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Shit worth announcing

Breaking news  Tickets to see Charlie Murphy (of Eddie’s brother and Chappelle’s Show fame) are on sale now. News of the show has been slow, but the comedian will play one night in Auckland on Mon 23 Apr at the Town Hall.

Announcements Scheduled For Take Off

It’s hardly surprising that tickets to Flight of the Conchords are being swept up, and due to that popular demand, some extra shows have been added.

Two more shows in Auckland have been announced at Vector Arena, the first being on Friday 29 June and the second on Sunday 01 July. Tickets are available now through Ticket Master, but keep in mind the anti-scalping measure set in place – purchasers are only allowed to buy two tickets per person. It might be worth mentioning that as we go to print the tickets are going quick, so get in there fast. A Christchurch show has also been added to the tour on Tuesday 26 June at the CBS Canterbury Arena, with all proceeds from the ticket sales going to charity, and a third Wellington show has been announced at the Michael Fowler Centre on Thursday 21 June. The news keeps getting better with the announcement that Arj Barker (Dave from the Flight of the Conchords HBO show) will be joining Bret and Jemaine on the tour.

 Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman has hinted at New Zealand shows later this year, but nothing’s set in stone. He does intend to bring the band over at some stage, but whether this would be for shows or something else… time will tell.  Following the most recent funding decisions from the March NZ on Air round, expect to see new music videos from Annah Mac, Bailter Space, Beastwars, Clap Clap Riot, Collapsing Cities, Cool Rainbows, Delaney Davidson, Die! Die! Die!, Doug Jerebine, Kids Of 88, King Cannons, Lips, The Checks, The Datsuns, Transistors, Zowie and many more.

21/06 Six60 Add Shows

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15/04

Six60 will be playing four shows over three days at Auckland’s Powerstation. Originally the band announced they would play one show on Friday 13 April and one on Saturday 14 April, both with support from Iva Lankum. Now that both have sold out, two more shows have been announced on Sunday 15 April. The first show will have doors open at 4pm and will be the band’s first under 18 show in Auckland. The second Sunday show will be 18 and over only, with doors opening at 8pm. Tickets are available now from Six60.co.nz or Ticket Master.

Our pick

Art In The Dark 2012

The 2012 artist registrations for Auckland’s brightest nightlight Art In The Dark are now open. Last year saw the free illuminated and interactive event at Western Park in Ponsonby draw in over 30,000 visitors over two nights to check out the 33 installations and performances.

Now in its third year, organisers are challenging applicants to make things bigger and better for the audience and the environment, ranging from light and sound installations, interactive and spatial projects, video works, artworks, performances, kinetic sculptures and everything and anything else potential artists can think up. Those interested can check out artinthedark.co.nz/2012-artistregistration to examine the brief and read up about everything you’ll need to know to get involved.

CONTRIBUTING Editor Matt Monk matt@grooveguide.co.nz

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07/04

Wellington noise outfit The All Seeing Hand have announced they’ll be embarking on a nationwide tour come Saturday 07 April, kicking off at Auckland’s Whammy Bar as part of the Borderline Festival.

The trio, comprised of former National Turntable Champ Alphabethead, Benjamin M Knight (from Teen Hygiene and Rogernomix) on drums and Noel St Cosmos on vocals, will head to the Arc Theatre in Wanganui, Dunedin’s None Gallery, the Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers, the Darkroom in Christchurch, The Roastery in Lyttleton, Wellington’s San Fran Bath House, Static in Hamilton, back up to Tabac in Auckland and then finish up at Palmerston North’s Bad Cave. Select shows will be supported by none other than Disasteradio and i.ryoko. Tickets are available from the venues – see our tours section for dates.

04/05

Local hip-hop label Dirty Records is celebrating a decade of music with a collection of the label’s best tracks. 10 Years Of Dirty will feature many of the artists that the label has worked with and helped launch over the years. Dirty Records is also throwing a party on Friday 04 May (which is when the album is being released) at Auckland’s Studio with P-Money, Scribe, David Dallas, PNC, Frontline and more special guests all lined up to play. Tickets are available through Under The Radar.

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17/04 Say it like you mean it

A new Auckland theatre company has popped up and is putting on a premiere at the Basement later this month. SCRATCH New Writing are presenting British scripter Keziah Warner and director Benjamin Henson’s Everything She Ever Said To Me, running from Tuesday 17 April through to Saturday 21 April.

The first full-length production from the theatre company, and the two Brits helming the show have both worked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before bringing their chops to New Zealand. Everything She Ever Said To Me is one of those comingof-age tales we love to love, with that beautiful mix of disastrously depressing with hints of half-hope and mystery. Warner’s previous works have been met with rave reviews, so hopes should be high for this one.

Tickets are available through iTicket.

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In Brief...

The upcoming joint show between Bel Biv Devie and Ginuwine on Monday 28 May at Auckland’s Town Hall has been cancelled due to “…the unexpected reunion of New Edition for a North American tour”.

Tickets can be refunded from the point of purchase.

Here’s a nice plate of musical beef – Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly has been getting into Twitter spats with Kiwis The Naked And Famous. The New Zealand band took to their social innernets and said “This guy… – This ‘artist’ has never once thanked, acknowledged or even asked our permission to use ‘Young Blood’”, in to the rapper apparently stealing/sampling the song to use on his “hommage” [sic] paying song ‘Half Naked and Almost Famous’. It looks like Machine Gun Kelly either did end up having permission or TNAF didn’t want to get into a spat at all, as the above statement from team Naked And Famous was removed from their sites. Following that, team MGK has been tweeting a plethora of baiting messages including (but not limited to) “@TNAF yall deleted your tweet? someone mustve showed u the paperwork of yall APPROVING that sample.

Now apologize for ur bitchassness” and “I have documents of The Naked and Famous giving us permission to SAMPLE their song, hence my version: Half Naked and Almost

Famous.” Fame is an omelette, and eggs need to be broke.

Jack White’s Third Man Records, celebrating the label’s third anniversary, is releasing an album intended to spin at three revolutions per minutes. WTF? A release was issued to kind of explain and kind of keep the mysticism about the record: “The world’s first 3 RPM record is a study in contradictions… it’s cut at the slowest speed yet it plays faster than anything you’ve ever heard… It’s easy to play but impossible to hear. You put your finger on it to slow it down, but this is not easy… and we estimate it would take 333 days of 33 hours training per day for your finger, hand, and arm muscles to spin at a continuous speed of 3RPM”.

Azealia Banks will be releasing her much anticipated EP 1991 on Tuesday 17 April, which will feature new tracks ‘1991’ and ‘Grand Prix’.

The rapper also announced that she has been working on a Lana Del Rey remix as well as a collab with Kanye West. Her track ‘Fuck Up The Fun’, which she worked on with Diplo, is floating around online, and is worth a good hour-on-repeat of your time.

Resident king of garage Ty Segall is working on another collaborative LP. Following his splits and collabs with the likes of Thee Oh Sees, Mikal Cronin, The Perverts and plenty more, Ty’s latest effort will be with visual artist Tim Presley AKA White Fence, and is called Hair. The ‘I Am Not A Game’ single is available online for download.

Upcoming Releases Music: 3 Inches Of Blood’s Long Live Heavy Metal; Anti Flag’s The General Strike; B.B. King’s Live at the Royal Albert Hall; Bearhug’s Bill, Dance, Shiner; Blood Red Shoes’ In Time To Voices; Borknagar’s URD; Cold Chisel’s No Plans; Dr. John’s Locked Down; Etta James’ At Last: The Best of Etta James; Halestorm’s The Strange Case of...; Killing Joke’s MMXII; Laura Marling’s A Creature I Don’t Know; Macy Gray’s Covered; Meshuggah’s Koloss; Ministry Of Sound’s SessioNZ; Naglfar’s Teras; Nicki Minaj’s Roman Reloaded; Paul Weller’s Sonik Kicks; Roxette’s Travelling; Shooter Jennings’ Family Man; Simone Felice’s self-titled; The Black Seeds’ Dust and Dirt; The Chemical Brothers’ Don’t Think; The Dead Leaves’ Cities on the Sea; The Used’s Vulnerable; Tommy Ill’s New Hat and a Haircut; various artists on Now That’s What I Call Music 38; various artists on The Best of Conscious Roots; Xiu Xiu’s Always; Yann Tiersen’s Skyline; Young Magic’s Melt.

DVD & Blu-ray: 30 Rock: season five DVD; AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (limited collector’s edition) DVD & Blu-ray; B.B King: Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD & Blu-ray; Batman: The Brave and the Bold: season two DVD; Futurama: season six Blu-ray; How to Make it in America: season one DVD & Blu-ray; Lip Service: season one DVD; Misfits: season three DVD; My Kingdom DVD & Blu-ray; Parks & Recreation: season two DVD; Peanuts: Happiness is a Warm Blanket DVD; Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 Blu-ray; Primeval:

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season 4 DVD & Blu-ray; Project Nim DVD; Real Steel DVD & Blu-ray; Shameless: season one DVD & Blu-ray; Smallville: The Final Season DVD & Blu-ray; Star Wars: The Clone Wars: season one DVD; Stargate Universe: season two DVD; The Best of Green Lantern DVD; The Doors: Soundstage Performances DVD; Top Gear: season 17 DVD & Blu-ray.

