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Breaking news  This year’s finalists for the Taite Music Prize have been announced: Andrew Keoghan’s Arctic Tales Divide; Beastwars’ self titled album; David Dallas for The Rose Tint; She’s So Rad’s In Circles; The Bats for Free All Monsters; Tiny Ruins for Some Were Meant For The Sea and Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s self-titled album are all contenders for the cash prize of $10,000. The winner will be announced on Friday 20 April.

Announcements The Film and The Furious

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 Japanese heavy-thrash hitters Thatta have announced four New Zealand dates later this month in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

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 Hollie Smith has announced her acoustic tour which kicks off at the end of March and will hit Whangarei, Kumeu, Auckland, Raglan and Wellington.  Tickets to One Direction’s New Zealand shows have sold out. FML.

Registration has opened for this year’s V48HOURS Furious Filmmaking competition. This year will be the 10th anniversary of movie making mayhem. Back in 2003 when the gig started, 44 teams entered the competition and last year that number had grown to 780 teams and over 10,000 participants. The shoot weekend will be Friday 18 May to Sunday 20 May, with regions including Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Teams can register at v48hours.co.nz.

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The line-up for Auckland’s annual Borderline Festival has been announced, and as always the three days over Easter look like they’ll be filled with talent.

Taking place at Whammy and Wine Cellar from Thursday 05 April through to Saturday 07 April, the festival will bring in some popular and lesser-known talent for all to enjoy. The opening night line-up features Cool Rainbows, Goodbye Light, Bernie Griffen & The Grifters, Tono & The Finance Company, Doug Jerebine, Poor You Poor Me and An Emerald City; the Friday night roster includes Watercolours, Princess Chelsea, Cat Venom, Mr & Mrs Freddy Fudd Pucker, Parents, Rosy Tin Teacaddy, Mean Girls and The Raw Nerves; then god bows to math, The Utopium Brass Band, The Dobermen The All Seeing Hand with Alphabethead, Huf, Sweat City Heatwave, Golden Axe and Spring Break wind the weekend up.

Tickets are available now from Under The Radar.

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Yesteryear Auckland ska/thrash/funk/punk/pretty much everything outfit Hallelujah Picassos have released a covers album following last year’s reissue series. The newly remastered digital album Picasso Core Jukebox features 11 covers of 11 classics from the ‘50s through to the ‘90s, including Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The The, James Brown, Bo Diddley, The Sonics and more. Picasso Core Jukebox is available now through Bandcamp, Amplifier, iTunes and other good digital release outlets.

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The first 2012 NZ International Comedy Festival line-up has been announced, and it just happens to be the 20th anniversary of the lolfest.

This year’s roster includes locals Rhys Darby, The Boy With Tape On His Face, Brendhan Lovegrove, Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley to name just a few. Some of the top international names include David O’Doherty, Stephen K Amos, Janey Godley, Marcel Lucont, Terry Alderton and many more. As well as solo acts from individual performers a number of side shows have been announced, including the twoweek road trip Comedy Convoy, Le Comique, Best of the Billys, Late Laughs, Stand-Up For Kids, SKYCITY Gastrocomique with 7 Days and the next generation comedians in the Class Comedians Showcase. The festivities finish up with Te Radar hosting Last Laughs which will showcase the best acts and feature the finalists of the Billy T Awards.

The festival hits Auckland on Friday 27 April and Wellington on Sunday 29 April, with both centres winding up the fun on Sunday 20 May.

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Auckland three-piece Heart Attack Alley have announced an international tour to celebrate their upcoming release through Voodoo Rhythm Records.

In April and May the rockabilly wonders will play shows in Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany as well as recording in Italy’s Outside Inside Studios.

To help the international effort a fundraiser is being held at Auckland’s Wine Cellar on Saturday 17 March with Heart Attack Alley, Evil Twins and Gaytime on the line-up. Tickets are available now through Under The Radar.

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Heavy blues quartet Endless Boogie have announced two shows for next week. The New Yorkers might sound all Saturday Night Fever, but they’re a little more of an early-hours-of-Sunday-morning-drunksweaty-make-out fest. Meaning they’re as dirty as you want a blues band to be. Endless Boogie will play at Static in Hamilton on Tuesday 13 March and at Auckland’s Lucha Lounge on Thursday 15 March, with support from X-Ray Fiends. Tickets are on sale now from Under The Radar.

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The Specials have announced their return to New Zealand, following their stint here last year as they celebrated their 30th anniversary.

The ska mainstays will play one show in Auckland at (slightly surprisingly) Queens Wharf’s Shed 10 on Tuesday 10 April. Tickets for the show go on sale Wednesday 07 March and are available through Ticket Master.

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FAVourites Regan Lethbridge Bonjah

Favourite drink?

Mixed berry smoothie Favourite restaurant/café?

Café Strada in Masterton – the BEST food and coffee in NZ Favourite takeaway?

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Blue Favourite classic film?

The Departed Favourite childhood memory?

Playing cricket with my brother anywhere and anytime we could growing up in NZ

Tickets to Radiohead’s Auckland concert at Vector Arena sold out in around 10 minutes.

Someone start a petition to get more shows.

We’ll sign it.

Annie Crummer will be debuting some new material at the New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival which takes place in Christchurch on Saturday 14 April.

Evanescence will be at Auckland’s JB HiFi on Queen St for an exclusive in-store signing on Saturday 31 March from 1pm.

Doug Jerebine has been the ecent talk of the town due to his signing with Chicagobased label Drag City (in the company of Joanna Newsom, Pavement, Bill Callahan, Will Oldham, Scout Niblett, Silver Jews, Ty Segall, Sun Araw, Fred Armisen, Neil Hamburger and many more), and will be performing a free show at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Wednesday 14 March in celebration of his Drag City album Doug Jerebine is Jesse Harper.

Askew One AKA Elliot O’Donnell, one of the country’s most notable names in the graffiti art scene, will be presenting his biggest exhibition to date later this month. Smoke Signals demonstrates the multi-disciplined artist’s new style, comprising of “a blend of bold illustrative line work influenced by comic-books, the graphic power of the letter and his cynical yet patriotic slogans”. The free exhibition will be held at The Australis Room in Auckland’s Britomart on weekdays between Friday 16 March and Thursday 22 March.

This is too good to not share – S Club (previously the extremely marketable S Club

7) have announced a tour around Australia in May and June. Technically we’re not sure if they’re called S Club or S Club 3, what with four of the original gang leaving to do their own things. The three remaining members are Jo (the blonde one and leader of the pack), Bradley (the “urban” contribution) and Paul (the bad boy and guy-with-soul-patch).

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My iPhone Favourite song?

That’s such a hard question! Probably a tie between Michael Jackson’s ‘Will you be there’ & anything by The Beatles Favourite meal?

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Arcade Fire – The Suburbs or anything by The Black Seeds Favourite body part on you?

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“Excuse me while I kiss the sky” – Jimi Hendrix Favourite current TV show?

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MakingTracks NZ On Air announced the 33 grants from the February MakingTracks funding round, including 18 grants of $10,000 for production of a song and music video as well as 15 grants of $6,000 for production of a music video only.

The artists that have received a $10,000 grant are: Artisan Guns for ‘It Pulled You In’; Avalanche City for ‘Sunset’; Dear Time’s Waste for ‘Heavy / High’; Gemma Copas for ‘Hey Boy’; Home Brew for ‘Dedicated To’; Illegal Banditz for ‘Bring Me Back’; Junica for ‘Stay’; Jupiter Project featuring Nipsey Hustle for ‘The Celebration’; K.One for ‘All Over Again’; Knives At Noon for ‘Handshake For The Heartache’; L A Mitchell for ‘Apple Heart’; Outsiders for ‘My Answer’; Parallel Dance Ensemble for ‘Mind Free’; She’s So Rad for ‘Confetti’; The Babysitters Circus for ‘No More’; The Heavy Metal Ninjas for ‘M45’; The Veils for ‘Train With No Name’; Unknown Mortal Orchestra for ‘So Good At Being In Trouble’.

