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Breaking news  Sunday brought the sad news that Whitney Houston passed away. As we go to print the details of her death have been put on security hold, but a statement said that no foul play had been suspected.

Announcements Woo-hoo

One of the very best (and certainly most recognisable) rockabilly Japanese bands around today, The 5.6.7.8s have announced two shows in New Zealand coming up this April. The band has been around for some 25 years and it’s not their first visit to the country. We can only hope it won’t be their last either. The trio that made that Kill Bill scene so much cooler play at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Friday 27 April and at Bodega in Wellington on Saturday 28 April. Tickets are on sale now from Under The Radar

 Adele has swept the 2012 Grammy Awards with six wins.  British band Elbow have announced a second show following their first gig selling out. Auckland’s Powerstation will host the band again on Thu 29 Mar.

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 American alt-country gal Eilen Jewell has announced a show in Wellington at Bodega on Fri 16 Mar and at Auckland’s Powerstation on Sat 17 Mar.

Living Legends

When the press release came through for The Sonics we had to do a little double take. How amazing will this show be? The guys are garage rock originators.

When rhythm and blues was finding its way in the ‘60s these guys took a different approach and pioneered the sound of distortion we love today. After four decades of hiatus, the band got back together and now they’re playing one very special show at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Wednesday 18 April.

 ‘90s r&b trio Bell Biv Devoe have announced an all ages show at the Auckland Town Hall on Mon 28 May.  The Black Dahlia Murder have announced a solo show in Wellington at Bodega on Thu 08 Mar.

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23/02 Memory lane

Florida rockers A Day To Remember have announced a one-off show as they make the jump from Soundwave. The five-piece will play with an impressive line-up consisting of Antagonist A.D, Snakes Of Iron and ‘Til Death Do Us Party on Thursday 23 February at Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre for an all ages and licensed gig. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster and Under The Radar.

Fly High

Auckland bar Flight Lounge is starting the everpopular Wednesday night party back up this month.

Wednesday 29 February (a special day already) will see the first Flight Lounge Wednesday for the year kick off with Computers Want Me Dead, General Lee, Sam Hill, Wade Marriner and Staple all on show. Kick off at 10pm and it’s free. Your midweek moanings are sorted.

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Following the great movie screenings we’ve seen down there in the past few weeks, Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling LTD will be shown this Friday, The Phoenix Foundation and Bannerman play this Saturday, next Friday sees Bill Cunningham New York will screen on Friday 24 February and the last Saturday of the month will see Silo Sessions presented by Strange News with live performances from everyone’s favourite neverthere-but-great-when-they-are band The Cosbys along with Doug Jerebine, DJ John Baker & DJ Mr Crawley.

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Ball This Way

Much to the delight of many folks around the country (in secret or not) Lady Gaga has announced she will be bringing her “Electro-Metal Pop-Opera” to New Zealand for a one off show later this year.

Auckland’s Vector Arena will host The Born This Way Ball Starring Lady Gaga on Thursday 07 June as the pop star takes the tour around the globe. Tickets will be available from livenation.com.au on Friday 17 February, and it’s a fair bet to wager that this one will sell out.

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Dead Meadow and Pink Mountaintops have announced a joint visit to New Zealand in March. The former’s Jason Simon was here just months ago, and soon he’ll be returning with the rest of the Meadow as well as Pink Mountaintops (the side project of Stephen McBean from Black Mountain). The two bands will play two shows starting at San Fran Bath House in Wellington on Wednesday 28 March and finishing up in Auckland at The Kings Arms on Thursday 29 March. Tickets are available from Real Groovy, Slow Boat and Under The Radar.

16/02 Beasty Boys

Proton Beast have announced they’ll be taking their (get this) “sonically challenging noisy-doom-pop” (awesome description, guys) on the road as they celebrate the release of their debut EP 2000 And Blood. The duo will play five show around the country as they hit Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Wanganui and Hamilton with a rotating line-up of Psych Tigers, The River Jones, Valdera, Hollywoodfun Downstairs and more.

27/03 Lock the Noise

Noise meets rock with Japanese three-piece Boris (or BORIS, depending on what album you’re listening to) and the announcement that the acclaimed band will be heading to New Zealand for shows in Auckland and Wellington next month. The experimentalists will play at Wellington’s Bodega on Tuesday 27 March and at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Wednesday 28 March.

Tickets are available now from Under The Radar.

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PLAYING In Brief...

FAVourites Sebastian the Bear Confessions

Favourite drink? Bean juice from a three-dayold Watties tin.

Favourite restaurant/café? Wendy’s. Stat.

Favourite takeaway? Wendy’s. Double stat.

Favourite colour? Dead-baby yellow.

Favourite classic film? Earth Girls Are Easy, starring Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum.

Favourite childhood memory? Sitting on a dirty Santa’s lap.

Favourite party food? Baked bean surprise.

Beans. Mayo. Surprise.

Favourite vice? Getting old ladies in the ankle with the shopping trolley.

Favourite song? ‘Firework’ by American pop sensation Katie Perry. I find the lyrics affirming.

Favourite meal? Wendy’s. Triple stat.

Favourite cause? Save the World: Kill Yourself.

Favourite label to put on your relationship?

‘You should be grateful cos you’re not not-ugly’

The Rock-n-Roll BBQ will be returning to The Kings Arms in Auckland this Saturday. That’s twelve hours of head-bangin’ and bangers with X-Ray Fiends, Bernie Griffen & The Grifters, Thee Rum Coves, Somebody’s Sons, Mason Clinic, The Cavemen, Gina’s Revenge, Imploder, Special Stuff, The Bomb$trappers, Dolly Party, Graveyard Phil, Duncan Disorderly, Gram and Lady Bug. Auckland’s Whammy Bar will be hosting a tribute night come New Zealand Music Month.

Any bands interested should contact Rohan Evans at rohanevans@mac.com.

Scratch 22 has been announced as the support acts for the upcoming Mayer Hawthorne shows next week.

The support acts for Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti have been announced. Poor You Poor Me will play at the Auckland show at The Kings Arms on Tuesday 13 March and Disasteradio will cover the Wellington show at Bodega on Wednesday 14 March.

Wellington’s Jimbeam Homegrown Festival has sold out for the fifth year in a row. All those who were waiting until the last minute – will you ever learn?

The UPFM Solar Series will kick off Phase 2 at Western Springs Stadium on Saturday 25 February. Ap3x, Andy Bukshot, Claude Sabatier, Claudiga & Gina Cat, Ditto, Rowie, RP, Daniel Ro & David Ding and Sureshot & Infinit will all be playing at the event, rain or shine.

The New Zealand Beer Festival has been announced to move to The Cloud, Queens Wharf on Auckland’s waterfront this year.

Saturday 31 March will see over 70 beers to test and try out for your very mature pallet.

Metallica announced their very own metal festival in Atlantic City. The metal only event

is called Orion Music + More, and they’re really pushing the whole metal thing. So we find it a little weird that in this metal fest the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Best Coast and Titus Andronicus and others join this line-up. Hey, it looks like a good festival with Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Elephant, Fucked Up, Hot Snakes, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers and Liturgy joining the aforementioned names, but it’s not really “metal only”, is it.

The New Zealand International Arts Festival kicks off soon and tickets are flying out the window. If you were hoping to see the likes of the Topp Twins’ Wellington performances and Walk A Mile In My Shoes in Porirua, Bon Iver or Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!, we’re sorry to say that unless you’ve been prepared then you’re fresh out of luck.

These shows have sold out, and it looks like international indie royalty Death Cab For Cutie, circus spectacular Circenses, Swedish folkers First Aid Kit, the gravitydefying German show Leo and Tiki Taane’s performance with The Phoenix Foundation at the TelstraClear Festival Club will also be full houses. Check festival.co.nz for ticket info.

New Performance Festival

Favourite 90’s TV show? Home Improvement Favourite word? Clunge.

Favourite album? Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. She sings like she knows me.

Favourite type of groupie? Full price payers.

Favourite body part on you? My fuzzy yellow paws. And penis.

Favourite body part on someone else? My owner’s snugly ginger tummy.

Favourite venue? While performing at the Gryphon… the Gryphon.

