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Laneway Festival Detroit

Laneway Festival Detroit

St Jerome's Laneway Festival's path to world dominance continues with a new edition in Detroit.

Lifestyle

Common Ground

Common Ground

A new Perth fashion/vintage store with an upstairs pop-up art space, and they're looking labels/artists to get on board.

Music

Deus Ex Hype Machina

Deus Ex Hype Machina

Daft Punk’s new album is finally out, and the person most pleased? Flume…

Music

Video Interview - Abbe May

Video Interview - Abbe May

An exclusive video interview we filmed with Abbe May, who's just released her amazing new album, Kiss My Apocalypse.

Music

Interview - Jinja Safari

Interview - Jinja Safari

Jinja Safari have a new (awesome) album out, their first, and we had a chat with Marcus Azon about it, sobriety, meditation and India.

Fashion

Interview/Giveaway - Pool Club

Interview/Giveaway - Pool Club

Davey Bostelman chats with Pool Club Bondi co-founder Mitchell Keen to get the skinny on their incredibly fresh and clean new brand, who’ve offered us some sweet...

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Willow Beats National Tour

Willow Beats National Tour

We love Willow Beats, and are super excited to be presenting their upcoming national tour.

Lifestyle

Pilerats Magazine Burger

Pilerats Magazine Burger

In conjunction with Flipside Burger Bar, we done did make a burger, and it's tasty.

Fashion

Beyonce x H&M

Beyonce x H&M

Beyonce continues the adoption of her husband's surname, this time: 'Beyonce as Mrs Carter in H&M'.

Music

100s Aus' Tour

100s Aus' Tour

Californian MC 100s is bringing his debut album to Australia this May.

Art Culture

Lee Price

Lee Price

Incredible realist figurative oil paintings from New York artist Lee Price.

Music

Naik - Mutating Machines EP

Naik - Mutating Machines EP

WA beatmaster/filmmaker/audio visual maestro Naik is releasing a free EP this week.

Video

Miniature Melbourne

Miniature Melbourne

We're suckers for good tilt-shift photography, and this time-lapse from Nathan Kaso is definitely that.

Music

Youth Of Today Australian Tour

Youth Of Today Australian Tour

Legendary NY hardcore band Youth Of Today are headed our way in July.

Art Culture

Digital Street Art

Digital Street Art

Rad street art at one millionth of the potential fines.

Music

Place Of Indigo - Illuminate Tour

Place Of Indigo - Illuminate Tour

WA four-piece Place Of Indigo make sweet post-punk for the soul, and they're taking it east for the first time.

Music

Indian Summer - Debut A/B Side

Indian Summer - Debut A/B Side

The Indian Summer lads release their killer debut A/B side - No Use/1.01 My Heart Drops.

Music

Splendour // Robert Delong Intervie…

Splendour // Robert Delong Interview

Check the full Splendour In The Grass 2013 line-up, then read our exclusive chat to one of the guests - Robert Delong.

Fashion

Odd Future Clothing

Odd Future Clothing

Odd Future have clothes. You can buy them.

Photo

Exhibition: Tajette O'Halloran

Exhibition: Tajette O'Halloran

Melbourne-based photographic artist Tajette O'Halloran launches a new solo exhibition May 2-8 at House Of Bricks Gallery.

Music

Disclosure Single & Album

Disclosure Single & Album

Details have emerged for Disclosure's debut album, along with new single Me & You feat. Eliza Doolittle.

Art Culture

Pause Fest Perth: The Speakers

Pause Fest Perth: The Speakers

A brief rundown of some of the speakers who'll be hitting up the free Pause Fest event in Perth, April 26-28.

Music

Shockone - Universus Album Mix

Shockone - Universus Album Mix

The hype grows for the long-awaited release of d'n'b master Shockone's debut album.

Fashion

Pilerats x Me. By Maurice Meade

Pilerats x Me. By Maurice Meade

Watch Dan D Lyons' delightful day of decadence at Me. by Maurice Meade, then win a package experience of your own.

Music

Flight Facilities' I Didn't Believe…

Flight Facilities' I Didn't Believe Tour

Including a charity-raising stop in Perth to kick things off.

Music

Major Lazer - Free The Universe

Major Lazer - Free The Universe

Tina Says takes us through her fave tracks from Major Lazer's new album.

Music

Cosmo's Midnight - Phantasm

Cosmo's Midnight - Phantasm

Another rad new tune from a duo we're particularly fond of.

Fashion

Adidas x Opening Ceremony Rd 2

Adidas x Opening Ceremony Rd 2

Round two of the fashion Olympics that is Adidas Originals and Opening Ceremony is finally here for Spring/Summer 2013.

Music

Review: James Blake - Overgrown

Review: James Blake - Overgrown

In case you hadn't already, here's a review that will make you want to buy James Blake's sophomore album.

Art Culture

Rolling Stone: The Covers Exhibitio…

Rolling Stone: The Covers Exhibition

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum hosts the first-ever exhibition of the best covers from the past 40 years of Rolling Stone Australia.

