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Tommy Ill knows how to throw a party. He also knows how to make music and how to do some exceptionally creative marketing for said music.

“Get fucked bacon!”? Genius. Now the rapper has announced he’ll be touring the country in celebration of his new album New Hat and A Haircut with his motley entourage and Bang Bang Eche as well as meeting up with Golden Axe, Spring Break, Wilberforces and Cheese On Toast’s Andrew Tidball along the way. Tommy Ill will play at Wellington’s Bodega on Saturday 05 May, Dux Live in Christchurch on Friday 11 May and at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Saturday 12 May. Tickets are available through Under The Radar.

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dDub have been be touring the country on their Send it on Back Tour and have yet to hit Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington as they celebrate the release of the new single ‘Send it on Back’. The first time dDub has toured in over a year, the band is giving each ticket purchaser a free download on the single. Tickets are available from Cosmic Corner and on the door at the venues – Bodega in Wellington for the Saturday 28 April show, 4:20 in Auckland for Friday 04 May and finally at Flow Bar in Hamilton for Saturday 05 May.

Just Like A House Party, Only Crunchy

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The crew from The Crown Hotel in Dunedin have announced their upcoming New Zealand Music Month events. Every Thursday through to June the venue will have resident ensemble The Forty Winks on the bill with special guests for each performance.

So far The All Seeing Hand, Heka, Delgirl, The Kilmore Girls, Pete Gorman, Wolfskull, Peter Guteridge, Music Sucks and Spring Tide have been announced so far.

The first set will be this Thursday as a warm up.

Bringing It All Back

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New Zealand Music Month is just around the corner and there’s a lot in the pipeline. Auckland’s Whiskey on Ponsonby Road has announced that it will be featuring 70 acts over 25 nights, kicking off on Tuesday 01 May with The Adults, Greg Fleming and The Trains. So far the announced acts include The Jordan Luck Band, Ekko Park, Anika Moa, Lydia Cole, The Babysitters Circus, SuperVillains RMC, The Feelers, Kurt Shanks, Don McGlashan, Lisa Crawley, Annabel Fay, Bulletproof, Jamie McDell, Opshop, Jonny Love, People of Paris, Sons of Vegas, Black White Dynamite, Hello Sailor, Coast and many more.

Tickets are available now and more information can be found at whiskeybars.com.

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The annual Christchurch music celebration Chartfest has been announced to return this May for its fourth incarnation. Over five dates at five different locations around Canterbury, Chartfest will see Anika Moa, Nadia Reed and Hanna Harding play at CPIT on Tuesday 01 May; Von Voin Strum, House Of Mountain, Anthesiac and Killshot Medics at Dux Live on Saturday 05 May; The Unfaithful Ways, Runaround Sue and Devilish Mary and The Holy Rollers play at the Lyttelton Yacht Club on Friday 11 May; Lupus Lunar, Ipswich and The River Jones play at Darkroom on Saturday 19 May; and finally The Christchurch Acoustic Collective featuring Tiny Lies, Hera and Jed Parsons, Phil Doublet and Tor Sutton, Works End and more playing at the Alvarados Cantina on Saturday 26 May.

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27/07 The Grass Is Greener

It’s not New Zealand news but it’s just a short jump across the ditch to get to. The 2012 Splendour In The Grass line-up has been announced and tickets go on sale this Friday 27 April through moshtix.com.au.

It’s an impressive bill (as always), so we’ll just name a few highlights: Jack White, Bloc Party, Smashing Pumpkins, At The Drive-In, The Shins, The Kooks, Gossip, Dirty Three, Lana Del Rey, Azealia Banks, Tame Impala, Explosions In The Sky, Ladyhawke, The Afghan Whigs, Wolfmother, Kimbra and plenty more. Splendour In The Grass runs from Friday 27 July to Sunday 29 July at Byron Bay’s Belongil Fields.

29/07 Red Head Ed

Successful high school dropout Ed Sheeran has announced one New Zealand show in July for the first time.

The firey-haired singer who found fame with his 2011 release + will play at Auckland’s ASB Theatre on Sunday 29 July as part of his Australasian tour.

Presale tickets are on sale now for Frontier Touring members through frontiertouring.com, and general tickets go on sale Monday 30 April through BuyTickets.

23/08 Beat it

One of the biggest and often changing names in ska, The English Beat AKA The Beat (and once or twice also called The Special Beat) have announced their first New Zealand show. Auckland will host the current incarnation of The English Beat at the Powerstation on Thursday 23 August.

If there were any people out there who were delightfully surprised by The Specials show a few weeks ago, this one will be right up your alley.

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FAVourites Paul Ego 7 Days LIVE!

Favourite restaurant/café? McDonald’s.

Mention my name if you want a table by the window.

Favourite takeaway? Feijoas from the neighbour’s tree.

Favourite classic film? The Night Of The Iguana, Richard Burton, 1964. Brilliant.

Favourite party food? Anything with salt in it that isn’t a wound.

Favourite song? ‘Back Together’ by Babybird.

Full of pain and beauty.

Favourite meal? Bangers and mash with lots of onions and hot relish. Guinness to finish.

Favourite cause? Save The Vole. And no, it’s not just a mole with a vagina.

Favourite ‘90s TV show? One Foot In The Grave, a rare glimpse into most of the man I am now.

Favourite word? Pusillanimous. It describes me perfectly, the way I quickly make a firm decision to not take any bulls by their horns.

Favourite album? Dancing In The Storm, Greatest Hits Acoustic – Boom Crash Opera.

Favourite type of groupie? One in tight denim shorts. Or a female. I’m easy either way.

Favourite body part on you? My calves.

Stunning from a distance, like a giraffe that’s been hitting the treadmill hard.

Favourite body part on someone else? My wife’s neck – slender and wonderful.

Favourite venue? The Classic for comedy, The Powerstation for music.

Favourite lyric? “So throw those curtains wide!

One day like this a year’d see me right!” (‘One Day Like This’– Elbow) Favourite candy bar? Picnic. Unattractive, hard work and worth it.

Favourite current TV show? Modern Family.

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It was big news for Kiwis and Aussies alike when Kimbra and Gotye’s single ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ reached number one on the Billboard charts in the US following the song’s top spot on the iTunes chart in America as well.

Gotye’s effort to reach the top spot sees him join the likes of other Ausies Men At Work, INXS and Savage Garden, while the only other notable Kiwi in recent years who has been at number one is OMC for ‘How Bizarre’. This joint Gotye and Kimbra news follows the song being performed on the hit television show Glee.

A compilation of Blur songs will be released in late July through Parlophone. The careerretrospective box set 21 (named after the 21 years since Blur’s debut album Leisure) has been personally compiled by the band. All seven studio albums have been collated as well as over five hours of unreleased material and rarities. The box set will also feature three DVDs, a limited edition 7” and a collector’s edition book, as well as a digital download code for the bonus material.

The LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up And Play The Hits has been picked up by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch AKA Adrock’s distribution

company Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film documents the last few days of James Murphy’s iconic music project and the last show at Madison Square Gardens. Shut Up And The Play The Hits will US theatres over their summer, and we’ve got fingers crossed that it will make it here for the Film Festival.

Daniel Johnston has announced that he’ll be releasing new LP Space Ducks: Soundtrack following his comic book Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness and the iPad video game app that went with it. The soundtrack, consisting of 12 tracks, features Johnston himself and has guest appearances from Eleanor Friedberger, Fruit Bats, Lavender Diamond, Deer Tick and our own Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Sad news came last week that Levon Helm, drummer for The Band, passed away on Friday (NZ time) at 71 from throat cancer which the musician has been fighting since 1998. Helm, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, won three Grammy Awards in his time and made a return to singing in 2004 when he hosted the series of Midnight Ramble concerts.

Pac From The Dead So the innernets went shit crazy last week when Tupac made his debut performing live from the afterlife for crowds at Coachella. It was super nice of him to take time out of his busy schedule haunting recording studios and playing Cranium with Buddy Holly, Elvis and Kurt Cobain to come all the way back to Earth for a live show with Nate Dogg, Dre and Snoop. A couple of thoughts about the performance though: - Years ago a hologram was just when a drug dealer ripped you off.

