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Footy, Shards, Magic Steven, K R T Z and Sludge Party
Luminous Realms by Kate Rohde opening
The Lifted Brow 'the Capital Issue' launch
EATDRINK
The Holiday Spirit
Primo
Oi, what's that ya drinkin? – Australia's best spirits (that aren't gin)
GOODS
Vege Threads Eco swimwear
Yevu's Summer range is here
Noncense incense burners
HEAR
An interview with David De Thomasis of Paradise Festival and Enhancer Records
A 'trans-pacific flight playlist' by Chairlift
BV, 'B2V'
LOOK
Frack you Hockney! (drunken dispatches from a fancy art opening)
Format Framing x The Thousands photo comp
An interview with Anna Kristensen
MAKE
Toast your own tasty AF muesli
Make your own GD alcoholic icey poles
DIY spidermouse for Halloween
MEET
An interview with Bridie Gillman
An interview with Georgia Perry
Once and For All: How to use a semicolon, with David Astle
READ
Kiffy Rubbo: Curating the 70’s
I Love Dick (and TidyMe)
A letter written to YOU every week for fifteen years
SHOP
Win-o-stration at Brunswick Wine Shop
SISTER STUDIOS pop-up store at Junior Space
Maxine McQueen, a new curated online jewellery store
STRAY
The tops and bottoms of Paradise Music Festival 2016
I was David the talking tree: a Christmas story
~ The Thousands Horoscopes ~ Sagittarius Season (Nov 22nd to Dec 22nd)
STREET
House of Bacardi feat. Daydreams, Pelvis, VICE and CRXY SXXY CXXL
RMIT School of Art Graduate Exhibition 2016
Paradise Music Festival 2016
WATCH
Win tickets to 'Oasis: Supersonic'
Julieta
Win tickets to the Greek Film Festival
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Newsflash
Win
Claire Feain
You know how some people get portraits with their pets? Well here’s the chance to get one with your one true love: wine. Local artist Tessa Chong is giving ...
Sabina McKenna
There isn't a brand I associate more with Summer than I do SISTER. Their colourful collections of handmade garments have always been the quintessential c...
Entrepreneur and jewellery connoisseur Maxine Tuyau has put together her very first online marketplace. The shop is called ‘Maxine McQueen’ and features a cu...
The Dumpster
Sam West
According to its Instagram bio “The Dumpster is in an orange building that has 'Pizza' painted on it, but there's no pizza”. Which is...
Limb store opens IRL
We spoke with Limb's Sinead Hargreaves and Andria Kiefe a while back when they were releasing their debut collection via a select few stockists and their...
Special Request Vinyl
Special Request Records is a new DJ-focused record store in the more industrial-looking part of Coburg. Which is appropriate because it specialises in the ki...
Paradise Structures pop-up shop
Caroline Anderson
Do you like witnessing when art, fashion, ceramics, music and plants all (safely) collide? If so, you should definitely pop down to the Paradise Structures p...
Baserange
Kiloran Hiscock
What began as a summer store in No Order Market late last year has now become a permanent space for sustainability-minded French–Danish label Baserange. They...
Paradise Structures
Thomas Blatchford
Melbourne design duo Annabelle and Alana Kingston create work that is peculiarly comforting in its wonky computer-generated approximation of a retro-cultural...
Crown Ruler online store
Nick Buckley
Working since the year 2000, the Melbourne via Adelaide crew have been working with amazing talent both local and International, organising some killer parti...
Junky Comics x Phoebe Paradise pop-up
Angela Schilling
I know Melbourne is no stranger to DIY and independent publishing. Sure, you might be, or you might be all over it, deep in a lovely pit of staples and photo...
TUB online store
Claire Finneran
The word 'curated' gets chucked around a lot in retail marketing. Got more than three things on your shelf? Are they different from each other? Congr...
Free bike servicing at Bikes Please
Squeaky wheel gets the grease guys. And to prove it on Saturday July 16th the excellent people at Bikes Please are offering FREE servicing to tighten up thos...
Hundo Instruments pop-up shop
I know I sound like a hippy but it's true: we all have the music inside of us. From the moment our tiny toddler hands can grip a toy xylophone mallet (or...
Limb Pop-up store
Nicola Mitchell
LIMB’s designers Andria Kiefer and Sinead Hargaeve have combined backgrounds in technical fashion design, art direction and styling. The old friends combine...
Skydiver
Ever had a moment with your friends where you all hear a song that's just so gosh-darn uplifting that it inspires you? As in, it doesn't just inspire...
Planting some advice for your indoor garden
Elle Albury
With more and more of our time being spent inside, it makes sense the indoor plants scene is thriving. Why even leave the house when the foliage can come to ...
dot Comme, Curtin House
It's here! The much-loved online fashion boutique dot Comme has finally arrived in physical form. It's a collaborative project between Octavius LaRos...
No One Special
Anaya Latter
No One Special is a DIY publishing house that's as unassuming as its name. Its home Nowhere Special is nestled in a part of Lygon St that seems to be per...
Brunswick Wine Shop
Everyone knows one of the best ways to drink wine is in the park on a hot night with your friends. You just grab a couple of cheap plastic glasses from the c...
Strangeworld Records
My mate Nick Buckley told me about Strangeworld Records the other week. Nick's a vinyl enthusiast who lives just around the corner. Apparently he wandere...
Film Never Die Cafe
Film Never Die Cafe is less of a cafe and more of a hang out for devoted light painters. You can climb the creaky stairs, get a tasty coffee (it's availa...
Baserange Melbourne Summer Store
No Order Market is like a shimmering, hand-stitched sequin of hope for high fashion retail in Melbourne. And, as of a few days ago, they have a new addition ...
IRRÉVERSIBLE Online Store
Alyssia Elgawly
There is just that something extra special about vintage couture that makes the fashionista in me piddle (and I know I’m not the only one). Founded in Sydney...
Craft Victoria Pop Up Shop 2015
Jeez. one month, plenty of free events and demonstrations, around 70 of the best makers, ceramics, glass, jewellery, paper, timber, textiles. Craft Victoria ...
Eye Am Hair
You're a day-and-a-half deep into the music festival. You already woke up covered in a hot film of dry beer, sweat and muck but now you're absolutely...
Good Vibes Yoga
Short of spending a sunny morning on grassy patch next to a trickling waterfall, Good Vibes seems to me (a total novice) like the best possible environment t...
Shifting Worlds
In the last year, with the disappearance of several unique and beloved local shops (Dagmar Rousset and, more recently, Pet Shop Girls) coinciding with the op...