Favourite lyric? “At least that c**t gettin’ eaten” – Azealia Banks Favourite candy bar? Whichever one Katy Perry is holding out to me in my wet, wet dreams.

Thu 23 Feb – Sat 25 Feb and Mon 27 Feb Wed 29 Feb Gyphon Theatre, Wellington Sebastian the Bear stars in Confessions at the Gryphon Theatre, Ghuznee Street as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival.

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The Auckland art scene will come alive this week with the launch of the city’s newest arts festival.

The New Performance Festival runs from Friday 17 February through to Saturday 25 February and is bringing in talent from around the globe.

German documentary theatre mavericks Rimini Protokoll, join fellow award winning artists 2b theatre company, Fleur Elise Noble and auteurs Frank Van De Ven and Peter Snow at The Edge over the next week and a half. Here’s a brief rundown of what to expect from the festival: Rimini Protokoll’s exploration of outsourcing work to low-cost countries Call Cutta In A Box arrives on the tail end of a three year awardwinning world tour. A complete overhaul of what audiences expect from performance, Call Cutta In A Box works with real people in real situations. This highly anticipated season marks the company’s first time in New Zealand. The season is presented in association with the Goethe-Institut with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office.

Canadian collective 2b theatre company bring their celebrated work Invisible Atom. The one man show dabbles in scenarios such as economics, confidence crisis, ethics and physics.

An affecting story of personal tragedy from some of Canada’s most innovative and thought provoking theatre practitioners.

One of the darlings of the new performance scene Fleur Elise Noble’s 2 Dimensional Life of Her makes intricate sketches come to life with projections, performance art and puppetry. As Noble loses control of her creations suddenly absolutely anything becomes possible.

Frank van de Ven and Peter Snow bring their famed The Death of Agency as part of their Thought/Action series. Described as a performance research investigation, The Death of Agency demonstrates the duo’s aesthetic at work.

Shit Worth Knowing

Releases this week Music: Albrecht Mayer’s Song of the Reeds; Derty Sesh’s Apology Accepted; Die Antwoord’s Ten$ion; Enter Shikari’s A Flash Flood of Colour; Kelly Rowland’s Here I Am; Paul McCartney’s Kisses on the Bottom deluxe edition; Pink Floyd’s The Wall (Experience edition) remastered 2011 3CD set; Pink Floyd’s The Wall (Immersion edition) remastered 2011 6CD set; Reece Mastin’s self-titled; Roberta Flack’s Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings the Beatles; Rapture Ruckus’ Open Your Eyes; Soulfly’s Enslaved; Styx’ The Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight live.

Cinema: Big Miracle (directed by Ken Kwapis, starring Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, John Krasinski); Killer Elite (direcgted

by Gary McKendry, starring Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Clive Owen); Leonardo Live: Painter at the Court of Milan (documentary); Moneyball (directed by Bennett Miller, starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman); Romantics Anonymous (directed by Jean-Pierre Améris, starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta); The Ides Of March (directed by George Clooney, starring George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti).

DVD & Blu-ray: 1911 Revolution DVD; Discovery Channel’s Through The Wormhole season two 3 disc set DVD; Extreme Fishing With Robson Green season three DVD; Fright Night DVD & Blu-ray; History Channel’s Ancient Greece - Gods and Battles 5 disc set

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Film news The international trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man hit the web last week much to our delight. After speculation from fanboys and fangirls alike, the trailer seemed to deliver on the anticipation fans have been marinating themselves in. After the God-awful piece of so-called “cinema” that was Spider-Man 3, the reboot delivers a darker tone with the comical side of Spidey that we know and love. It’s a given that the two most hyped superhero films of the year are The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, but it looks like the underdog could very well be The Amazing Spider-Man. George Lucas has confirmed it – Han Solo did not shoot first. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the director said “The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo [who seemed to be the one who shot first in the original] to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.” There you go.

Cult film Wet Hot American Summer has a sequel on the way according to Michael Showalter. The actor told Watch What Happens Live “Absolutely yes. One hundred percent yes. The whole gang. Everyone’s back. We’re doing it.” We’ll wait until we get an official announcement from Universal, but it’s good gossip.

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Thursday 16 Moneyball

Romantics Anonymous

General Release

Selected Cinemas

Sports dramas are so moving. There’s the hero’s journey, the young up-and-comer, the alcoholic coach whose wife left him and it’s quite often based on a true story. This one follows major league baseball’s poorest club, the Oakland Athletics. Enter Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Here’s your date night checklist. Rom-com? Tick.

French? Tick. Chocolate factory? Tick. Two shy people that will overcome their hyper-emotionalism because of love? Probably tick. Thursday night romcom French movies are made for date nights. So use that yawn and stretch that arm. Guaranteed success.

Killer Elite

The Ides Of March

General Release

General Release

Jason Statham is the greatest thing to hit action movies since some genius realised that SouthAmerican girls always get kidnapped and held ransom because of some illegal dealings that her dad did with some drug gang. And Clive Owen has a moustache.

Throw in some Robert De Niro and watch shit blow up.

When George Clooney makes a movie about George Clooney running for president, people will talk about his ego. What’s the best way to counter that potential smack-talk? Throw in some Ryan Gosling as a young hot-shot trying to make his mark in the political scene, and watch the ladies swoon.

Big Miracle

Labretta Suede

General Release

The Kings Arms

8pm, $20, undertheradar.co.nz

A romantic drama based on a true story involving a reporter and an aid worker who get all super excited about whales and then team up with international governments, oil tycoons and Inuit natives starring John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore? Yeah, you’re gonna shed a tear or two to this one. Whales rule!

Labretta Suede and the Motel Six kick off their tour after coming back from their stint in America. The blues-trash gang of misfits look the part and sound it too. The kind of folks your parents would hate you to bring home. After Auckland, the troupe head to Splore, Raglan, Mt Maunganui, Napier, Wellington and Waihi.

Friday 17 Splore Tapapakanga Regional Park

gig OF THE WEEK

New Performance Festival Telstra Clear Club

12pm, $120-220, 1-night.co.nz

One of the country’s most iconic festivals kicks off this Friday and runs through to Sunday. In no particular order, you’ll be looking at Erykah Badu, Soul II Soul, DJ Qbert/Reeps One, Hudson Mohawke, Gappy Ranks, Africa Hitech, Tiki, The Yoots, Ahoribuzz, Lord Echo and His Melodies, The Nudge, Disasteradio, J Star, Hermitude, Barons of Tang, Earl Gateshead, Shortee Blitz, @Peace, Latinaotearoa, Scratch 22, Alphabethead, King Kapisi, IM ENO, DJ Sticky Buds, Al Majik, Smoke Eaters, DJ Amato, Optimus Gryme, Labretta Suede and the Motel Six, Maya Vanya and more over the course of the weekend.

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Auckland’s newest arts festival kicks off this week on Friday and runs through to Sunday next week, and features international collectives including German doc0-theatre mavericks Rimini Protokoll, auteurs Frank Van De Ven and Peter Snow, award winning artists 2b theatre company and Fleur Elise Noble.

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A marathon of house music goes down at Ginger Minx this Friday with Magik Johnson, Recloose, Soane, Philippa, Tim Richards, Mark Emerson, Rob Warner, Dan Aux, Russell H and Dean Cryer. That’s 10 DJs over 10 hours. Are you even up to that challenge? You are?

Shit, check out Captain Confidence over here.

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Shit worth doing

Saturday 18 Belgium Beer & Mussel Festival

Two Piece Fest

Riccarton House & Bush

Bodega

7.30pm, $15-20, undertheradar.co.nz

2pm, $10-20, Eventfinder.co.nz

Bodega hosts what will become the inaugural Two Piece Fest this weekend, where twosomes take to two stages to remind us why two-pieces are such tight little performances. DZ Deathrays make the jump from Aussie and are joined by Wilberforces Proton Beast, Murderchord and many more.

Mix some of Belgium’s best beers served by local crafty pros of the brewskie scene with mussel platters, mussel soup, mussel fritters, steamed mussels, and everything else mussel and you’ve got your Garden City Saturday sorted. It’s hard to get more Kiwi than seafood and beer. Too right.