- Whoever organised the hit on Tupac should get their money back.

- Wouldn’t bullets go right through a hologram?

- It might be easier to call this version TuPointOhPac. What does this hologram technology mean for the future of live performance? Could Tupac and Nate Dogg be the next members of Gorillaz? Will we end up seeing a spoken word set from Shakespeare at the local Irish pub?

Will Jimi Hendrix play with Michaels both Hutchence and Jackson in a stadium rock arena? Could this type of performance become the norm or will it remain a gimmick (albeit an impressive one)? Either way, Coachella managed to stay trending in Twitter for quite some time, so whatever the plan was it probably worked.

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A shit-tonne of vinyl records are being released this week thanks to Record Store Day so be sure to head to your local to see what’s on offer.

Music: Dead Set On Living by Cancer Bats; Voice Of Ages by The Chieftains; + deluxe edition by Ed Sheeran; Ex Lives by Every Time I Die; Blunderbuss by Jack White; Plains Of Oblivion by Jeff Loomis; Electric Cables by Lightships; It’s Now or Never by Make Me Famous; Picture Show by Neon Trees; In Case You Didn’t Know by Olly Murs; Adventures In Your Own Backyard by Patrick Wilson; Master Of My Make Believe by Santigold; Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized; various artists on Ministry of Sound’s Sound of Dubstep Vol. 3.

DVD & Blu-ray: Bending the Rules DVD & Blu-ray; I Melt with You DVD & Blu-ray; iCarly: iParty with Victorious DVD; Melancholia DVD & Blu-ray; Phil Collins is Live at Montreux 2004 DVD; The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn DVD & Blu-ray; The B52’s: With The

Wild Crowd: Live From Athens DVD; Toast DVD; Tower Heist DVD & Blu-ray; We Have a Pope DVD. Cinema: A Dangerous Method (directed

by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley); The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon, starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson); Journey of a Story (directed by Jonathon RaynerBurt, starring Bill Leathwick, Paul Thomas Lewis and Paul Trimmer); The Kid with a Bike (directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, starring Cécile de France, Thomas Doret and Jérémie Renier); The Most Fun You Can Have Dying (directed

by Kirstin Marcon, starring Matt Whelan, Roxane Mesquida and Pana Hema Taylor); The Way (directed by Emilio Estevez, starring Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen and Deborah Kara Unger).

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FU MANCHU

Dimmer Switch It Off Shayne Carter announced that Dimmer will be performing their final two shows next month after some 15 years.

The two farewell gigs will be held at The Kings Arms in Auckland on Thursday 24 May and at Bodega in Wellington on Saturday 26 May with Beastwars holding the support reins on both nights. Carter said that key members are heading overseas and his recent string of shows under his own name accompanied with other factors made it feel right that the band should come to a natural dissolution. This won’t be the end of the Kiwi music icon’s career – there are more projects in the works including an evolution of the Last Train To Brockville shows and a new album. The send-offs will feature Gary Sullivan, James Duncan and Vaughan Williams. Tickets are available through Under The Radar.

UMO Take Taite Unknown Mortal Orchestra have claimed the muchcoveted Taite Music Prize for 2012 with their self-titled debut album. The brainchild of former Mint Chick Ruban Nielson, UMO skyped their way through the awards last week as the band members are based in Oregon in the US. “Thank you so much for this award... It makes me feel very appreciated and I promise to use the money wisely!” He couldn’t suppress a giggle, but went on to say, “I’ll spend it on health insurance and making more music.”

UMO beat out worthy contenders Beastwars, Tiny Ruins, She’s So Rad, Andrew Keoghan, David Dallas, and The Bats for the $10,000 prize in honour of renowned Kiwi music journalist Dylan Taite.

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THURSDAY 26 The Avengers

A Dangerous Method

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Selected Cinemas

For some crazy reason, New Zealand is one of the first countries in the world to get the general release of The Avengers. How great is that? You get to go to see Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury fight gods, aliens and monsters. Fanboys and fangirls assemble.

Chicks dig handsome and chicks dig intelligence.

So get Viggo Mortensen in a room with Michael Fassbender playing a couple of babe geniuses and watch the swooning happen. This flick looks at the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud which gives birth to psychoanalysis. Just the synopsis alone sounds hot.

Anzac Day

The Way

Multiple Venues

Selected Cinemas

Your grandparents went through harder times than you. Yeah, the world’s in disarray right now, but there’s no actual war that you’re being drafted into.

So get up early, go to the museum/park/wherever and see the dawn while paying your respects. Then you can go back home and sleep again.

A film written, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez? There’s got to be that fan of ‘80s and ‘90s films inside you that wants to see this. Fun fact – Martin Sheen (Emilio’s daddy) changed his name from Ramon Estevez. Emilio didn’t to avoid accusations of nepotism. But Charlie Sheen took his dad’s fake name.

Sol Night

The Most Fun You Can Have Dying

Chapel Bar & Bistro

Selected Cinemas

George FM DJ Thane Kirby mixes things up at Chapel on Ponsonby Road this Anzac Day doing his Sunday Session on a Wednesday. Go figure. Chapel’s Anzac celebrations (where there will be no public holiday surcharge) include $20 for a bucket of four Sol beers or $20 for a pizza, a Sol and a shot of Jager.

If you only had a few months left to live, you’d totally want to use the money you’d “borrowed” to jet off overseas, see some sights, get irresponsible and literally live like you may die tomorrow. But then you’d meet some hot French girl and it would get weird. Cue this New Zealand film.

Fabulous / Arabia

Annah Mac

San Fran Bath House

CPSA 7.30pm, $26-30, eventfinder.co.nz

If you’re into sharply-dressed singers with loveable smiles and voices that could send angels to sleep, then there’s something for you at San Fran Bath House tonight. Mike Fabulous and Lawrence Arabia reunite for a show in the capital, and you’ll probably develop a crush on them.

Annah Mac is quickly finding her footing musically, and people are getting behind her. Someone even called her the new Bic Runga. The impressive Kiwi songstress will be wowing crowds in Christchurch this week on Thursday before heading to the Civic Theatre in Invercargill on Friday and Sammy’s in Dunedin on Saturday.

Big Daddy Wilson

Old Fashioned Wednesdays

Menopause: The Musical

Black Cobra

Dux Live

Barrio

Clarence St Theatre

The Kings Arms

Big Daddy is such a perfect blues name. You couldn’t have “Father Rabbit Jenkins” or “Uncle Tommy’s Pyjamas” as a blues name. The Big Daddy Wilson Trio know that. And they know blues. Even though they’re a smiley bunch.

Old Fashioned Wednesdays at Barrio is loads of fun. They have board games like Scrabble, some weird game called Fun With Felts where you feel like you’re a five-year-old, and cards. And jazz. And cheap whiskey.

6pm, $86, ticketek.co.nz

8pm, $25-30, undertheradar.co.nz

Any time a dude makes a joke about periods or going through menopause, chicks get angry. Deservedly so. It’s no laughing matter. Unless you’re making a comedy musical about it.

Then you can laugh until your heart bleeds. Or stops bleeding.

Ahead of the Fu Manchu shows in Wellington and Auckland, San Franciscan metallers Black Cobra will be playing one headline show in Auckland with support from Imploder (who will look familiar if you’re a Datsuns fan) and Arc of Ascent.

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FRIDAY 27 The Waikato Show

Documentary Edge Festival

Claudelands Arena

Event Cinemas Newmarket 12.45pm, $10-15, eventcinemas.co.nz

10am, $5, Door Sales Only

It’s family-friendly fun all weekend at The Waikato Show in Hamilton. Take the kids along. You’re not spending enough time with them anyway.

Don’t have kids? Niece and nephew, maybe? You definitely should be seeing them more. Or, you know, just head along for whatever since there will be over 70 stalls set up.