The artists that have received a $6,000 grant are: Concord Dawn featuring Thomas Oliver for ‘These Prison Walls’; Dead Fools Fiesta for ‘Bedroom Eyes’; DJCXL featuring J Williams, K.One and Tyson Tyler for ‘Stuck On You’; Erakah for ‘Everyday’; Julien Dyne featuring Ladi6 and Parks for ‘Who Are You’; Late Nyte Hype for ‘We All Are’; Lawrence Arabia for ‘The Listening Times’; Opossom for ‘Blue Meanies’; PNC featuring Awa for ‘I’ll Be On It’; Sola Rosa for ‘Spinning Top’; The Black Seeds for ‘Pippy Pip’; The Eversons for ‘Creepy’; Trei featuring MC Tali for ‘Homecoming’; Vince Harder for ‘Far From Here’; Von Voin Strum for ‘Shiver Roses’.

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Releases this week Music: Alfie Boe’s Alfie; Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll; Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Leaving Eden; Corrosion of Conformity’s self titled; Every Time I Die’s Ex Lives; Fatboy Slim’s Dance Harder Bitch; Gemma Ray’s Island Fire; Last Dinosaurs’ In a Million Years; Leftfield’s Tourism; Nicola Benedetti’s Italia; Nicola Benedetti’s Tchaikovsky and Bruch: Violin Concertos; Sharon Shannon’s The Galway Girl; Sublime with Rome’s Yours Truly; Tim Fite’s Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t; various artists on Summer Festival Anthems.

DVD & Blu-ray: Alan Patridge’s Mid Morning Matters DVD; All Quiet on the Western Front Blu-ray; Anonymous DVD & Blu-ray; Another Earth DVD & Blu-ray; Benny Hill 1981 DVD; Benny Hill 1982 DVD; Benny Hill 1983 DVD; Benny: Hill 1984 DVD; Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer DVD; Deadmau5 Meowingtons Hax Live from Toronto DVD; Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe 2011 Christmas Special DVD & Bluray; Doctor Who: Revisitations 3 DVD; Frozen Planet DVD & Blu-ray; House of the Rising Sun DVD; I Don’t Know How She Does It DVD & Bluray; IMAX: Lost Worlds DVD & Blu-ray; IMAX: Wolves DVD & Blu-ray; Kidnap and Ransom DVD; Lost Highway DVD & Blu-ray; Magic Trip DVD; Primeval New Zealand DVD; The Art Of Getting By DVD & Blu-ray; The Future DVD; The Shakespeare Collection 11 disc set DVD; The Thing DVD & Blu-ray; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me DVD & Blu-ray; Warrior DVD & Blu-ray; Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings DVD & Blu-ray.

Cinema: Brother Number One (directed

by Annie Goldson, starring Rob Hamill); First Night (directed by Christopher Menaul,

starring Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, and Mía Maestro); Headhunters (directed

by Morten Tyldum, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aksel Hennie, and Julie R. Ølgaard); John Carter (directed by Andrew Stanton, starring Taylor Kitsch, Mark Strong, and Willem Dafoe); My Week with Marilyn (directed by Simon Curtis, starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, and Judi Dench).

Games: Catherine (Xbox 360); Generator Rex: Agent of Providence (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, PS3 & Xbox 360); Jak and Daxter Collection (PS3); Mario Party (Nintendo Wii); Mass Effect 3 (PC, PS3 & Xbox 360); Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3, Xbox 360); The Last Story (Nintendo Wii); Top Gun: Hard Lock (PC, PS3 & Xbox 360); Twisted Metal (PS3).

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Film news The newest trailer for The Avengers hit the web last week, and it’s everything we’ve been hoping for. Let’s address the clever teasing marketing campaign as adequately hype-building, leading up to this trailer showing the overwhelming amounts of action and one-liners coming together in harmony for the biggest comic-book movie ever made. There may be some hyperbole in there, but screw it. Bring on Wednesday 25 April.

Adam Sandler has broken records with his new flick Jack & Jill. The actor has been nominated for 11 Razzie awards – the highest amount of nominations for the not-so-coveted award ever. The title was previously held by Eddie Murphy with five nods. Here’s the lesson – don’t play more than one role in a “comedy”.

No one cares what you would look like if you were a fatter version of someone else in your family.

Sir Peter Jackson’s video diary of behind-thescenes production of The Hobbit is floating around online, and many film websites have been noting how beautiful the landscape of New Zealand is. Awww.

SoHo has announced a special preview screening of season two of Game Of Thrones for subscribers to the Sky channel. The first episode will be available to stream on iSKY from Tuesday 03 April before the channel premiere on Monday 16 April.

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Roky Erickson

John Carter

Powerstation

General Release 8PM, $65, TICKETMASTER.CO.NZ

If you’re a Flying Nun fan from way back then the name Roky Erickson may be a familiar name.

He’s been called many things – an unsung hero of rock’n’roll, the Godfather of psych, an influence to The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Wooden Shjips, Robert Plant... the man has notoriety in an unfamiliar way. He’s pretty good, too.

Imagine if a young Spartacus was actually in the American civil war but then got kidnapped to fight as a gladiator on Mars instead of in ancient... wherever. It’s Spartacus in space! How awesome does that sound? If your answer doesn’t involve chanting “Spartacus in space!” over and over, you’re a fool.

Home Brew

My Week With Marilyn

San Fran Bath House

Selected Cinemas 9PM, $25, 1-NIGHT.CO.NZ

Tom, Haz, Lui and the Brew crew head back to Wellington with support from H.B.K., Marek , The Hip Drop and Dam-G. The boys will be mixing up something a little different this time by adding in a full eight-piece band to the performance, as they get ready for their upcoming double-album release.

Here you go, every guy who has a thing for art-school girls – the woman of your dreams, Michelle Williams, sexing it up as Marilyn Monroe. Throw in some classy Kenneth Branagh to balance out the lead’s fantastic performance as a prissy, goofy sex icon and bam – you’ve got yourself a hell of a good film.

Outlook Launch Party

Ryan Adams

First Aid Kit

Sammy’s

The Civic

Odlins Plaza 7.30PM, $48-55, TICKETEK.CO.NZ

7PM, $85, THEEDGE.CO.NZ

8PM, $35, 1-NIGHT.CO.NZ

International acts Kryptic Minds, Spectrasoul, Icicle and Ulterior Motive join locals Blackplanet for a night of bass and debauchery – Croatian style. What does that mean? It means that Croatians know how to party at their Outlook Festival, and some clever dick organisers wanted you to experience that fun.

Ryan Adams makes his way up to Auckland following his solo show in Dunedin. Joined by Drive-By Truckers’ Jason Isbell, there’s a good chance this will be one of those shows you shed a little happiness tear at.

Like many of the shows at this year’s New Zealand International Arts Festival, here’s an international act that you’ll rarely get another chance to see. Who knew that two little Swedish girls could do Americana so well?

Shenandoah Davis

Pole Lotta Love

Mountaineater

Wine Cellar

The Fringe Bar

Dux Live

Friday 09

After a crazy amount of gigs and touring around the country, Seattle native Shenandoah Davis finishes up her tour in the big city at Auckland’s home of intimate folk gigs, The Wine Cellar. Extremely talented local lads Timothy Blackman and Panther and the Zoo join this night of romantic swooning. It’s all very, very cute.

When the likes of Mountaineater and An Emerald City team up, you’re guaranteed two things: to see some really, really good shows and to wonder why you don’t see these bands every time they play.

Pasifika Opening

Life’s A Drab

TLA

Snakepit

Static

Refuel

The Snake Pit

The opening night of Pasifika takes place at the Western Springs Lakeside Park. If that’s not going to be family friendly fun for everyone, then you may as well throw out all your teddy bears because you’re an absolute Grinch.

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To be honest this gig just had to go in because it’s one of the best puns used as the name of a show ever. Obviously it’s about the art of pole dancing. Not the art of stripping. There is, believe it or not, a difference.

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We’re not sure if this gig has a name, but someone mentioned that The Drab Doo-Riffs, The Bloody Souls and Bomb$trappers were playing and then somebody else said “life’s a drab with those Doo-Riffs” and now here it is, in print.

8PM, $25, DOOR SALES ONLY

Dunedin six-piece TLA celebrate their EP at Refuel with support from Hunting Bears and Scattered Brains of the Lovely Union. Side note: the poster for this gig is some Frenchlooking butler/waiter/garçon either holding or making love to a baguette.

8PM, DOOR SALES ONLY

Another case of a good gig that just happens to not have a name.

The Mysterians, X-Ray Fiends, The Cavemen and Wild play an all-ages gig at Auckland’s best little gallery/ showroom, the Snake Pit on High Street.