Devonport Food & Wine Festival

dead

Windsor Reserve

the basement 11am, $30-80, ticketek.co.nz

Technically it’s called the MoreFM Devonport Food, Wine & Music Festival, but we know why you’re going there. It’s for the wine and nibbles in the sun. It’s so you can sneak off with one of those wine glasses when you’re feeling rebellious. It’s to act like an adult for once in your life. And we’re okay with that.

Melbourne two-piece punks Dead hit up Auckland’s Basement with support from Mean Girls, Rifles & god bows to math. The duo will no doubt wind up their five show tour of the country in style at this sludgefilled Saturday show, so if you like getting sweaty and raucous, strap on you leather jacket and head along.

Jim Beam Homegrown

Music In Parks

Sounds of Summer

Wellington Waterfront

Nixon Park

Masonic Tavern

2pm, FREE

12pm, SOLD OUT

For the fifth year in a row, the Jim Beam Homegrown Festival has sold out. It’s little wonder when the likes of Shihad, Black River Drive, Shotgun Alley, Kora, Six60, The Black Seeds, The Adults, Concord Dawn, P Money, Kids of 88, David Dallas and more are on the list. Bummer it’s sold out then.

Ladi6 heads to Nixon Park in Kingsland this weekend for the annual Music in Parks shindig with Ruby Frost and Victoria GirlingButcher on support for this all-ages day of fun in the sun.

12pm, SOLD OUT

Highlife Entertainment know how to throw house parties. House music, that is. Not invite-all-your-friends-andfriends-of-friends-to-come-drink-inyour-lounge-for-hours-on-end-untilnoise-control-comes house parties.

Monday 20 Festival Of Flowers

Roger Waters: The Wall

Botanic Gardens

Vector Arena

8pm, $109-400, showbiznz.co.nz

7am, FREE

The first show sold out quick smart. A second show was announced, and it happened again. Same with the third show. There may be some tickets flying around for the fourth show of The Wall, but when it’s considered to be one of the biggest shows in rock history, you can’t be all that surprised how well it sold.

The Christchurch Garden City Trust’s 2012 series Colour Me Beautiful Christchurch Festival of Flowers starts on Friday, but it seems like it would be a good way to ease back into that working week. Imagine being all bored back at your desk on Monday, then going to a street garden party. Super cool.

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Alright students, time to get that partying out of the way early so you can concentrate on your studies for the rest of the year. See Shapeshifter, Shihad, David Dallas, Cairo Knife Fight, Home Brew and more hit Forsyth Barr Stadium for Orientadium. Just try to show up to class once this week, yeah?

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Who would’ve thought that just an hour’s drive southeast of Auckland, you can find yourself a world away from the city in a shimmering coastal paradise? Splore festival is pretty much just that.

Held every two years at Tapapakanga Regional Park, it’s the perfect escape into a world of music, art, and performance.

This family-friendly festival has all the elements of escapism. Some lucky bastards can even arrive by boat, and there are ‘glamping’ options (glamourous camping) to spoil yourself even more. This year’s theme, ‘The Island of Hooha’, is all about letting loose. The park “Magically transforms into the quasi-mystical cartoon-ironical, Island of Hooha.

Expect rampaging wild beasties, nymphs and troupes of adventurers,” they tell us. As always, you’re encouraged to dress up.

Face and body artists from Fab Art will be on hand to help you look your best. Later in the afternoon, you can have yourself decorated in stunning body paint, as well as feathers, jewels and even prosthetics. Fab Art advise you to order prosthetics prior to Splore. That’s some pretty full-on costumery right there. For those who are even more hyped about dressing up, you can arrange to have a costume consultation before you arrive (contact details can be found under the Island of Hooha photo album on the Splore festival Facebook page).

The music on offer at Splore reflects the brightest moods of an outdoor summer party, with a definite carnival feel. The line-up boasts mostly – but not at all limited to – reggae, soul, hip hop, dance and world music acts. This year you can witness the impressive presence of Erykah Badu, have a nostalgic ‘90s moment with Soul II Soul, groove to some sweet reggae sounds with Gappy Ranks, and dance like a lunatic to Disasteradio. Then there’s Melbourne’s Barons of Tang with their brand of ‘gypsy deathcore’, the hilarious Cuban Brothers, and local boys @ Peace – there really is something for everyone. But Splore is the kind of festival where you go for the overall experience, and the beautifully relaxed vibe. If you only know two or three of the bands it doesn’t really matter. You arrive ready to have a good time, and once you’re there it’s pretty hard not to fall in love with the place.

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This year Splore will be using new use scanable wristbands instead of top-up cards or those annoying drinks coupons, which you can use to buy anything on-site. These RFID (radio frequency identification) security wristbands have been tested for durability and are safe to take swimming. They could prove to be a real timesaver as you can load them up with credit using cash or eftpos, and get refunds at any time during the festival or online for a limited time after the event.

One of the things Splore does really well is showcase a wide range of visual arts. In the past there have been brightly decorated trees and installations that blend harmoniously with the natural environment. The art trail looks beautiful by day as well as by night, and this year there’s a new Splorebot for you to make friends with while you’re chilling on the beanbags or hammocks up on the hill.

Splore is very much a green festival. With thousands of people coming to live on the site for three days, the organisers ask people to think about ways to reduce their waste. Green incentives include a bonus for carpooling – if you bring four or more people in your vehicle you get free parking for the weekend. Otherwise it’s just $10.

The festival is also family friendly, with family camping areas and a rumpus room with some great activities for the kids. These include flag, mask and costume making, guided adventures and night time fluorescent Play-Doh sculpting.

Let’s put it this way, with Splore, you never have to wonder if it’ll be as good as last year. This little gem just gets better and more gorgeous every time.

WRITTEN BY DEDEE W

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Painfully stereotypical question, but what prompted the use of a pseudonym?

I moved to LA from Detroit to make rap music. Originally I thought Mayer Hawthorne would be a side project. I thought we would sell 1000 copies on vinyl, and then I would go back to being a hip-hop DJ and producer. Nobody, including the label, thought that it would get this big.

You just never know what’s going to connect with people!

Do you have any interesting anecdotes concerning you and The County that you can share?

The County is the best band in the world, and it just so happens that I grew up with a lot of them in Michigan. They roll almost everywhere with me so we’re all like brothers from another mother. I remember we were on tour in Ireland and I got crazy sick with bird flu or some shit and I lost my voice. We sold a lot of tickets for the show and I really didn’t want to cancel! So we came up with a totally different set just for that night, and they all helped me sing my parts. The crowd was great and everyone had a good time. That’s love right there, man.

Tell me about Haircut.

I’ve been known as Haircut most of my life. A lot of my close friends, even my parents still call me that. The name came from when I was a toddler and my folks took me to get my first haircut. I had the wildest temper tantrum! And the only way they could shut me up was they bought me some vinyl records (45s) to keep me occupied. I’ve been DJing and collecting records ever since.

I hear you haven’t received any vocal training. What prompted your choice to get into singing?

Singing is still a really new thing for me. I’ve only been singing for about three years now. I only sang on the original demo songs because I thought nobody would ever hear it! I was imitating dudes like Eddie Holman and Harry Ray – I didn’t think those songs would ever get released to the public. I’m still learning a lot about singing every day. I’ve got a long way to go.

What bands/artists do you consider influential, and what do you generally use for musical inspiration?

I get most of my inspiration from beautiful women. But I like bands that are doing something different. I like a lot of strange music. I recently recorded a cover of a song by this totally obscure band from Pasadena called Shorty’s Portion. The lead singer/piano player was born with a hole in his heart; he was like four feet tall and died in his early 20s after recording this one incredible album. Stuff like that intrigues me. But I also love Prince, Michael Jackson and Steely Dan, so it’s all over the place I guess.

What was collaborating with Snoop Dogg like?

Snoop and I share a love of sweet soul music. He’s always bumping The Dramatics, The Stylistics, Willie Hutch... all that good shit. He’s always singing along and he’s got such a great, unique voice – so when he asked me how he could get on my album I said “you gotta do THAT!” It was dope because I think I captured Snoop in a way that no one has heard him before. He just has so much fun with everything, and fun is number one!