Running through to Sunday 13 May the Documentary Edge Festival at Event Cinemas in Newmarket will be showing over films covering the subjects of architecture, biographies, crime, dance, economics, the environment, history, politics, religion science, war and so much more. Get educated and entertained at the same time.

Sinate

DHDFDs

Fu Manchu

Star Slinger

Altitude

Mighty Mighty

San Fran Bath House

Khuja

8pm, $45, eventfinder.co.nz

It’s the last show of Sinate’s lengthy To The Death Tour of New Zealand this Friday as it all winds up in Hamilton with the support reins being held by World War Four, Gunt, D.I.C and Curse The One.

9pm, $15, undertheradar.co.nz

It’s a big night of rock at San Fran Bath House tonight with stoner rock veterans Fu Manchu playing with fellow metallers-in-arms Black Cobra and local iron heavyweights Beastwars. The three-headed beast will head to Auckland on Saturday.

Star Slinger is one of those guys that made sampling and chopping cool again for all of the kids that miss the likes of early YACHT and Aphex Twin. His New Zealand debut will be supported by Pikachunes and Scratch 22.

Red Bull Thre3Style

Tono & Dictaphone Blues

Upper Hutt Posse

Macs Brew

The Kings Arms

Chicks Hotel

These guys have so much to brag about. They’ve played with the Black Lips and Japan big-beaters King Brothers, Kody Nielson has produced their new album, and they’re a fucking sight to see live. Do not miss them play.

Saturday 28 8.30pm, $12, undertheradar.co.nz

9pm, $10, eventfinder.co.nz

Tono and the Finance Company celebrate their new album Up There For Dancing at the same time Dictaphone Blues demonstrate their new chops with Beneath The Crystal Palace. It’s a veritable cool sandwich.

Upper Hutt Posse celebrate their Declaration of Resistance tour as they wind up down south. This Dunedin show will be the last gig the Posse performs on the tour so you know the crew will be going out with a bang.

8pm, $5, 1-night.co.nz

The DJ competition extravaganza goes down in the capital on Saturday. DJs from around the country will be judged on four criteria including skills, creativity, track selection and most importantly crowd response, so it’ll be like you’re really having your say as a critic. Special guest star from the UK Star Slinger will also be on deck.

Sunday 29

Waikato Music Expo Claudelands Arena 10am, $5, Door Sales Only

The Waikato Music Expo goes down as part of the Waikato Show this weekend focusing on all things music. Seminars, demonstrations, products and good old fashioned networking will be going down at Claudelands, so any and every Waikato muso or music lover should consider this the place to be this weekend.

An Emerald City St Kevins Arcade

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The Exploited

City And Colour

The Kings Arms

Town Hall

8pm, $60, undertheradar.co.nz

d e l l e c Can

Years ago punk was more than just Mohawks, leather jackets, a strong feeling of disdain for everyone. and a general sense of liberal apathy and societal nihilism. It was all that and really fucking cool as well.

6.30pm, $69, the-edge.co.nz

What happens when some dude from a hardcore band decides he feels feelings and wants to sing folk songs?

Ask Dallas Green, AKA City and Colour.

Dallas is the city, green is the colour.

Wordplay is fun.

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It’s the last gig for one of the country’s best bands.

That’s saying a lot. But it’s true. An Emerald City will be performing their final (for the foreseeable future) show at the place where it all began – at the home of all things K Road creative, St Kevins Arcade. Best of all, it’s free.

Key

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BEN HURLEY & STEVE WRIGLEY – LIVE AND UNLEASHED Two of the stars of TV3’s 7Days, Ben and Steve know a thing or two about a thing or two when it comes to fan-favourite comedy.

With a variety of guests, stand up and their own unique style of unscripted banter, this duo will basically just be trying to outdo one another like on some improvised chat show.

The Billy T Award acknowledges the best up-and-coming Kiwi comedian performing in the NZ International Comedy Festival, and honours the memory of iconic funnyman Billy T. Previous winners Dai Henwood, Brendhan Lovegrove, The Boy With Tape On His Face, Steve Wrigley, Nick Gibb and more will all be at this year’s Best of the Billys.

Tue 15 May – Sat 19 May, 9pm Rangatira at Q, 305 Queen St, Auckland, $29.50 09 309 9771 or qtheatre.co.nz

Sun 13 May, 7pm SKYCITY Theatre, Level 3, cnr Wellesley St West & Hobson St, Auckland $45 0800 TICKETEK or ticketek.co.nz

Le Comique If you like your comedy a little different, a little raunchy and a bit sexy with swearing and French people, then Le Comique is for you. If you don’t, then you probably don’t actually like comedy unless it’s all, “Men and women are so different AMIRIGHT?” Marcel Lucont, Justine Smith, Wilson Dixon, Idiots of Ants, Jarred Fell, The Boy With Tape On His Face and more star in this line-up of more mature comedy.

Sun 06 May, 7pm SKYCITY Theatre, Level 3, cnr Wellesley St West & Hobson St, Auckland $45 0800 TICKETEK or ticketek.co.nz

GREG BEHRENDT Co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You and consultant for Sex And The City, Mr. Greg Behrendt headlines the NZInternational Comedy festival this year. Behrendt has proved his chops not only in book sales but also alongside comedians David Cross, Patton Oswalt, and Margaret Cho and more. This is one of the big ones you won’t want to miss.

Sat 28 Apr, 9pm SKYCITY Theatre, Level 3, cnr Wellesley St West & Hobson St, Auckland Mon 30 April, 9pm The Opera House, 111-113 Manners Street, Wellington $45 0800 TICKETEK or ticketek.co.nz

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IDIOTS OF ANTS Edinburgh Comedy Award 2009 nominees and 2010 Chortle Award winners Idiots Of Ants bring their blend of fast-paced sketch comedy to New Zealand for the first time.

The BBC is looking after these four idiots, for some reason giving them television shows and podcasts that are ridiculously popular.

Viva la idiots.

Sat 28 Apr, Tue 01 May – Sat 05 May, 8.45pm Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, 50 Mayoral Dr, Auckland $28 0800 BUY TICKETS or buytickets.co.nz

BOMBS AWAY! – A MUSICAL When a bomb terrorist (who knew there were different types of terrorists?) starts targeting some of the country’s most beloved landmarks (Kelly Tarlton’s, the Waitomo Caves, Ohakune’s giant carrot, etc) the Prime Minister calls upon the only guys qualified for the job. A.D, Matt and Ben are Bombs Away™, three bomb disposal “experts” who are more Three Stooges than The A-Team.

Tue 15 May – Sat 19 May, 7.15pm Loft at Q, 305 Queen St, Auckland $25 09 309 9771 or qtheatre.co.nz Tue 01 May – Sat 05 May, 6.30pm BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington $20 04 802 4175 or bats.co.nz

celebrating 20 years of making pants wet seats, this year audiences are spoiled for choice when it comes to who to see and what to do at this year’s incarnation of the lolfest. we’ve casted our eyes over a few of the highlights on show at the 2012 nz international comedy festival.

IRENE PINK AND JUSTINE SMITH IN THE PITCH It’s The Muppets meets two of the most popular ladies in the New Zealand comedy circuit. Irene Pink and Justine Smith, by way of every television style worth its weight in satire, star in this search for their dream – to host a television show. With puppets. And period dramas. And misogyny. Go girls!

Tue 08 May – Sat 12 May, 8:45pm Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland $28.50 0800 BUY TICKETS or buy tickets.co.nz Tue 01 May – Sat 05 May, 8pm BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington $20 04 802 4175 or book@bats.co.nz

JEREMY ELWOOD’S TIME BOMB This is compelling, intelligent and thoughtprovoking comedy at its best. With a few dick jokes. Kind of like if Fraser and Niles got drunk and started zinging each other.

You’ll know Jeremy’s face from 7 Days, his voice from The Panel on Radio New Zealand National, his wit from his blog Political Animal and his name from being one of the biggest comedians in the country. Yeah, that Jeremy Elwood.