Cinema: American Reunion (directed

by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott); Battleship (directed by Peter Berg, starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård and Rihanna); Blackthorn (directed by Mateo Gil, starring Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega and Stephen Rea); Carnage (directed by Roman Polanski, starring Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly); Love in the Buff (directed by Ho-Cheung Pang, starring Miriam Yeung, Shawn Yue and Mini Yang); Mysteries of Lisbon (directed by Raoul Ruiz, starring Adriano Luz, Ricardo Pereira and Clotilde Hesme); StreetDance 2 (directed

by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini, starring Tom Conti, George Sampson and Falk Hentschel); The Pirates! Band of Misfits (directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt, starring Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Martin Freeman); Titanic 3D (directed

by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Billy Zane).

Shit Worth Knowing

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TOMMY ILL NEW HAT AND A HAIRCUT

Have you ever tried Marmite? In New Zealand we’re about to run out of it. Oh yes, as far as I remember my parents had it in the fridge but I hated it. Still – it has a lot of vitamin B (thank you Wikipedia) which means that people in New Zealand should take care not to waste it and really just put it on toast. Seriously!

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Do hamburgers come from Hamburg? When I was in Tokyo everyone thought so... I don’t know where hamburgers come from, but some other very famous food comes from Hamburg like labskaus, and Astra beer. You never heard of it? Too bad...

What book are you reading at the moment?

I just finished Payback by Mike Nicol, which was a good read. Earlier this year I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, which was great and made me laugh a lot.

Where do you like to make music? In my studio, ‘cause there’s all the stuff I need there.

Favourite drink? Scotch, the cheaper the better.

What influences your music? Everything.

Favourite restaurant/café? Chocolate Fish Cafe in Wellington. I only ever get the bacon and black pudding sandwich, it’s the best.

Where were you when you made the video to ‘Lost My Shadow’? Key west, Florida. Before WMC last year us three (Solomun, Hosh and me) had a couple of days off which we enjoyed a lot.

Favourite takeaway? Te Aro Fish Supply is the best fish and chip shop ever.

Favourite colour? Grayish blue maybe. Cobalt.

Favourite childhood memory? My whole family singing in the car, but making up weird new lyrics for old songs.

Favourite party food? Anything miniature always tastes better. Tiny little pies or tiny sandwiches are awesome.

Favourite vice? I’m going to lie and say pizza.

Pizza is pretty good though. You should try it.

Favourite song? Sam Cooke’s ‘You Send Me’.

What kind of tools do you normally use to make your tracks? I’m producing with Cubase but apart from that I use a lot of different stuff - good hardware (like API 2500 comp), all kinds of software (GRM tools, reaktor and some freeware plugins), microphones and different “real” instruments, percussion, etc...

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If you were’nt a producer today, where do you think you would be? I never really thought about that – I made my career decision very early. I probably would be a chef – making music and cooking are very similar to each other. Both are about ingredients and timing...

Favourite meal? Black pudding. Does that count as a meal? Maybe some poached eggs too.

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Favourite label to put on your relationship?

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Favourite ‘90s TV show? The Fresh Prince of BelAir, or maybe The Cosby show.

Favourite word? Someone told me that everyone’s favourite word is, secretly their own name. So if you use a persons name lots when talking to them they will like you more. I can’t remember anyones’ names...

Favourite type of groupie? One with a kind heart and a firm grasp on reality. Bonus points if they have cool shoes or a dorky sidekick.

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Favourite body part on you? Elbows.

Favourite body part on someone else? Heads.

I love people’s heads. They are the best. All my friends have great heads.

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Favourite venue? Mighty Mighty.

Favourite lyric? “Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is” – ‘DWYCK’ by Gang Starr.

Favourite current TV show? Parks and Recreation.

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FRIDAY 06 Dictaphone Blues

Waiheke Jazz Festival

Dux Live

Multiple Venues 8pm, $10, undertheradar.co.nz

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Auckland’s Dictaphone Blues take their brand new album on the road this week, kicking off with the first show in Christchurch. Beneath The Crystal Palace is pretty slick and something of a cameo extravaganza. There’s little doubt that the live shows from Edward Castelow, Rob Collins and Myles Allpress will be just as slick. Sllllllick.

The Jazz Festival over on Waiheke Island is always a bit of a big deal. People catch the boat over, drink wine, listen to saxophones and think to themselves, “I’d love to live here.” But living your life according to the ferry timetable is a drag and no one comes to visit you in winter.

Shihad

The DHDFDs

Altitude

Lucha Lounge 8pm, $50, ticketmaster.co.nz

Shihad. The country’s biggest rock band? Maybe. The country’s most famous rock band? Maybe, maybe. My stepdad saw them live at some music awards back in the late ‘90s and said “they should be called shit head” because they were so loud. But he only likes Willie Nelson and Hank Williams, so what does he know.

When a band of loud and unpredictable dudes have played with the likes of The Black Lips and King Brothers, you know what to expect. A shit load of shouting, moshing, a good chance of half-nekkedness and probably a punch here and there. And you wouldn’t want it any other way.

American Reunion

Warbirds Over Wanaka

General Release

Wanaka Airport 10am, $10-$395, warbirdsoverwanaka.co.nz

How many times can one guy constantly fuck his life up in embarrassing teenage ways and still get the girl? The pie-fucker and his crew are back, and it’s a guarantee that they’ve got dick jokes and fart gags aplenty. Who would’ve guessed that Seann William Scott would be the successful actor?

Every time you go to an air show, you subconsciously want to see a crash. That bloodthirsty inhumane side of you wants to see planes collide in the air – admit it.

It’s mean, but it’s true. The thing is, it never happens.

Which is good, because people would die. And yet it’s family fun for everybody!

Britomart Easter Bash

Easter Weekender

The Nathan Club

THE STUDIO 5pm, $20

9pm, $60-$70, lunatix.co.nz

Thank Thor’s mighty hammer that we’re all old enough now to not make egg puns about Easter. None of this “Eggstravaganza” business. It’s so old. Just call things a “party” or a “bash” – it’s fine. Tim Phin, Dick Johnson, Nick D, Thane Kirby, Sweet Mix Kids, MayaVanya and more hold the fort.

They’ve called this the Easter Weekender Zombie Apocalypse for some reason. Not sure what zombies have to do with it. Are the kids using the words “zombie” and “cannibalism” as adjectives now?

Anyway, this gig has too many bass and dubstep acts to name. It’s big. It’s face-eatingly big.

Decortica & Guests

Trinity Roots

The Kings Arms

Leigh Sawmill Café 7pm, $10, Door Sales Only

The Kings Arms wants you to start your Easter weekend off big with this night featuring a range of rock acts. Alt-prog rockers Decortica front the night with support from Christchurch four-piece Cripple Mr. Onion, guitar-heavy Aucklanders Jackal, dirty groovers Snakes Of Iron and heavy rock/electronica act Fictional Response.

8pm, $45, ticketmaster.co.nz

One of the nation’s most treasured live acts returns to one of the most picturesque venues in the country.

Iconic kiwi musos Warren Maxwell and Rio HunukiHemopo team up with newcomer and honorary “little sister” Jean Pompey for two nights at the Leigh Sawmill Café.

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Saturday 07 Chocolate

V8 SuperTourers

Everywhere

Ruapuna Raceway 9am, $30-229, eventfinder.co.nz

It’s Easter, and that means chocolate. It also means church for many people. It also means Easter egg hunts. It also means public holidays. But for most people, it means chocolate. Now you can eat a Kinder Surprise and not feel like your friends are judging you. They’re not. They want one too.

“The new V8 SuperTourers are the fastest V8s to ever compete in a domestic series in New Zealand.

And with 575 horsepower, hand-built 7L engines and a 100kg weight advantage compared to their Aussie Supercar cousins, they will be stunningly quick wherever they race.” Impressive as hell.

Square Affair

Hollie Smith

Palmerston North

The Thistle Inn 9am, $40- $100, eventfinder.co.nz

7pm, $25, eventfinder.co.nz

For two days across multiple venues, Palmerston North is going retro and celebrating everything ‘50s and ‘60s. There’s so much on, your bouffant will explode with excitement. There’s music, shows, workshops, things for the kids… honestly, this seems like one of the coolest things on this weekend.