How was the crowd in New Zealand when you performed at Splore last year?

Splore was rad. It was totally different and unique from every other festival I’ve done. And at first I was like “wtf is this shit?” but then we got on stage and it all made sense. I got so into it at one point that I broke my watch and it flew off my wrist across the stage!

Expecting anything this time around?

Kiwis know how to party… They don’t give a fuck! We’ve got a really special new show planned for y’all so I know it’s gonna be even better than last time.

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We recently had a chat with ladykiller extraordinaire Mayer Hawthorne. Here’s how the quick-fire Q&A went.

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Jumping the ditch briefly before headlining the five-date Soundwave Tour across Australia, System Of A Down are set to play a one off show at the Trust Stadium Arena in Auckland with their Soundwave friends The Dillinger Escape Plan. New Zealand audiences have always loved System Of A Down and this passionate support and bond has only strengthened if anything during the recent hiatus years, as vocalist Serj Tankian holds NZ residency and regularly lives here.

In 2009 Tankian played his solo album Imperfect Harmonies with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in Auckland’s Town Hall, but it’s been six years since the band collectively hit our shores. Fans are expecting to see the band’s classics like Grammy recognised ‘B.Y.O.B.’ and ‘Lonely Day’ but are hoping for some new material as the long hiatus has left fans wanting more.

Currently in LA putting the finishing touches to his next solo rock record Tankian says, “New Zealand feels like home to me, and while my work takes me many places I always love returning. I’m super excited to be back home in Auckland again, this time with System.”

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The man himself is heading our way. Roger Waters is set to perform Pink Floyd’s The Wall in its entirety at Vector Arena in Auckland this week – including the anthemic ‘Another Brick In The Wall’, rock classic ‘Comfortably Numb’, ‘Mother’, ‘Hey You’ and ‘In the Flesh’. This will be four nights of pure genius.

The Wall, written and produced by Waters, was first performed live

by Pink Floyd in 1980. Originally released in November 1979, The Wall was America’s top-selling album of 1980 and is still in the US Top 5 bestselling albums of all time. The underlying story of the album is of “… this youngish man who is frightened and in consequence, hides himself away, walls himself in because of his fear of other people and relationships.”

When asked why he had decided to revive The Wall he explained, “I did a tour that finished a couple of years ago where I did the whole of Dark Side of the Moon in one half of the show and it went very well. I had been somewhat reluctant to take that whole kind of classical piece and to re-do it, but it really worked well… so having finished that one, when I’d recovered a bit, I thought maybe I had one more in me.”

The show is said to have all of the same elements of the original live show except on a larger scale due to technology growth. The original Mother, Wife and Teacher puppets created by Gerald Scarfe have been redesigned, reanimated and reformatted with new technology to fit the new scale of the production.

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WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 15 Bats Theatre

Mighty Mighty Nancy’n’Norman & friends: 9:30pm: $5

Should We Stay Or Should We Go?: 9:30pm: $16/$14

San Fran Bath House

Happy

Whitireia Performing Arts Centre

Lorenzo Buhne - Wild Iron: 8pm: $15/$10

Cut Chemist: 9pm: $65

Hot Toxic Love: 8pm: $30

Mighty Mighty

$noregazZzm + Fauxhound: 9:30pm: $5

San Fran Bath House ALPS, SECRETIVE GEORGE, TIGER CHOIR, GRASS CANNONS, FOXTROT & CARBONCARB: 8pm: Free

Southern Cross

Kroon for your Kai ft. The Bradford Shelves: 6pm: free

Thu 16 Bats Theatre

Should We Stay Or Should We Go?: 9:30pm: $16/$14

BATS Theatre

Moving Stationery: 6:30pm: $16 Full/$14 Concession

Medusa

Edge Of Fury, Authors, Swifts & Sparrows & Declaration AD: 8:30pm: $5

Bats Theatre

Should We Stay Or Should We Go?: 9:30pm: $16/$14

BATS Theatre

Moving Stationery: 6:30pm: $16 Full/$14 Concession

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Matterhorn

The Session: 10pm: Free

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Fri 17 Bats Theatre

Should We Stay Or Should We Go?: 9:30pm: $16/$14

BATS Theatre

Moving Stationery: 6:30pm: $16 Full/$14 Concession

Bodega

Supermodel: 8pm: $10

Brookfield Outdoor Education Centre NZ Hoopfest: 3pm: $90

Andrea Balency (MX): 10pm: $5

Meow Cafe

Have Voice; Will Sing - Ruth & the Honest 3: 7pm: $18 / $14

Mighty Mighty

Ouch My Face, Golden Awesome, Jetsam Isles & Force Fields: 9:30pm: $5

Southern Cross Recovery Sessions w/ DJ Verdi: 3pm: free

The Lido Cafe

The Boptet: 7pm: Free

Sandwiches

Heavy Hitters: 11pm: $20

Mon 20

San Fran Bath House

Meow Cafe

24 Hour Party People: 9pm: $10

Southern Cross

Have Voice; Will Sing - Ruth & the Honest 3: 7pm: $18 / $14

Medusa

Shihad: 8pm: $45

The Arvo Show presents The Merlin Webster Experience: 4pm: free

Tue 21

Mighty Mighty

The Lido Cafe

Fred’s

Aa (US) North Island Tour: 9:30pm: $5

Sandwiches

Shaw Gate: 8:30pm: Free

Hudson Mohawke (UK): 11pm: $30 + BF

Sun 19

San Fran Bath House

BATS Theatre

Nervous Doll Dancing Eidolon: 9pm: $18, $15, $12

Havana Bar

Richter City Rebels Album Release: 7:30pm: Free

Meow Cafe

LATE NiGHT SHOPPiNG: 12am: Free / Newtown Rocksteady w/ DJ Art Official: 8pm: Free

Moving Stationery: 6:30pm: $16 Full/$14 Concession

Southern Cross

Soul Caravan: 9:30pm: free

Have Voice; Will Sing - Ruth & the Honest 3: 7pm: $18 / $14

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Fri 17

Sat 18

Mon 20

Subculture (Queenstown)

Dux de Lux (Queenstown)

Glue Gallery (Dunedin)

Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin)

Meow Cafe

Jez Lowe & Kate Bramley in Concert: 7:30pm: $25

Meow Cafe

Have Voice; Will Sing - Ruth & the Honest 3: 7pm: $18 / $14

OTAGO gig guide

Ping Pong Comp: 9pm: $5

Thu 16 10 Bar (Dunedin) DJ Nick C: 10pm: Free

Heff’s Hotel (Dunedin) The Heff’s Factor Ultimate Karaoke Competition: 8:30pm: Free

The Blue Duck (Milford Sound) JoHanna Mystery & Friends: 8pm: Free

XII Below (Dunedin) Badd Energy

JoHanna Mystery & Friends: 8pm: FREE

Glue Gallery (Dunedin)

Goofest DIY Music and Arts Festival: 12pm

Goofest DIY Music and Arts Festival: 5:30pm

Sun 19

Heff’s Hotel (Dunedin)

Chicks Hotel (Dunedin)

The Heff’s Factor Ultimate Karaoke Competition: 8:30pm: Free

None Gallery (Dunedin)

Proton Beast 2000 And Blood Tour: 9pm

St Peters Church (Queenstown)

The Rhythms of Nature Mark Wilson: 7:30pm: $20

JoHanna Mystery & Friends: 3pm

Glue Gallery (Dunedin) Goofest DIY Music and Arts Festival: 12pm

Logan Park (Dunedin) Classic Hits Winery Tour ft. Gin, Mutton Birds & Avalanche City: 5pm

Orientadium MMXXII: Hypnotist Guy Cater: 7:30pm

Tue 21 Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin) Orientadium MMXXII: Dub my Toga: 7:30pm

Olssens (Cromwell) Classic Hits Winery Tour ft. Gin, Mutton Birds &

Mou Very (Dunedin)

Jo Little & Jared Smith: 3pm: FREE

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auckland gig guide Wed 15 Creative Jazz Club: 8pm: $10