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Saturday 10 95bfm Summer Series Silo Park

gig OF THE WEEK

Night Rides Rainbow’s End 5PM, $18-35, RAINBOWSEND.CO.NZ

12PM, FREE

The 95bFM Summer Series has moved to a new location, spreading its proverbial wings and landing in Wynyard Quarter at the continually popular Silo Park. This year’s line-up includes The Checks, Die! Die! Die!, Street Chant, The Golden Awesome, Princess Chelsea and Wilberforces.

Every Saturday in March Rainbow’s End is holding night rides, and they’re exactly what they sound like.

Some bands are even playing, except you probably don’t have the best chance of hearing them over all of the screams when you’re on a roller coaster. Kinda sounds like the beginning of a horror movie.

Soundscape

Writers & Readers

Alexandra St

Multiple Venues $5, TICKETEK.CO.NZ

9PM, $20-50, 1-NIGHT.CO.NZ

There’s plenty on at the New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers week all around Wellington, featuring Tim Flannery, Germaine Greer, Selina Hastings, Jo Nesbo, Kate Grenville, Patrick Evans, Kim Scott, Alan Hollingshurst and many more. See festival.co.nz for more info.

KORA, Zowie, Annah Mac, State Of Mind, PMoney, DJ Sir-vere, PNC, Dan Aux, Beat Mafia, Daniel Farley, Justin Sane, Knights Of The Dub Table and plenty more local and international acts come together with carnivalstyle entertainment for this huge party in the streets.

It’s going to be a big one.

Much Ado About Nothing

Royal NZ Ballet

Underground Festival

University of Auckland

Founders Theatre

The Kings Arms

7.30PM, $18-25, MAIDMENT.AUCKLAND.AC.NZ

Shakespeare in the park and Shakespeare under the stars. One of the writer’s lighter-hearted tales, this is basically the Friends of Shakespeare tales. So before you go see it, make sure you go to a coffee house and give advice to your pals but say some one-liners as well. Could you BE any more into Shakespeare?

SUNDAY 11

7.30PM, $35-60, TICKETEK.CO.NZ

3PM, FREE

The Royal NZ Ballet’s performance of New Young Classic (NYC) tells three short stories from the Big Apple. You might not be into ballet, but that probably means you’ve never seen it. All silliness aside, it’s pretty as hell to watch.

Kicking off in the afternoon, the Underground Festival will host a bunch of Kiwi creative types: rock star portraits, mixed media art, new rock’n’roll hair salon, roller derby and plenty more including hot rod rides and a bouncy castle.

Tuesday 13 The Big Get Together

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

Otago Museum

The Kings Arms 11AM, FREE

8PM,$40, UNDERTHERADAR.CO.NZ

Sundays are made for family fun. It’s even better when it’s free fun. So here’s a goody – the Otago Museum reserve is hosting The Big Get Together, featuring an inflatable obstacle course (sounds amazing), bouncy castles (never a letdown), horsey hoppers (whatever they are) and plenty more for you and the kids.

Rudely Interrupted

Vegan film Fest

The Kings Arms

Elmwood Normal School

Despite being born with a range of disabilities, this history making Australian five-piece were the first rock band in history band to perform at the New York United Nations. A rare opportunity to see them live.

6PM, $15-20, DOOR SALES ONLY

We’re not totally sure what’s at a Vegan Film Festival, but there’s going to be vegan ice-cream. Presumably, if there’s popcorn, it won’t be buttered.

Some of the films are about veganism.

Some are just films. Should be good.

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The first of two Ariel Pink shows kick off on Tuesday in Auckland. How amazing is that poster? We know that Henrietta Harris always manages to kill with her poster artworks, but this one should get an award.

Side note: Ariel Pink’s female alter-ego, Geneva Jacuzzi, will also be playing at both shows.

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An Alien Role It ’s fair to say that Willem Dafoe is more commonly known for his intensely villainous, devious roles. So why play a hero in the new sci-fi epic John Carter?

To hear Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, Shadow of a Vampire) tell it, there was no way he wasn’t going to work on John Carter with Academy Award-winning writer/director Andrew Stanton.

“I was very lucky because the project was quite far along in its casting when I came around,” Dafoe explains. “I was in Los Angeles, where I rarely am because I don’t live there. I knew Andrew was meeting with people for John Carter and since I had worked with him before and was aware of the project, I said that I’d like to have a meeting with him. We met and he told me what he was doing and showed me some of the art. When I read the script, I got excited. I said, ‘Listen, you want me to play a Thark, I’ll play a Thark. I would love that. I would love the physical challenges.’

“My character, Tars Tarkas, is the head of a warrior tribe called the Tharks,” he explains. “They are very tall, green-skinned Martians with four arms and tusks. There’s a feeling that their culture is in decline; they were once a great society and now they’ve been reduced to being a nomadic, warlike society, moving from place to place to survive. There’s a feeling of sadness and lost empire to them and it very much informs who Tars Tarkas is. The Thark culture is brutal, primitive and warrior-like, but it hasn’t always been. Tars remembers a more refined, civilised past.

He secretly yearns for those days and for a more humane society. He knows there’s got to be a better way than how they’re surviving now.”

The challenge for Dafoe and the other actors playing Tharks was to convey the depth and feeling of their performances while adapting to the technological and physical realities of this particular project. Dafoe and his fellows Tharks spent their time on set dressed in gray jumpsuits covered in black dots and on stilts. They also wore helmets with cameras mounted on them; the cameras were pointed at their faces at all times to capture their expressions. “This film had lots of challenges, not only

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because of the stilts, but some of the gestural language and the fact that we had to learn a Martian language for part of it,” Dafoe says.

“I trust Andrew a lot. I know him from working on Finding Nemo and I know that he’s quite rigorous and detailed. He was very insistent that he wanted scenes played out for the human characters, and also to always have the scenes fully realised. So, I’m in all of the scenes with Taylor Kitsch, who plays John Carter,” he says. “It’s not just motion capture on green screens. And it makes a big difference. It’s a big difference for the actors because everything is informed by the set; it’s not disjointed. It gives a kind of integrity for the animators to work with as everything holds together as a piece. I think that’s very important. I’m not sure that’s ever been done to this degree.”

Dafoe is also a huge fan of the story that Burroughs created back in 1912 and believes that it has stood the test of time extremely well. “This is a very well imagined world that Edgar Rice Burroughs has created,” he says. “It’s got all the attraction of that imagination plus pure fantasy. The story he tells really is very evocative, the characters are so well drawn and it puts forth some questions about society and how we conduct ourselves. It asks what our ambitions are and what we’re willing to sacrifice. It’s rich material.

“I can imagine that the film will work for a very broad audience. It works on lots of different levels because it’s complex, it’s dense and it’s very detailed. One of the biggest pleasures in doing this project is to work with someone like Andrew Stanton who works on this scale, on a story that has popular appeal but doesn’t pander. John Carter was created from a very personal place.”

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Ripe for the Picking What happens after one of the biggest names of ‘90s music takes a hiatus from their hiatus? With their children all grown up, The Cranberries know it ’s time for a tour, and clearly, so does the world.

There was a stage a few years back when Dolores O’Riordan’s voice was all over the airwaves. During the mid ‘90s The Cranberries put out huge hits like ‘Linger’, ‘Dreams’ and ‘Zombie’ and racked up over 30 million units, four Top 20 Billboard albums and a total of eight hit singles. Add to that several appearances for the Pope, Rolling Stone covers and, performances on Letterman and Leno. Like other acts of their ilk the band faded out for a while to concentrate on raising families and enjoy the fruits of all that work; but the creative bug is hard to get out of your system, and after a few years the band escaped nappies and daycare runs to return to the studio. The result was Roses, their sixth studio album and the first since Wake Up And Smell The Coffee in 2001.

“I always had the attitude that there would be another album,” notes guitarist Noel Hogan. “We just agreed we needed to get away from it for a while. But now it’s great to be back.”

Originally founded in 1989 as The Cranberry Saw Us, Noel, Mike and Fergal first met Dolores O’Riordan in May 1990 when she auditioned to replace the original vocalist. After signing to Island Records the single ‘Linger’ was adopted by MTV USA, who thrashed it on the hour until it became a worldwide hit. A fairytale start to an unforgettable decade.

