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The APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2012 call for entries has been announced and there’s not long to go before it’s too late for musos to strut their stuff. Entries are open for the APRA Silver Scroll Award (original pop song) APRA Maioha Award (contemporary Maori waiata) and the SOUNZ Contemporary Award (contemporary classical work). Entries close on Tuesday 05 June, and the Silver Scroll Awards will be held at the Auckland Town Hall on Thursday 13 September. More information including the full criteria can be found at apra-amcos.co.nz.

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Hamilton is getting its culture on next month. From Friday 22 June through to Saturday 07 July, the Fuel Festival will be taking place in Hamilton at the Playhouse, The Dance Studio, The Meteor and the Waikato Museum. Combining all things theatrical from comedy to drama and everything outside and in between, the Fuel Festival will feature the ever popular Steve Wrigley’s Kevin The Musical, Michael Hurst in the Shakespearean post-script Frequently Asked Questions, the satirically politically savvy Richard Meros Salutes The Southern Man, the provocative and sumptuous cabaret Cirque Non Sequiter and many more. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketek and more information can be found at fuelfest.co.nz.

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Fans of the mainstay festival Rhythm & Vines should be getting their moneys ready, as tickets for the 2012 festival go on sale later this month. The 10th incarnation of the wildly popular festival has been given the go-ahead, and while details aren’t fully announced yet organisers have given an on-sale date for tickets – presales will be on Tuesday 22 May at 9am and general release tickets will be available on Wednesday 23 May from 9am. The good news keeps coming with organisers saying that they will not be inflating the ticket prices on basic BW/R&V campsite tickets and three day R&V passes. Rhythm & Alps has also been announced to make a comeback – presale and general release tickets for the southern festival go on sale the same days as R&V. More info for both festivals can be found at rhythmandvines.co.nz and rhythmandalps.co.nz.

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Jack Gabriel, Laura Weaser, Tim Gruar, Tristan Clark, Alan Bell, Clovis McEvoy, Ricardo Kerr, Darren Maslin, Rebecca Barry Hill, Dominic Corry, Matt Glasby.

British pop icons Coldplay have announced one New Zealand show in November. Chris Martin and crew will play a one-off show in Auckland as part of their Mylo Xyloto Australasian tour at the Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday 10 November with Australian new wavers The Temper Trap. Tickets are available from Friday 25 May through Ticket Master.

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Auckland’s Paddington in Parnell has had a little make-over and is tailoring itself up to be a new venue of sorts. With the last weekend of New Zealand Music Month wrapping up on Saturday 26 May, Paddington Live will feature Anika Moa and full band to christen the stage with support from Wellington’s Family Cactus. Tickets are available now through Eventfinder.

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The Gunslinger’s Ball will be returning to The Kings Arms in Auckland for another night of country craziness and musical mayhem on Saturday 26 May. Hosted by comedian Jeremy Elwood, the line-up looks stellar as always with The Unfaithful Ways, Bernie Griffen and the Grifters, D Burmester and the Blind, The Broadsides, Gina’s Revenge and the always hit and never miss Tina Turntables. The last three Gunslinger’s Balls have sold out, so it’s best to get your tickets beforehand from Under The Radar.

14/06 Taking Shape

Shapeshifter have announced a very special one-off show in Christchurch at the Bedford Big Top on Saturday 14 July. Following months in the studio recording their new album, the drum and bass heavy hitters will be joined by fan favourites AHoriBuzz and Sunshine Sound System. The show will be Shapeshifter’s last in the country before heading overseas to join the European summer festival circuit. General release tickets go on sale Thursday 17 May through Dash Tickets and Penny Lane.

15/05 More Whiskey

The latest line-up for The Whiskey Live series has been announced. This week the Auckland bar in Ponsonby will host Nathan Haines with Jennifer Zea on Tuesday 15 May; Cut Off Your Hands with Cool Rainbows on Wednesday 16 May; Hollie Smith and Seth Haapu on Thursday 17 May; Tiki Taane with Aaron Tokona and Iva Lankum on Friday 18 May; and Nick D with Dick Johnson and Boy Crush on Saturday 19 May.