Borderline Festival Whammy & Wine Cellar

The lass with the voice. That’s how my sexist grandfather describes Hollie Smith. I call him on his misogynist shit, but then I’m the one who gets told off? Not cool, my family. Pop Pop needs to know that you can’t say “lass” or “skirt” anymore. Anyways, Hollie plays with Tyson Smith at this acoustic set.

gig OF THE WEEK

Hello Sailor Waihi Beach Hotel

8pm, $40, undertheradar.co.nz

8pm, $25

Easter Saturday will see the last night of the Borderline Festival over two venues in K Road’s St Kevins Arcade. Wrapping up the inaugural minifestival favourite will be god bows to math, The Utopium Brass Band, The Dobermen, The All Seeing Hand, Huf, Sweat City Heatwave, Golden Axe and Spring Break.

My earliest memory of Waihi was getting the nicest hokey-pokey and chocolate ice cream at one of the shops, then going skating at the skate park. Also I got covered in jellyfish once. I can’t remember if they stung me or not, but I imagine they did. If anybody pissed on me to soothe the pain, I blocked it out. I probably cried. Don’t let that happen to you.

The Checks

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hamilton

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wellington

live music

dunedin

all ages

christchurch

film/tv

8pm, $22, undertheradar.co.nz

It’s promising to be a big one in the capital this weekend with Auckland’s North Shore rock baby royalty The Checks and believe the hype-ers Sherpa continuing their Gunpowder and Rain tour. What’s gunpowder and rain? Probably a metaphor or an in-joke no one gets. Or maybe it’s something really meaningful. Whatever.

Key

San Fran Bath House

SUNDAY 08 Jambalaya Festival

Coca-Cola Easter Show

Stimming

Corban Estate Arts Centre

ASB Showgrounds

Bacco Room

10am, $15-25, jambalaya.co.nz

The last day of the Jambalaya Festival is Easter Sunday, and the celebration of rhythm and dance winds up with swing, hip-hop and samba dance workshops, illuminated art trails and of course plenty of rhythmic ass-swinging that you just wish you could do. Channel your inner Shakira. You can do it.

$10, $10-50, eventfinder.co.nz

10pm, $25, 1-night.co.nz

There’s carny folk you see on television, and then there are respectable carnival workers at respectable carnivals. This is one of the respectable ones. Although once when I was ten I bought a knife at this Easter show. It’s probably less dodgy now.

German downtempo/funk/techno/ pretty much heaps of genre bending DJ mayhem man Stimming heads to Toto’s Bacco Room in Auckland with support from internationals Ricardo Ferreira and NicoStojan, as well as local lad Bobby Brazuka.

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WEDNESDAY 11 Reece Mastin

Henry Rollins

CBS Canterbury Arena

Clarence St Theatre 8.30pm, $64, ticketek.co.nz

7pm, $53-68, ticketek.co.nz

No doubt there are a bunch of people out there who have no idea who this kid is. But there are also people who do know. Whether he’s a mix of One Direction and Justin Bieber, who’s to say? All that matters is every kid under 15 will cry if they don’t see Reece Mastin.

There’s no fucking with Henry Rollins. What would happen if you did? The guy is super clever and super buff. He’s like the ultimate nightmare of that girl you’re trying to date’s dad. He’s no doubt a really nice guy in real life. But when you’re scarier looking than Rick Santorum’s soul… well, it’s intimidating.

The Specials

P.O.D.

Lucinda Williams

Steve Earle

Shed 10 Queens Wharf

Town Hall

St James Theatre

The Kings Arms

7pm, $89, ticketmaster.co.nz

Months ago I met some trechcoat wearing guy in a bar who asked me “whatever happened to ska?”, and I figured maybe it went out with Sublime and light-up LA Gear shoes.

But The Specials are still going, so the joke’s on me I guess.

7.30pm, $91, ticketek.co.nz

Remember P.O.D.? The nu-metal/rap/ reggae/Christian outfit who were more respectable than Limp Bizkit?

They’re playing with and NZ Christian hip-hop rockers Rapture Ruckus in Wellington before heading up to Auckland on Wednesday 11 April.

Three-time Grammy Award-winner and all round down-home country gal Lucinda Williams makes her welcome return to New Zealand. When a singer gets props from the likes of Bob Dylan and M. Ward, you know she’s a veritable talent sandwich.

7.30pm, $53, eventfinder.co.nz

So just before his heroin-chic son Justin comes to town later this month, Steve Earle plays two shows for Kiwi audiences. More than just a musician, the author, actor and activist knows how to hold his own as “The Shaggy Outlaw”.

THURSDAY 12 Jersey Boys

The All Seeing Hand

The Civic

None Gallery $7.30pm, $65, the-edge.co.nz

9pm

One of the country’s lesser known gems, The All Seeing Hand is a noise outfit like no other.

Alphabethead, Benjamin M Knight and Noel St Cosmos combine their divergent sounds into one mind-blowing experience. Disasteradio and i.ryoko join the three-piece on their tour around the country.

Is it cool to really, really want to see this show? Last time I went to a musical it was with my nana and my best friend. We went to see Menopause: The Musical. I learned so much. I can only imagine that the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will be just as… insightful.

Nucking Futs

Battleship

BATS Theatre

General Release 7.30pm, $14-18, bats.co.nz

What happens when you combine Transformers, Pearl Harbour and board games? Aliens! Yep, it’s the movie that you want to see for some reason you can’t explain. Maybe it’s Rihanna? Or maybe it’s just that you want to see who says it. You know… who says IT. THAT line. “You sunk my battleship.”

The Full Stop Theatre’s latest production follows self-publishing, self-promotion and self-humiliation in the most comically socially networkingly of ways.

You know how some people take status updates and tweetums way too seriously? Cleo Kline is one of them.

Live At Six

Carnage

Streetdance 2

Downstage Theatre

Selected Cinemas

General Release

When Roman Polanski turns his hand to comedy, there’s bound to be a difference. Watch some of the most serious actors around take childish slapstick to a mature level. Like if Kelsey Grammer made a dick joke.

Because we all know that movies about dancing and following your dreams will never get old, here’s another one. I always thought that gangs solved their problems with guns. Turns out it’s the tango.

10.30pm, $20-55

This is a pretty great idea for a show. When footage of a 6pm news anchor misbehaving goes viral, both her network and the competition have less than 24 hours to package the story. As well as that, the performance is interactive, using smartphone technology and live filming.

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FRIDAY 13

SATURDAY 14 Pick and Mix Squared

Armageddon Expo

Aotea Square

Claudelands Event Centre

gig OF THE WEEK

10am, $10-40, ticketek.co.nz

The free concerts at Auckland’s Aotea Square continue this week with The Spoilers of Utopia taking to the stage – a band fronted by John Bell and Don McGlashan, who lead this twist on a contemporary brass band act. Auckland City Brass play support at this family friendly gig.

The country’s biggest nerdfest arrives in Hamilton this weekend for two days of comics, cartoons, cosplay, cards and cult celebrities. If you’re going, show us your cosplay on Facebook. If you’re dressed as something from Venture Bros., we’ll give you something. Provided you didn’t half-arse it.

Nothin’ But the Blues

August Burns Red

North Hagley Park

The Kings Arms 8pm, $42, undertheradar.co.nz

8pm, $35, dashtickets.co.nz

The New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival holds Nothin’ But The Blues, Cavell Leitch Law Jazz In the Geo Series. How’s that for a mouthful. We’ve got vocalists Ros Langton, Lissel Stewart, Tor Sutton, guitarists Harry Harrison and Andy Genge and many more guests on the line-up for this blues party.

The Pennsylvania-based metalcore giants play two shows this weekend in Auckland on Saturday 14 April and at Wellington’s San Fran Bath House on Sunday 15 April with support from fellow Americans Blessthefall from Arizona and Tennesee heavyweights A Plea for Purging.

World Cinema Showcase

Xavier Rudd

The Paramount Theatre

Bodega 8pm, $35, ticketmaster.co.nz

The World Cinema Showcase in the capital runs from Thursday 05 April through to Sunday 22 April.

This teaser for the upcoming NZ International Film Festival also features films that, for whatever reason, missed out on last year’s NZIFF. Head to worldcinemashowcase.co.nz for the full programme.

Baby Animals

NZ Surf Festival

Kelly Tarltons

Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth 9.30am, $17-77, kellytarltons.co.nz

9am, FREE

Kids on holiday? Need something to do with them for the day? Or maybe you just wanna jam with some tiny little animals? It’s living the internet in real life, except instead of links to tumblr it’s baby penguins in real life. Kelly Tarlton’s Baby Animal Season runs from Friday 06 April through to Sunday 22 April.

The TSB Bank New Zealand Surf Festival gets closer to winding up as the second-to-last day of the gettogether goes down on Saturday. Make a day of it, take the little groms, practice your completely out-ofdate surf lingo and wear board shorts like you don’t even care that they look ridiculous.