After that there was ‘94’s No Need To Argue which spawned the melancholic ‘Zombie’ and ‘Ode To My Family’ and was followed closely by the third album Faithful Departed, made with Aerosmith producer Bruce Fairburn.

By September 2003 the band was shot. There was a desperate need to return to their families. With four members recently married, the pressures to return home and raise their young families was growing greater. Delores speaks fondly of her time as a full time mother, her kids being seven, 11 and 14 now. At a recent children’s party (which all four members attended), they realised there are now more than a dozen little Cranberries.

During the hiatus Dolores released two solo albums, and Noel wrote and produced Mono Band in ‘05 and later, Arkitekt. Fergal played in several acts in the local Limerick scene while Mike ran a local eating house in Limerick city.

Fast forward to 2009 where Mike joined his brother Noel to perform some Cranberries songs at a college event in Dublin to honour Dolores.

“The minute we started playing it felt like we’d never stopped,” comments Dolores. “There’s something about playing with the Cranberries, it’s like putting on the pair of perfect shoes. It just fits.” The small acoustic event helped ease the partnership back together again and within the year the Cranberries were testing the waters with some low-key shows. The following year saw them back up to speed again with a world tour.

Some of the material on the new album was on the agenda before their break, such as ‘Astral Projection’ and ‘Raining In My Heart’. Then there’s some from the sound checks (‘Serendipity’, ’Conduct Yourself’) and the first single ‘Tomorrow’ which has a distinctive “carpe diem” feel to it.

There’s no rise and no fall to the story of The Cranberries. While some may argue that the band reached their peak in the mix of grunge-fuelled folk back in the ‘90s, there’s a reason that there is a world tour going on.

There’s a reason that they’re playing at Auckland’s Trusts Stadium. Once one of the most formidable names of the MTV generation, there’s nothing to say that the sound of The Cranberries has turned rotten. For all we know, the sound may very well be riper than ever.

Written by Tim Gruar SEE THE LIVE: THE CRANBERRIES THU 15 MAR THE TRUST STADIUM, AUCKLAND Several Irish bars including O’Hagan’s Irish Bar, The Muddy Farmer and The Clare Inn, will run return bus services for the Trusts Stadium Concert.

Contact: The Clare Inn 09 623 8233/ O’Hagans Irish Bar 09 363 2106/ The Muddy Farmer 09 336 1265 For info on buses.

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Get Ready For A Rude Awakening Every so often, you come across a band that truly blows you out of the water. Be it their catchy hooks, earnest lyrics or general rock-star swagger, some bands have just done ir right. Having toured around the world, released a Cannes awardwinning music video and garnered hugely positive feedback for their debut album Tragedy of the Commons, Rudely Interrupted are soaring past milestone after milestone.

As one of Australia’s most celebrated acts, Rudely Interrupted made history as the first rock band to perform at New York’s United Nations. Four out of five of the members share a range of physical and intellectual disabilities (autism, blindness, deafness, Asperger’s and Down’s syndrome), but more importantly – a passionate love for music.

Despite being born with slightly wonky genetics, lead singer Rory Burnside’s pitchperfect vocal melodies and captivating lyrics give nothing away on a listen. Using his weaknesses as new found strengths, ‘Close My Eyes (Open My Heart)’ is a powerfully engaging single – made that much more poetic by the fact that he was born without

eyes of his own. Put together by music therapist Rohan Brooks, the members of the band have found an inspiring creative outlet for selfexpression in their infectious indie-pop anthems.

Sounding somewhere between The Strokes and Arcade Fire, Tragedy of the Commons shows the masterful craft of the band on the whole, eliminating the pity card and eliminating assumptions of being a disabled band. Their musical merits stand staunchly on their own, and the snowballing support and following speaks for itself. “Two months prior to us performing at the UN, Bono was addressing the same auditorium and he only half-filled the room, whereas we packed it out, so we think we can champion him a little in the UN department. Ha!” says Rohan.

The Mutes are a newly formed local act, and also have various intellectual challenges. Clearly, nothing’s stopping these two bands from putting on a great rock show. If you’re ready for an act like none other, this is one for the ages. See the person, not the disability – and have one hell of a great night out while you’re at it!

WRITTEN BY JOSH LING – SONICSWAG.TUMBLR.COM SEE THE LIVE: RUDELY INTERUPTED WITH THE MUTES SUN 11 MAR The KINGS ARMS, AUCKLAND

Dirty Minds If you were lucky enough to catch outrageous instrumental trio Dirty Three at 2010’s Laneway festival, then listen up – they’re back with a vengeance and looking to slay all comers at Auckland’s Powerstation on Wednesday 14 March.

Founded over 20 years ago by Melbournites Warren Ellis (vocals/violin), Mick Turner (guitars) and drummer Jim White, Dirty Three carry on their dramatic soundscapes like an overpowered hot rod at a drunken pep rally.

Don’t be fooled into thinking this is pre-dinner music for the cocktail set; they make songs that ebb, flow and crescendo into an absolute cacophony of squally feedback and white noise. And that’s just on wax – live, they’re even more arresting. Like a skinny, bearded Elvis on speed, Ellis rips up the stage with dervish leaps and hot-fire antics – Rolling Stone have described his violin playing look as “a lascivious, illicit act”.

Ellis earned his stripes playing with Nick Cave’s The Bad Seeds, while and Turner and White have collaborated with Cat Power, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and PJ Harvey.

Well-known at the UK alternative festival All Tomorrow’s Parties and its sister festival in New York, Dirty Three have been lately reprising their classic 1998 album Ocean Songs to high acclaim. Ever evolving, their last in-door effort Cinder saw the band break out with two songs featuring vocalists Cat Power and Sally Timms (The Mekons).

Dirty Three are heading down to the Super City with a huge repertoire, guaranteed to please. “We gladly play the hits and the ones that got away,” notes Ellis. “On a good day there’s nothing quite like us on the stage – and you can quote me on that!”

Written by Tim Gruar SEE THE LIVE: DIRTY THREE WED 14 MAR POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND

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WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 07 BATS Theatre

San Fran Bath House Opiuo w/ RUSS LIQUID live: 9pm: $15

Adam Page - Chairman of the Beard: 9:30pm: $18/14/12

Shorland Park

Bodega

Telstraclear Festival Club

The Mutton Birds: 7:30pm: $49

Matterhorn The Session: Free

Mighty Mighty

Miles Calder & the Rumours, Sean Kirkwood & Lakewood Avenue: 9:30pm: $5

ASB Sunset Sessions: 7pm: Free

NZIAF: First Aid Kit

The Paramount Theatre Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

San Fran Bath House

Fri 09

Home Brew w/ 8 piece band: 9pm: $20

BAR Medusa

Shorland Park

ASB Sunset Sessions: 7pm: Free

Southern Cross

Kroon for your Kai ft. Ash Graham & Estere Dalton: 7pm: Free

The Film Archive Lizzie Gillett: 6:30pm: $5

Wellington Town Hall NZIAF: Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!: 8pm

Thu 08 BATS Theatre

NERO ZERO w/ Left At Dawn: 8:30pm: $15 + BF

BATS Theatre

Adam Page - Chairman of the Beard: 9:30pm: $18/14/12

Bodega

THOUGHT CREATURE - singles release show: 8:30pm: $10

Little Theatre Lower Hutt

Young Guns Comedy Show: 8pm: $25/20

Throw it to the Placid Snap: 9pm: Free

Sat 10

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BATS Theatre

Adam Page - Chairman of the Beard: 9:30pm: $18/14/12

Bodega

Polter w/ Paperscissors: 9pm: $5

Matterhorn

The Paramount Theatre Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Shogun Orchestra 7” Release Party: 11pm: $5

Sun 11

Mighty Mighty

Shorland Park

Urbantramper, D:unk & Jon Lemmon: 9:30pm: $5

Mixjah

ASB Sunset Sessions: 6pm: Free

Southern Cross

Rongotai Hi Fi In Session: 9pm: $5

Recovery Sessions w/ the Dreamers: 3pm: Free

San Fran Bath House

The Lido Cafe

The Lost Boys & Guests: $5

Sandwiches

Angela Fisken + Greg Churchill (Aural Trash): 11pm

The Boptet: 7pm: Free

The Paramount Theatre Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Shorland Park

