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For an overnight success, Gotye (pronounced “goaty-eh") is quite a slow burner. He’s been popular in Australia, his homeland, since his first single, "Learnalilgivinanlovin" was released in 2006.

Some of music's biggest rebels eat their words and graduate as OAPs this year

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Unite in the fight against the Netherworld with the Power Rangers 10cm figure collection from Bandai. There are five to collect.

It looks like Liverpool will follow in the footsteps of Geordie Shore and have its own reality series.

The late-life second career of the New York Dolls has been one of rock's most heartwarming stories.

There was a certain louche dignity to the Dolls' 2004, but this sorry affair, knocked together in a Newcastle studio with David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain joined by Blondie guitarist Frank Infante, a pick-up rhythm section and backing singers they apparently met in the pub, is another matter.

Though the band photo on the back clearly depicts assorted members of Daisy Chainsaw and QueenAdreena, the aliases they adopt in the booklet – and the absence of references to the past in the press release – suggest the Dogbones wish to be appreciated on their own merits.

The reunited proto-punk legends are now on their second album of new material since their Morrissey-inspired comeback. The first, 2006's One Day It Will Please Us..., was better than it had any right to be.

Despite an attrition rate that has seen the band's founding members reduced to just singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, the New York Dolls are on pretty good form here, with both snarling guitars and snotty attitude in full effect on the opening title-track.

The northern part of the country, where the Caspian hails the land, is a leafy paradise. In autumn it turns to a gallery of warm colours: yellows and oranges and reds and browns, with the Chaloos Road at the centre of that beauty.