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So the surfing, animal loving, PETA World’s Sexiest Vegetarian Award-winning, sandy-haired heartthrob arrives in New Zealand for two shows. This Saturday’s show at Bodega follow’s Xavier Rudd’s Friday performance at The Kings Arms in Auckland as he celebrates his latest single ‘Follow The Sun’.

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Ben 10 Live

Ameria Grenell

The Opera House

North Hagley Park 11am, $37-136, ticketek.co.nz

1pm, $10, dashtickets.co.nz

You may recognise Ben 10 as the kid-but-also-alien all over toy section at the Warehouse. Your kids love him, and they’ll love you for getting them tickets. You can just scoff, that’s fine.

Just think of the children.

The New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival continues as Tui Awardwinning songstress Ameria Grenell takes to the stage. See her prove her chops freshly back from her Australian sets with the iconic Fly My Pretties.

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- The Stuff Of Legend Admit it. Did you ever really think you’d see a dragon in real life? The How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is the closest chance you’ll Get.

It was last year when the overwhelmingly popular Walking With Dinosaurs came to town. The stage was lit up with life-sized monsters that took us back to an age long since passed. Reviews were positive.

But an adult critiquing such a family friendly (read – totally for the kids) experience will come with overly analytical statements, needlessly taking the magic out of the moment. So let’s expand the realm. Let’s make things more magical, more magnificent… let’s make everything more.

The live action arena spectacular How To Train Your Dragon arrives at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Wednesday 18 April. Based on the DreamWorks animated film of the same name, the performance came together thanks to Global Creatures (the minds behind the Walking With Dinosaurs) and DreamWorks Theatricals. You may or may not be familiar with the original How To Train Your Dragon, which was, in all honesty, one of the best films to come out of the DreamWorks Animation stable. What we’re used to seeing from the animation giant is celebrity voices, gag scenes and mediocre storytelling with little longevity. Think Shrek, Madagascar, Over The Hedge, Chicken Run or Bee Movie. These films don’t deliver the same impact we’ve come to expect from the crown royalty of animated films, Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Ratatouille). But in 2010 How To Train Your Dragon came out to rave reviews. All of a sudden the famous voices weren’t just what DreamWorks films relied on – here we had a good story, good characters, great voice work, topnotch animation and a new world that was delivered to us in a handy, easily understandable and well explained manner.

Vikings and dragons may not be as cool as they used to for you and me. Now it’s all about ninjas and pirates, or greasers and squares. But for those whose imaginations are dulled with rent, taxes or mortgages, there’s still a magical world that is untouched. How To Train Your Dragon makes that world visible and audible. It brings that world to life.

What I’m getting at here is that there’s little surprise that this film was the one to go on to make something of itself. The producers of the arena version saw how much Walking With Dinosaurs impressed people and spotted a gap in the market. DreamWorks, already having a good story with huge potential (and a slight similarity to WWD) developed the story further and reimagined the already familiar tale, making it what it is today – a franchise.

There’s a lot to factor in to the show with 24 dragons, some of which have wingspans that reach 14 metres. There’s the pyrotechnics, there’s utilising the space, there are the stunts, there’s the infusion of circus performances, and there’s giant bloody creatures that have been used in legends since… well, centuries ago. Sure, we’ve seen them on the television and at the movies. But seeing them live is something else. It’s an interesting thing to imagine – these creatures you’ve known of your whole life are coming to life. With the fire and everything. Not to blow smoke (zing), but it’s kind of a big deal when you think of it that way.

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Obviously the creators are going to talk the show up. That’s their job. It’s a little different when the reviews come in – has the show delivered? Is it everything that the audience, regardless of age, expected and wanted?

Having recently debuted in Melbourne, it would seem that How To Train Your Dragon is living up to expectations. The Herald Sun called it “terrorising and charming”, adding that it trumps Walking With Dinosaurs and received four out of five stars. If any kinks were apparent, we can only hope that those will have been sorted so we can get a better show than the Aussies.

Producers have promised that the show will “break every rule of traditional arena entertainment”, and the designers of the creatures have said that they’ve used what was learned form the Walking With Dinosaurs shows to improve the technology. It’s all very state of the art with computers and wires or wi-fi or Bluetooth or something. It’s all very mechanical, I’m sure. It would have to be – the show literally leaves the ground and continues in the air.

As mentioned before, there’s an audible aspect to think of as well. Since we’re all such harsh critics and demand nothing but the best for our time and money. Enter the score, composed by none other than Jonsi from Icelandic prog-harmony-noise-rock-just like heavers Sigur Ros as well as Oscar-nominated British film composer John Powell who created the original score for the film.

All of this comes down to one thing, and that’s entertainment. Yes, this is one of those shows that the kids will dig. But you’re supposed to enjoy it too. Approaching the idea that it’s only meant for the young-uns is the same ignorant mantra that assumes any animated cartoon is for children.

That’s an incorrect way of thinking. So let’s expand the realm, and let’s see some dragons fly around and breathe fire. Let’s relive that imaginary world our kids’ minds still inhabit. Or, you know, go sit at a desk and pay your taxes.

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CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 04

V8 SuperTourers Ruapuna Raceway

Thu 12

Jam Session

Canterbury Folk Festival

Christchurch Jazz Icons

Waipara Riverside Park

CPIT

Troika

Freddy Fudd Pucker

Becks Southern Alehouse

NZSO Soloists: Carmen Suite

CBS Canterbury Arena

Wunderbar (Lyttelton)

Dads Army

Henry Rollins

Dux Live

Mon 09

Thu 05

Central Band Concert RNZAF 75th Anniversar

The Black Velvet Band Becks Southern Alehouse

Dictaphone Blues Dux Live

DJ Fresh & Messy MC (UK) The Bedford

Stomping Nick & Lupus Lunar Wunderbar (Lyttelton)

Fri 06 DJ Mike T Revival Bar

Easter Carnival New Brighton Pier

Darkroom

Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Canterbury Folk Festival

Waipara Riverside Park

Jeff Bradley & the Delta Swing

North Hagley Park Events Village

Sat 14

Klaus Doldinger’s Passport

Voodoo

North Hagley Park Events Village

Fri 13

Reece Mastin

A Tribute to Duke Ellington

Waipara Riverside Park

Wed 11 CPIT Jazz School Student Series

Becks Southern Alehouse

CBS Canterbury Arena

Klaus Doldinger, Tim Sellars, Wontanara, Mundi CPIT

La Petite Manouche

North Hagley Park Events Village North Hagley Park Events Village

Awakened Inferno

D’sendnatz

Dux Live

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Swing 42

Shihad

North Hagley Park Events Village

The Bedford

Women In Jazz

Side Splits Comedy

North Hagley Park Events Village

Yaldhurst Hotel

Wed 04

Sat 07

Fri 13

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Rocky Rhodes

Jesse O’Brien

Art & Food Festival

The Brendon Ham Band

Waipara Riverside Park

Sat 07 Stone Cold Chillers Pierside Cafe and Bar

CPIT

The All Seeing Hand Darkroom

Amiria Grenell

North Hagley Park Events Village

Annie Crummer w/ Oval Office

North Hagley Park Events Village

The Shameless Few Pierside Cafe and Bar

Echolypse & Awakened Inferno Zebedees

Nothin’ But the Blues

CPIT

Canterbury Folk Festival

Becks Southern Alehouse

Reuben Bradley

Retrosonic

Canterbury Folk Festival

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Dux Live

Tue 10 CBS Canterbury Arena

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Sun 15 Taos Soundsystem Dux Live

The All Seeing Hand The Roastery (Lyttelton)

HAMILTOM gig guide

Lido Cinema

Harbour View Hotel

Turangi Town Centre

Thu 05 Shihad

Altitude Bar

Spawnbreezie, Tyson Tyler, Ria & Sammie J

YOT Club

Waitomo Club (Te Kuiti)

Sun 08

Sat 14

WBOP Magic vs Northern Mystics

Rock N Waitomo

Claudelands Arena

Armageddon Expo 2012 Claudelands Arena

Mon 16 Ben 10 Live: Time Machine Clarence St Theatre

Civic Centre (Te Kuiti)

Armageddon Expo 2012

Ngaruawahia RSA

Hollie Smith

Cock & Bull

Sun 15

Wed 11 Henry Rollins (US)

Claudelands Arena

Jeremy Pickford Cock & Bull

Clarence St Theatre

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auckland gig guide Wed 04 Unwrap the Music: New World

Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE

Feeding Habits No.2 Audio Foundation

Wednesdays at Flight lounge Flight Lounge

Euphoria 6 ft.

