February 2024

Community Service

Boulet
As far as precocious talents go, Jonathon Boulet is up there. Sure he’s no Beethoven, but A Community Service Announcement is as good a rendition of a pop song as anything else released recently and Beethoven wasn’t as young as they say.

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Overarching Concept…

Kris Moyes
Director and artist Kris Moyes is best known for his unique and dynamic music video projects for artists such as Sia, Beck and The Presets.

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Elephants Never Forget

Vanishing Elephant
It’s just shy of two years since they started, but it would be fair to say that the boys behind Sydney based menswear label Vanishing Elephant, have assisted with the much needed return to gentlemanly style. And it’s only the beginning.

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Old Norse, New Tricks

He She It They I
Tristan Ceddia visited Dave Ladd and Steph Anderson in their Kings Cross apartment to talk about what other worldly things they have brewing.

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Max Health

Health

It seems odd that during this day and age a band could still trace their success back to a cassette tape. Californian noise rockers Health are one band that can claim exactly that.

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The Trillenium Bug

Y3K
Y3K opened in June 2009 and in just over six months has made a powerful impact on the Melbourne art scene. Initiated and run by artist-curators Christopher L G Hill and James Deutsher.

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Ye Don’t Say

Yeasayer
Yeasayer are a band that hold an enviable position of being as revered by the traditional, printed matter critics as they are by a new wave of numerous, vociferous and exclusively digital critics.

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Brazil And Back

Dallas and Carlos

If you think there’s something fishy about Dallas and Carlos, you’re right.

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The Blackmail’s Books

Books
By way of preparing you for what’s shaping up to be a prolific year in independent publishing, we have put together a list of books you’re probably going to want to get your hands on this year, aka our Ones To Watch List.

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The Future

Scott Lowe
Not many of us are lucky enough to do what want most of the time, the Utopian dream so coveted by many is lived by few.

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