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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Potent combination: Aussie six-piece Architecture In Helsinki are a cavalcade of fun
POP
Architecture In Helsinki
Kings College
*****
Not yet a name synonymous with Melbourne like soap opera Neighbours, out-there six-piece AIH deserve to be the next big thing from Down Under after their show last night.
A cavalcade of fun, AIH took it in turns to hit cowbells, play trombone, strum guitar, worry bongos, smash drum machines and tweak laptops to the point of death and yet still produced one joyful mash-up of wondrously catchy, danceable noise laced with musical twists and turns that sounded like no one else playing live today.
Couple that with the commanding presence of eccentric frontman Cameron and add a vital element of danceability and you have a scintillatingly potent combination. As well as sharing the goahead "anything goes" musical mosaic of the Guillemots, there were flashes of the art-rock archness of Tom Tom Club and The Fall.
Do The Whirlwind, the impossibly catchy track from their 2005 second album In Case We Die, remained the highlight, but new single Heart It Races showed how far this bunch can go.
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