Daniel Kandi 4:20

The Hypnotics w/ The Valiant B.O.Y.S Aotea Square

Coca-Cola Easter Show ASB Showgrounds

The Taste

Fri 06 The Room Movie Screening Academy Cinemas

Coca-Cola Easter Show ASB Showgrounds

Jambalaya Festival of Rhythm & Dance

Barrio

Corban Estate Arts Centre

In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play)

Electrique Burlesque

Punk Rock at Joe’s Diner

Ship Songs

Greg Churchill, Angela Fisken, Soane, Phillipa & Dan Farley

Maidment Theatre Q Theater

Hear No Evil Racket Bar

Loose Change Rakinos

World Cinema Showcase 2012 Rialto Cinema

Cassette

InkCoherent

Decortica, Cripple Mr Onion, Jackal & Fictional Response

Studio

The Basement

The Britomart Country Club

Industry Wednesday w/ Darnell & Gina Cat twentyone

One Mouth Band (US) & Mal Webb (AU) Wine Cellar

Sons of Melody & Pikachunes 1885 Britomart

Khuja Lounge

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The Psychs, Bearhat, Frend & The Monotonics

Lucha Lounge

Ship Songs

Occupational Therapy w/ Bobby Brazuka & Co

Q Theatre

Ship Songs

Rialto Cinema

Cian & TDK Racket Bar

Brown Paper Bag Rakinos

World Cinema Showcase 2012 Rialto Cinema

World Cinema Showcase 2012 Easter Weekender Studio

Punk Rock The Basement

Weekend Comedy Showcase The Classic Comedy

The Basement

Waiheke Jazz Festival: The Jews Brothers Band

Velvet Sound Society & Solly

Waiheke Jazz Festival

The Dunes

The Britomart Country Club

Waiheke Island Resort

The Classic Original Pro Night

Borderline Festival Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar

Sat 07

Jonny Love & Dan Wrightson

Girl Tiger & Sweet Mix Kids

The Windsor Castle

DJ David James twentyone

1885 Britomart

Hot Box 4:20

Root Down w/ Alisha Lawrie Paul & Jason Eli

Coca-Cola Easter Show

Borderline Festival

Jambalaya Festival of Rhythm & Dance

Tyler St Garage

ASB Showgrounds

Corban Estate Arts Centre

Ladies Day

Dolphin Theatre

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In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play) Maidment Theatre

Ship Songs Q Theatre

Rakinos Garage Party Rakinos

World Cinema Showcase 2012 Rialto Cinema

Punk Rock The Basement

Waiheke Jazz Festival: BlackSandDiva & Guests The Bay at Matiatia

Tido, Aroha & Chip Matthews

The Britomart Country Club

DJ Tainer

The Deck at SKYCITY

Britomart Easter Bash

Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar

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DHDFDs

The Nathan Club

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In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play)

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Trinity Roots

Kings Arms

Punk Rock

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Kieran Cooper

Galatos

Longroom

Q Theatre

Lokey

Galatos

Tom Sharplin

Leigh Sawmill Cafe

Ponsonby Social Club

Punk Rock

Tom Sharplin

Trinity Roots

Maidment Theatre

DJ Fresh & Messy MC (UK)

Forte Bar

Waiheke Jazz Festival: Nairobi Trio & Nigel Gavin The Dunes

DJ Grant Marshal twentyone

Mothra

The Thirsty Dog

Waiheke Jazz Festival Waiheke Island Resort

Borderline Festival Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar

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Steve Earle Kings Arms

Fri 13

Coca-Cola Easter Show

The Circling Sun & DJ Truent

Optimus Gryme & Organikismness

Ponsonby Social Club

4:20

Hanussen: The Palace of Burlesque

The Spoilers of Utopia w/ Auckland City Brass

Q Theatre

Aotea Square

Loose Change Rakinos

Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Ladies Day

ASB Showgrounds

Jambalaya Festival of Rhythm & Dance Corban Estate Arts Centre

The Night After Easter Deluxe Club

Ladies Day

Dolphin Theatre

Tom Rodwell & Storehouse Grey Lynn RSA

Shihad

Rialto Cinema

Dolphin Theatre

Jersey Boys

Punk Rock at Joe’s Diner

The Civic, THE EDGE

Powerstation

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Thu 12

Stimming (GE)

Yogawoman Premiere Screening

Rialto Cinema

Toto’s Bacco Room

Waiheke Jazz Festival Waiheke Island Resort

Academy Cinemas

Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

Mon 09 Coca-Cola Easter Show ASB Showgrounds

Mean As Mondays Rakinos

World Cinema Showcase 2012 Rialto Cinema

The Taste Barrio

Ladies Day

Dolphin Theatre

Rules of Addiction Khuja Lounge

Taking It Back w/ Sam Hill & Nyntee Longroom

Cold Harvest Trust EP Release

Tue 10

ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

Lucha Lounge

Xavier Rudd

Sun 15

Hanussen: The Palace of Burlesque

Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition

Kings Arms

Q Theatre

Super Villains RMC Video Fundraiser Rakinos

This Kitchen is Not Imaginary The Basement

DHDFD’s, Jurassic Penguin & Mean Girls Whammy Bar

French for Rabbits Wine Cellar

Sat 14 Be Club

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Occupational Therapy w/ Bobby Brazuka & Co

Ladies Day

The Specials

Hanussen: The Palace of Burlesque

Shed 10

Jersey Boys

The Civic, THE EDGE

Q Theatre

Keep Calm and Listen to Hip Hop Rakinos

Wed 11

Jersey Boys

Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition

Frankenbok (AU), Sinate & Incarnium

ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

Ladies Day

Dolphin Theatre

Wednesdays at Flight lounge Flight Lounge

The Civic, THE EDGE

The Thirsty Dog

The Drama Dept, The Mad Crept & These Automatic Changers Kings Arms

Jersey Boys

The Civic, THE EDGE

The Civic, THE EDGE

Masonic Tavern

Rialto Cinema

Bruce Mason Centre

Jersey Boys

Lucinda Williams

Ponsonby Social Club

Wine Cellar

Forte Bar

Auckland Jazz Orchestra

Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE

The Blues Underground

Hot Sex: Girls vs Boys

Tue 17 The Brave Q Theatre

Led Zeppelin & Space Park Double Feature Stardome Observatory & Planetarium

Jersey Boys

The Civic, THE EDGE

Dolphin Theatre

August Burns Red & Bless The Fall Kings Arms

Three Houses Down Leigh Sawmill Cafe

Hanussen: The Palace of Burlesque Q Theatre

Regrooved Rakinos

Henry Rollins (US)

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The Civic, THE EDGE

Reece Mastin Vector Arena

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WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 04

Sat 07

Floral Notes Circa Theatre

Sat 14

These Are The Skeletons Of Us

Floral Notes

Lucinda Williams

Nucking Futs

St James Theatre

BATS Theatre

Floral Notes

Evil Mule w/ Tsunami House & DJ Jaz

The Improv Lounge

Xavier Rudd

The Fringe Bar

Bodega

What Noisy Cats w/ Miles Calder & The Rumours

Good Luck Saturdays w/ Gus

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Floral Notes

BATS Theatre

Circa Theatre

Mighty Mighty

Shock Futuro, Influence, Numbskull & Stendhal

Circa Theatre

Fast Eddie’s

Good Luck

The Checks w/ Sherpa San Fran Bath House

Noir

The Tote Bar

Patti Austin

Wellington Town Hall

The Lido Cafe

The Improv Lounge The Fringe Bar

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Thu 12

Thu 05

Fraser Ross & The Felt Tips

Nucking Futs

These Are The Skeletons Of Us

Hollie Smith

Floral Notes Circa Theatre

Mashtown County Mighty Mighty

Easter Thursday San Fran Bath House

Wellington Raw Comedy Quest Heats The Fringe Bar

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

The Southern Cross The Thistle Inn

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Fringe Bar

The Paramount Theatre

Public Bar & Eatery

Sandwiches

Stir Fri Day w/ Kev Fresh Good Luck

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

San Fran Bath House

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

Reece Mastin

Fri 13 Nucking Futs BATS Theatre

A Tribute to Type O Negative Bodega

Tue 10 Floral Notes Circa Theatre

Live Music The Library

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

Floral Notes Circa Theatre

Wed 11 BATS Theatre

Live At Six

Downstage Theatre

Nikita the Spooky and a Circus of Men Matterhorn

Michael Fowler Centre

Faster Pussycat Kill Kill Mighty Mighty

Optimus Gryme & Organikismness San Fran Bath House

Metrik (UK) Sandwiches

Darren Watson & The Real Deal Blues Band The Lido Cafe

Ben 10 Live: Time Machine The Opera House

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

Shihad - The Meanest Tour

The Station Village Complex (Lower Hutt)

Sun 15 Floral Notes Circa Theatre

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

Live At Six

Yogawoman Premiere Screening

Dubcheck

World Cinema Showcase 2012

Downstage Theatre Fast Eddie’s

Roxy Cinema

The Paramount Theatre

Mojo Unplugged Public Bar & Eatery

Henry Rollins (US)