Mon 12

San Fran Bath House

Southern Cross

The Paramount Theatre

Julien Dyne & Parks: 9pm: $10

Mighty Mighty

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Sandwiches

Bodega

The Dions / Triplet / Steezin’ Hawkings: 8pm: $5

The Paramount Theatre

Secret Level

Soul Caravan & Friends: 9:30pm: $5 Bar 9 (UK) & Redial (AU): 11pm: $15

Medusa

Pole Lotta Love: 8pm: $25

Mighty Mighty

Adam Page - Chairman of the Beard: 9:30pm: $18/14/12 The Black Dahlia Murder: 8:30pm: $40

The Fringe Bar

Shorland Park

ASB Sunset Sessions: 7pm: Free

Southern Cross

Balkan Brass Explosion: 10pm: Free

TelstraClear Festival Club

NERO ZERO w/ Alphashift & Mantra: 7pm: $10 ASB Sunset Sessions: 7pm: Free The Arvo Show featuring Wellington City Shake em on Downers: 4pm: Free

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Southern Cross

Tue 13

TelstraClear Festival Club

The Paramount Theatre

Mara & the Bushkas: 9:30pm: Free

NZIAF: The Phoenix Foundation: 7:30pm

NZIAF: The Phoenix Foundation: 7:30pm

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival Auckland

Otago gig guide Wed 07 Chingford Park (Dunedin)

Little Day Out: Picnic in the Park 2012: 10am: Free

Red Barn (Queenstown)

The Bitches’ Box w/ Mel Parsons: 7:30pm: $40

Robbie Burns Pub (Dunedin)

Jo Little & Jared Smith: 7pm: Free

Saints & Sinners (Invercargill)

Criffel Station (Wanaka)

Refuel (Dunedin)

Sammy’s (Dunedin)

Isis Lounge (Dunedin)

Regent Theatre (Dunedin)

Thu 08

Queenstown Memorial Hall

I am Giant w/ Cairo Knife Fight: 8pm: $30 Outlook Launch Party 2012: 8pm: $45

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

The Bitches’ Box and Mel Parsons: 7:30pm: $40 Dunedin Talent Factory: The Oxo Cubans Jam & Open Mic: 8pm: Free

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s I Love You Tour: 7:30pm: $38

I am Giant w/ Cairo Knife Fight: 8pm: $30

I Musici: Serenata Italiana: 7:30pm: $50

The Playhouse Theatre (Dunedin) Cab Sav 2: Nostalgia & the Art of Longing: 8pm: $25

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Otago gig guide Fri 09 Isis Lounge (Dunedin)

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night: 9pm: Free

Refuel (Dunedin)

TLA’s Beef EP Release w/ Hunting Bears & Scattered Brains of the Lovely Union: 9pm: $8

Sammy’s (Dunedin) Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s I Love You Tour: 9pm: $38

Sociable Club (Queenstown)

The National (Dunedin) Bullet (AU), The Unfaithful Ways, Matt Langley & Bill Morris: 7:30pm: $15

The Playhouse Theatre (Dunedin) Cab Sav 2: Nostalgia & the Art of Longing: 9pm: $25

Sat 10 Dunedin Public Art Gallery The Samurai Trilogy: Part 1: 3pm: Free

Oamaru Opera House

Clyde Memorial Hall

Sammy’s (Dunedin)

Oamaru Opera House

The Playhouse Theatre

Otago Museum (Dunedin)

Fiona Pears: 7:30pm: $25

MOUNTAINEATER w/ An Emerald City & Ink Mathematics: 9pm: $20 Cab Sav 2: Nostalgia & the Art of Longing: 8pm: $25

Sam Hunt: 2pm: $20

Kelvin Cruickshank presents Soul Food: 7pm: $65

The Big Get Together: 11am: Free

Sun 11

Tue 13

Cromwell Memorial Hall

Rosebank Lodge (Balclutha)

Fiona Pears: 7:30pm: $25

Sociable Friday Night Drinks Evenings

OMG - Oh My Gish Comedy Tour: 8pm: $25

auckland gig guide Wed 07 1885 Basement

Creative Jazz Club - Alain Koetsier Quartet: 8pm: $10/$7/$5

1885 Britomart Kingston & the Libres Free: 7:30pm: Free

Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE

Johnny Clegg: The Human Tour: 8pm: $90

Flight Lounge

Wednesdays at Flight Lounge ft. General Lee & Sam Hill: 10pm: Free

The Powerstation Roky Erickson: 8pm: $65

Moreton’s

Zeal Waitakere

Music Theatre, School of Music

Luger Boa & Black River Drive: 7:30pm: $20 The Outsiders - Shallow Graves E.P Release Tour: 8Pm: $10

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Industry Wednesday - DJ Roxy Bennett, DJ Rohan Huri + DJ VKTA: Free

ZEAL Henderson

Artist Collective: D.I.Y in the NZ Music industry: 7pm: Free

Riqi Harawera: 8pm

Auckland University Lunchtime Concerts: Flute & Piano Students: 1pm: Free

Fri 09

Ponsonby Social Club

1885 Basement

Racket Bar

1885 Britomart

Red Hummingbird

Bobby Brazuka: 11pm: Free Nyntee & Arash: 6pm: Free

DJs Lo Key & Dylan C: Free Manuel Bundy & Sweet Mix Kids: 6pm: Free Dirty Diana, CVE & Thane Kirby: Free

Thu 08

Swamp Thing w/ guests: 8pm

1885 Basement

Code

Silo Cinema & Night Markets present Labyrinth: 5pm: Free

Music Theatre, School of Music

1885 Britomart

De Post

The Britomart Country Club

2Five9 Jazz Trio: 10pm: Free

Fermata: Professor Robert Constable: 5:30pm: Free

Thursday Night Live: Street Chant: 9pm: Free

Ponsonby Cruising Club

Civic Theatre

The Circling Sun Live + DJ Truent

QF Tavern

Karaoke Kate: 9pma

Racket Bar

Benn Morrison & Flex: 6pm: Free

Red Hummingbird DJ Arash: 7pm: Free

Studio

Ryan Adams

QF Tavern

Chris Cope: 10pm

Racket Bar

Cian & Isaac Aesili: 6pm: Free

Red Hummingbird

General Lee & Whistlejacket: free

The Britomart Country Club

Lamb Of God (US)

Velvet Sound Society & Dylan C: 6pm: Free

The Britomart Country Club

The Fiddler Irish Bar

Lokey: 6pm: Free

Gerry Rooderkerk: 10pm: free

The Fiddler Irish Bar

The Kings Arms

Eoin O Cinnseala: 8pm: Free

The Library Bar

The First Page: 8pm: $5

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These Automatic Changers First Show of 2012: 8pm: $10

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DJ Vkta: 8pm: Free

Eddie Manukau: 9pm AC Slater (US): 10pm: $10 + BF David Shanhun: 8:30pm

Florrie McGreals Mitch French: 9:30pm

Glen Eden RSA Double Vision: 8pm

Ink & Coherent

Dick Johnson, Tiki Taane, Greg Churchill, Angela Fisken: 10pm: $10

Kings Arms

Resporn, Subtract & Fractured: 8pm: 10

LEIGH SAWMILL CAFE SUNSHINE SOUND SYSTEM: 9:30pm: $15

Masonic Tavern

Triceratops/Dust Up At Dawn/ Faults/Apex: 8pm: $10

Merchant Bar & Restaurant Franko & James: 9pm

Silo Park

Chip Matthews: Free

The Classic

Karma Comedian Comedy Show: 7:30pm: $15

The Deck - SKYCITY

DJ Chris Cox & Percussionist Partido, DJ Leza Lee: 8pm: Free

The Elephant Wrestler Lee Gray Duo: 9pm

The Fiddler Irish Bar Shae snell & Mike Clarkin: 11pm: Free

The Flying Moa

SugarBang: 8:30pm: Free

The Snake Pit

The Mysterians, X-Ray Fiends, WILD, & The Cavemen: 8:30pm: $5

The Supper Club

Lets Get Jacked: 11pm: Free

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auckland gig guide The Wine Cellar

Shenandoah Davis w/ Timothy Blackman & Panther & the Zoo: 9pm: $10

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DJ Karn Hall, Nu Soul & DJ General Lee: 8pm: free

