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Video / The Love Police
November 6, 2009 | Video | 
by Andy Howell 
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In the midst of all the apprehension and panic about the current world events we see on TV and in printed media, The LOVE POLICE intervene on our daily toil with a fresh perspective. And they are about to get hits, a lot of hits. Danny and Charles have injected us with an inoculation against the tyranny of the tube, and I for one, am interested. This diabolical duo have inserted themselves into our drone-like days of commuting to and from a box with flourescent lights which separates us from our spouses and children. Read more
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Video / The Wombles of Wimbledon
November 4, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
Oh, the joy! When I was a kid, growing bigger amongst the winding roads and sandy beaches of Bondi, I used to love watching The Wombels on our tiny, beat-up TV. The theme song in particular was a blast. Perhaps Kanye could do a remix?
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Video / Happiness Hat by Lauren McCarthy
November 3, 2009 | Video | by Gerry Mak |
Studies suggest that the mere act of smiling, whether or not you are actually happy, will help make you happier. Would Lauren McCarthy’s Happiness Hat — a device that provides pain feedback in the form of a jab in the back of the head if you stop smiling — actually help to make you happier?
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November 2, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
Ok, so the leadsinger of this Australian band, Powerage, is barely into his teens, and already he sings like Axl Rose and Brian Johnson’s love child. Perhaps he is? They are unbelievably good, and will rip it up on stage for many years to come. For those about to rock, Powerage salutes you.
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November 2, 2009 | Video | by Dave Mata |
This band is one of the most promising acts to appear in Chicago in the past few years. Their live shows have set them apart from their stoner-spazz rock counterparts, with an elaborate light set up that they bring to each show. Yes, you see correctly, lead vocalist joe is ‘playing’ the lights. I can’t imagine these guys ever quit working being that they build their own amps, and drummer, Mizzola plays in like ten other great Chicago bands. Look out for Lasers and Fast and Shit’s new 7″, Introduction, out now.
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Video / Talk Normal’s In a Strangeland
October 30, 2009 | Video | by Gerry Mak |
Here’s the new video from Brooklyn based duo Talk Normal off their debut full-length, Sugarland, which dropped this week. Check their tour schedule for a show near you.
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October 28, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
So what if they look like employees eight and twelve respectively at Microsoft? Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience create the most achingly beautiful music since Nick Drake.
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October 27, 2009 | Video | by Chris Nolan |
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine’s version of America’s Got Talent. She uses a giant lightbox, dramatic music, imagination and ’sand painting’ skills to interpret Germany’s invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII. If you have a spare eight and half minutes in your life, it’s well worth checking out.
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October 26, 2009 | Video | by Gerry Mak |
Long Beach-based painter and sculptor Kiel Johnson made a time-lapse video of him constructing an elaborate, oversized replica of a twin-lens reflex camera complete with strap. The most amazing thing is that the camera actually takes pictures — it’s a basic pinhole camera.
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October 23, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
We may be a little late on this one, but as someone who could barely get one side out back in those battle weary days of the 80s, the feat of this three year-old in solving the entire damn thing is well worth watching. Again. And again.
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October 22, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
This fan video of the epic Faithless track, Sun To Me, has a Baraka feel about it — a clever parody on the hurried madness that is our day-to-day urban life.
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October 20, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
From the same TV world that brought us Human Tetris comes this terrifying reality prank show where unsuspecting people are filmed while they think a real-life shooting is going on around them. In this particular installment, a man is ‘tricked into thinking that he’s filming a documentary about telephone scammers’, during which a fierce sniper attack is launched on the room. Funny? Kinda. But cruelly so.
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October 19, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
What 80s indie kid didn’t have at least a bit of a crush on whacky pop starlet Kate Bush during her Wuthering Heights days? I mean, really. The hair, the movements, the bizarre waves from her semi-crouched stance. Her other big hit, Babooshka, wasn’t half bad either. And this version, by the sultry kitsch Romanian singer Miss Platnum, does it justice. Just.
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Video / Black Mold’s Metal Spiderwebs
October 16, 2009 | Video | by Gerry Mak |
Chad VanGaalen’s music project Black Mold, despite its name, is pretty a mellow and playful, consisting of strings, horns, and other acoustic elements laid over with pleasant synth lines. VanGaalen animated his own video for the track ‘Metal Spiderwebs.’
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Video / Motorpsycho’s In The Family
October 14, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |
I first came across this track from Norwegian band Motorspycho a few years back on a randomly acquired CD, which promptly went missing deep within an ever growing collection. For years, I had a fond recollection of its bluesy, rocky feel and slippery bass groove. But it wasn’t until recently that I rediscovered it. Pleased that I did. It’s one killer track.
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Samantha Everton’s latest exhibition, Vintage Dolls, explores ‘history, race and culture through magic realism’. Of the series, Everton says: ‘I was inspired by the innocent act of children playing dress ups and the way they re-enact adult behaviour, concepts and themes, without preconceptions or judgement’. The show runs at the Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, between March 4-22 and at the Dickerson Gallery in Sydney between April 1-19.
Things continue to improve for New York’s metal scene, if Batillus are any indication. The sludge/doom trio from Brooklyn offer crushingly heavy, down-tuned and down-tempo instrumental riffage that sounds like what a mutant that has crawled out of Newtown Creek might have on his iPod. The band recently added vocalist Fade Kainer of Inswarm (Jarboe’s touring band) to its line-up.
I can’t make it to the Renaissance Festival this year, but this little flash game has been helping me let off some steam with some ‘olde’-fashioned fun. The object of the game is to destroy castles by aiming a catapult. You can even build your own castle!
A project that has been a pioneer of the revitalization of downtown Kansas City, this building’s goal was to promote the Central Library as well as represent the city itself. Read more
Oh boy, this is fun. Omaha’s Tilly and the Wall are kitsch-cool-camp-vauderville meets pop-folk-flamenco, with a tap dancer for a drummer and some serious, serious charisma for a calling card.
From an artist selection of t-shirts comes this limited edition David Bray illustrated silkscreened tee, distributed in a vinyl sleeve with a biography of the artist on the back of the sleeve. Every t-shirt is numbered and signed by the artist, and comes in organic American Apparel cotton. We like! Read more
Some might argue that the team behind People of Walmart are elitist snobs poking fun at the working masses, but is there really an economic rationale behind an ‘I Hate Queers’ t-shirt? Read more
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Almanac Market in Philadelphia is slightly pricey, but you definitely get what you pay for. Offering fantastic bread, cheeses, produce, and cured meats such as sopressata and pepperoni, it was a great pit stop when my band played in town, and definitely more economical and tasty than hitting a greasy spoon for road snacks.
I live the upbeat, feel good tempo of the new single — A Hundred Hearts — from Philly group, The Swimmers. Off their latest album, People Are Soft, this song is a strangely fitting anthem for the blustery day outside.
Trip out with Sparrow Vs Sparrow’s retro illustrations, I love their aesthetic, color use and sense of humor. Read more
Our celebrity-saturated culture makes many of us irrationally hateful of the faces we see on our TV screens and magazine pages. Good thing there’s Celebrity PunchOut to let off some of that steam.
Wheeeeee! This game is so freaking fun! You move your cursor over each dot to make them split into four smaller dots ad infinitum.
Wolfmother. Rock n roll. Mystical lyrics. Heavy riffs. They have a new album out, Cosmic Egg, and we have five copies to giveaway, along with their debut album. To enter, tell us your favorite Wolfmother song and the city you live in. Yo! Two fingered salute. Read more
Created by graphic t shirt label, the-affair, and printed on beautifully soft American Apparel. Limited edition of 200.
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