Day: 24 August 2014

Live Review: Velociraptor + Bloods – Newtown Social Club, Sydney (22.08.14)

Celebrating the long awaited release of their debut self-titled album, Brisbane monolith Velociraptor are currently touring the country with Sydney’s Bloods, and Friday night took them to Sydney’s Newtown Social Club (formerly The Sandringham Hotel, for those playing a home) for a show that happened to coincide with their Album Release Date (read our review…

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the AU interview: Ben Watt (UK) talks family, Summersonic, playing solo, "Hendra", returning to Australia and more…

Best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, UK musician Ben Watt has had a busy year, releasing his new album Hendra – his second solo outing, and first in some 30 years – as well as publishing his second novel Romany and Tom, about his parents. While in Sydney this week, Ben…

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TV Review: Doctor Who – Season 8 Episode 1 “Deep Breath” (UK, 2014)

When Peter Capaldi was announced as the new Doctor – the 12th Doctor (not counting, of course, John Hurt’s brilliant turn as the War Doctor last year) – it was met with much fanfare and excitement. Not to mention YouTube clips and meems anticipating the newest Doctor to echo Capaldi’s much lauded character of Malcolm…

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