Whammy Bar

The Outsiders - Shallow Graves Ep Release Tour: 8pm: $10

Sat 10

Fibber McPhee’s

The Fiddler Irish Bar

Florrie McGreals

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Brett Polley: 7pm Franko: 9:30pm

Khuja

Tyler St. Garage

Kings Arms

ZEAL Henderson

Underground Festival: 8pm: Free

Merchant Bar & Restaurant Lee Gray: 9pm

Ponsonby Social Club

Onny Kaulima: 11pm: Free

Sandy Bay Social Club: Free

1885 Britomart

Racket Bar

Back Ii Life: 10Pm: $10

Gene Rivers & Jerm: 8pm: Free

Basement Theatre

Red Hummingbird

Alaska W/ Great North & Jupiter Project: 8:30Pm: $10

DJ Disco Trash: 7pm: Free

Black Salt

Mal McCallum: 9pm

Cassette Nine

Rickshaw Eddies Rising Sun

Ritual 005: 10pm: 10

Sick Disco presents the 95bfm Summer Series Afterparty w/ NSPC, Ghost, Pikachunes, The ARC, MTron & Safari Boy: 7pm

Silo Park

Coherent

Splash: Foam Rave: 9pm: $10

Nick Thayer, Defcon1, Randomplay, Sam Hill & Jason Howson: 10pm: 10

De Post

Francis Jakeman: 8:30pm

The 95bFM Summer Series: Free

Stampede Bar & Grill The Britomart Country Club

Cian, Lokey & Insomniac: 2pm: Free

The Classic

D.O.C

Teddy Wong & Sarney Days: 10pm

Karma Comedian Comedy Show: 7:30pm: $15

Dogs Bollix

The Deck - SKYCITY

Lunar Pupil Last NZ Gig: 8pm: $10

DJ Grant Marshal, Black Salt & DJs Sample Gee: 8pm: Free

Timesplitters, Euphoria, Jinetero MC & Sam Rivers: 9pm: $10

1885 Basement

David Shanhun Duo: 8pm

Mojo: 11pm: FREE

DJ Murry Sweetpants: 8pm: Free

Tyler Street Garage Sessions: 9pm Oldschool Disney Movie night: 5pm: Koha

The Basement

Nervous Doll Dancing - Eidolon: 8pm: $15

The Britomart Country Club

Pauly Who & Sweet Mix Kids: 2pm: Free

The Deck - SKYCITY

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

The Fiddler Irish Bar Shae Snell: 6pm: Free

Sun 11 Auckland Domain Band Rotunda

Music in Parks 2012 - Jazz at the Rotunda: 2pm: Free

Auckland Domain Wintergardens

Tue 13 Empire Tavern

Empire million Dollar Trivia: 6:30pm: Free

Kings Arms

Music in Parks 2012 - The Culture Garden: 6pm: Free

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti w/ Guests: 8pm: $40

brooklyn bar & lounge

Windsor Castle & Juice Bar

Unplugged Underground afternoon acoustic show: 4pm: Free

Open mic night: 8:30pm

Cornwall Park

Cornwall Park Summer Music Concert Series: 1pm: Free

Goode Brothers Music Box: 3pm

Kings Arms

Rudely Interrupted: See the Person / Not the Disability: 5pm: $10

Merchant Bar & Restaurant

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waikato gig guide Thu 08 Flow (Hamilton)

Waikato O Week presents Out Of Time: 9pm: $5

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts (Hamilton)

A Musical Odyssey: 7:30pm: $25

Nosh Food Market (Hamilton) Craggy Range Wine & Food Evening: 8pm

Pacific Crystal Palace (Tauranga)

Occupational Therapy w Bobby Brazuka & Onny Kaulima: Free

Static

DIE! DIE! DIE!, Mean Girls + Alizarin Lizard: 8pm: $10

Sat 10

Sun 11

Vinnies

Alexandra St (Hamilton)

Shenandoah Davis w/ Der Kranks: 9pm

Soundscape ft. KORA, Zowie, State Of Mind, PMoney, DJ Sirvere, PNC & more: 9pm: $50

Founders Theatre (Hamilton)

Fri 09

Claudelands Arena (Hamilton)

Tue 13

The Yot Club (Raglan) Stomping Nick & His Blues Grenade: 10pm: $5

Cock & Bull (Hamilton) Jesse O’Brien: 7pm: Free

El Caballo Blanco: The Dance of the White Stallions: 2pm

Cock & Bull (Hamilton)

Rotorua Convention Centre

Jeremy Pickford: 7pm: Free

Static

NYC: Royal New Zealand Ballet: 7:30pm: $60

Six60 (R18) $40 + BF

The Drab Doo-Riffs, The Bloody Souls + bomb$trappers: 9pm: $10

The Yot Club (Raglan) Alizarin Lizard: 9:15pm: $10

NYC: Royal New Zealand Ballet: 2pm: $60

Static

Endless Boogie (NUS) + X-Ray Fiends: 8pm: $10

Founders Theatre (Hamilton) Rotorua Soundshell Village Green Lakeside 2012 - When Love Comes To Town: 7:30pm: Free

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Christchurch gig guide Wed 07

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Dux Live

Ashburton MSA Club

Quarry Bar & Bistro

Springfield Hotel

Pierside Cafe and Bar

St Augustine Church

Sun 11

St Mary’s Church

Ashburton Art Gallery

Fiona Pears: 7:30pm: $20

Asian Film Season: 4pm: Free

The Monday Room

Bromley Park

Moneys 2 Tight 2 Mention Comedy Tour: 8pm: $20

Becks Southern Alehouse Jam Session: 8pm: Free

Thu 08 Addington Events Centre

Kelvin Cruickshank presents Soul Food: 7pm: $65

Ashburton Trust Event Centre Fiona Pears: 7:30pm: $25

The Bedford

Outlook Launch Party 2012: 8pm: $45

Dux Live

Karaoke w/ DJ Chick: 8pm: Free Karaoke w/ Mickey Rat: 7:30pm: Free

Fri 09 Aurora Centre for the Performing Arts I Musici: Serenata Italiana: 7:30pm: $60

The Bedford

I am Giant w/ Cairo Knife Fight: 8pm: $30

Becks Southern Alehouse Retrosonic: 9pm: Free

Money’s 2 Tight 2 Mention Comedy Tour: 8pm: $25 Music Centre of Christchurch Musical Mentors Series: 1pm: $5

Ctrl+Alt+Rock: 11pm: Free

Dux Live

Dad’s Army: 8pm: Free

North Hagley Park Events Village

Latin Addiction Dance Studios TangoVibe presents Practica X: 8pm: $7

Alizarin Lizard: Free Insane Jane: 8:30pm: Free

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

Gypsy Fair: 9am: Free

The Thirsty Marriner

The Vegan Film Festival: 6pm: $15

SEWN Documentary After Party: 9pm: Free

Whitebait TV

Lizzie Gillett Tour: 6:30pm: $5

Christchurch Casino

MOUNTAINEATER w/ An Emerald City & Anthesiac: 9pm: $20

Canterbury Runway Winter 2012: 7:45pm: $80

D’sendantz: 8:30pm: Free

Sat 10 Becks Southern Alehouse Division St: 9pm

Bromley Park

Gypsy Fair: 9am: Free

Elmwood Normal Irish Society Hall The Petticoat Federation: 7:30pm: $20

Riccarton Park Events Centre

Canterbury Japan Day: 10am: Free

Mon 12 Hollywood 3 Cinema

Canterbury Film Society presents Mildred Pierce: 6:30pm

tours & events

Upcoming tours & events The 5.6.7.8’s (JP)

Jameson Global Party

Adam Page: Chairman of the Beard

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Steve Luthaker (US)

Fri 17 Mar Britomart Country Club, Auckland

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

Sat 24 Mar Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Sun 25 Mar Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland

Wed 07 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Thu 08 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Fri 09 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington Sat 10 Mar BATS Theatre, Wellington

Justin Townes Earle (US)

Alabama 3

Thu 22 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Alizarin Lizard

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

Crosby, Stills & Nash (US)

Sat 24 Mar The Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Dead Meadow (US) & Pink Mountaintops (US)

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

Kaiser Chiefs

Thu 10 May Powerstation, Auckland

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

Wed 14 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Wed 14 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland

An Emerald City

Fri 09 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 10 Mar Sammy’s, 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