Sat 28 Apr, Tue 01 May – Sat 05 May, 8.45pm The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland Mon 14 May – Sat 19 May, 7pm San Fran Bath House, Cuba St, Wellington $25 0800 TICKETEK or ticketek.co.nz

BARRY MORGAN’S WORLD OF ORGANS

THE AXIS OF AWESOME

Being Australia’s “celebrity organ salesman” is a weird claim to fame. But those Aussies are weird, so Barry Morgan can be as weird as he wants. Here’s your chance to see the organ used in an all new way. Comically and Australian-ly. Imagine if the banjo kid from Deliverance was an organ salesman but less… redneck-ey.

Get a bunch of Australians together in a band and give them explosions, dancing girls, bears riding tricycles, volcanoes and you’re going to get something like This Is Spinal Tap! Meets The Castle. Which, to be fair, does sound pretty great. Which would explain why The Axis Of Awesome has sold out a the Edinburgh Festival four times.

Mon 07 May – Sat 12 May, 9pm Rangatira at Q, 305 Queen St, Auckland $30 09 309 9771 or qtheatre.co.nz

Sat 28 Apr, Mon 30 Apr – Sat 05 May, 7pm Comedy Chamber, Town Hall, THE EDGE, 303 Queen Street, Auckland $35 0800 BUY TICKETS or buytickets.co.nz

GUY WILLIAMS – ON THE VERGE OF NOTHING Guy Williams is one of the best selfdeprecating comedians in the New Zealand comedy scene. As a nation of tall poppy syndrome haters, it’s nice that some guy can rip shit into himself and seem really likeable.

This Billy T nominee may very well be the worst act at the festival if his opinion is anything to go by. And he seems awesome.

Mon 14 May – Sat 19 May, 8.45 pm The Classic Studio, Queen St, Auckland $15 0800 TICKETEK or ticketek.co.nz Sat 05 May, 6pm Tararua Tramping Club, 4 Moncrieff St, Mt Victoria, Wellington Koha

ANDREW O’NEILL – ALTERNATIVE Andrew O’Neill is a transvestite, heterosexual, cross-dressing, steam punk, metal head, vegan, occult comedian. So, yeah, he’s a little bit alternative. You know when the likes of contemporary contrarian comic creators Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman give you praise you’re onto a good thing.

Mon 07 May – Sat 12 May, 8:30pm The Basement, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland $28 0800Ticketek or ticketek.co.nz Tue 01 May – Sat 05 May, 8:30pm Cavern Club, 22 Allen St, Te Aro, Wellington $26 0800Ticketek or ticketek.co.nz

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Despite claims that he couldn’t have made this album – the first under the long shadow of his own name – until now, Jack White’s ‘debut’ sounds a lot like what has come before. Obviously this is a very good thing.

Between his various bands and a multitude of collaborations ranging from excellent (Loretta Lynn), to OK (Alicia Keys), to WTF territory (Insane Clown Posse?!), it’s no secret Jack has always been a very busy boy. Blunderbuss is even released on his own label, Third Man Records, which he runs out of his adopted home of Nashville.

The influence of that city on this album should not be understated; there’s little of the Detroit garage-rock-rawness of his early work, indeed Get Behind Me Satan is probably the earliest reference point here (notably the acoustic guitar/piano combo evident on ‘Hypocritical Kiss’), while ‘Weep Themselves To Sleep’ sounds like an Icky Thump outtake crossed with the spaghetti-western sounds heard on The Raconteurs’ narrative-driven ‘Carolina Drama’.

You’ve probably already heard the excellent first single ‘Love Interruption’ which hovers just under the three-minute mark, a trick that goes back via The Pixies all the way to Buddy Holly – just because you’re onto a good thing doesn’t mean you should outstay your welcome. ‘On and On and On’ and the title track both utilise pedal steel guitar to great effect, and ‘Take Me With You When You Go’ continues a long tradition of amazing closing tracks on White’s albums, this time combining Beach Boys-esque harmonies with fiddle before unleashing a Led Zep-like riff (see It Might Get Loud for Jack in full-flight Jimmy Page fanboy mode).

It’s not all amazing; ‘Freedom at 21’ is disjointed and fussy (the vaguely hip-hop beat was better used by The Dead Weather on ‘Old Mary’), and ‘Trash Tongue Talker’ is an average bar room hoedown. Still, the accolades and hyperbole sure to greet Blunderbuss are largely warranted, though Jack White has been best served by having a foil – Brendan Benson, Alison Mosshart, and Meg – and there’s a slight sense that although he’s doing just fine on his own, a little something is missing.

WRITTEN BY CHRIS POLE ALBUM OUT NOW: JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS

Though the leaves may be falling and daylight savings is done, it’s not all doom and gloom on the horizon. Cooler nights are the perfect excuse to head out for some live music and dDub, with their infectious roots reggae explosion, could be just the ticket. I mean, why wouldn’t you bask in the warmth of a good crowd, sip a mulled wine or two, and let the music of one of Aotearoa’s most well-loved bands warm the cockles of your heart?

Speaking to dDub’s accomplished lead singer/guitarist Derek Browne, there’s no doubt he’s excited to be heating things up. “It’ll be great to be on the road and out playing,” Browne enthuses, “and we’re so looking forward to Christchurch. Wanna get down there and bring some love to the city!”

The band hasn’t toured in almost two years, but they certainly haven’t been idle during that time. As well as playing festivals and one-off shows intermittently, they have been concentrating on their sound; refining and defining. Bringing in an additional horn player means they now boast a three-piece brass section, which Browne describes as sounding “amazing!” He goes on to add, “The sound is quite tight now and the best it’s ever been,” sounding suspiciously like a very proud dad.

Professing to a love of ‘70s and‘80s music, Browne goes on to explain the appeal. “It’s the realness of the music back then, where people didn’t rely on anything but connection to the song.” He also admits he’s not a fan of mass production, but does concede that there is some great modern music, with “longevity and quality song-writing”.

These personal preferences have shaped and influenced dDub to some degree, as the band exhibit very little studio trickery in their recordings, and even less electronic influence in their live performances. Browne’s influence is also evident via his songwriting sensibilities, with him humbly asserting, “I’m not a flash guitar player, songwriting is my strength.”

As the band continue to work on new material – spending time with engineer/producer Reti Hedley (Knights Of The Dub Table) at his studio at Waiuku – they have by no means forgotten who their fans are. Because although the current tour to Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch is a good chance to road test new tracks, it’ll first and foremost be about delivering a dynamic live show and groove-laden good times to their people.

WRITTEN BY REN KIRK SEE THEM LIVE: DDUB SAT 28 APR BODEGA, WELLINGTON SAT 04 MAY FLOW, HAMILTON SUN 05 MAY 420, AUCKLAND

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Dallas Green of City And Colour is one of a special breed of singer-songwriters, the genuine and bravely oh-so-honest kind.

With personal soul-baring lyrics he imparts intimate tales of his own insecurities, his soothing crystalline voice detailing the trials and tribulations of day to day life.

Green’s approach to songwriting sees him tackling the melody first, and then writing lines of lyrics around it. His “go-to instrument” for melody-making is the guitar – not surprisingly – and he will occasionally sit at the piano.

But what about those poignant and powerful lyrics – do the words just flow freely as required? Despite the luxury of ample personal experience to draw upon, the humble Green is a bit of a perfectionist.

With most songs requiring rewrite after rewrite, he admits it takes a long time for him to be satisfied with a song, “Though sometimes a song will sort of put itself together.”

While said songs are distinctly his, as a listener it is all too easy to make Green’s words your own – which is certainly intentional on his part. “As much as I am writing about myself I try to write in a relatable fashion, so anyone can draw on the words. People don’t have to know me or know what I’ve been through.”

Green may still be better known to some as guitarist and vocalist of hardcore band Alexisonfire, but City And Colour is no longer a new alias for the Juno (Canada’s Grammys equivalent) Awardwinning Canadian. And in case you were wondering, the cleverly eponymous moniker comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour.

June 2011 saw the release of third studio album Little Hell, and a departure from Green’s predominantly acoustically-driven origins.

