• Gone are the good old days of waiting by the phone, willing your significant other to call. Nowadays, we spend our free time strategically calculating the exact length of time from when you open a text, to when you finally decide to reply.

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  • Right next to “lower your standards”, the words “play it cool and hard to get” is quite possibly the worst piece of dating advice anyone can ever give or take. Mostly directed at females, this ancient piece of so called “wisdom” implies that if a girl wants to go on a date with a guy,…

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  • Whether you’re waiting for public transport, procrastinating from doing assignments, avoiding awkward small talk, or sleuthing your way through someone’s Instagram and Facebook with surgical precision, there’s no denying that social media has fast become an integral part of our everyday lives. In fact, according to a 2016 survey conducted by Sensis, the average Australian…

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  • By Zaya Altangerel & Katy Chamoun  *Last names were excluded from this story in order to give partial anonymity to some of our first-hand sources. Peppered with small moments of “quiet and controlled panic attacks in lectures, toilet cubicles, and [her] room, managed with impersonal and ineffective online counselling”, Grace’s first year in medical school…

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  • Situated just off Flinders Lane, Bligh Place’s newest resident Souk has completely transformed the atmosphere of what used to be a quiet and simple little street, into an eye-catching retro entrance into Melbourne’s newest late-night laneway getaway.

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  • Held from 31 March – 9 April, the upcoming 2017 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival (MFWF) sounds as if it will be the long-standing festival’s biggest yet. Currently in its 25th year, the annual festival has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a small 12 event program back in 1993. Nowadays, the MFWF consists of more…

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  • Australian EDM powerhouse Flume has just won big time in the US, taking out his first ever Grammy for his acclaimed album Skin. Winning the Best Dance/Electronic Album Grammy, Flume beat out the likes of Tycho and Jean-Michel Jarre to take the golden gramophone.

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  • Twelve finalists for the second annual American Music Prize (AMP) for “Best Debut Album” have recently been unveiled. Founded in 2016 by Scott Murphy, the pioneer of the coveted  Australian Music Prize, the AMP’s “Best Debut Album” award aims to celebrate the album format of music delivery, and discover, reward and promote brand new artists.

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  • After making a name for themselves in the Melbourne suburbs of Mordialloc and Elsternwick, Tommy Ruff are kick-starting the new year by branching out their popular fish bar to the Windsor end of Chapel Street. Designed by Studio Equator, the latest venue features pastel coloured walls reminiscent of the beach and oak-wood furnishings topped with quirky interior accessories such as…

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  • The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR), Sounds Australia, and the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited (PPCA) are teaming up once again to lead a group of ten Australian independent record label representatives to Indie Week 2017, held in New York from 5-9 June. Tailored towards independent record labels and service providers, Indie Week is an invite-only conference organised by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), focusing on the…

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