The Crimson Vendetta, The Altered States, This Flight Tonight, Bleeding View & Austere: 8pm: $5

1885 Basement

The Winchester

1885 Basement

Creative Jazz Club - The Ottington Brothers: 8pm: $10/$7/$5

Chapel Bar & Bistro DJ Dirty Diana: 7:30pm: free

Khuja

THE ADULTS WARM-IP SHOW: 8pm: $40 + BF

The Wine Cellar

Frend EP launch w/ Luckless, The Fritts: 9pm: $5

The List ft. Tom Scott (Home Brew / @peace), Substance (Homebrew) & Truent: 10pm: Free

The Wine Cellar

Kings Arms

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Live Nudes, The Welfare Mothers & Guests: 8pm

Oslo Brown, Nick Raven & Career Girls: 8pm: free DJ vkta: 8pm: free

The Circling Sun Live w DJ/ Truent: 9pm: Free

Fri 17

QF Tavern

1885 Basement

Karaoke Kate: 9pm

Dylan C: 11pm: Free

Racket Bar

1885 Britomart

Red Hummingbird DJ Arash: 7pm: free

Sale St

Retro Wednesday ft Grant Marshall & Guests: 5:30pm: Free

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Chris Melville Trio: free

Thu 16 1885 Basement

2Five9 Jazz Trio: 10pm: Free

1885 Britomart

Sweet Mix Kids: 9pm: Free

Chapel Bar & Bistro Dirty Uncool: 7:30pm: free

Juice Bar at the Windsor Castle

Frozen Alice w/ Kive: 9pm: $10

Khuja

The Indie Club Ft Yasamin AlTiay White Rabbit Black Monkey The DeLoreans: 8pm: Free

Kings Arms

Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 Album Release Show: 8pm: $20

QF Tavern Franko: 9pm

Racket Bar

Nyntee & Isaac Aesili: 6pm

Red Hummingbird General Lee & Hamish Polson: free

Sale St

Ned Roy, Jason Eli: 4:30pm: Free

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Ponsonby Social Club

De Post

Racket Bar

Dog’s Bollix

BPlus & Frank Booker: 8pm: Free Manuel Bundy & MayaVanya: 6pm: Free

Red Hummingbird Dirty Diana, CVE & Thane Kirby: 5pm: free

Sale St

Page3, Ned Roy, DeeWhy: 5pm: Free

Silo Park

Silo Cinema presents The Darjeeling LTD: 5pm: Free

Stampede Bar & Grill David Dallas ft. Lady Esque: 9pm: $20

Ponsonby Social Club

T-Rice & Flex: 6pm: Free

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The Thirsty Dog

Tapapakanga Regional Park

Splore 2012: $185 - $205

The Bay, Waiheke Island

Nyntee & Sweet Mix Kids: 6pm: Free

AM Duo: 9pm

Basalt

Eddie Manukau: 9pm

DJ Jason Eli & Percussionist John Ellis: 8pm: free

Brew On Quay

The Elephant Wrestler

Lee Gray Duo: 8:30pm

Pat 4 President: 8:30pm

Celsius

The Ginger Minx

The Deck - SKYCITY

Mitch French: 8:30pm Honeybadger: 9pm: $10

Florrie McGreals Brett Polley: 9pm

Kings Arms

Rock N Roll BBQ w/ X Ray Fiends, Somebody’s Sons, Caveman & guests

Managawhai Tavern HOT SUMMER JAMS in Mangawhai ft.

TRIBALSTATE: 7:30pm

Merchant Bar & Restaurant Lee Gray Duo: 8:30pm:

Ponsonby Social Club

DJs Julien Dyne & TDK: 8pm: Free

Racket Bar

Ben Wah: 8pm: Free

Red Hummingbird The Philosophy & Jason Gundry: 9pm: free

Sale St

DeeWhy, Vincent Hanna: 5pm: Free

Silo Park

GLAM - putting the fun back into Friday Night: 9pm: Free

In the minx: 5pm

The Phoenix Foundation presents The Silo Sessions: 12pm: Free

The Supper Club

The Basement

Chapel Bar & Bistro

The Friday Blender: 5pm: free

Acapella Ft. DJ Philippa: 9pm: Free

DEAD (AU) w/ Mean Girls, Rifles & god bows to math: 9pm: $10

De Post

The Winchester

The Bay, Waiheke Island

Brett Polley: 8:30pm

Florrie McGreals Riqi Harawera: 9pm

GBS Bar

Rites of Abomination - Night 1: 8:30pm

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DJ Karn Hall, Nu Soul, DJ Grant Marshall: 8pm: free

The C2: 8:30pm

2’s A Crowd: 9pm

The Deck - SKYCITY

DJ Thane Kirby & Guitarist Joe Bax: 8pm: free

The Winchester Rites of Abomination - Night 2: 8:30pm

Glen Eden RSA

Sat 18

Golden Dawn Tavern of Power

1885 Basement

Trench Bar

Onny Kaulima: 11pm: Free

Pure Trench Bar ft. RALPH GOOD (SW) 10pm: $10

1885 Britomart

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Mal Maccallum: 8pm

Second New Zealand Northern Soul Weekender Auckland: 8pm: Free

Kings Arms

MOTHRA, RULE OF THIEVES, BIG PUNCH, & UU: 8:30pm: $10

LEIGH SAWMILL CAFE NICO STOJAN: 9:30pm: $10

Merchant Bar & Restaurant

We Own The Night: 10pm: $10

Black Salt

MusicBox: 8pm

Brew On Quay

Franko/Scottie: 9:30pm

Cassette Nine

Franko & James: 8:30pm

Sick Disco ft. Recloose, Mike E, Safari Boy, Dirty Uncool, Pizza Cat & MTron: 10pm: $10

Moreton’s

Chapel Bar & Bistro

Ponsonby Social Club

Coherent

David Shanhun: 8pm Occupational Therapy ft.

Bobby Brazuka & Manuel Bundy: 9pm: Free

A Ponsonby Institution: 4pm: free Second New Zealand Northern Soul Weekender Auckland: 9pm: $10

DJ Grant Marshall, Black Salt, DJ Sample Gee: 8pm: free

Vector Arena

Roger Waters: The Wall

Western Lights Double Vision: 8pm

ZEAL Henderson

Edge Of Fury, Authors, East Of Eden, As Colour Fades & 7 Seas: 6:30pm: $5

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Sun 19

The Marina

David Shanhun: 1pm

Wed 15

Chapel Bar & Bistro

The Windsor Castle

Cabana Bar (Napier)

Sunday Session w/ The Sentimental Sound System: 3pm: free

Goode Brothers MusicBox: 3pm

Alizarin Lizard: 9:30pm: $10

Sat 18

Western Lights

Thu 16

Mud House Winery & Cafe (Amberley)

Andrew Mockler: 5pm

Franko & James: 3pm

Mon 20

Ponsonby Social Club

Vector Arena

Ponsonby Social Club Conch Sunday Grill: 6pm: Free

Sale St

Shae Snell, Ned Roy, Manuel Bundy: Free

The Deck - SKYCITY

DJ Jason Kyle & Saxophonist Lewis McCallum: 5pm: free

Alizarin Lizard: 9:30pm: $10

Lazy Sunday Afternoons W/ Bryan Bell & Joe Walsh: 2Pm: Free

Merchant Bar & Restaurant

Second New Zealand Northern Soul Weekender Auckland: 5pm: Free

Sunset Point (Mahia)

Roger Waters: The Wall

Tue 21 Chapel Bar & Bistro

ARC Theatre (Wanganui) Aa (US): 7:30pm

Classic Hits Winery Tour ft. Gin, Mutton Birds & Avalanche City: 5pm

Geoff’s Saloon (Wairoa)

Smash Palace (Gisborne)

Alizarin Lizard : 9:30pm: $10

The Mussel Inn (Nelson)

Shenandoah Davis: 9pm

Alizarin Lizard: 9:30pm: $10

The Penguin Club (Oamaru)

JoHanna Mystery & Friends: 8pm

The World’s Greatest Quiz Night: 7pm: free

Fri 17

Sun 19

Empire Tavern

Frank’s Cafe (Greymouth)