Lifestyle

Interview - Dead Kooks

Interview - Dead Kooks

We've featured them in the mag's Products + Things section, now get to know the brains behind the operation that is Dead Kooks.

Art Culture

Return To Doom Lagoon

Return To Doom Lagoon

A WA artist we featured in Issue #1, Sean Morris has a new exhibition opening in Madrid this week.

Lifestyle

Video Interview - Ryan Smith

Video Interview - Ryan Smith

An exclusive video interview from our very first issue with tattoo artist Ryan Smith.

Photo

Diora Baird

Diora Baird

We asked our design team for a girl they've been vibing on. They gave us the lovely Diora Baird. Also featuring good lookin' dudes!

Music

Daft Punk - The Collaborators

Daft Punk - The Collaborators

All three of Daft Punk's Collaborator series, in one tidy post ('cause we were too slow on the first two).

Fashion

Geoffrey Lillemon's Sonomorphic Mir…

Geoffrey Lillemon's Sonomorphic Mirror

Designer Iris van Herpen unites forces with film director Nick Knight and actress Daphne Guinness to create a new Crystallization dress during a live broadcast.

Music

Interview - Rufus

Interview - Rufus

Rufus have just kicked off their Take Me Tour, but were kind enough to answer a few questions about their soon-to-be-released debut album.

Art Culture

Pause Digital Festival Perth

Pause Digital Festival Perth

If Jurassic Park's John Hammond told us about this, he'd say: "Well Pilerats, it's right up your alley." And we're super-excited to be covering it.

Video

Ego x Modular Video Mixtape

Ego x Modular Video Mixtape

Ego celebrates joining the Modular roster with a seriously incredible video mixtape.

Music

Interview - The Bennies

Interview - The Bennies

Punk, Ska, Reggae, Party... The Bennies do it all. And f'in well. Anty from the group takes five with us.

Music

Review: The Chemist - Ballet In The…

Review: The Chemist - Ballet In The Badlands

The Chemist finally release their debut album. Worth the wait.

Video

Anderson x Coppola x Prada

Anderson x Coppola x Prada

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola team up to sell a fragance.

Fashion

Giveaway - Atlas Lifestyle Co.

Giveaway - Atlas Lifestyle Co.

Atlas Lifestyle Co. have given us this really sweet leather bag to pass on to one lucky reader.

Art Culture

Film Characters By Massimo Carnival…

Film Characters By Massimo Carnivale

Rad illustrations from even radder film and TV shows.

Video

Live At The Pile - Smith St Band

Live At The Pile - Smith St Band

A live video we shot of The Smith Street Band, featuring in an earlier issue of Pilerats.

Video

Laneway Festival City Wrap-Ups

Laneway Festival City Wrap-Ups

Some exclusive video content from our Laneway issue for your perusal.

Music

Interview - George Maple

Interview - George Maple

You might recognise George Maple through her collabs with Flume and Flight Facilities, but a voice like hers can’t be tied to other peeps for much longer.

Photo

Hedi Slimane x Saint Laurent

Hedi Slimane x Saint Laurent

Black, white, rock, roll.

Music

Giveaway - Mog

Giveaway - Mog

  Telstra has a new music-streaming service, and we're here to help you get started with free stuff, including a $100 Ticketmaster voucher.

Video

Live At The Pile - Chet Faker

Live At The Pile - Chet Faker

A live video we shot for Issue #2 of the mag when Chet was in town last year.

Photo

Spring Break By Carlos Nunez

Spring Break By Carlos Nunez

LA-based photographer Carlos Nunez went to Spring Break this year so you didn't have to...

Photo

Jesse Willesee's Flash/Mob

Jesse Willesee's Flash/Mob

The dude behind last year's 22 Girls Smoking Weed is back with another ridiculous event mashing art, fashion and photography.

Fashion

Interview - Brothers Marshall

Interview - Brothers Marshall

Retro vibes with a new school feel - Malibu's Brothers Marshall drop the pretention in favour of good times. Davey Bostelman catches up with brother Trace to find out more.

Music

The Son - More Fire

The Son - More Fire

Mysterious Aussie artist The Son unveils his debut single and motion comic.

Art Culture

Daisy Courtald

Daisy Courtald

Freakishly realistic portaits made using time stamps.

Fashion

Fashion Meets Ocean

Fashion Meets Ocean

Models having a whale (shark) of a time.

Music

Interview - Jagwar Ma

Interview - Jagwar Ma

Ahead of a couple of pretty big tours, Tom Bragg chats to Gabriel Winterfield from Jagwar Ma.

Fashion

Kerr: A Vogue Digital Revolution

Kerr: A Vogue Digital Revolution

Because too much Miranda Kerr is never enough (this is more high-brow than usual though...promise).

Art Culture

Adidas Unite All Originals

Adidas Unite All Originals

As part of Adidas' new Unite All Originals campaign, they've released two new artist "collisions" for your eyes and ears to take in.