Couched in mystery, intimacy and quietness, Little Hell not only shows progression stylistically, it is also the first of City And Colour’s albums to have been recorded to tape. Adding richness and depth to the sound, Green nevertheless found the project challenging in many aspects.

“When things went wrong it wasn’t just a matter of pushing delete and creating a new file on the computer,” he recalls.

This coming weekend will see Green play Auckland’s Town Hall, and marks City And Colour’s first visit to our fair shores. The live band will be made up of friends and fellow Canadian musicians; Dylan Green on drums, Scott Remila on bass guitar, Aaron Goldstein playing pedal steel and Afie Jurvanen on guitar.

With Little Hell and other notable successes under their collective belt, City And Colour’s debut Auckland performance promises to be a good one.

WRITTEN BY REN KIRK SEE THEM LIVE: CITY AND COLOUR SAT 29 APR TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND

Fu Manchu frontman Scott Hill’s musical fire was originally lit by a cassette recording of a live Black Flag gig in December of 1980.

“That was it,” he recalls. “[I] put all my Kiss, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent and Sabbath records in the back of my closet. I started buying every punk/hardcore record I could find!”

Five years later he helped form hardcore punk band Virulence. Two years on from that, following a line-up change, the band switched their name to Fu Manchu. From there on out they began to build a name for themselves.

Now with their own label Dojo and 10 studio albums under their belt, they are heading full force into independent releasing. The label’s current main mission is to re-issue older out-of-print Fu Manchu records, with the likes of Eatin’ Dust, Daredevil, No One Rides For Free, Start The Machine, In Search Of…, and The Action Is Go on the cards.

The future, however, holds a lot more – after this round of New Zealand and Australian shows, the band are heading back home to write new songs for a new album. Hill is hopeful the band will have the writing wrapped sooner rather than later so they can record the new material towards the end of the year, with a view to release the album in 2013.

In the midst of all that though, the band is off to Europe for four weeks playing The Action is Go from start to finish.

Hill maintains that after years of touring, there isn’t one particular country that has the most hardcore fans. “Everywhere has great fans. I can’t think of anywhere having better fans than somewhere else. Canada does get very rowdy though.”

Although Hill’s dreams of an ideal headline tour, which included Black Flag, Bl’ast, Minor Threat, Void and SSD, can’t quite be filled, the most memorable crowed is certainly up for grabs on April 28th at Auckland’s Studio.

BY SEBASTIAN MACKAY SEE THEM LIVE: FU MANCHU FRI 27 APR SAN FRAN BATH HOUSE, WELLINGTON SAT 28 APR STUDIO, AUCKLAND

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WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 25 Anzac Commemorations

Big Daddy Wilson Acoustic Duo Meow

Museum of Wellington City & Sea

Fu Manchu w/ Black Cobra & Beastwars

ANZAC Not Quite Dawn Parade

Live At Six

Bodega

Downstage Theatre

Cool Kids Club

MESALAGROOVE

Bettys

Concrete Bar

Fabulous / Arabia

Ministry Of Sound

San Fran Bath House

Sandwiches

Live At Six

Mojo Unplugged

San Fran Bath House

Downstage Theatre

Public Bar & Eatery

Other People’s Wars

Other People’s Wars

BATS Theatre

BATS Theatre

The Mighty Mighty Quiz

That’s So Gay BATS Theatre

Mighty Mighty

Thu 26 Chris Bryant

Sat 28 Argentine Tango & Salsa Ball

El Horno

St James Theatre

Live At Six

Better Home & Living Show

Downstage Theatre

Other People’s Wars BATS Theatre

Raw Comedy Quest Finals

San Fran Bath House

Songwriters Showcase Cavern Club

That’s So Gay BATS Theatre

Westpac Stadium

Big Daddy Wilson Acoustic Duo St Peters Hall

Darren Watson & The Real Deal Blues Band The Lido Cafe

dDub

10dd Twilight Concert St Andrews on the Terrace

Better Home & Living Show Westpac Stadium

BATS Theatre

Red Bull Thre3style Macs Brew Bar

Soanso Betty’s

That’s So Gay

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BATS Theatre

The Adventures of Tintin DVD Launch The Weta Cave

Underground Market Frank Kitts Park

Wellington Singles Party Lotus Room

Tue 01 Anil Desai

Whitireia Performance Centre

Bombs Away!

BATS Theatre

Sun 29

David O’Doherty

Better Home & Living Show

Irene Pink & Justine Smith

Westpac Stadium

BATS Theatre

First Laughs

Jan Maree

The Opera House

The Fringe Bar

Missa Solemnis

Janey Godley

Town Hall

San Fran Bath House

The Boptet

Sweet Meats

The Lido Cafe

Meow

The Improvisors: Theatresports

Terry Alderton

Circa Theatre

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

Downstage Theatre

San Fran Bath House

The Improvisors: History Never Repeats Circa Theatre

Bodega

Ed Muzik, Heat Like Me & Gold Medal Famous Mighty Mighty

Fri 27

Other People’s Wars

Live At Six

Downstage Theatre

Melting Faces, The Lost Boys & Boxcar Rattle Burgundy Room at Bodega

NGS Fundraiser San Fran Bath House

Mon 30 Greg Behrendt The Opera House

Janey Godley

San Fran Bath House

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Stephen K Amos The Opera House

HAmilton gig guide Thu 26

Fri 27

Sat 28

La Mer

Dictaphone Blues

Knights of the Dub Table & Tui Soundystem

Menopause the Musical

Jesse O’Brien

Founders Theatre

Clarence St Theatre

Static Bar

Cock & Bull

The Waikato Show Claudelands Arena

The YOT Club (Raglan)

Kylie Austin & Trevor V. Stevens SKYCITY Hamilton

Smash Hits 70’s Founders Theatre The Waikato Show Claudelands Arena

Waikato Music Expo Claudelands Arena

Wild Kats Cock & Bull

Optimus Gryme FLOW

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auckland gig guide Wed 25 Anzac Day Memorium

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Bandzac Day w/ Dropdead Redhead, Goodbye Light, Frend & New Natives The Kings Arms

Creative Jazz Club: Kevin Field Band 1885 Basement

Dirty Diana’s Sol Night Chapel Bar

DJ Darnell & DJ Michael Ross twentyone

DJ John Holmes Smith

Hear No Evil Racket Bar

International Comedy Showcase Sawmill Cafe

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

Sat 28

General Lee

Dylan C

5-Star Comedy Showcase

1885 Basement

Bruce Mason Centre

Jersey Boys

Francis Jakeman

Basket Of Hammers Presents:

Jonny Love & Dan Wrightson

Franko

Newmarket Event Cinemas Chapel Bar The Civic

The Windsor Castle

Occupational Therapy Ponsonby Social Club

Ascension Wine Estate

Summer Sessions Basalt

Taye Williams

The Britomart Country Club

The Taste Barrio

Thursday Night Live: Villains Of The Peace

Sale St

1885 Britomart

Chapel bar Be Club

Jason Smith Basalt

Jersey Boys The Civic

Latin Aotearoa

The Britomart Country Club

Liam Bowen, Sean O’Reilly & Saucertronix Audio Foundation

Menopause the Musical Bruce Mason Centre

The Thirsty Dog

Bobby Brazuka 1885 Basement

Brendon Burns The Classic Studio

Chicago Disco w/ DJs Philippa, Frank Booker, Leon D & Dougy Rawson Ink Bar

Chris Cox in Fatal Distraction Q Auckland

Dead Cat Bounce Q Auckland

Dictaphone Blues / Tono and the Finance Co. Album Release The Kings Arms

DJ Dylan C & DJ Aroha 7PM @ Neighbourhood Bar

DJ Jason Kyle, DJ Imagine This & DJ Girl Tiger

Muscle Punk Blues

Fri 27

Pat 4 President

Old Fashioned Wednesdays

Anthony Stretch

Riqi Harawera

Brett Polley

Star Slinger w/ , Scratch 22 & Pikachunes

DJ Lo Key

TDK

Chapel Bar

Wine Cellar

Barrio

Retro Wednesday Sale St

Tom Rodwell & Storehouse Wine Cellar

Thu 26 5-Star Comedy Preview 2012 SkyCity Theatre

Acoustic Thursday w/ Waylon Nuffield St Brew Bar

Beck’s Music Shout Live Tyler St Garage

Black Cobra (US) The Kings Arms

DJ Alex Q twentyone

DJ Imagine This Snapdragon

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Friday at Sale St

Rhys Darby & Overseas Friends

Racket Bar

Karaoke Kate Kirk James

QF Tavern

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Thursday at Sale St

QF Tavern

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Gina Cat & Dean Campbell

Jersey Boys The Civic

Newmarket Event Cinemas

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Mortons Bar and Restaurant De Post

