VICE Australia/NZ
From the Underground to the Opera House
Formed through a series of “pretty stupid house parties”, Sydney-based collective dstreet's first licensed venue party was held at the Opera House. So what goes into a good party?
Our Wet Beauty Standard
The "dewy" look has already come and gone, evolving into a desire to look wet, oozing, and glistening. When did the beauty standard of the 2020s embrace amphibious sludge?
The VICE Guide to Music Festivals in Melbourne
Looking for the party? Here’s our round-up of upcoming music festivals in Melbourne and country Victoria, across summer, winter, NYE... et cetera.
The VICE Guide to the Best Clubs in Melbourne
Looking for new parties? These are the best clubs – and bars with dance floors – in Melbourne’s CBD, inner north and beyond.
What It Takes To Be SLAMROSS1000
"People think that I'm just munching pingers and making music all the time, but I'm also fucking around here!"
Are The Jeans That Look Like You’ve Pissed Yourself... Hot?
We have all peed in the shower. And we have all, at some point or another, pissed ourselves. Urinary incontinence is not our final taboo: It’s just the next evolution in our piss culture.
A New Exhibition is Archiving Melbourne’s Queer Culture In Real Time
"To archive something is to give it meaning, and allow it the dignity to stand still for a moment in time.”
Is Merivale the Death of Culture or a Symptom? I Went To Their New ‘Record Bar’ To Find Out.
Merivale’s latest culture costume comes in the form of JAM Record Bar – inspired by the listening bars of Tokyo, but “with a twist”.
11 People Who Talked Their Way Out of Rent Increases On How They Did it
It's actually possible, legal and advisable to try to negotiate your landlord's unconscionable rent increase. We spoke with some tenants who were successful.
It Happened to Me: My House Had No Shower For Two Months and It Made My Life Better
After I found the courage to ask our elderly landlord to fix the shower, her middle-aged son came over and ripped it out instead.
MONA Loses Legal Battle, Ordered to Allow Men Into Ladies Lounge Exhibit
The museum argued the refusal of men was the point of the artwork.