Bell Biv Devoe

Mon 28 May Town Hall, Auckland

The Black Dahlia Murder Thu 08 Mar Bodega, Wellington

Borderline Festival

Thu 05 Apr - Sat 07 Apr Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar, Auckland

Boris (JP)

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

The Cranberries (IR) Thu 15 Mar The Trusts Stadium, Auckland

The Exploited (SC)

Sun 29 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

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

Flights of Fancy

Wed 29 Feb Bergman Theatre at The Paramount, Wellington

KRS-One (US)

Fri 20 Apr Town Hall, Wellington Sat 21 Apr TBC, Auckland

NZ International Comedy Festival Fri 27 Apr - Sun 20 May Multiple Venues, Auckland Sun 29 Apr - Sun 20 May Multiple Venues, Wellington

One Direction

Sat 21 Apr Trusts Stadium, Auckland Sun 22 Apr St James Theatre, Wellington

Radiohead (UK)

Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

Tue 03 Apr The Globe Theatre, Palmerston North Wed 04 Apr The Opera House, Wellington Fri 06 Apr National Jazz Festival, Tauranga

Lady Gaga - The Born This Way Ball Thu 07 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 08 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 10 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland

Florence + The Machine (UK) Fu Manchu

Lucinda Williams

Fri 27 Apr San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 28 Apr Studio, Auckland

Sat 31 Mar The Cloud, Auckland

Kurt Elling

Lamb Of God (US)

Mon 28 May Vector Arena, Auckland

NZ Beer Festival

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

Wed 28 Mar Powerstation, Auckland Thu 29 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Tue 13 Mar Static, Hamilton Thu 15 Mar Lucha Lounge, Auckland

Wed 11 Apr Havana Bar, Wellington Thu 12 Apr Interislander Ferry Picton - Wellington

Peter Hook

Elbow (UK)

Endless Boogie

Nice Verdes

Tue 10 Apr Town Hall, Wellington Wed 11 Apr Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland

Doug Jerebine

Fri 16 March Bodega, Wellington Sat 17 March Powerstation, Auckland

Wed 29 Feb The Kings Arms, Auckland

P.O.D. (US) W/ Rapture Ruckus

Dirty Three (US)

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The Mutton Birds

Wed 07 Mar Studio, Auckland

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

Real Estate (US)

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

Roky Erickson (US)

Wed 07 Mar Powerstation, Auckland

Hanussen - The Palace of Burlesque Wed 11 Apr - Sat 14 Apr Q Theatre, Auckland

Heart Attack Alley

Sat 17 Mar Wine Cellar, Auckland

Henry Rollins (US)

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

Mountaineater

Fri 09 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 10 Mar Sammy’s, Dunedin

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Upcoming tours & events Ryan Adams (US)

Sick Of It All & Agnostic Front

Thu 08 Mar Civic Theatre, Auckland

Wed 02 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

The Sonics

Fri 13 Apr The Royal Hotel, Palmerston North Sat 14 Apr Bar Medusa, Wellington Sun 15 Apr The Village Inn, Kapiti Coast Fri 20 Apr Red Eye Bar, Whangarei Sat 21 Apr Crave Club, New Plymouth Fri 27 Apr Altitude, Hamilton

Wed 18 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

Taylor Swift (US)

Fri 16 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 17 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 18 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland

Thatta (JP)

Thu 22 Mar Refuel, Dunedin Fri 23 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Wed 28 Mar Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 31 Mar Wine Cellar, Auckland

Soundscape 2012

Sat 10 Mar Alexandra St, Hamilton

These Four Walls & Decortica

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

Sherpa

Sat 17 Mar Mighty Mighty, Wellington Fri 30 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch

St Vincent (US)

Sun 18 Mar The Kings Arms, Auckland Mon 19 Mar San Fran Bath House, Wellington

Shenandoah Davis (US) Wed 07 Mar The Cabana, Napier Fri 09 Mar Wine Cellar, Auckland

Shihad

Steve Earle (US)

Thu 05 Apr Altitude, Hamilton Fri 06 Apr Brewers Field, Tauranga Sat 07 Apr Coroglen Tavern, Coroglen Sun 08 Apr Powerstation, Auckland Wed 11 Apr Railway Hotel, Greymouth Thu 12 Apr Victory Room at the Trafalgar Centre, Nelson Fri 13 Apr The Bedford, Christchurch Sat 14 Apr Station Village, Upper Hutt

The Specials (UK)

Tue 10 Apr Shed 10, Queens Wharf, Auckland

Sinate

Thu 29 Mar Bardoke, Timaru Fri 30 Mar Refuel, Dunedin Sat 31 Mar Dux Live, Christchurch Thu 12 Apr Thirsty Dog, Auckland

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Trailer Park Boys (CA) Fri 23 Mar Town Hall, Auckland Sat 24 Mar The Opera House, Wellington

Wavves

Thu 03 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Sunset Concert

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Sat 24 Mar Hilltop Wines Vineyard, Hamilton

Fri 16 Mar - Sun 18 Mar TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth

TAOS Soulfire Sessions

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GAMING Wipeout 2048 PS VITA GAME REVIEW

What happens when you put together gravity-defying hover cars, futuristic racetracks and a vast array of weaponry to blow your rivals to smithereens? You get one hell of a ridiculously fun game. Wipeout’s been working with a perfect formula for years, and they’ve learned better than to fuck with that.

Pulling a reverse Marty McFly, this iteration of the series heads forwards to their past in the year 2048. Bridging the gap between the ultra-modernised metropolises of games past and our current architectural point

in time, the racetracks push the boundaries of tech but still bear some level of alluring familiarity.

And c’mon, who doesn’t want to rip through the streets of neo-Tokyo at mind-blowingly breakneck speeds?

Much like the previous games in the Wipeout canon, it’s all about blasting through at whirlwind speeds, pulling off crazy air-brake turns and gunning the shit out of your competition. Speed boost pads are distributed liberally around each course, and power-ups now come in green

and yellow (splitting them into defensive and offensive items, respectively). This comes in handy, as a shield or autopilot ends up being a lot more valuable than a salvo of rockets when you’re in the lead.

The strongest point does have to be how sharp and striking the visual aspect of the game is. Both the ships and the environment are impressively futuristic and crisp – it’s kinda like that Speed Racer movie kicked up to the next level. The variety of options, ranging from gameplay to vehicles is also rather impressive.

There’s a comprehensive singleplayer option with XP gained for races, unlocking other vehicles as you progress through the campaign. In regards to multiplayer, the cross-platform capabilities enable you to go head-to-head against Wipeout HD players on the PS3.

As strong as this game is, it

still isn’t without its weaknesses.

A couple of tracks have their own design flaws, like the fork in Subway that has a tendency to hit players with a dead wall (rather than split the routes into a shorter but more difficult detour and regularly straight alternative).

The flashy visual offering has some blemishes, as Wipeout players regularly accustomed to the 60fps frame rate may find the 30fps rate in this game to be significantly less smooth.

All in all, if you’re a fan of the genre, this is not a title to miss.

Flaws aside, there’s something really cool about turning your reflexive console-turning habits into a genuine steering function.

While the loading times may be a bit of a bother, the stunning visuals, engaging soundtrack and challenging gameplay are more than worth the wait.

Wipeout 2048 is out now and available at all major gaming stockists.

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album reviews Pink Floyd The Wall (Immersion Edition) llll

Fans of Pink Floyd are (no apologies for the pun) divided by The Wall, but this edition reveals a version both unpolished and perfected.

The Wall is an immersing experience in itself, yet the live recording leaves one constantly being pulled back by the ejaculatory applause of the audience. Don’t get me wrong; the sound production is immaculate, but it’s difficult to imagine you’re there with all the pyrotechnics and massive puppetry when you’re reminded so often that you’re not. A fascinating inclusion, and certainly something I dwelt on,

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I read somewhere that the bulk of the tracks on this nifty lil’ EP were discards from Lee’s 2010 Mission Bell sessions. Yet they stand up pretty well as individual tracks all by their lonesome. Lee may have the dirtiest, most bad-ass reputation in the Blue Note stable but you wouldn’t know it from these tender, soulful cuts.