Ashburton Art Gallery

Empire million Dollar Trivia: 6:30pm: Free

Shenandoah Davis: 9pm

Asian Film Season: 4pm: Free

CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 15

Fri 17

Sat 18

Becks Southern Alehouse

Alvarado’s

Becks Southern Alehouse

Jam Session: 8pm: Free

Club Havana Dance Studio

Bellydance Beginners Class Term 1

Thu 16 Becks Southern Alehouse

The Black Velvet Band: 8pm: Free

Canterbury Bowling Club

Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: Desperately Sketching Susan: 7:30pm: $13

darkroom

Mark McGuire (Cleveland) & God Destroyer: 9pm: Free

Dux Live

Proton Beast, Psych Tigers, The River Jones: Free

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Karaoke with DJ Chick: 8pm: Free

Salsa Latina Dance Studio

Salsa On Thursdays: 8:45pm: Free

Three Six Three

Hudson Mohawke (UK) & Parks @ Three Six Three: 9pm

Lloyd & Doublet: 7pm: Free

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Festival of Flowers: Free

Christchurch Netball Centre

Charity Fundraiser for Christchurch: 7pm: $60

darkroom

Badd Energy + Grand Chancellors: 9pm: Free

Dux Live

Joy Division, Cure Tribute: 8:30pm: Free

The Middlemen: 9pm: Free

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Festival of Flowers: Free

CPIT

Vaudelesque: 8:30pm: $20

Becks Southern Alehouse Quiz Night: 7pm: Free

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Dux Live

Riccarton House & Bush

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Minisnap: 8:30pm: Free Division Street: 8:30pm: Free

Phillipstown Youth Centre

Sun 19

Riccarton House & Bush

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Le Grande Belgium Gastro and Bier Experience: 6:30pm

Festival of Flowers: Free

The Monday Room

O Bass: 7:30pm: $10 + BF

Deep House w/ DJ Mike T: 9pm: Free

Tue 21

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

The Fox and Ferret

Tealight Acoustics: 8:30pm: $5

Nuttin Trivial - Quiz Night: 7pm: Free

Dux Live

Belgium Beer and Mussel Festival: 2pm: $20

Ctrl-Alt-Rock: 9:30pm: Free

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Dux Live

Festival of Flowers: Free Secret Show 6:45pm Free Texas Holdem - Cash Poker Nights: 7pm: Free

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WAIkato gig guide Wed 15 Skycity Hamilton Latin Dancing Rhythms: 9pm: Free

Old School Arts Centre (Raglan)

SEWN: Longboarding Surfing Documentary: 8:30pm: $11

Thu 16 Old School Arts Centre (Raglan)

SEWN: Longboarding Surfing Documentary: 5:30pm: $11

Static (Hamilton) Noosphere Debut Album Release w/ J-Shima + Special Guests: 9pm: $5

Mon 20

Static (Hamitlon)

Hamilton Gardens Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night: 7pm: Free

Mundi: 7:30pm: $16

Sun 19

The Void (Hamilton) Edge Of Fury, Authors, As Colour Fades, Valjean & Thy Assassin: 7pm: $5

Hamilton Gardens Barnardos Teddy Bears Picnic: 10am

Sat 18

Hamilton Gardens

Cock & Bull (Hamilton) Hayden Booth: 7pm: Free

Church College (Hamilton) 9th Annual National Interfaith Forum 2012

Cock & Bull (Hamilton)

Hamilton Gardens

Hamilton Gardens

Ngaruawahia RSA

Amo Italiana: 7pm: $25

V8 Show & Swap Meet: 10am Dead (AU)

The Plaza (Putaruru)

Fri 17 Jesse O’Brien: 6pm: Free

Paeroa Racecourse

Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night: 7pm: Free

The Pheasant Plucker (Rotorua)

Tue 21 Clarence St Theatre (Hamilton) Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra - I Love You Tour: 7:30pm: $38

Hamilton Gardens Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night: 7pm: Free

Alizarin Lizard The Weekend Went Without You album release tour: 8:30pm: $10

SH 2 Main (Paeroa)

Wintec Hothouse ft. Cornerstone Roots: 6:30pm: Free

Mobil 1 Battle of the Streets: $25

The Official After Party w/ Three Houses Down & The Hypnotics: 8pm: $30

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tours & events

Upcoming tours & events Fri 17 Feb Darkroom, Christchurch Sat 18 Feb Festival Club at Aotea Centre, Auckland Fri 24 Feb San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 25 Feb The ARC, Whanganui Thu 01 Mar San Fran Bath House, Wellington

The 5.6.7.8s (JP)

Fri 27 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 28 Apr Bodega, Wellington

Aa (US)

Thu 16 Feb Arc Theatre, Whanganui Fri 17 Feb Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 18 Feb Whammy Bar, Auckland

Adam Page: Chairman of the Beard

Thu 01 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Fri 02 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Sat 03 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Tue 06 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Wed 07 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Thu 08 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Fri 09 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Sat 10 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington

Alabama 3

Thu 22 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Alizarin Lizard

Wed 15 Feb Cabana Bar, Napier Thu 16 Feb Geoff’s Saloon, Wairoa Fri 17 Feb Sunset Point, Mahia Sat 18 Feb Smash Palace, Gisborne Sun 19 Feb The Pheasant Plucker, Rotorua Wed 22 Feb Waihi Beach Hotel, Coromandel Thu 23 Feb Eggsentric Cafe, Coromandel Sat 25 Feb Rocks Bar, Waiheke Island Sun 26 Feb The Funky Fish, Dargaville Wed 29 Feb Salut, Whangarei Thu 01 Mar Speakeasy Bar, Thames Wed 07 Mar The Grange Bar, Hahei Thu 08 Mar Static, Hamilton Fri 09 Mar The Yot Club, Raglan Sat 10 Mar Space Monster, Wanganui Thu 15 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 16 Mar Refuel Bar, Dunedin Sat 17 Mar Louie’s bar, Invercargill Sun 18 Mar The Long Room, Riverton Thu 22 Mar The Blue Duck, Milford Sound Fri 23 Mar Dux de Lux, Queenstown Sat 24 Mar Mint Bar, Queenstown Sat 31 Mar Feastock 2012, Dunedin

August Burns Red & Blessthefall

Sat 14 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Sun 15 Apr San Fran Bath House, Wellington

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (US)

Tue 13 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland Wed 14 Mar Bodega, Wellington

Badd Energy

Thu 16 Feb XII Below, Dunedin

Elbow (UK)

Wed 28 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Steve Luthaker (US) Sat 24 Mar Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Sun 25 Mar Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland

Batucada Sound Machine

JoHanna Mystery

Fri 24 Feb Nelson School Of Music, Nelson Sat 25 Feb Regent Theatre, Hokitika Fri 02 Mar Old Library, Whangarei Sat 03 Mar Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai

Thu 16 Feb The Blue Duck, Milford Sound Fri 17 Feb Dux de Lux, Queenstown Sat 18 Feb The Penguin Club, Oamaru Sun 19 Feb Chicks Hotel, Dunedin Thu 23 Feb The Brewery, Christchurch Fri 24 Feb Le Cafe, Picton

Black Lips (US)

Justin Townes Earle (US)

Tue 28 Feb Powerstation, Auckland

Bon Iver (US)

Mon 27 Feb Town Hall, Wellington Tue 28 Feb Town Hall, Wellington

Boris (JP)

Tue 27 Mar Bodega, Wellington Wed 28 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland

Bulletbelt

Thu 23 Feb The Royal Hotel, Palmerston North Fri 24 Feb Biddy Mulligans, Hamilton Sat 25 Feb The Spa Hotel, Taupo Sun 26 Feb Bar Medusa, Wellington

Classic Hits Winery Tour 2012

Thu 16 Feb Neudorf Vineyards, Upper Moutere Fri 17 Feb Neudorf Vineyards, Upper Moutere Sat 18 Feb The Mud House Winery & Cafe, Waipara Sun 19 Feb Logan Park, Dunedin Tue 21 Feb Olssen’s Vineyard, Cromwell Thu 23 Feb Villa Maria Estate, Blenheim Sat 25 Feb Alana Estate, Martinborough Sun 26 Feb Sentry Hill Estate, New Plymouth Fri 02 Mar Vilagrad Winery, Hamilton Sat 03 Mar Villa Maria Estate, Auckland

