The Fader

With a whole stack of praise piled upon them, Brisbane popabilly five-piece Rocketsmiths have lived up to their status yet again as one of the city's...

Absolutely Fabulous is just one of the hidden treasures tucked away along the New Farm end of Brunswick Street. Just a short stroll down from the Alibi...

In the golden age of infomercials, Demtel would advertise a set of steak knives by cutting through a shoe. Tim Shaw also went nuts on tomatoes and a...

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

I can totally understand photography of a minimalist nature. I like to think of myself as a lazy suburban photographer, capturing such ephemeral moments...

Describing music is, almost inevitably, a frustrating series of inadequate analogies. In the case of Songs, my grey matter latched onto the following:...

There’s not much point in us ranting on about the representation of utopian postmodernist decay or even discussing early modernist avant-garde...

It's been just over a week since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the indigenous population of Australia. It's neither here nor there for us to...

Paddington is a suburb as renowned for its vintage shopping as its cafes, bookshops and parades of SUVs. Sure, there's the usual clusters of op-shops...

The main difference between Jess Cornelius and all your other favourite indie artists is that she CAN sing AND play her instrument. She actually has a...

Do you know what they are saying about us? They are saying that the “kids today” are “boozers” and “bludgers”, spending...

It is true. Melbourne really does do the pokey little coffee joint so well! Up in the sunshine state, where everything must be open and subtropical, the...

What could be better than a festival celebrating short film? Probably a programme celebrating thirty years of animated Australian short films!

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It's hard to find a good ol' fashioned sandwich fix. Trendy cafes charge you a bloomin' arm and leg just for a bit of ham and cheese, sure they have the...

Don’t let the unimaginativeness of its name fool you into thinking there is nothing special about this café. Tucked up one end of Queens...

If the word 'awesomest' was an illustration (or even a word) then it would be illustrated by Shaun Tan. Tan is the king of Australian book illustration...

Hey kids, yep – if you haven’t noticed it’s annual ‘skate once’ time again. Personally, skateboards have only ever been...

In Hellboy, Guillermo Del Toro finds the big red muse that lets his artsy aesthetics and blockbuster tendencies combine into a glorious mess of pulp...

We all like art. We all like Ric's. We all (will) like Jonathon Kopinski. All in all, three good reasons to make the visit to this local artist's first...

YOU BEAUTY!

Who said waxing couldn't be fun? Visit Heidi Latcham's self-renovated home-meets-salon in Kelvin Grove for a beauty experience you won't...