Go go go !! Johann’s posted the event on facebook so 400+ people know about it already. Better hurry! It runs for two weeks and its purpose is to clean out the old stock to make room for the new spring stock. “The little birdies are announcing the end of winter, so it’s time to [...]

Well well, just when you thought that you couldn’t be unique anymore cause your friends had discovered all the secret places you usually shop, Keith and Lottie go ahead and start something revolutionary. Whitegoods provides a ‘blank canvas’ so to speak, for artists and designers, but also for us common people. “Whitegoods will carry a [...]

Trying to get away from music here – let’s delve into another artform, unfortunately appreciated to a much lesser extent than music. I’m introducing Lloyd Hughes – a photographer based in Perth. I’m not an expert in photography, but my dad is a wedding photographer and I’ve gleaned a few things from observation. Photography isn’t [...]

Voltaire twins: “Perth’s freshest electro outfit” – as said on last.fm. These guys make some really catchy dance/pop/indie/electro music and hence that’s probably the reason they’ve been up there on the triple J unearthed charts. They played a few weeks back at the Horror shop, and currently Jaymes Arthur Voltaire. Aka Teen Wolf is also [...]

“Obsessively chosen Band line ups from perth and abroad, aligned with the grandest of DJ’s Playing the classics alongside the hottest new selection of underground indie rock music, all compiled with passion to make you dance to the death and shake your skulls off. The Horror Shop is an environment, forged from the underground to [...]

As the demand for morally and environmentally superior alternatives to the norm has increased, so has supply. With “green is the new black” as their driving motto, plenty of companies have gone to town, fashion industry included. Don’t expect an inferior product if you let your ethics do your spending, though. It’s possible to get [...]

Frankie is an almost-A4 sized glossy Australian magazine printed with aesthetically pleasing, brightly coloured inks. The perfect accessory to keep in your bag with textbooks for the student needing some alternative cred, the cover usually features a sweet, well-dressed girl with an outfit that the struggling indie girl (or cross-dressing boy) can emulate. Featuring reviews, [...]

That’s right, you’d never find this beauty if you weren’t looking for it. Tucked away in an inconspicuous arcade on Barrack street between the Murray and Hay Street malls, it isn’t obvious from the sidewalk. When I walked in I pretty much squealed with delight – oh my what a store! I want to buy [...]

Sexy awesome indie electro band from Brazil are raging across the world, gaining publicity from an apple add that featured one of their songs (music is my hot, hot sex + the ipod touch) Colourful and fun, these guys do a mad live show and make music that makes you want to have sex. They’ve [...]

Atlas Divine has recently gone through a makeover – the owners being inspired by a trip to Bangkok have redecorated. So not only do they stock amazing and unique jewelery, clothing and accessories from australian designers, the store also looks fantastic. Located in Leederville. Check it out! Atlas Divine 121 Oxford Street, Leederville 6007 P: [...]

fools, this is the regular author of this blog’s premiere music consultant. this is not to say my music taste matches hers, let alone my diet ( i do enjoy the consumption of meat, however respect the choice of people to be vegan, not my place to tell ya how u gotta eat). Ive been [...]

Oh yeah, another awesome store from the William street collective. Upon walking in, my first impression was ‘hey, there aren’t much clothes’, however I soon fell head over heels in love with this charming shop – there are so many wonderful, and utterly delightful little things littered about the store. It’s steeped in local culture, [...]

All the small independent stores on William Street have banded together to form the William Street Collective – stores including Fi & Co, Harry Highpants (whom we visited in an earlier entry), Lala Orange, Mayday, Red Stripe and Stokey Dokes to name a few. They’re also releasing a quarterly called The Loop – find the [...]

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We all know the story concerning the eventual rise of all things underground into the mainstream – it gets annoying when all of a sudden the band that you heard about ages ago suddenly gets airplay on the commercial stations. Pfft. And if it can happen with cons, I’d dare say it can happen with [...]

Harry highpants is the (somewhat comical) name of a store in northbridge down william street (#259). A real awesome store this one – a range of brands that can’t easily be found all over Perth and also (and this impressed me most) a section for hip clothes that’d been taken from op shops. Now I [...]

I swear the first thing I thought of when I heard this dude’s music was ‘holy shit it’s a guy version of freezepop been indie-fied!” And that’s totally it, Muscles’ music is so happy and upbeat and electronically based it’s awesome. There’s nothing heavy here – I know someone said that all music is political [...]