Comedy Gala 2012 ASB Theatre

Dean Te Paa GBS Bar

Elephant Wrestler Florrie McGreals

Khuja Lounge

1885 Britomart

The Friday Blender

DJ Big Pun & DJ Sample Gee

Chapel Bar

DJ Dan Paine

Academy Cinemas

twentyone La Zeppa

DJ Leza Lee & DJ Darnell The Deck

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tido

Racket Bar

Traction Duo

DJ Lo Key & DJ Manuel Bundy

The Dominion

DJ Rose Alice

Rising Sun

Neighbourhood Bar

Nuffield St Brew Bar

DJ Solly, DJ Adam O & DJ Girl Tiger Snapdragon

DJ Tony Tunes Smith.

Weekenders Launch Party Wicked Fest 2012 Zeal

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DJ Karn Hall & DJ grant Marshall twentyone La Zeppa

DJ SisterAct & Ian Beatmaster DJ Submariner Imperial Lane

DJ Tainer The Deck

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Newmarket Event Cinemas

Firebird Town Hall

Franko & James

Merchant Bar and Restaurant

Gene Rivers, Lokey

The Britomart Country Club

Ghostwave,The Mad Crept, The Siuations, Cool Cult The Thirsty Dog

Jersey Boys The Civic

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Wicked Fest 2012 Zeal

Chapel Bar

Kate Wood Duo Black Salt

Marconi Receiver & New Hang Ups Wine Cellar

Photonic & King King Whammy Bar Mitch French De Post

Murray Sweetpants Racket Bar

Sanjay Patel Brooklyn Bar

Saturday at Sale St Sale St

Sick Disco presents Animals Cassette

Sunday Sessions: Thane Kirby

Sun 29 Acoustic Sunday Sessions w/ Eli Guttenbeil La Zeppa

Brendon Burns: Home Stretch Baby The Classic Studio

Mon 30

The Classic Comedy & Bar

Brendon Burns

Q Theatre

The Classic Studio

Chris Cox in Fatal Distraction Q Theatre

Club Connoisseurs: Murray Cammick

Dave

Craig Campbell & Milton Jones

The Britomart Country Club

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Newmarket Event Cinemas

Chapel Bar

The Classic Comedy & Bar

Dead Cat Bounce Q Theatre

Herbs Unplugged & Mark Williams

Chapel Bar

Ascension Wine Estate

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006

Jersey Boys

The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006

Sister Act

Town Hall

The Checks

The Nathan Club

THE STAFFORD BROTHERS (AU)

The Civic

Luka Lesson

Newmarket Event Cinemas

Town Hall

The Library Bar

Pat 4 President

Merchant Bar and Restaurant

Q Theatre

Craig Campbell

City And Colour Town Hall

Chris Cox in Fatal Distraction

Tue 01

Dead Cat Bounce Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Newmarket Event Cinemas

Idiots of Ants Herald Theatre

Jersey Boys The Civic

Jesse Griffin The Classic Studio

Sanjay Patel Brooklyn Bar

Stephen K Amos SkyCity Theatre

The Adults w/ Greg Fleming The Whiskey

The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006 Town Hall

Brendon Burns

Trench Bar

The Classic Studio

OTAGO gig guide Wed 25

Upper Hutt Posse

Sat 28

Sun 29

Red by John Logan

World Cinema Showcase

Amanda Goodwin

Baby Loves Disco

Annah Mac

Grimhilda

Fri 27

Grimhilda

World Cinema Showcase

Thu 26

Circle Jerk 2012

Opposite Sex, Death by Silo & Dark Matter

Fleur Jack & Katie Thompson w/ Julian Temple

Grimhilda

GG & Flanders

ReFuel

Fortune Theatre

World Cinema Showcase Regent Theatre

The National Ra Bar

NZ String Quartet: Beethoven: Revolution Otago Girls’ High School

Red by John Logan Fortune Theatre

TLA, Black Sky Hustler & Ded Sparrows ReFuel

Dux de Lux (Queenstown)

Regent Theatre

The Terrace Bar Sammy’s

Sammy’s

Westpac Mayfair Theatre

Osmium, Twist Of Fate & War Saw Red by John Logan Fortune Theatre

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night Isis Lounge

World Cinema Showcase Regent Theatre

Westpac Mayfair Theatre

Malbas Bar and Nightclub Westpac Mayfair Theatre

Regent Theatre

Dunedin Musician’s Club

Red by John Logan Fortune Theatre

Singles Masquerade Ball The Savoy

Soundboy Tom

Debajo (Queenstown)

Upper Hutt Posse Chicks Hotel

World Cinema Showcase

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CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 25

Fri 27

Big Daddy Wilson Acoustic Duo

Christchurch Autumn Festival

Fleur Jack

DJ Mike T

Dux Live

Darkroom

Riccarton House & Bush

Annah Mac

The Elevators

Big Daddy Wilson Acoustic Duo

Thingymajig

Karaoke w/ DJ Chick Pierside Cafe and Bar

World Cinema Showcase

Christchurch Casino

Governor General Darkroom

No Fracking Way w/ Tiki Taane, Minuit, Jason Kerrison & guests

Christchurch Casino Christchurch Casino

Clearwater Resort

World Cinema Showcase

Becks Southern Alehouse

Thingymajig

Rockabella

Christchurch Casino

Sat 28

The Middlemen

The Running Bull Bar & Grill House

World Cinema Showcase

Christchurch Autumn Festival Riccarton House & Bush

The ANZ Netball Roadshow

Addington Events Centre

The Tiny Lies & Happiness Stan

Becks Southern Alehouse

Dux Live

These Four Walls, House of Mountain & Suede Arcade

World Cinema Showcase Hollywood 3 Cinema

Dux Live

Bassfreaks DnB Mashup ft. Menace

Hollywood 3 Cinema

Sun 29

The Great NZ Bridal Show

Woolston Club

Hollywood 3 Cinema

Baby Loves Disco

The Turf

Hollywood 3 Cinema

CBS Canterbury Arena

The Crystal Set

The Black Velvet Band

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Fleck

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Nor Wester Cafe

Christchurch Pops Choir

Methven Heritage Centre

Sanchez, Switch & Nacoa

CPSA Big Yellow Building

Thomas Coffey & the Grinders

Riccarton House & Bush

The Monday Room

Thu 26

Christchurch Autumn Festival

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Upcoming tours & events dDub

The New Seekers & Paper Lace

Sat 21 Apr Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 28 Apr Bodega Bar, Wellington Fri 04 May 4:20, Auckland Sat 05 May Flow Bar, Hamilton

DHDFDs

Fri 27 Apr Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 28 Apr Space Monster, Whanganui

Dictaphone Blues

Sat 28 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

An Emerald City

Dimmer

Annah Mac

Dirty Records 10th Birthday

Sat 28 Apr St Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland

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

Thu 24 May The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 26 May Bodega, Wellington

Homebrew 48 Hour Party Sat 05 May - Mon 07 May 330 New North Road, Auckland

Jo Little

The English Beat

Thu 23 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

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 The Wine Cellar, Auckland Wed 09 May Momento Cafe Waikato Uni, Hamilton Fri 11 May Cafe Irresistiblue, Cambridge Sat 12 May Vinnies, Raglan Sun 13 May Seismic Gastrobar, Rotorua Fri 18 May Meow, Wellington Thu 24 May The Darkroom, Christchurch

