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Batman: Arkham City

By Liam Gibbons | Published: 17/11/2011 - 17:26

Review | Video Games

Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform: Xbox 360 (version tested), Playstation 3

Driven Fear - Contender

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 11/11/2011 - 16:44

Review | Music

Label: Pee Records

Verdict: Driven Fear return with a record that is more sincere, more passionate and more intense than ever before.  8/10.

All the way back in 2009 when I first starting writing for News Hit, the first review that I everwrote for the website was Damn The Empire’s ...With Trends Like These, a record produced by Adelaide-based indie Pee Records.  Three years later when I am writing what is most likely the final music review that will ever be uploaded onto Newshit, it is only fitting that it too is a Pee Records release.

In the modern music industry, the advent of pro-tools, auto-tune and numerous other digital aids means that it is possible to fake a lot of things.  It is possible to fake a strong singing voice.  It is possible to fake a perfectly pitched guitar solo.  The one thing that it is still impossible to fake, however, is passion.

Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 28/10/2011 - 10:57

Review | Music

Label: Nonesuch

Verdict: An exceptional record from an industry veteran who just won’t lie down.  8/10.

Despite having played with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Captain Beefheart over the course of his four-decade-long musical career, American singer-songwriter Ry Cooder shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.

                      

Joe Henry - Reverie

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 24/10/2011 - 15:18

Review | Music

Label: ANTI-Records

Verdict: Another masterful effort from Joe Henry.  9/10.

Joe Henry really is a musical dark horse.  Over the course of his career, he has chosen to ignore contemporary trends and industry etiquette and simply record whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

On Henry’s twelfth studio album, he continues this approach wholeheartedly.  While his last two records (2007’s Civilians and 2009’s Blood From Stars) were both musically complex and stylistically varied, Reverie places far more of a focus upon feel than pinpoint execution.

Jet Market - Sparks Against Darkness

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 23/10/2011 - 18:24

Review | Music

Label: Pee Records

Verdict: A solid take on the tech-punk genre from Italian punks.  7.5/10.

Australian listeners got their first taste of Jet Market last year via Pee Records’ three-way international split.  On that outing, the Italian punks did quite admirably, even managing to outperform local favourites Burning Fiction.

On the group’s debut album Sparks Against Darkness, Jet Market continue largely where they last left off, producing a solid album with a well developed sound that is sure to find an audience both within Australia and abroad.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - So Many Things

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 22/10/2011 - 02:00

Indonesia and Australia should become Facebook friends: Forum

By Access International | Published: 12/10/2011 - 22:15

Cerebral Ballzy - Self-titled

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 08/10/2011 - 17:19

Cockfight Shootout - Asleep In Exile

By Matthew Woodward | Published: 04/10/2011 - 16:27

Australia-Indonesia Dialogue to be held in Jakarta

By Access International | Published: 03/10/2011 - 02:00
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