Society Slump Superstars

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TSB Bank Arena

Floral Notes

State of Mind & MC Woody

Floral Notes

Wellington Raw Comedy Quest Semi Finals

Raw Meat Comedy

San Fran Bath House

Bodega

Floral Notes

Fri 06

Easter Weekender 2012: Zombie Apocalypse

Steve Earle

Sun 08

Mon 09

Mojo Unplugged

BATS Theatre

Live At Six

Circa Theatre

Circa Theatre

Firebird

Circa Theatre

The Paramount Theatre

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The Opera House

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

Mon 16 Raw Meat Comedy The Fringe Bar

World Cinema Showcase 2012

The Paramount Theatre

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DUNEDIN gig guide Wed 04 Peta Mathias

Warbirds Over Wanaka 2012 Wanaka Airport

Fortune Theatre

Thu 05 Peta Mathias Fortune Theatre

The Oxo Cubans Jam & Open Mic Isis Lounge

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night Isis Lounge

The Room Movie Screening Rialto Cinemas

Gypsy Fair The Oval

Warbirds Over Wanaka 2012 Wanaka Airport

Dictaphone Blues Chicks Hotel

Mon 09

Jo Little w/ Jared Smith

Gypsy Fair

Isis Lounge

Sat 14 Stomping Nick & His Blues Grenade Chicks Hotel

The Oval

Red by John Logan

Tim Davis

Otago Museum Atrium

Gypsy Fair

Fri 06

The Oval

Sat 07

Lake Hawea Hotel

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night

Gypsy Fair

The Oval

Warbirds Over Wanaka 2012 Wanaka Airport

Fortune Theatre

Thu 12

Rhythmonyx

The World Bar (Queenstown)

The All Seeing Hand None Gallery

Stomping Nick & His Blues Grenade The Penguin Club

Sun 08 Linda Munro

Otago Museum Atrium

Jo Little w/ Jared Smith The Creek Cafe and Bar

Sun 15 Red by John Logan Fortune Theatre

Andy Parsons

Fri 13

Otago Museum Atrium

The All Seeing Hand Chicks Hotel

Tue 17 Red by John Logan Fortune Theatre

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Fri 06 Apr Lucha Lounge, Auckland Fri 13 Apr Whammy, Auckland Fri 27 Apr Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 28 Apr Space Monster, Whanganui

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Dirty Records 10th Birthday

Fri 04 May Studio, Auckland

Annah Mac

Fri 20 Apr Academy Cinemas, Auckland Thu 26 Apr CPSA, Christchurch Fri 27 Apr Civic Theatre, Invercargill Sat 28 Apr Sammy’s, Dunedin

Armageddon Expo

Sat 14 Apr Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton Sun 15 Apr Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton Sat 21 Apr TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Sun 22 Apr TSB Bank Arena, Wellington

Atmosphere

Wed 02 May San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 02 May Studio, Auckland

August Burns Red & Blessthefall

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

Bell Biv Devoe

Mon 28 May Town Hall, Auckland

The Black Seeds

Thu 24 May Sammy’s, Dunedin Fri 25 May Lake Wanaka Centre, Wanaka Sat 26 May The Bedford, Christchurch Sun 27 May School Of Music, Nelson Wed 30 May Altitude, Hamilton Thu 31 May Powerstation, Auckland Fri 01 Jun Powerstation, Auckland Sat 02 Jun The Front Room, Wellington Sun 03 Jun The Front Room, Wellington

The Exploited (SC)

Sun 29 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

Flight Of The Conchords

Wed 13 Jun Hawkes Bay Opera House, Hastings Thu 14 Jun Founders Theatre, Hamilton Sat 16 Jun Town Hall, Auckland Sun 17 Jun TSB Showplace, New Plymouth Tue 19 Jun Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Wed 20 Jun Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Thu 21 Jun Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Sat 23 Jun Regent Theatre, Dunedin Sun 24 Jun Events Centre, Queenstown Tue 26 Jun CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch Wed 27 Jun Trafalgar Centre, Nelson Sun 01 Jul Vector Arena, Auckland

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Sat 07 Apr Lake Hawea Hotel, Hawea Sun 08 Apr The Creek, Wanaka Tue 10 Apr Cooks Saddle Cafe & Saloon, Fox Glacier Thu 12 Apr Franks, Greymouth Fri 13 Apr Barry Town Hall, Barrytown Sat 14 Apr Drifter’s Cafe, Granity Thu 19 Apr The Star Tavern, Westport Fri 20 Apr The Tap, Mapua Sun 22 Apr The Sprig & Fern Hardy St., Nelson Tue 24 Apr Lochmara Lodge, Marlborough Wed 25 Apr Lochmara Lodge, Marlborough Thu 26 Apr Le Cafe, Picton Sun 29 Apr Hot Waves Cafe, Hot Water Beach Fri 04 May Brew Liscensed Cafe & Gallery, Thames Sat 05 May McMorrissey’s Irish Pub, Whangarei Sun 06 May The Funky Fish Cafe, Bayleys Beach Tue 08 May Wine Cellar, Auckland Wed 09 May Momento Cafe Waikato Uni, Hamilton Fri 11 May Cafe Irresistiblue at Monavale Bluberries, Cambridge Sat 12 May Vinnies, Raglan Sun 13 May Seismic Gastrobar, Rotorua Fri 18 May Meow, Wellington Thu 24 May The Darkroom, Christchurch

Mon 28 May Vector Arena, Auckland

Frank Turner

Tue 15 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Fu Manchu

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

Justin Townes Earle (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

KRS-One (US)

Fri 20 Apr Town Hall, Wellington Sat 21 Apr Shed 10 @ The Cloud, Auckland

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

Thu 05 Apr The Royal, Palmerston North Sat 07 Apr San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sun 08 Apr The Cabana, Napier

Wed 11 Apr - Sat 14 Apr Q Theatre, Auckland

Florence + The Machine (UK)

Borderline Festival The Checks

Hanussen - The Palace of Burlesque

Kurt Elling 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

Wed 04 Apr The Opera House, Wellington Fri 06 Apr National Jazz Festival, Tauranga

Lady Gaga’s The Born This Way Ball

Thu 07 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 08 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 10 Jun Vector Arena, Auckland

Lenny Henry (UK)

Sun 24 Jun ASB Theatre, Auckland Wed 27 Jun Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

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

The New Seekers & Paper Lace

Sat 28 Apr Founder’s Theatre, Hamilton Sun 29 Apr Aotea Centre, Auckland Tue 01 May Aotea Centre, Auckland Wed 02 May Civic Theatre, Rotorua Thu 03 May Hawkes Bay Opera House, Hastings Sat 05 May TSB Showplace, New Plymouth Sun 06 May Regent On Broadway, Palmerston North Mon 07 May The Opera House, Wellington, Wellington Wed 09 May Regent Theatre, Dunedin Thu 10 May Aurora Centre, Christchurch Fri 11 May Regent Theatre, Dunedin Sat 12 May Civic Theatre, Invercargill

The New Zealand Easter Weekender

Wed 04 Apr Sammy’s, Dunedin Thu 05 Apr Studio, Auckland Fri 06 Apr San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 07 Apr The Bedford, Christchurch

Nice Verdes

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

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Tue 10 Apr CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch Thu 12 Apr TSB Arena, Wellington Sat 14 Apr Vector Arena, Auckland Mon 16 Apr Pettigrew Arena, Napier

Semi-Permanent

Fri 27 Apr - Sun 20 May Multiple Venues, Auckland Sun 29 Apr - Sun 20 May Multiple Venues, Wellington

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

NZ International Film Festival

Sick Of It All & Agnostic Front

One Direction

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

Thu 12 Apr Thirsty Dog, Auckland 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

Wavves

Thu 03 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Wellington RAW Comedy Quest

Thu 05 Apr The Fringe Bar, Wellington Thu 26 Apr San Fran Bath House, Wellington

World Cinema Showcase Thu 29 Mar - Wed 11 Apr Rialto Cinemas/Bridgeway, Auckland Thu 05 Apr - Sun 22 Apr The Paramount, Wellington Thu 19 Apr - Wed 02 May Regent Theatre, Dunedin Thu 26 Apr - Wed 09 May Hollywood 3 Sumner, Christchurch

Sun 08 Apr Toto’s Bacco Room, Auckland

Strike Elemental

Tue 17 Apr Hawkes Bay Opera House, Hastings Thu 19 Apr Clarence St Theatre, Hamilton Sat 21 Apr TSB Showplace, New Plymouth

Fri 01 Jun Bodega, Wellington Sat 02 Jun The Kings Arms, Auckland

YES (US)

Sun 01 Apr Vector Arena, Auckland

Tom Lark

Wed 04 Apr National Bar, Dunedin Thu 19 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 20 Apr Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Sat 05 May Darkroom, Christchurch Thu 10 May Mighty Mighty, Wellington

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

Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

Fri 27 Apr Khuja Lounge, Auckland Sat 28 Apr Macs Brew Bar, Wellington

Tim Ripper Owens

Peter Hook

Radiohead (UK)