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of the series and will likely only contain roughly 14 episodes. NBC is reportedly also considering shortening seasons for Parks and Recreation as well as Community, which would save the company some production moneys. Parks’ renewal is said to be likely, but there’s no word yet on the future of Community.

Éilís Kennedy Celtic divas

Favourite drink? Barry’s Tea!

In the first official audio-only release Animal Collective has made since 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, and the Baltimore band have just released their latest single. Deakin joins the band once more after taking a leave of absence, so now the world music hype extraordinaires are back to being a four piece. Animal Collective have been continuing their solo stints after the visual album ODDSAC, but now they’ve reunited for the 7” split Honeycomb / Gotham. As per tradition the music is far more easily described as more of a constant evolution as opposed to likening it to previous efforts, but fans of the Water Curses EP / Merriweather Post Pavilion / Fall Be Kind EP may find this more intriguing than fans of the Sung Tongs / Here Comes The Indian era of Animal Collective. Either way, it’s worth a listen no matter what your appreciation (or lack thereof) of AC may be.

Home Brew Crew’s self-titled album made its debut at the top spot in the NZ Top 40 album chart last week. Home Brew is the first local number one hip-hop debut album since Scribe’s The Crusader back in November 2003. Due to Home Brew’s explicit content the gang got very little commercial radio and TV support, so the top spot debut is one worth bragging about.

Favourite restaurant/café? John Benny’s in Dingle, Ireland Favourite takeaway? Bo Bo in Dublin’s Wexford Street Favourite colour? Blue Favourite classic film? Rear Window Favourite childhood memory? Trailing my fingers in the water from Dad’s fishing boat on sunny days in Ballydavid Harbour Favourite party food? Sushi Favourite vice? Late nights and full Irish breakfasts Favourite song? ‘Raglan Road’ Favourite meal? Fish and chips in John Benny’s Pub in Dingle Favourite cause? Live life Favourite label to put on your relationship?

Optimistic Favourite ‘90s TV show? The news

The new Sacha Baron Cohen flick The Dictator hits cinemas this week, but it’s his upcoming plans that have us more interested. A while ago the actor/comedian was rumoured to play Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic. Now Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) is the frontrunner to direct the film, and it sounds like Sacha Baron Cohen is still on to play the frontman. Remaining Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon have all given Frears the okay to direct the as yet untitled film which will follow the formative years of the band, culminating with Queen’s 1985 Live Aid performance.

Stuff reported that Trinity Roots has been forced into liquidation. The band’s registered trading company Trinity Roots Ltd reportedly owes nearly $100,000 to the taxman, and subsequently liquidators have taken control of all of Trinity Roots Ltd’s finances. Roughly two-thirds of what the Wellington trio’s limited company owes is interest on fines issued to in the mid-2000s.

Favourite word? Gallus Favourite album? Celtic Divas 2 Favourite venue? Whelan’s, Dublin Favourite lyric? “You just kind of wasted my precious time…” from ‘Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright’, Bob Dylan Favourite candy bar? Twix Favourite current TV show? The Voice of Ireland SEE THEM LIVE: CELTIC DIVAS THU 24 MAY CONCERT CHAMBER, AUCKLAND FRI 25 MAY BAYCOURT THEATRE, TAURANGA SAT 26 MAY PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, HASTINGS SUN 27 MAY PARAMOUNT THEATRE, WELLINGTON

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Fans of certain NBC flicks, prick up your earballs. The US television network is getting closer to making some tough decisions about its Thursday evening comedies including fan favourites 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and Community. Word is that a seventh season of 30 Rock has almost been given the green light, however it is expected to be the final season

Sad news came last week with the announcement that Where the Wild Things Are creator Maurice Sendak died at age 83.

The author and illustrator’s live-in caregiver Lynn Caponera said Sendak died about 2:45am Tuesday at Danbury Hospital after having a stroke. Most famous for the story of Max and the Wild Things, Sendak earned the prestigious Caldecott Medal for the best children’s book of 1964 and 2009 saw the classic adapted for the big screen by Spike Jonze. President Bill Clinton awarded Sendak a National Medal of the Arts in 1996 for his vast portfolio of work.

