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The problem with so much jazz and electronic music is its dry, cerebral nature. Translation: it could use a nice big pair of old-fashioned balls.

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NOWNOW. It's what your mum would say when you were young and you’d had a run in with the footpath or the foot of your brother. It's what she'd...

Despite her helmet hair, Miranda July has featured in more than 100,000 sexual submission fantasies (according to the ABS). So, of course, when she...

Rumour has it that way back in the 1980's Uchi Lounge served as a one stop shop for Japanese business men wanting to indulge in the delights of Sydney...

Mark Barrage's new album is much more avant-Krautrock than dance anthem, no matter how much the one sheet tries to tell you otherwise. One of Melbourne's...

In stark contrast to the conceit and posturing of other beach suburbs stands the enjoyably innocuous Brighton-le-Sands. It continues to be maligned, or...

If you've spent any time on music blogs in the past few months, you'd have heard the growing murmur about Passion Pit. The hype has built to levels rivaling...

Amidst the concrete corridors and lucid glass laneways of the ‘2 Dank Street' institution, many a stimulating thing may be found. Here, is a newly-opened...

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...

After launching into the spotlight with her label Uberchic in 2003, Kirrily Johnston has become an integral part of Australian Fashion. Her now self-titled...

Pseudo- comb. form 1. false. not genuine 2. Resembling and imitating.

Pseudo in persona, not design. Design collective Pseudo Republik's industrial...

It’s not often you hear ‘non profit’ and ‘music promotion’ in the same sentence, but it’s not often you come across...

The Strand Arcade is a haven in a CBD riddled with bad fashion and bad coffee. Not only can you pick up the most amazing chicken parmigana roll downstairs...

Edward Cole, creator of COLE'S FUNNY PICTURE BOOK, was not a conventional Victorian fellow. An entrepreneur and idealist, he took it upon himself to spread...

A few months back, VISIONAIRE packaged up 50 issues and sold them for US$150,000. Unless you are some Trump-like character, there is no way you will...

Because we all need more conjugality in our lives, 40 bridal gowns are currently on display in the NIDA foyer, replete with veils, millinery and bridal...

Chromeo, Chromeo, where fort art thou Chromeo?

Right here it would seem, with a massive mix to slap you out of your slumber and to stop your painful...

Let's play the word game - think of a name and say the closest thing you associate with it. There's one right answer and the winner takes hmm, the toast...

Cairns is known for its barrier reef, its melting mercury and its cruise ships. It's definitely not known for progressive fashion, because, we imagine...

For issue 100, I considered taking a look at a past Aussie classic. But with so many great bands releasing so many great albums, I can't bear to miss...