Honesty is the best policy, right? I’d always thought being brutally honest was better than prettying up the truth with bells and whistles, but after watching Michael Haneke’s latest film, Amour, I’m not so sure anymore. There’s one thing I am sure of, however: the German auteur doesn’t let his …

  Atoms For Peace are one super supergroup. It consists of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Radiohead’s producer Nigel Godrich, drummer for Beck and R.E.M. Joey Waronker, and Brazillian percussionist Mauro Refosco. Despite touring together since 2009, the band only released their debut album, Amok, on …

  Kerala is a state on the south-western tip of India, a state soaked with humidity on India’s oceanic rim. The heat, even in the winter months, is unbearable for the common westerner. Especially if you’ve just stepped off a 25-hour bus ride on India’s notoriously pot-holed roads and have …

 Why Large Music Festivals Suck  Warning: may contain annoying niche pop-culture references that offer no explanation. More “will” than “may”, really.  I don’t want to be a betrayer of my generation, I know some nifty people of my vintage that make me extremely proud to be a Gen-Y-er, but be …

Stephen Conroy as Joseph Stalin.   I actually think that was the highpoint of Australia’s recent media reform debate. The Daily Telegraph’s representation of the federal Minister for Communications as a dictator, as well as the quite literal comparison of his proposed reforms to Stalinism was a classic example of lobbying …

  Somebody once said that these would be the best years of our lives. Uni years. I’d like to say that if were the case, I’d probably say goodbye right now. I’m sure that many of you would be able to relate to the three-jobs, full-time-study, family-in-another-city situation. Throw into the …