Electric Wire Hustle w/ Little Bushman

Fri 24 Feb Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui Sat 25 Feb The Kings Arms, Auckland Sun 26 Feb The Yot Club, Raglan Fri 02 Mar San Fran Bath House, Wellington

The Exploited (SC)

Fri 02 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland

First Aid Kit (SW) Thu 08 Mar TelstraClear Festival Club, Wellington

Flights of Fancy

Wed 29 Feb Bergman Theatre at The Paramount, Wellington

Florence + The Machine (UK) Mon 28 May Vector Arena, Auckland

Lady Gaga’s The Born This Way Ball Thu 07 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland

Game (US)

Sat 25 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland

Fri 17 Feb Static, Hamilton Sat 18 Feb Basement, Auckland

Have Voice; Will Sing

Dead Meadow (US) w/ Pink Mountaintops (US)

Henry Rollins (US)

Die Antwoord (SA)

Fri 02 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland

Dirty Three (US)

Wed 14 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Labretta Suede w/ the Motel Six

Thu 16 Feb The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 17 Feb Splore Sat 18 Feb Splore Thu 23 Feb Raglan, TBC Fri 24 Feb Brewers Bar, Mt Mauganui Thu 01 Mar TBC, Napier Fri 02 Mar Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 03 Mar The Waihi Beach Club, Waihi

Crosby, Stills & Nash (US)

Wed 28 Mar San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 29 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland

Fri 17 Feb The Pheasant Plucker, Rotorua Sat 18 Feb Poverty Bay Club, Gisborne

Fatboy Slim (UK)

Thu 15 Mar The Trusts Stadium, Auckland

DEAD (AU)

Knights Of The Dub Table

Sun 29 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

The Cranberries (IR) Sat 24 Mar The Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Thu 19 Apr Dux de Lux, Christchurch Fri 20 Apr Bar Bodega, Wellington Sat 21 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Sun 22 Apr Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Auckland

Sat 18 Feb - Tue 21 Feb Meow Cafe, Wellington

Wed 11 Apr Clarence St Theatre, Hamilton Thu 12 Apr Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 13 Apr The Opera House, Wellington Sat 14 Apr SKYCITY Theatre, Auckland

HUDSON MOHAWKE (UK) & PARKS Thu 16 Feb Three Six Three, Christchurch Thu 23 Feb Khuja, Auckland

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Upcoming tours & events Lamb Of God (US) w/The Black Dahlia Murder and Unearth Wed 07 Mar Studio, Auckland

Lucinda Williams Tue 10 Apr Auckland Town Hall, Auckland Wed 11 Apr St James Theatre, Wellington

Mayer Hawthorne (US)

Wed 22 Feb San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 23 Feb Powerstation, Auckland

Men (US)

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Peter Hook

Wed 18 Apr Bodega, Wellington Thu 19 Apr Bodega, Wellington Fri 20 Apr Studio, Auckland

Porter Robinson (US)

Fri 02 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland

Real Estate (US)

Thu 15 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 16 Mar San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 17 Mar Refuel, Dunedin

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Soundscape 2012

Sat 10 Mar Alexandra St, Hamilton

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Wed 29 Feb The Kings Arms, Auckland

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Shotgun Alley

Fri 16 Mar Southern Cross, Wellington Sat 17 Mar Cabana, Napier Sun 18 Mar Pheasant Plucker, Rotorua Thu 22 Mar The Rocks, Waiheke Island Fri 23 Mar Khuja Lounge, Auckland Thu 29 Mar The YOT Club, Raglan Fri 30 Mar Altitude, Hamilton Sat 31 Mar Brewers Bar, Tauranga

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Sat 31 March The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland

Thu 16 Feb The Mussel Inn, Nelson Fri 17 Feb Frank’s Cafe, Greymouth Fri 24 Feb Chicks Hotel, Dunedin Sun 26 Feb Harbour Street Theatrette, Oamaru Sat 03 Mar Happy, Wellington Mon 05 Mar The ARC Theatre, Whanganui Wed 07 Mar The Cabana, Napier Fri 09 Mar The Wine Cellar, Auckland

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Sat 10 Sep Saints and Sinners, Invercargill Fri 16th Sep Bodega, Wellington Sat 17 Sep The Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland Sat 24 Sep Re Fuel, Dunedin

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Fri 17 Feb - Sun 19 Feb Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland

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Tue 06 Mar Regent Theatre, Dunedin Thu 08 Mar Civic Theatre, Auckland

Sea of Stories

Fri 17 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Sat 18 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Sun 19 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Thu 23 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Fri 24 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Sat 25 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington Sun 26 Feb Museum Of Wellington City & Sea, Wellington

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System Of A Down (US) Wed 22 Feb The Trusts Stadium, Auckland

TAOS Soulfire Sessions

Fri 17 Feb Karamea Music Festival, Karamea Fri 24 Feb Barluca, Invercargill Thu 01 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 03 Mar Woodstock Hotel, Hokitika Sun 04 Mar Blue Ice Bar, Franz Josef Fri 09 Mar Copa Outdoors, Dunedin Sat 10 Mar Carnaby Mall, New Brighton Fri 16 Mar Interislander Ferry, Picton - Wellington

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Fri 16 Mar The Royal Hotel, Palmerston North Sat 17 Mar Bar Medusa, Wellington Fri 23 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 24 Mar Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui

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40 years on and it’d be hard to find many people over 30 who haven’t heard this classic album, and there’s no doubt about the countless artists and musicians the Lizard King has influenced. On this re-release the curators have stayed true to the two speaker ‘stereo’ effect which common in the day. Classics like ‘Don’t You Love Her Madly’ and title track ‘LA Woman’ still sound brilliant this way, and Robby Krieger’s guitar is still one laser-guided missile of a performance. Morrison’s obscure and twisted lyrics are still a haunting listen, seductive yet disturbing, touching you in all the wrong places. Ray Manzarek’s swirling organ can still conjure

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Where do I begin? There was a time where I believed Amy Lee (Evanescence) had the best female voice in rock. Front woman Lzzy from Halestorm, however, has proven that she deserves a hit at that title for her efforts on Halestorm’s self-titled album. Lzzy pulls off the scream in ‘Innocence’ just as well as she pulls off singing at her natural register and the beautifully aching ballad ‘I’m Not an Angel’. ‘I Get Off’ is the first single on the album, it starts out with Lzzy’s captivatingly sexy dark vocals, and leads to a chorus that explodes with a catchy riff, vocal melody and lyrics. Track five ‘Familiar Taste of Poison’ is very Evanescence-esque, but Lzzy’s vocal delivery remains distinctly Halestorm, while the strings in this track give it a deep atmospheric feel.

Bathe in a sea of symphonic bliss. McCleery’s latest album under esteemed label Ninja Tunes orchestrates a soulfully exquisite masterpiece where god is certainly found in the details. A divine fusion of jazz and electronica, here resonates production perfection. Melancholy vocals induce a sensation of warmth and tranquillity, delivering an album not for Friday night, but better reserved for Sunday morning.

Persistent drums layer electronic synth, distilling a cocktail of progressive rhythm and soul. Standouts such as ‘Tomorrow’ provides an introduction of instrumental violins that quietly builds upon itself. ‘A Wonderful Life’ flashes you an unexpected smile, delighting you with evocative vocal acrobatics. ‘The Gymnopedist’ is hauntingly dramatic, its use of cello and operatic voice showing a sophistication that has unearthed a unique style when it looks like originality is hard to believe anymore.

WRITTEN BY SEBASTIAN MACKAY

up serpents and LSD inspired reptilian freaks. Their return to blues/rock roots, fuelled by Morrison’s killer hot baritone on numbers like ‘The Changeling’ and ‘Been Down So Long’ will always frame up as garage-style classics. Even the sprawling set piece ‘Riders on the Storm’ is a ‘60s masterpiece chained and bound with exacting grooves and precision solos. No one is likely to listen to this reissue without referencing the point at which it was made, and the legacy it left behind.

WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR

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This over-bloated double is the latest in an exhaustingly overwhelming catalogue of compilations from the Ministry of Sound.

It’s a patchy cobbling of international and indie numbers with huge lean towards the Aussie pop charts. Compulsory inclusions are Canadian crooner Feist (‘How Come you never Go There’), current tourist Aloe Blacc (‘I Need a Dollar’) and recently departed Gil Scott-Heron with Jamie XX (‘I’ll Take Care Of U’). All good and nice – but so what? A nice discovery, for me at least, was Beach House’s ‘Norway’, a nifty little number with its cool and thrifty beats. There are five remixes included, although Bibio’s take on Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ stands as an abhorrent conversion of a soulful ballad into god-awful musical wallpaper for a third rate wine bar. Architecture in Helsinki, though, drop the gears on Cut Copy’s ‘Need You Now’, converting it to beautiful washes of colour and aural pleasure. Disc two is supposed represent electro-lounge, though only Blood Orange and !!! show anything worthwhile, despite the more familiar DJ mix-flow. Low on the killer, high on the filler.

WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR

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District 9 really has a lot to answer for. It raised the bar for genre movies in a way very few other movies have. The aesthetics and subject matter of Chronicle beg comparisons with Neill Blomkamp’s 2009 masterpiece, and they don’t benefit the new film greatly.

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watchable piece of wishfulfillment entertainment with more than a couple of standout moments.

The question you inevitably ask in every found footage movie is, “Why are they still filming?” This film doesn’t offer a particularly satisfying answer but it does provide a unique

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“No one’s going to come see it because it’s about gay sex,” opines aspiring artist and film-maker Glen in Weekend.

Perhaps he’s director Andrew Haigh’s mouthpiece. Is Weekend about gay sex? To saddle it with that label is misleading. as the film offers much more than the one night stand it first appears to be.

Amazing performances from leads Tom Cullen (Russell) and Chris New (Glen) give this budding romance an air of authenticity. The protective disguise of indifference barely conceals the surging interest and raw emotion brewing between this pair of opposites getting to know each other over 48 hours: Russell, who is introspective and not entirely comfortable with his sexuality, and Glen, the say-it-how-it-is

motivations. Plus the film optimistically throws up a lot of questions for a sequel (if there is one) to answer.

If I sound like I’m nit-picking, it’s only because I really wanted this to be amazing. As it stands, I’ll have to settle for pretty good.

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solution to the problem of these sorts of films always being shot in the first person. It also features some of the coolest ‘humans flying’ action ever put on screen, and builds to an action climax that recalls Superman II. The notion of three teenage boys using the power of telekinesis to have fun is irresistible, and this film gets a lot more mileage out of the idea than the 1982 Scott Baio classic Zapped!, but the ultimate feeling is of a resulting story that doesn’t quite live up to its initial promise. The behaviour of the characters is never surprising, and is generally attributed to simplistic

angry artist. At times their connection is so intimate it’s uncomfortable. But the obscene sex banter is overshadowed by conversations of profound sadness and in that respect Weekend becomes a subtly political film.

Haigh never clobbers viewers over the head with the idea; he just points a camera on it.

While Russell rides the tube, he’s inadvertently subjected to a crass discussion of what makes someone gay; he’s used to the bigots who shout profanities through his window.

Ebbing and flowing between literal highs and lows, Weekend is a film that feels like real life – sometimes dull, sometimes funny, and bittersweet.

WRITTEN BY REBECCA BARRY HILL, Flicks.co.nz

Without South Africa the cinematic world would have missed out on District 9, Clint Eastwood’s Rugby World Cup movie Invictus, Charlize Theron and the bad guys from Lethal Weapon II. The country’s now the setting for espionage actioner Safe House, but it adds little to this paint-by-numbers exercise other than providing a location for a familiar blend of double-crossing and shaky-cam violence.

Paying a clear debt to both the Bourne films and Tony Scott’s filmography, Safe House never makes a clear choice about which way it wants to go and ends up being an unfulfilling blend of gritty realism and over-the-top kinetic editing. It constantly tries to maintain a pace that never gives its competent cast a chance

to breathe and it never makes the most of a supporting cast that includes Vera Farmiga and Brendan Gleeson. Their interchangeable intelligence roles compete with the film’s villains for the least important characters award, pushed off the screen by Washington and Reynolds who, to their credit, share some good moments together.

It’s also to the film’s credit that they’re not pushed into the typical odd couple role that two guys on the run from assassins would normally require, not rookie/experienced or goodie/ baddie but something a little more complex. If only Safe House had more of this instead of thinking its convoluted plot and overfamiliarity was something new and exciting.

WRITTEN BY STEVE NEWALL, Flicks.co.nz

with killer elite hitting cinemas this week, we take a look at what ’s good about action films. and jason statham.

Let’s get some things straight about action films. First of all, they’re meant to be exciting and packed full of fast-paced fun. Secondly, nobody cares if the gun that the main hero is firing would “have more recoil/run out of bullets/would overheat” in real life. And lastly, they should be fun.

Enter Jason Statham.

Jason Statham has to be one of the greatest action stars to come along since Charles Bronson. I’m not saying the two are similar – I’m saying the two have their own ways of starring in these explosive films. Statham is a self-made action star who has everything we want in over-the-top explosisms: he’s big, he’s buff, he’s rough, he’s got the voice, he can fight, and he’s a bit of a looker. But this isn’t what keeps people interested in the long run. Actors have to make smart choices in their Hollywood careers, which is something Statham has done well.

We’ll start off with the Guy Ritchie films. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels put Ritchie on the map. Statham wasn’t necessarily the most hardcore of hardcore in this, but he got to show his gutter-gangster chops. The same goes for Snatch – Statham’s character Turkish had all the makings of a bad ass yet we never really saw him throw a punch. He was the crook you love to love. Not too long after his time with Ritchie, Statham made the move to Hollywood. I’m looking at The Transporter and Crank franchises specifically. Let’s face facts – it’s not hip to be into action films. We all like festival darlings and indie coming-of-age flicks.

But in a film like Crank 2 we can acknowledge the over the top stupidity of the plot and just enjoy the ride. Would a guy fall out of a plane and live? Sure! Why not? Then would horribly racist portrayals of Chinese gangsters try to steal this guy’s heart and dick? Of course they would! So it makes sense that this guy would attach a car battery to his nipples so that he can juice himself up because now he’s running off electricity. And the indie-filmers need not worry about the film being too mainstream, because there’s a minutes-long reference to the amazing cult superhero mockumentary Big Man Japan in there as well.

Now I’m getting carried away with my love for this film. But the fact remains that action films cop a lot of flack for being too in your face.

Not that Killer Elite is a balls out blow up extraordinaire, mind you – it’s more of an action-thriller in the vein of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It’s got suspense, drama and shooting. It’s got Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. It’s not going to be the kind of less-than-mediocre bullshit you saw with The A-Team, and it’s not going to be the next Die Hard or Bourne film.

As with many film adaptations (Killer Elite is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men) comparisons will be made. That’s understandable.

But the common statement after seeing any adaptation is to say that the original source material was better. In reality, people should replace that word “better” with “different”. It’s a completely different medium of entertainment. We all know that books allow you to create the imagery in your head, but you’re going to a movie to see a new take on this story, aren’t you? So gauge the films merits on the film alone – not on what happened when the film was a book or a comic.

But back to the film itself. Critical reception has varied. Some are for the flick, and some have slammed it. Many praise director Gary McKendry’s debut. With a running time of just under two hours you can expect a relatively familiar spy/mercenary style format – the protagonists did something a while ago that comes back to bite them in the arse. A couple of them will have moustaches. There will be a pretty girl who one of them falls for. Killer Elite isn’t the groundbreaking piece of cinema that will revolutionise the action genre, but it’s got a hell of a cast who know how to do this type of film.

And if it does end up disappointing you, don’t let that put you off Crank 2.

WRITTEN BY KEVIN KARTUN

killer elite is out in cinemas on thursday 16 february directed by gary mckendry starring jason statham, clive owen and robert de niro

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