookshelf is a prized pantry of carefully selected manuscripts, fine films, musical specimens, exotic publications and zine-like hooha. Keeping all...

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...

Gallery openings generally come well-stocked with art and liquor, but here's one that will have your eyes feasting while your stomach craves a capricciosa...

In their own words, Pete Versus Toby like to keep it simple and like colour. They wear their philosophy on their T-shirts - ‘Gingerbread men make...

Ant!podium have been making us giggle more often than a schoolyard crush for the past few seasons, with snappy prints and slogans such as ‘don't...

There is nothing worse than driver's arm. In the harsh elements of the Sydney summer it's hard to avoid sun exposure when you're on a coast trip, windows...

Did you think that AMELIE was good, but too girly? Or wish IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE starred a supermodel? Were you curious about arthouse classic WINGS...

Who are we kidding? Pretending that we actually read more than one thing per week apart from FAMOUS, the scintillating iLOVE or the occasional MX.

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