Music

Interview - Fallen

Interview - Fallen

Fledgling label Heads With Tales celebrate their first release with UK producer Fallen, who was also kind enough to chat to us.

Music

DJ Butcher TXT 'n' Tour

DJ Butcher TXT 'n' Tour

  We had a chance to hang with DJ Butcher while we were over in Brisbane for our show at The Bowler Bar and after hearing his set of self produced...

Music

Interview - LKiD

Interview - LKiD

A fresh DJ/producer from the UK on his first trip to Australia, LKiD takes five with us.

Fashion

Karlie Kloss

Karlie Kloss

An Angel is born.

Music

Interview - Yacht Club DJs

Interview - Yacht Club DJs

It’s not all hangovers and hoes for Yacht Club DJs… Wait, yes it is.

Fashion

Tikhomirov Production Wear

Tikhomirov Production Wear

You've seen the incredibly good-looking people Alexander Tikhomirov takes photos of, now get those photos on items of clothing... There's a catch though.

Music

Review: Shlohmo - Laid Out EP

Review: Shlohmo - Laid Out EP

Long-time favourite of the blog, welcome to Shlohmo's new EP, Laid Out.

Music

Interview - Willow Beats

Interview - Willow Beats

Willow Beats were amazing at our recent party in Brisbane, so we thought we'd find a little bit more about them.

Video

Video Interview - What So Not

Video Interview - What So Not

An interview we filmed for Issue #4 with Emoh from What So Not, to give you some idea of what the mag is all about.

Video

Video Clip Round Up

Video Clip Round Up

New(ish) video clips from Kate Boy, Phoenix, Midnight Juggernauts and Flume.

Music

Artist To Watch - Paces

Artist To Watch - Paces

Mike Perry aka Paces is an up and coming Gold Coast beatmaker who has recently gained the attention of triple j via Unearthed.

Music

Sid Pattni - Being With You (feat. …

Sid Pattni - Being With You (feat. N'Fa Jones)

It's fun to follow up'n'comers musical trajectory. Sid Pattni is one of them, and this is his new single.

Photo

Shed Some Light Exhibition

Shed Some Light Exhibition

A showcase exhibiting the work of five young Melbourne photographers.

Fashion

I Love Ugly March 2013

I Love Ugly March 2013

Get around the I Love Ugly March 2013 Collection.

Lifestyle

Pilerats ft. Alison Wonderland …

Pilerats ft. Alison Wonderland & Willow Beats

The Plan: Fly to Brisbane, throw a party, drink some drinks, eat some eats, see some sights.

Lifestyle

Interview - Josh Garner In Hawaii

Interview - Josh Garner In Hawaii

Professional bodyboarder Josh Garner takes five with us while on his latest jaunt to the surfing mecca that is Hawaii's North Shore.

Music

Giveaway - Deap Vally Tix

Giveaway - Deap Vally Tix

Deap Vally's Australian debut is imminent - score some free tickets to their shows right here!

Art Culture

Pilerats Magazine #6

Pilerats Magazine #6

Witty line about Pilerats issue six goes here.

Art Culture

Interview - Just Scribble Artwork

Interview - Just Scribble Artwork

Just Scribble Artwork is a 16-year-old self-taught visual artist based in Bristol, UK with a penchant for drawing hip hop's various personalities.

Music

Live Review - Purity Ring

Live Review - Purity Ring

Purity Ring @ the Corner Hotel - A non-celestial punch to the face.

Music

Hand Games 1st Birthday

Hand Games 1st Birthday

After a year of parties, management, bookings and monthly mixtapes, Sydney collective Hand Games are celebrating the only way they know how...

Music

Rufus - Take Me

Rufus - Take Me

Sydney trio RÜFÜS have a new single, foreshadowing their debut album due later this year.

Fashion

Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski

Because we said so, that's why.

Music

Interview - Gung Ho

Interview - Gung Ho

We take five with Brisbane outfit Gung Ho who've just released their new EP, Anywhere Else.

Music

Deap Vally Text Interview

Deap Vally Text Interview

The text interview doth return, this time with drummer babe Julie Edwards from California two-piece Deap Vally.

Music

Review: High Highs - Open Season

Review: High Highs - Open Season

This one’s been out for a lil’ while, but it’s definitely worthy of discussion – and your time.

Fashion

Edun SS13

Edun SS13

Bono (yeah, U2 Bono) has a label, this is their SS13 collection.

Lifestyle

Pilerats Japan Comp

Pilerats Japan Comp

Wanna fly to Japan with a friend for free? This one's on us.

Video

Video Clip Round Up

Video Clip Round Up

Check these rad clips from Disclosure, Bonobo, Glass Towers and Classixx.

Music

Interview - The Temper Trap

Interview - The Temper Trap

The Temper Trap drummer Toby Dundas was kind enough to take five out of his band's hectic touring schedule to answer a few questions.

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