The Exploited (SC)

Kaiser Chiefs

Fri 04 May Studio, Auckland

Atmosphere

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

Autozamm, November Zulu & Invader Cain

Thu 17 May Bodega, Wellington Thu 17 May Zeal, Wellington Sat 19 May The Royal, Palmerston North Thu 24 May Diggers Bar, Hamilton Fri 25 May The Kingslander, Auckland Sat 26 May The Backyard, Auckland

Sun 29 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland

Thu 10 May Powerstation, Auckland

Flight Of The Conchords

Big Daddy Wilson

Wed 25 Apr Dux Live, Christchurch Thu 26 Apr Nor’Wester Cafe, Amberley Fri 27 Apr Interislander Ferry Picton-Wellington Fri 27 Apr Meow, Wellington Sat 28 Apr St Peters Hall, Paekakariki Sun 29 Apr Butlers Reef, New Plymouth Wed 02 May Bent Horseshoe Cafe, Tokomaru Thu 03 May Biddy Mulligans, Hamilton Fri 04 May Belgian Bar, Rotorua Sat 05 May Black Barn Vineyard, Havelock North Sun 06 May Poverty Bay Club, Gisborne Wed 09 May Omokoroa Boat Club, Tauranga Thu 10 May Juice Bar at The Windsor Castle, Auckland Fri 11 May Kerikeri RSA, Kerikeri Sat 12 May Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai Sun 13 May The Riverhead, Auckland

Dame Edna Everage

Sat 11 Aug The Civic, Auckland Sun 12 Aug The Civic, Auckland Mon 13 Aug The Civic, Auckland Tue 14 Aug The Civic, Auckland

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

Florence + The Machine (UK)

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

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 Wed 09 May Regent Theatre, Dunedin Thu 10 May Aurora Centre, Christchurch Fri 11 May Regent Theatre, Dunedin Sat 12 May Civic Theatre, Invercargill

NZ International Comedy Festival

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

NZ International Film Festival

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

Pick and Mix Squared

Fri 27 Apr Aotea Square, Auckland

Radiohead (UK)

Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

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

Ladyhawke

Fri 13 Jul San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 14 Jul Studio, Auckland

Lenny Henry (UK)

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

Goodshirt

Sat 19 May Sawmill Cafe, Leigh

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Upper Hutt Posse

Fri 18 May - Sat 19 May The Edge, Auckland

Thu 26 Apr Dux De Lux, Queenstown Fri 27 Apr Appleby Tavern, Invercargill Sat 28 Apr Chicks Hotel, Dunedin

Sick Of It All & Agnostic Front

Urbantramper

Thu 10 May Dux Live, Christchuch Fri 11 May The National, Dunedin Sat 12 May Dux de Lux, Queenstown Fri 18 May Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Sat 19 May Tabac, Auckland Fri 25 May Space Monster, Whanganui Sat 26 May Garret St, Wellington

Wed 02 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Sinate

Fri 27 Apr Altitude, Hamilton

Star Slinger

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

Tiny Ruins

Fri 27 Apr Chicks Hotel, Dunedin

Tom Lark

Fri 20 Apr Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Sat 05 May Darkroom, Christchurch Thu 10 May Mighty Mighty, Wellington

Tommy Ill

Sat 05 May Bodega, Wellington Fri 11 May Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 12 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Tono and the Finance Company Tim Ripper Owens

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

Sat 28 Apr The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 04 May Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 05 May The National, Dunedin

Wavves

Thu 03 May The Kings Arms, Auckland

Wellington RAW Comedy Quest

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

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Brighten your day and perhaps your beats with Tambourine Headphones.

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LES PAUL CUSTOM in ALPINE WHITE

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With classic good looks, gold detailing and a mahogany neck, this guitar may make you look sexy. Or it may do the opposite if people compare you to the guitar.

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The Canon PowerShot G12 offers 10.0 megapixels, 5x zoom, RAW mode, high definition movie recording and a multitude of other features like a handy flip screen. The perfect travelling companion or for dayto-day use.

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album reviews Dictaphone Blues Beneath The Crystal Palace llll

Unabashedly catchy and fun, the sophomore effort from Dictaphone Blues is sure to get feet on the dance floor around the country. From the opening riffs of ‘Radio Heart’, the Aucklandbased trio make no attempt to hide their obvious love of ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s pop tunes; they display it proudly, and to great effect.

Smashing all these influences together, songwriter Edward Castelow manages to create a toe-tapping blend of infectious pop-rock. ‘What Happened To Our Love?’ is a particular highlight; torn from the pages of Motown, it slowly descends

Shinedown

Snakes Of Iron

ALBUM OF THE WEEK into a psychedelic frenzy in its second half. And ‘Friends Need Friends’, a charming Beatles homage, helps balance out the heavier jam-out tracks like ‘Shake A Leg’. The talented rhythm section of Robert Collins and Myles Allpress help give this album an edgy groove that will no doubt translate well into the live domain. Beneath The Crystal Palace is young, fun and sure to get stuck in your head.

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There is no stopping Shinedown. The Sound of Madness cemented their power as a rock band with multiple chart hits, but the newly released Amaryllis is in a league of its own. The album explodes open with ‘Adrenaline’ and then the first single ‘Bully’ rips your face off with tremendous riffs, heavy bass and pounding drums. With the most uplifting and encouraging lyrics frontman Brent Smith has ever written, this track makes you feel as though you can take on an army and is certainly the album’s anthem. ‘Nowhere Kids’ isn’t a song that I would take for a Shinedown track; the format and feel are noticeably different from others on the album, but the speed of Smith’s chorus vocals and lyrics ensure it works brilliantly. ‘I’ll Follow You’ is the closest you’ll get to a Shinedown ballad – it’s perfectly balanced in every aspect.

With their chaotic guitar riffs and skilled musical composition, Snakes of Iron highlight the New Zealand punk rock scene and bring a whole new level of mad grunge sound to the public.

The Auckland-based band formed in early 2008 and includes former members of False Start, Los Muertos, The Have and others. This variety of musical backgrounds seems to have helped create a unique and powerful sound on their self-titled debut EP, and their immense talent in both heavy instrumental composition and vocals will surely instantly thrill fans into mindless thrashing about. Snakes Of Iron’s success and underground image has led them to tour with famous bands such as Blessthefall, Cancer Bats, Saosin and Poison The Well, where they were praised for their energetic performances on stage and crowd moving rhythms.

If you’ve never been introduced to Miss James (shame on you) then here’s your chance. Prior her death in January this year James gathered numerous awards, prompted critical acclaim, amassed an adoring fan base, and exerted an influence over modern music that is undisputed. Trouble is, she’s already got a truckload of “best of” releases sitting in her back catalogue. This version is a typical taster, with hits like ‘At Last’ and ‘I Just Want To Make Love To You’, a sprinkling of covers, but most importantly, it shows off the range of genres that she melded during a lifetime in music (blues, jazz, gospel, soul, rockabilly, r’n’b).

Her ability to jump from one to the other was a talent that few could reproduce so easily. And let’s not forget that voice. From sweet and supple to rage-ina-cage ferocity, when James opened her mouth you had no choice but to listen.

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A+E is the eighth album from Graham Coxon, but is destined to be compared with not only the offerings of his on-againoff-again band, but also the auxiliary exploits of Blur frontman Damon Albarn. That’s a shame, as this solo effort is worth considering on its own numerous merits. With Blur back on hiatus after their brief reunion, Coxon has channelled his creative outpourings into the best album he has forged under his own name. ‘Seven Naked Valleys’ riffs on the bass motif of Wilco’s ‘Can’t Stand It’, while processed beats on ‘City Hall’ and motorik stylings on ‘What’ll It Take’ offer diversity.

The swirling organs on ‘Bah Singer’ come on like a Wooden Shjips pastiche, and the lengthy ‘Knife In The Cast’ resembles the noisier, experimental edge of early Flying Nun than anything to do with Britpop.