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Releases and Re-issues Music: Night & Day by Andre Williams & The Sadies; Give Till It’s Gone LP by Ben Harper; Urban Turban by Cornershop; Bajan Style by Cover Drive; In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

by The Cribs; Party Girl by The Dustaphonics; England, Keep Your Bones by Frank Turner; Not Your Kind of People by Garbage; Feeling The Trend But Thinking Again EP by Invader Cain; The Jeb Loy Nichols Special by Jeb Loy Nichols; Strangeland by Keane; The Story So Far by Keith Urban; No More Fun And Games EP by November Zulu; Vulgar Display Of Power by Panterra; Chesapeake

by Rachael Yamagata; Standing At The Sky’s Edge by Richard Hawley; Hello Mary Lou

by Ricky Nelson; Internet Freedom Is Love

by Urbantramper; Electric Warrior 40th Anniversary Edition by T-Rex; Heroes by Willie Nelson; Love Demolition by Zowie.

DVD & Blu-ray: Arj Barker: Joy Harvest DVD; Bending All The Rules DVD; Dragon Eyes DVD & Blu-ray; Hugo DVD & Blu-ray; The Avengers: Thors Last Stand DVD; The Muppets DVD & Blu-ray; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy DVD & Bluray; Toddlers & Tiaras: Viva Las Vegas DVD; Ugly Americans DVD; WWE WrestleMania XXVIII DVD & Blu-ray.

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Cinema: Man on a Ledge (directed by Asger Leth, starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks and Ed Harris); Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas); Shihad: Beautiful Machine (directed by Sam Peacocke, starring Shihad); The Dictator (directed by Larry Charles, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley).

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Heroes Parade Thanks in no small part to the overwhelming attention that The Avengers has (deservedly) earned itself, comic book movies are getting more and more popular. Think back to 2008 when we saw the release of Iron Man and The Dark Knight – not since then have we seen such a positive year for comic book movies. Now there’s been plenty of big news about upcoming film projects that even the graphically-noviced can relate to.

It’s been announced (unsurprisingly) that a sequel to The Avengers will be happening. This isn’t big news as the film has been a box office hit internationally, and cast members have been signed up for many movies (Chris Evans alone is still under contract for seven more appearances in films as Captain America). However, with Captain America 2, Iron Man 3, Thor 2 and a mystery project (speculation suggests Ant-Man or Doctor Strange) all slated for release over the next few years, it’s not likely we’ll see the second assemblage of Avengers until 2015 at the earliest.

Following that, there are whispers of another Hulk movie with a possible release date sometime in 2015. Will they keep the same actor for this one this time?

A sequel to the reboot/reimagining of X-Men: First Class is in the works and is aiming for a late 2013/early 2014 release.

A reboot of the God-awful Daredevil flick could be happening as Fox have hired screenwriter David James Kelly (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) rewrite the script and direct the film.

The viral marketing for the new Spider-Man movie is still going strong, and speculation is already rife that this reboot of the web-slinger will be a trilogy. The new trailer pitches the film with a much darker tone and newcomer Andrew Garfield looks like he’s got Peter Parker’s comedic tone, nailed.

Kick-Ass 2 is officially happening. The second arc of the comic book has all wrapped up, and director of the first KickAss Matthew Vaughn is in talks with Universal to bring the sequel to the studio. Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down, Cry_Wolf) has been picked by Vaughn to direct. Production for the film is slated for September this year.

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WEDNESDAY 16 Revolver

Cut Off Your Hands

Auckland Town Hall

The Whiskey

8pm, $35-40, the-edge.co.nz

7pm, $32.50, ticketmaster.co.nz

The award-winning Fuse Productions crew takes their contemporary comedy circus carney showcase Revolver up to Auckland following performances down in Wellington. It’s still really hard to get past the descriptions of and “the raw contemporary bloodlust of the streetwise modern world”, because it sounds like murder poetry.