‘Simple Things’ and ‘There I Go Again’ are apparent derivatives from Hall & Oates, although they feel more like early Fleetwood Mac. Then there’s the upbeat hokey tempo of ‘Say Goodbye’, almost travelling into Ben Harper territory. The delicious slide guitar on ‘May I Remind You’ is the perfect frame to Lee’s masterful balladry, as is the understated gospel choir on ‘Mama Sail to Me’, which is less “Sunday preaching” than it is a deep spine-tingle of satisfaction. This is heartwarming music, for sure.

Confident about his ability to take over the world, homeslice DertySesh stands staunch on his new rap release. Auckland hip-hop label Move The Crowd are going from strength to strength, and have recently adopted this young Kiwi talent.

Upon listening to Apology Accepted (an interesting album name after the media controversy over his previous album Sic Love), I was a little confused. Why does he sound American? Is the bad-boy image (from killing to selling P) real? But questions aside, let’s absorb his musical message.

Derty is the name and dirty is his game, the bass being heavy and burgeoning with angst.

Lyrics seem to follow in this form; angry and despondent, yet delving occasionally into personal reflections and heartfelt musings. DertySesh is creating quite a buzz amongst NZ hip-hop communities; it’ll be interesting to see where and how he will evolve.

Every year the prestigious WOMAD world music festival releases a compilation CD to whet the appetites of punters, fans, and the festival-curious alike. Local acts, such as The Black Seeds and Neil Finn’s Pyjama Club, rub shoulders with international attractions.

Just like every other edition, the fine people behind WOMAD 2012 have put together a formidable selection covering many different cultures, styles, and genres. Music from France to Australia to The Ivory Coast and everything in between is represented. Reggae, rock, folk; this album covers a lot of ground as more traditional styles mesh with their contemporary counterparts. Given the diverse nature of this compilation some tracks fit together brilliantly, like a strange international tapestry.

You may not be familiar with many of the acts but you’ll find yourself going along for this ride. A masterful reflection of the festival’s multiculturalism, with a serious amount of fun inside.

Sweet Sour is an album that hides a couple of surprises. The first being that it’s nothing like you’d expect, especially since the cover gives the impression of a heavy metal album (and the band name doesn’t help either). The title track opens with drums and a riff you would expect to explode, which it doesn’t do until it reaches the closing chorus. This album is only heavy when it needs to be and this is one of its strengths, as it’s much more beautiful than predictable. The duets are perfect throughout the album, shown exquisitely on tracks such as ‘Bruises.’ Another surprise is the way ‘You’re Not Pretty But You Got It Goin’ On’ explodes out of track seven; the most colossal song on the album, it exposes the band’s darker and heavier side. Overall, Sweet Sour encapsulates you with musical beauty that would stop a charging bull.

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on screen EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE FILM lll

Despite it being more than a decade since 9/11, this is the first Hollywood film (bar Adam Sandler’s little-seen Reign Over Me and The Dixie Chicks’ Shut Up and Sing documentary) to deal with the emotional fallout from that fateful day.

And with a skilled line-up that includes Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) barking the

orders, veteran screenwriter Eric Roth and a star-studded cast that includes Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock and an excellent Max Von Sydow this should have been a compelling and emotional drama that was awards ceremony bait.

Yet apart from some late love from a more famous Oscar, it’s been largely ignored. It’s

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This action thriller is a remake of a 2008 Icelandic movie (Reykjavik-Rotterdam) and bizarrely, is directed by the star of the original film. Baltasar Kormákur, the director in question, does a respectable job of maintaining the tension throughout Contraband, which proves to be moderately entertaining.

Wahlberg’s character Chris could easily be Mickey Ward from The Fighter five years down the track and shows just how much the actor is suited to playing blue-collar characters. Like many a cinematic protagonist, Chris is a good man forced into a difficult situation but Wahlberg convinced me that his problems were tangible.

Despite the various pulpy

film that’s hard to get a handle on, veering from Amelie-esque whimsy to The Hours-like maudlin.

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not an unmitigated disaster by any means but a glacial pace and characters that are hard to, as the Americans say “root for”, leave you feeling underwhelmed rather than emotionally overcome.

Having said that, Roth and Daldry do a good job with the fractured narrative, slowly revealing the personal horror of what Oskar heard and saw that day, while Alexandre Desplat’s (The King’s Speech) score adds emotional heft that’s at least a bit more subtle than the ending which lays the schmaltz on with a trowel. Like its young protagonist, Incredibly Close is a

elements, the film strives for a sense of realism and this is backed up by the fine collection of left-of-centre young Hollywood actors in supporting roles – Ben Foster; Lukas Haas and Gionvanni Ribisi (Avatar). Kate Beckinsale, however, is terribly miscast as Wahlberg’s wife.

We’re at a point in modern cinema where centering a film around smuggling feels almost quaint but this one manages to cram in a furious armoured car heist; a Speed 2: Cruise Controlesque ship collision and even more shipping container-based action than the climax of The A-Team movie.

I did keep waiting for them to go to Smuggler’s Cove, though. No such luck.

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The first Underworld film merged edgy fantasy action with the dramatic dullness of a Spanish soap opera, while the second was overstuffed with those same drab story elements.

The third installment, Rise of the Lycans, provided a somewhat shallow back story.

With Awakening, they hand the filmmaker’s whip over to Swedish directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, who seem to care less about expanding the Underworld universe and more about seeing vampires and werewolves mess each other up. Kate Beckinsale also returns in her skin-tight leather outfit that relinquishes practicality for sex appeal.

Within the first minute, we’re given a Saw-esque overview of the previous films. After that,

story elements are kept to a minimum, eclipsed by the action sequences which vary from junk-food brutality to hilarious absurdity.

The visual effects aren’t going to win any awards but they admirably cater towards the violence, making decent use of the 3D. While the score is bland, the relentless sound design is phenomenal, making you duck at every fired bullet and shiver at every Lycan’s growl.

Running under 90 minutes long, Underworld: Awakening has the mentality of a straight-tovideo sequel, the body of an ADD child and the pulsing veins of a meth addict. It’s the cinematic equivalent to a mudslide: quick ‘n’ dirty forgettable fun.

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Listophile

1. Lunar Bats Sherpa

2. Bones Cat Venom

3. Post Romanticism Psych Tigers

4. High Rise Sunken Seas

5. Take You There Kittentank

6. Wendy’s Grass Cannons

7. Natasha Autumn Splendor

8. Concrete Mothers of Darkness

9. Kiss On Her Left Cheek Drop Dead Redhead

10. Hi Xiu Xiu

Tahuna Breaks

3. Summit (Original Mix) Skrillex/Ellie Goulding

4. Reaching Out Nero

5. On My Mind (Rustie Remix) Joker

6. No One Maverick Sabre

7. Paddling Out Miike Snow

8. The Poem Magik Johnson

9. Get Out My Head

1. Project X 2. Contraband 3. We Need To Talk About Kevin 4. Underworld: Awakening 3D 5. The Vow 6. Jack and Jill 7. Extremely Loud and

Incredibly Close

8. This Means War 9. The Descendants 10. Safe House

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1. Ditched my friends.

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‘Grapevine Fires’.

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4. Jumped inappropriately

during slow songs.

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Ben Gibbard.

6. Became that annoying girl

who screamed “I LOVE YOU!”.

7. Planned on moving to

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8. Wondered how many kids

we would have or if we should get a dog first.

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2. ‘Dream Lover’ Bobby Darin

3. ‘Ever Lovin’ Man’ The Dirtbombs

4. ‘We Are Young’ Fun

5. ‘Apply’ Glasser

6. ‘Yaha Baby’ The Gories

7. ‘Age of Consent’ New Order

8. ‘Stupid Hoe’ Nicki Minaj

9. Fantasised about Ben

9. ‘Sheepskin’

10. Realised if my boyfriend

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knew all this he might break up with me for being a loser fan girl.

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hear the words “weather bomb” last week?

2. Wouldn’t “shit storm” or “sky

war” have been way better?

3. Did it make you want to

drop a toilet grenade in your pants bunker?

4. Is Mexican food the new

Thai food?

5. Why did it take this country

so long to like Mexican food?

6. Can you buy it instantly from

the supermarket as Mexicanned food?

7. Shouldn’t science have come

up with a way to get rid of red wine stains yet?

8. Or at the very least, make

red wine look clear so it doesn’t stain?

9. Wait, do you just drink red

wine for the aesthetics?

10. Is the love story between

April and Andy from Parks and Rec the greatest ever?