Wed 11 Apr Lucha Lounge, Auckland

Stimming

Sinate

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

Thu 05 Apr Aotea Square, Auckland Fri 13 Apr Aotea Square, Auckland Fri 20 Apr Aotea Square, Auckland Fri 27 Apr Aotea Square, Auckland

Star Slinger

Wed 02 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

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

Pick and Mix Squared

The Verlaines

Wed 11 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Thu 12 Apr Bodega, Wellington

Shihad

Sun 19 Jul - Sun 05 Aug Multiple Venues, Auckland Fri 27 Jul - Sun 12 Aug Multiple Venues, Wellington Fri 27 Jul - Sun 12 Aug Multiple Venues, Dunedin Thu 09 Aug - Sun 26 Aug Hoyts Northlands, Christchurch

Fri 27 Apr Appleby Tavern, Invercargill Sat 28 Apr Chicks Hotel, Dunedin

Tue 10 Apr Shed 10 Queens Wharf, Auckland

Steve Earle (US)

Fri 18 May - Sat 19 May The Edge, Auckland

NZ International Comedy Festival

The Specials (UK)

Tono and the Finance Company

Six60

Fri 13 Apr Powerstation, Auckland Sat 14 Apr Powerstation, Auckland Sun 15 Apr Powerstation, Auckland

Sat 28 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

The Sonics

Fri 20 Apr Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 21 Apr The Mussel Inn, Nelson Thu 26 Apr Dux De Lux, Queenstown

Wed 18 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

ParkRight where it’s at in the city

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- Steve Wrigley You think you’re all in to comedy and such, but hey, listen up: You have no idea how to approach the Comedy Festival. I do.

My name is Steve Wrigley and I am pretty average. I am either cooler then the thickest person you know, or all your mates are all cooler then me.

True fact.

When I’m not saving the universe and setting off coloured explosions of disappointment* I’m on 7 Days or performing stand up that Carter Nixon from Wellington thinks is terrible, but my Mum thinks is amazing.

I love the NZ International Comedy Fest. It’s the best three weeks of the calendar year. From the Gala to Last Laughs I’ll be with every almost famous comedian in the world who knows where the best party is.

Terry Alderton is on his way back, and so is Marcel Lucont. And yes, thank the pretty prince of parties, so is Mr Jason John Whitehead. That would be enough for me, but look who they kidnapped and stuffed in sacks – why, Andrew O’Niell and some other fun looking acts too.

These immigrant job-stealing hacks are worth both your eyeballs and ear bits. I’ve seen all of them before, and I’ve never seen the same thing twice. International Live Show Jedi Elite.

They will be in their own shows as well as making appearances at Late Laughs with the likes of Myself, Urzilla Carlson and Justine Smith. Late Laughs is epical times. Oh, by the way, new rule, you can only come to a late show if you see at least one actual show.

You losers who just come to the late shows “coz it’s cheap and you get to see a bunch of acts for like $20 bro” aren’t welcome. When I’m hosting, you better be able to hold up a ticket stub or a ticket for something else in the festival or you’re getting the treatment.

You don’t want the treatment.

The Late Show is for us. The festival hardcore. The people who pick up a programme, pick out a few shows, book their tickets, book the restaurant, invite their mates or drink alone. We’re there to see the acts we love in a more relaxed atmosphere. The pressure is off.

So are the cameras and other recording devices. That’s a new rule too. It probably should have been an old rule.

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I mentioned Justine Smith. I know what’s going to be amazing this festival: The Pitch. I’ve had a sniff of what Smith and Pink are up to and it smells like genius. So does Vance Fontaine in Command Performance.

Again, sneak peeks; again, hyperventilation from the amazemagasms.

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Wellingtonians: get to Bats. Aucklanders: hit the Basement and the Herald (Theatre). That’s where all the most creative, unique and genius comedy will be happening. Guaranteed.

The locals are going all out.

For standup comedy, San Fran and the Fringe bar will carry Wellington’s flag. As will Cavern Club – I had the pleasure of doing a gig there in Feb. Potentially entering the stage via a toilet door are comedians like and including Tom Furniss. He’s my pick for the 2013 Billy T Award. Who’s betting?

In Auckland, the Classic Comedy and Bar will remain the Citadel** of our entire festival. It will play host to the best in local and international standup and its walls will again absorb many a scandalous secret.

Janey Godley will be there. There’s not enough paper in the world to write on about Janey Godley. She is going to karate chop this year’s Comedy Gala in half and then lay waste to audiences in a giant, Scottish armourgeddon of hilarity. She’s twice as hot as Danny Bhoy and ten times as funny. And that’s on an off day.

Cal Wilson is back for the first time in too long. She’s my all time favorite guest on 7 Days. I don’t know what it is but, Ego is so much nicer to me when she’s on the show.

She is the Duchess de’ Chuckles.

Go to any of the shows or places I just mentioned at this year’s festival and you’ll be getting your money’s worth in mirth. If you see me there and you’re not a dick, head over and say “snicklefritz” and I’ll buy you a drink. You can have whatever you want as long as it’s a CC and dry.

I know how to approach a festival. It’s all about the flaps.

Kylie, Debs, Loz and the girls (Yes, Spencer, you are a girl) have put a great gig together for you. Get amongst it.

By flaps I meant airplanes and stuff.

Airplanes be all funny and approachin’ and stuff.

WRITTEN BY Stephen Andreus Alduin Beefcake Wrigley Comedian. Writer. Expert Sandwich Assembler.

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- HENry Rollins I hadn’t heard either way if former Black Flag frontman and US punk pioneer Henry Rollins was intimidating or not. But somehow the heavily muscular physique, tattoos and square jaw, combined with the knowledge that he uses body building as an anger management technique, did not reassure me.

Initially just a fan of Californian hard core rockers Black Flag, one night Rollins joined the band on stage and ended up replacing their vocalist (who’d departed shortly before under highly acidic conditions). Moreover, not only did he know their material incredibly well, but he was prepared to do the lion’s share the work.

Rollins helped build the US punk band from the ground up, almost single handedly – he wrote the music, booked the gigs, and lugged the gear. He brought a more serious tone to the band.

More recently, Rollins has been touring with ‘80s alt-legends Dinosaur Jr. “Their rhythm section is the best ever,” he enthuses.

“I’m a fan, so watching them every night on stage is great enjoyment for me.”

When he’s not on tour, Rollins’ day-to-day workload is prolific.

Last year alone he took on 50+ radio shows, wrote a weekly LA Times column, and released two books (including Occupants, a book of his photography from about 40 countries). He also made appearances in three documentaries and took a guest role on Sons Of Anarchy.

Growing up in South Nashville, Justin Townes Earle started out as just a Southern bad boy growing up in a single parent home.

“I was pretty much raised by my mother,” he says. “My dad [maverick country artist Steve Earle] would breeze through town on tour. He actually had very little impact on me, despite being an absentee father, a touring musician, and a raging drug addict.

He turned up when I was in my teens but by then I was ‘off to the races’ – in bands, smoking and drinking. I didn’t have much time for him.”

Something must have rubbed off, with Earle starting on hard drugs himself early at the age of 12. By his late teens, he’d developed a serious addiction.

“I was a very ‘inner city kid’ – home alone a lot – and I got into all the trouble a unsupervised kid could get into,” reflects Earle.

“Unfortunately it bled over into my adulthood, and I didn’t stop acting like a child until I was about 25 years old. So that created a lot of problems in my life, obviously. And when I finally came out of it, I just exploded and wrote a lot of music.”

Earle swaggered through adolescence playing in rock band The Distributors and bluegrass combo The Swindlers, before moving on to playing guitar and keys for his dad’s touring band The Dukes.

“But I was pretty hungry appetite for drugs and trouble,” recalls Earle. As a result he was shamefully dismissed from the band. “I was a pretty bratty kid and these old guys didn’t want a drugged up little snot messing up their show.”

Earle then went solo, putting out four albums and getting into a heap more trouble before settling down in the Big Apple.

“Living in NYC - I thought about where I can constantly change because change inspires me. The thing about New York is that it’s always moving on. Nashville’s a place for people was waiting for things to happen. I wanted to be in a city where people make things happen!”

Of his current work and tour, Earle is philosophical. “It’s taken a long time but with the revival of Americana, people have reference points to those cool old records their granddad liked. They accept my music on that level, too. People have always had an ear for the old cool stuff.”

WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR SEE HIM LIVE: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE THU 19 APR DUX DE LUX, CHRISTCHURCH FRI 20 APR BAR BODEGA, WELLINGTON SAT 21 APR KINGS ARMS, AUCKLAND SUN 22 APR LEIGH SAWMILL CAFÉ, AUCKLAND

“I do lots of things,” he explains. “I’m busy… Working seven days a week. I’m very utilitarian. I never considered myself an artist; between shows, I’m unemployed. So when the Sons Of Anarchy people said ‘would you like to do this role’ I said ‘yes!’. In this country you gotta keep working.”