The third week of The Whiskey Live series has Cut Off Your Hands, Cool Rainbows and DJ Arash on Wednesday; with the rest of the week boasting Hollie Smith, Seth Haapu and DJ Manuel Bundy on Thursday; Tiki Taane, Aaron Tokona, Iva Lamkum and DJ Bobby Brazuka on Friday; and Nick D, Dick Johnson, Boy Crush and DJ Uncle Barnie on Saturday.

Not Just Another Showcase

The Dictator

Winter Wonderland

Whammy

General Release

University of Canterbury 10am, FREE

8pm, $12-15

Thanks to The Other People (who you should have no idea about, hence why they’re The Other People) Whammy is putting on another showcase that’s not just another showcase. Loui the ZU, Space Creeps, 2 a.m. Orchestra and Trash Can Duo from Auckland, Sunken Seas from Wellington, Christchurch’s No Aloha and ThunderDykes from Hamilton are all on the bill.

So Sacha Baron Cohen has finally decided to drop the whole fauxmockumentary thing and actually just make a comedy film. Weirdly, this flick is said to be loosely based on/inspired by Saddam Hussein’s romantic novel Zabibah And The King. Yeah, he wrote a book.

Cross cobblestone roads with live music and exotic foods and fancy chocolates with jewellery and clothing while going to town on waffles and something called posh porridge, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a date night.

THURSDAY 17 Shihad: Beautiful Machine

Beautiful Losers

Selected Cinemas

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

1pm, $28-45, ticketek.co.nz

There’s plenty on at the Erupt Lake Taupo Festival 2012, and this dramatic comedy production looks to be one of the many pieces of gold hidden in the lake.

Fuckups in arms Jack and Neal travel from New York City to Mexico, accompanied by a soundtrack of cool jazz, conversation, amphetamines and booze.

A Shihad documentary has been coming for quite some time. There is no refuting that this band is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in New Zealand music – two decades of hits will do that. From the band’s tenure locally to the almost-but-not-quite industry break-out as Pacifier, this is Shihad’s story.

Closer

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen

Shoreside Theatre

Selected Cinemas

8pm, $20-24, eventfinder.co.nz

Olivia Wilde is stunning. Like, mathematically stunning. Despite looking somewhat like a lizard. But when you realise that you don’t have your glasses on and it’s actually Emily Blunt and not Olivia Wilde in this film, you think it will be a little bit better. Because Olivia Wilde can’t really act. But Emily Blunt can.

When something comes with the addendum of “not for the emotionally squeamish”, that usually means that it’s going to get very relatable very fast. But if you’re in a happy relationship (or not in one at all) then you and your life/year/month/day partner can fully get into this iconic theatre production.

Documentary Edge Fest

Best Of The Fest

Autozamm

Man On A Ledge

Reading Cinemas

San Fran Bath House

Zeal / Bodega

Selected Cinemas

8pm, $10-15, readingcinemas. co.nz

Documentaries are great because you learn things that you want to learn about. Not like school where you learn about adjectives. It’s way cooler to learn about artists, our dying world, corruption or starving children.

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10pm, $20, Door Sales Only

The New Zealand International Comedy Festival keeps pumping out the gems at the Best Of The Fest at the San Fran Bath House. Get comedy that’s a little more intimate without losing the grand scale laughs.

6.30pm, $10, evEntfinder.co.nz

Autozamm, Invader Cain and Invader Zulu take their three-way rock act on the road and play two venues in Wellington in one day – the first an all ages gig at Zeal at 6:30pm followed by a grownups show at Bodega.

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl talk.

Boy happens to be on a tall building threatening to commit suicide. Girl happens to be police psychologist.

Boy also happens to have ulterior motives. Romance blossoms. Kiss. Fin.

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FRIDAY 18 Minuit

Rock N Roll Circus

Sandwiches

Khuja

11pm, $20, dashtickets.co.nz

8.30pm, $10, eventfinder.co.nz

It’s weird to think that Minuit have been around for 15 years now, and that it’s been 10 years since the band’s first release. The trio of Ruth Carr, Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre will be showing Wellington audiences just how heavy they still hit this Friday, before heading to Nelson’s Elsewhere on Saturday.

