Larry Heath catches up with Helen Feng from Nova Heart at SXSW 2012 to learn more about the project and about the emerging music scene in China. We gain a good deal of insight into how this scene has grown over the last decade... enjoy!

Day two of Canadian Music Week started with a trip to the Comfort Zone; nowhere near as cool or personalized as last night's expedition to the Bovine Sex Club, but a much bigger room, covered with blacklights. It's also the only venue I've seen that sells it's own brand of hand sanitizer.

Pictured: Nova Heart.

Welcome to the second edition of the ARTS review, the AU review's look at the world of Arts and Film...

In This Issue: Melbourne Arts Fair appoints new Co-Directors, Mitch Cairns coordinates Alaska Projects group exhibition, Star Wars Burlesque comes to Melbourne, Sydney Dollar Shop to open, La Soiree season is extended, Griffin Theater company presents The New Electric Ballroom, The Holding Pattern new online music marketplace and photographer Matthew Nederhauser teams up with Chineses leading musicians.