Political activity, especially recently with the Occupy Movement, has been Rollins’ main source of inspiration for his current spoken word tour, and Wall Street greed incenses him even in our phone conversation.

“Protest and they call you a socialist,” he fumes. “But even though they have billions, they still want the $85 in your pocket as well!”

He doesn’t hold back, but politics isn’t all that’s on the agenda. “It’s me on stage,” he says. “Stories from my travels.”

Finally I ask if he will ever go back to music. “I’ve done everything I can with music.” Will Black Flag ever reform? “I don’t know how else I can tell you… NO!” WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR SEE HIM LIVE: HENRY ROLLINS 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

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Considering the pace at which The Mars Volta usually put out albums, Octahedron’s release back in 2009 feels like an age ago.

They’re a band that’s constantly evolving and trying out new ideas. The buzzing synths of opening track ‘The Whip Hand’ clue you into their new frame of mind – as if they’re trying to shake off the past in favour of a bizarre future. Noctourniquet fluctuates wildly from dense psychedelics (‘In Absentia’) to nightmarish lullabies (‘The Malkin Jewel’) to soothing space ballads (‘Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound’), all wrapping up with

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the exhilarating rush of ‘Zed And Two Naughts’. Six records into their lifespan, and band leaders Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are the group’s only two consistent members, which speaks a lot to their shape-shifting abilities.

Noctourniquet is another surreal, challenging record in their already formidable catalogue.

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Laced with summer chic and a plethora of pop hooks, Sherpa have a new slice of DIY music magic to offer.

Hot off an opening spot at the Laneway Festival this year, they’re currently in the middle of a nationwide tour in support of their self-produced and self-released full length debut, Lesser Flamingo. By being involved in the creative process at every level, Sherpa have managed to come out with something that feels personal and special, without falling into overindulgence. Playful synth tones weave throughout the album, intertwining with lead vocalist Earl Sans’ distinctive melodies and helping give the album a polished feel. In between the crowd pleasers like ‘Lunar Bats’ and ‘Turtles’ are gems like ‘Samsong’, which blisters with punk-ish drumming, and ‘I’m Happy Just To Lie’, a fairgroundesque slice of psychedelic ska.

It’s tracks like these that create an album imbued with the irresistible enthusiasm of the terribly young.

Lean, agile and brimming with creativity, Odd Future are bringing rap music back to the ethos that began it all: making a lot out of a little. Though they have already amassed a dedicated following and a planet-sized hype, The OF Tape Volume 2 marks the first official album from this South LA based collective. Tyler, The Creator in particular shines with talent at the ripe old age of 21; his production work on this album is economical and enthralling, and his blending of beats from various hip-hop eras leaves an indelible mark on the album.

‘White’ and ‘Oldie’ stand out as prime examples of what this group is all about, however as the tracks roll on it all begins to sound like a collection of demos and b-sides; there’s little cohesion, and each song works far better standing on its own than it does propped up amongst the other tracks.

James Mercer returns to front The Shins with a new band and optimistic attitude. Fourth album Port Of Morrow injects upbeat electronic-tinged power pop into the veins of The Shins’ trademark ‘60s folk sound. This is most evident in the jangling riffs and handclaps of ‘No Way Down’ and saxophone driven funk tune ‘Fall Of ‘82’. However, the meandering bluesy guitar waltz ‘For A Fool’ is reminiscent of Chutes Too Narrow’s ‘Pink Bullets’. Lyrically, Port Of Morrow explores the trials and tribulations of love; Mercer wears his heart on his sleeve like a badge of honour, earnestly expressing emotions via whimsical metaphors creating depth. The refrain, “Love is the ink in the well when her body writes” in ‘September’, an ode to his wife, perfectly conveys Mercer’s blissful state of mind.

Every Fly My Pretties project tops the last, introducing to us new and emerging arts, both musical and visual. On this latest CD/DVD set we hear from Aaron Tokona (Cairo Knife Fight), the stunning Amiria Grenell, bassist Fran Kora (who also plays the koauau for Grenell) and banjo maestro Justin “Firefly” Clarke. Also returned is the immensely talented graphic artist Flox (Hayley King). Flox opens the show by spraying a stencil on an old school overhead projector and sets the mood for the tracks to come, the first being Weir’s own ‘Doorstep Blues’ and the animated postage stamps of ‘Dr Plumb’. While the music is a breathtaking showcase of every artist in the collective, the strength of this set is in the sum of its parts.

Production and sound is crystal clear, spot on, preserving the mood and magic on stage. If you missed the live show, don’t fret - this package will give you a front row seat and a backstage pass. Treasure it.

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Fish Tank meets Skyline in this hilarious and arresting British sci-fi comedy. While the Pitch Black/Alien hybrid creatures (described in the film as the result of a party at a zoo where a “monkey got with a fish”) are nothing particularly new, the film’s swagger and band of teen antiheros are

a welcome change from the typical gung-ho marines, essential everymen and narcissistic yuppies who inhabit the likes of Battle Los Angeles, Falling Skies and The Darkest Hour in what is becoming an increasingly over-exposed and underwhelming genre.

Writer-director Cornish

manages to meld the Ken Loachian with the Joe Dante as he plays with camera angles, changes in pace, black humour and growing tension to create a thrilling and engaging tale. Atmosphere is added by Stephen Price’s spooky score, but it’s the sense of realism which sets this apart.

The boys’ actions have consequences and it becomes personal (“his best friend got ate and he’s a bit vexed about it,” is one simple summation). And while they are eventually prepared to “man up”, Cornish’s characters aren’t afraid to confess their fears:

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In an era of pointless remakes, 2010’s Clash of the Titans had a bit of potential, using CGI for its mythological creatures in place of the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion animation – now too dated for mainstream audiences – that made the early-‘80s original so spectacular. But then it turned out to be not a very good film and was also poorly post-converted to 3D with some glaring glitches. Despite this, it still took close to $500 million worldwide, so here’s an inevitable sequel and luckily one that is an improvement.

Because, as the floating embers that constantly hover in front of the screen remind us, this time the 3D works properly.

Other than that, it’s mostly business as usual with wooden ol’ Sam Worthington returning

“Right now I feel like going in and locking my door and playing Fifa”.

Best described as a British version of South Korea’s The Host, Block even answers the curly question of what to do when aliens invade and you’ve only got enough money for one text.

as Perseus (this time dropping all pretence at speaking with anything other than an Australian accent). An unwelcome addition is a newfound need to inject quips and wisecracks into the dialogue, modern banter at odds with the seriousness of the film’s apocalyptic scenario. Isn’t a flying horse enough light relief?

Let’s get real, this has no aspirations to be anything other than a blockbuster and on that front it fares okay, better than its predecessor on a couple of fronts – its mythical monsters and a spectacular sequence inside the moving underground dungeon of Tartarus. The story’s high stakes never connect emotionally, though, making for a tensionless and excitementfree version of The Lord of the Rings, albeit mercifully shorter.

WRITTEN BY STEVE NEWALL, FLICKS.CO.NZ

We’ve been waiting a long time for a film adaptation of Dr Seuss’s darkest and most thought-provoking tale, but is this the Lorax film we really needed? The animation looks crisp, there are some moments of inspired 3D (involving whitewater rapids and a climatic car chase) and the humming fish are a scene-stealing delight, but there’s just something missing in translation from that most powerful book.

Perhaps it’s the Lorax himself, who seems shunted into the periphery as the focus falls clearly and squarely on young Ted and his girl-inspired tree search. Whilst Danny DeVito is an inspired choice for his voice, he’s left with little to do other than be the voice of doom and be the victim of countless acts of physical abuse. Yes, rather

than frighten the kiddies with too much environmental gloom (my four-year-old pronounced it scary but not too scary), the producers have instead decided to up the cartoon violence and song-and-dance numbers – which are sadly unmemorable both musically and lyrically (the latter surely a crime given the source material).

Despicable Me director Chris Renaud’s fingerprints are clearly all over the film, from the pint-sized villain (Vector with a sharper wardrobe but dodgier haircut) to the minion-esque Barbaloots, but the subversive humour that marked out that movie is much more muted here.

WRITTEN BY JAMES CROOT, FLICKS.CO.NZ

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Grass Cannons

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The Mothers Of Darkness

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7. Best Of… Sia

Autumn Splendour

8. Broken Bones

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Two Cartoons

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Earl Sweatshirt

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Marigold Hotel

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4. Michael Kiwanuka –

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6. The Eggs – Live at the

Matterhorn

7. Quantic & Alice Russe – Look

Around the Corner

8. Ladi 6 – ‘Walk Right Up’

(Parks Remix)

can’t buy liquor over Easter? could be the sexiest animated characters ever?

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Christina Hendricks or Josh Homme?

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Games hype?

7. Heard the new OFWGKTA

mixtape yet?

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8. Who knew Frank Ocean

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8. Will Farrell VS

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