Burlesque meets rock’n’roll in this mash up of music and dance, resulting in a classically sexy spectacle. Musical acts Molly Gun, Chess Countess and Kohl’s a Killer will be joined by dancers Bee Bee Bloom, Ava L’Amoureux, Penny Pins, Sugar Spanx and Amunet as well as DJs and side showcases.

Julia Deans

The Nudge

Nathan Haines

Thomas Oliver Band

Mt Eden Village Centre

The National

Victoria Picture Palace

The Kings Arms

8pm, $30, eventfinder.co.nz

One of the country’s dreamiest redheads brings her stunning voice to The Old Mt Eden Methodist Hall in this week’s installation of the Village Music series. The songstress will be joined by Mike Hall (Nightchoir, Pluto, The Brunettes, Dimmer).

9pm $15-20, Door Sales Only

The Nudge made a bit of a splash last year gigging around the country on their Big Nudge Pie tour. Now they’re back with a few shows and this Friday sees the alt-pop Wellington trio hit Dunedin for one night of fancy fun.

8pm, $20-25, 1-night.co.nz

Jazzman extraordinaire Nathan Haines rallies up his brood as he celebrates the release of The Poets Embrace. See what a real contemporary saxophonist is like in the flesh, bearing his brass and crooning your swoon.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Thomas Oliver Band following their impressive performances last year. This weekend the big brass big beaters are back at Auckland’s home of rock for one very special show.

Saturday 19 Goodshirt Leigh Sawmill Café

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Architecture & Design Film Fest Rialto Cinemas Newmarket

11.30am, $10.50, rialto.co.nz

8pm, $20, eventfinder.co.nz

The return of Goodshirt has seen the band receive rave reviews from many a critic and fan, fresh or veteran. Now the Auckland alt-pop act will play the Leigh Sawmill Café as they celebrate the release of Skinny Mirror with support from fellow JAFAs Sherpa in this appropriately intimate gig.

This film festival is relatively niche, but we’re sure that there’s a collection of architect heads and design nuts that will be around for Semi-Permanent anyway. The Architecture & Design Film Festival finishes up this Sunday so it’s time to get over to Newmarket for this very industry but very interesting film fest.

NZ Youth Week

Late Laughs

Chartfest

Nationwide

San Fran Bath House

Darkroom

10pm, $20, ticketek.co.nz

Youth Week’s aim is to “create a society that values young people and affirms their diversity”. Which is really nice. There are plenty of events planned around the country for this awareness week running from Saturday 19 May through to Sunday 27 May – visit youthweek.co.nz for more information.

Wellington’s San Fran Bath House keeps the comedy going with this week’s Late Laughs performance.

Here’s a tip – don’t go along to these things to heckle. You’re no better than THAT drunkard at the party, dick.

Semi-Permanent 10am, $180, the-edge.co.nz

Design heads unite – it’s the symposium that celebrates everything you guys know about and the rest of us just act like we know about. This year’s SemiPermanent has speakers from around the world from a multitude of industries ranging from film to art to design and everything under the aesthetics umbrella.

Key

ASB Theatre

8pm, FREE

This weekend Chartfest heads to the darkroom for this gig featuring performances from Lupus Lunar, Ipswich and The River Jones. It’s the second to last Chartfest party for the month and it’s all free.

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UNDER THE HOOD A new documentary directed by Sam Peacocke sets out to explore the mechanics behind one of New Zealand’s most iconic rock acts.

Re-watching home movies is a painful experience – every intimate moment of your life captured on camera. Or videos shown at your 21st of times you were too drunk to function, laid bare in front of friends and family.

For Shihad frontman Jon Toogood, this is what it will be like to watch Shihad: Beautiful Machine.

The documentary, tracking Shihad’s 23 years of fame, is more than just “every C4 interview we have every done” – it is a truly personal, gritty, in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at one of New Zealand’s most successful and enduring rock bands.

And for Toogood, that is something to be nervous about.

“Its a weird one for me,” he explains. “It’s so brutally honest and I’ve got to say I’m freaking about going to the premiere with a bunch of strangers, watching my life up there.

