Sneaker Freaker Volume 7

Welcome Powershovel, the Japanese camera brand that has created, fact, the first 110mm fish-eye lens camera. ‘Demekin', is small enough to fit...

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...

The eagle has landed, and it's wearing shiny pants. Last Friday, American Apparel opened its Sydney doors, unleashing layer upon layer of evocative...

The term "mom and pop shop" gets thrown around a lot. But how often do you rock-up to a shop actually owned by a ‘mom' and a ‘pop'?

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Online mail order service Cloth Ear Music is a boon for fans of lo-fi psychedelia, drone experimentation and handmade recordings. Operated anonymously...

Although Napoleon Bonaparte’s Frenchmen didn’t survive the winter, Melbourne’s Dead Frenchmen are taking it by the balls of the brass...

Like the end of Sunday afternoon, or a song by Natasha Khan, an irresistible melancholy defines the work of Leah Fraser. There's something eerie and...

Despite its beautifying adjective, a ‘pretty dog' still implies some sort of ugly. Kind of like a Puggle, Miss Piggy or Brooke Satchwell. Maybe...

Until now, Gretchen Mol’s roles have ranged from ‘somewhat forgettable’ to ‘still somewhat forgettable’. Suddenly, here...

Deerhunter’s FLUORESCENT GREY EP is the dream existential suicide, insofar as you can commit it / listen to it more than once. There are only four...

Chances are you've already decided if you're interested in seeing THE DARK KNIGHT, so I'll keep this short.

This is pure pop-mythology. That doesn't...

Hello. I am eText. I come to you via a pixelated screen, as part of a coded email. I am speedy, sometimes hyperlinked. You can access me at any time...

FANTASTIC MAN is not a superhero but it’s certainly here to save the day. ‘A Gentleman’s Style Journal’, the magazine focuses...

Let's face it - compilations usually suck.

Either it's the haphazard mix of music (that never suits one mood), or the meager amount of ‘good'...

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...

Is there a modern day equivalent to John Lennon? Musically, maybe, but John Lennon the muso/peace activist? We think not.

In the 1970s, after the Beatles...

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...

Nobody does a cover as sweetly and subversively as Nouvelle Vague. "Sweet” and “Subversive” are a great coupling and they are...

In an age of terrorism it is good to see the word hijacked in a positive context. Similarly, in a world of two-a-penny self-indulgent rambling zines,...

How far does your lesbigay folk memory stretch back? Could you identify six types of lesbian hairstyle?

Direct out of Amsterdam since 2005, the founding...