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WE'RE SUPPORTING

Horseback is the post-metal project of North Carolina multi-instrumentalist Jenks Miller. Psychedelic with some blackened harshness, the album is expansive in scope, demanding some serious attention or at least some heavy substances to match the heavy vibes.

WE'RE THINKING

I love this series of honest ads by writer Chelsea Fagan and art director Matt Stevenson, which encapsulate in a few short words what consumers think every time we feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of ad messaging in our lives. Something that Banksy, of course, would no doubt agree with. Read more

WE'RE TRAVELLING TO

The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more

WE'RE READING

Rack is a quarterly bilingual magazine, published in English and Chinese, and geared towards Asian influenced global youth culture. Read more

WE'RE LISTENING TO

Back in the ’90s, just as the gangsta rap phenomenon was winding down and hip-hop was fragmenting into its own subgenres, Prince Paul and RZA kicked off the short-lived horrorcore fad with their group Gravediggaz. At the time, the melding of dark, gothic themes with hardboiled rap seemed gimmicky and awkward, a strange extension of the early and awful attempts to bridge hip-hop and metal, but on closer listen, the now defunct supergroup was way more innovative than they were given credit for. Read more

WE'RE WEARING

With the recent financial qualms, a moment of reflection takes over as we begin to wonder how we all became so out of touch with reality. Somehow Luxury lost its way and mistook itself for decadence, joining the Bling-Bling parade and gravitating towards the streets of self-indulgence. Yet, the true essence of Luxury, as the divine Coco Chanel states ‘is not in the richness and ornateness, but in the absence of vulgarity’. Bravo, I say! Read more