Only complaint is the clumsy placement of ‘Ooh, Yeh Yeh’ at the end.

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on screen The Simpsons 500th Episode TV You may have seen the news on the TV or even on Facebook. The Simpsons 500th episode will be airing in New Zealand soon, and it’s pretty big news. Sunday 06 May will see the 500th episode ‘At Long Last Leave’ air, which features a special guests appearance from Julian Assange, AKA that wikileaks guy. To celebrate, FOUR is letting viewers choose the best of the best of the screen’s favourite family.

Voters can go to four.co.nz to choose their favourite episode from the shortlist. The winning episodes (which you can vote for until Sunday 29 April) will then air on FOUR in the lead up to the 500th episode, kicking off on Monday 30 April on the shows usual time slot at 7pm. Since everyone has a favourite episode, the channel

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The Simpsons 500th episode ‘At Long Last Leave’ will air on Sunday 06 May at 7:30pm on FOUR.

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A DANGEROUS METHOD

Even for an adaptation of a play called The Talking Cure, the characters in David Cronenberg’s latest are endlessly intellectualising. At one point Freud (Mortensen) asks his protégé Jung (Fassbender) if he realises they’ve been chatting for 13 hours. The audience won’t be so surprised.

It’s not that the topics in question – the founding principles of psychology, desire vs. repression, whether Jung should really be shagging his patient (Knightley) – don’t merit the screen-time. It’s just that this stiff prestige picture could be a radio play and all you’d miss is Keira making ugly in the hope of an Oscar.

For all the psychologising we only get rudimentary portraits of Jung and Freud as men,

has made five themes that have further narrowed down the best-of criteria: Best Travel Episode; Homer At Work; The Kids Are In Trouble; Best Guest Star Episode and Citizen of Springfield.

It’s been an up and down 23 years that audiences have spent with The Simpsons. Nowadays it’s all the rage to say “I only like the first eight seasons” or “any episode that’s been made in the past 5/10/15 years is shit”.

Whatever your era of taste may lay in, you’ve got to admit that 500 episodes is impressive. For more info go to four.co.nz.

while Knightley’s histrionic performance verges on embarrassing. As a child, her character, we learn, liked to sit on one foot, simultaneously withholding and releasing her excrement. Somehow her facial expressions suggest this exact movement throughout.

It’s a pity because there are some juicy Cronenbergian concepts here – how “destructive forces can also be creative ones” (see Shivers, The Fly, The Dead Zone); how “not to repress yourself is to release all kinds of dangerous forces” (Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Crash). But they’re endlessly analysed rather than dramatised, and when lined up against the director’s earlier, noholds-barred efforts, A Dangerous Method only talks the talk.

WRITTEN BY MATT GLASBY, FLICKS.CO.NZ

A Polanski comedy seems like an oxymoron, but great things are bound to happen when you give the director worthy material, regardless of genre.

Almost immediately we’re given a sense that neither one of these characters are the flawless human beings their facades suggest, with the following 79 minutes dedicated to proving that.

Tensions burn slowly between the incompatible couples (as well as the respective spouses) as they slowly chip away at each other’s tolerance. One by one, they reach a breaking point and, before they can reach a wholesome moment of mitigated relief, something else furthers the chaos. The gradual collapse from their built-up politeness-driven personas to their broken, honest selves is extremely well-done and

immensely satisfying to watch.

The cast are on their A-game.

Winslet displays projectile levels of stress (you’ll know what I mean) while Waltz effortlessly triggers an apathetic gaze that says “I really don’t give a crap about your stupid opinions.”

Jodie Foster pulls out a career best since The Silence of the Lambs, playing a self-indulgent, attention-seeking super-liberal to such irritating perfection that you want to high-five her in both the hand and the face.

The ending cuts off abruptly, making you wonder where the last five minutes of the film went. It’s an intrusive airbag to a delightfully uncivilised car-crash of a meeting, but that momentary feeling of emptiness subsides pretty quickly.

WRITTEN BY LIAM MAGUREN, FLICKS.CO.NZ

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Written by Josh Ling

Marvel’s The Avengers FILM llll

First things first: Let’s get this straight. So far, The Avengers is essentially the Holy Grail of superhero flicks for our generation. Anything that DC’s churned out without the word “Batman” in it has been a pathetic flop (even Temuera Morrison couldn’t save Green Lantern). With this new offering, Marvel’s both brought their A-game and left the competition cowering in their wake.

Half the fun from watching the Marvel flicks of late

consisted of piecing together the easter eggs, picking up on the subtle nods and solving the post-ending cliff-hangers with glee. From Mjolnir to Cap’s shield, it’s all being leading up to this. And boy, does this one impress.

Without actually giving anything away, I can say this much at least: Expect dramatic twists. Expect ridiculous overthe-top explosions. Expect some top-notch badassery and

prepare to be wowed. The acting cast is seamless and well-chosen; even a somewhat surly Mark Ruffalo manages to pull off a decently memorable Bruce Banner.

Even though he doesn’t do the Marvel character much justice (Banner’s supposed to be one of the ‘8 Smartest Men’ on Earth), he does paint a strong portrait of a troubled host to the big green guy.

All this, despite being arguably the weakest performer on board.

From Tony Stark’s remarkably witty quips to Black Widow’s unbelievable, irresistible and lascivious... oh wait, where did my pants go? Where was I? You get the point.

Everything from dialogue to visual spectacle has been tremendously well-refined, and I’ll be damned if I didn’t admit that Loki’s army looked convincingly real. It’s like they went above and beyond

to find the most impressive pyrotechnics and adrenalinefilled action, and then went “Hell, let’s chuck in some more for shits and giggles.”

All in all, Joss Whedon’s directing made this a sure thing from the get-go. With many a cult masterpiece under his belt (Firefly, anyone?) and a vested interest in the superhero universe, it’s no surprise that the end result was on hell of a tour de force. But really. I can’t say much more than go see it for yourself, and prepare for wave upon wave of nerdgasms crashing through the cinema.

Written by Josh Ling

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3. Hallucinogens The Boxcar Rattle

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1. The Night Out Martin Solevig

2. Running (Disclosure Remix)

Autumn Splendour

6. Radio Love Song Marconi Receiver

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8. In Cynthia Killing Joke

3. All There Is (Ft. Liane Carroll) High Contrast

4. What Can You Do For Me Utah Saints/Drumsound & Bassline Smith

5. Warrior Kimbra/Mark Foster

6. Icarus Madeon

7. The Shallow End 8. Tapes & Money Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

9. Yeah, Yeah Willy Moon

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Riko Simmo’s top albums 1. Tool

1. Ulica Bolslaw

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2. God Only Knows The Flaming Lips

3. Sixteen Saltines Jack White

4. How We Love The Raw Nerves

5. Hey Jane Spiritualized

6. KROKODIL St. Vincent

7. Good Old Joe Toy Love

8. Doctor Doctor Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin

9. Ffunny Ffrends Unknown Mortal Orchestra

10. Bug Wavves

Aenima Chaosphere

3. Thom Yorke The Eraser

4. Pantera Far Beyond Driven

5. Sepultura Chaos A.D

6. Slayer Divine Intervention

7. Cannibal Corpse The Bleeding

8. Vision of Disorder Imprint

9. Failure Fantastic Planet

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Marigold Hotel

6. A Separation 7. The Pirates! Band of Misfits 8. Mirror Mirror 9. Spud 10. 21 Jump Street

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10 Questions 1. Is Jack White’s new country buzz better or worse than the old gritty blues?

2. Can that guy make one wrong move or is everything he does a winning blow?

3. Even the king hit on the Von Bondies guy?

4. Where’s Santigold been for the past four years?

5. Should she have changed another vowel this time around again?

6. What’s the best Christmas joke about Santagold?

7. Have you got Ron Weasley and Ed Sheeran confused yet?

8. Will that energywise guy have some good tips on how to stay warm in winter on the cheap?

9. Doesn’t he look a bit like Ben Stiller?

10. How isn’t the phrase “here’s a tip” way more popular in the common vernacular?

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