“I think I’ll be proud – after I stopped blubbering because it’s so fuckin’ hardcore,” he laughs. “It’s a surreal and emotional experience that could have been a disaster, but director Sam Peacocke handled it with respect.”

Beautiful Machine is as hardcore as you can get. It’s more than the music;

it’s also an exploration into New Zealand, the psyche and the music industry. That, and the raw, gritty details of Shihad’s personal life – Jon’s ex-wife, the battle to retain their name on that infamous American tour, guitarist Phil Knight’s battle with alcohol, and Toogood’s father, who passed away at the start of this year.

“Pretty fuckin’ bare bones,” as Toogood describes it. “It’s not an easy watch.”

Particularly reliving moments on film with his father was something Toogood says he didn’t think he would be able to face. He attributes the way Peacocke has filmed it for him “wanting to see more” of his Dad. Then, there are parts of the film Toogood wishes he could avoid at the Wellington premiere.

“There are also some pretty embarrassing compromises and mistakes – stuff that kept me up at night for years – and it’s all up there. I might have to sneak away for parts of it for a drink and leave Mum watching it,” he laughs.

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When The Lights Go Out

Eighteen years on from the release of ‘Crystalator’, frontman Shayne Carter is flicking the switch on Dimmer for good.

Sad news has been circulating in the New Zealand music world over the last month: Dimmer frontman Shayne Carter has officially announced two farewell shows will commence in mid-May, signalling the end of the band for good.

Formed in the ‘90s, Carter’s Dimmer has released a somewhat modest body of work over two decades. The earliest work was the now-classic Sub Pop single ‘Crystalator’. That was followed by a near five-year silence, as Carter painfully and meticulously spliced together his manshed epic I Believe You Are A Star, followed by the award-winning You’ve Got To Hear The Music in ‘04, There My Dear in ‘07 and Degrees Of Existence in 2009.

Looking back, Carter reflects, “The whole idea originally was to have a collective, and to have me as the common denominator. In the last few years it’s turned into a real band – just because I’ve had a more consistent line-up.

“I suppose the last couple of albums were more [proper band] kind of albums, whereas the first two were more ‘dude pottering around in a shed’ kind of styles.”

Asked if Dimmer was intended as a “lounge” project, Carter replies, “The first thing [‘Crystalator’] was sort of the opposite of lounge – more like a bomb going off in your lounge!

“But I suppose [Dimmer] really started as a quieter, lounge-style project. Early on I made, with Gary Sullivan (drums at the

time), a choice. We’d come from loud rock bands and were completely over that sound. So we spent a long time jamming, developing a quiet kind of music, making music work without beating your chest.

“Over time Dimmer got saddled with that lounge kind of title. But if anyone has seen the band over the last few years, it’s become a real sonic beast. So we’ve come full circle.”

In a recent press release, he noted, “I feel like Dimmer has become tied to a certain section of my catalogue of songs. I’ve always had a policy of playing only material associated with whatever project I’ve been involved in, and I guess the decision to put the Dimmer name to bed frees me up from that.”

Carter has spent much time jamming and gigging for others over the years, most notably of late with Jon Togood’s The Adults and on his mum’s new album of Elvis covers.

And never one to be idle, Carter’s also been working on a solo effort.

“I’ve been writing on piano – I like the naivety of a new instrument. I don’t want to play like Billy Joel, I like to have a restrictive palate. As a bassist it’s good to go into things with a fresh perspective.

“My music is a journey, a variation on a theme, a continuation, not a deviation of direction. I enjoy the tension and release in music but I also want some ambiguity, and a feeling, or music of unease. Like films, the music I do reflects the places I come from,” he rationalises.

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Taking out the Garbage After a seven-year hiatus, the ‘90s indie-alternative band is back… on their terms.

Shirley Manson doesn’t want to talk about break-ups. Nor does she want to talk about that infamous moment walking offstage in Perth in 2005, or that time she pooed in an ex-boyfriend’s cornflakes.

But the Garbage frontwoman is very open about relationships – in terms of Garbage and their new album Not Your Kind of People.

As the name suggests, there is something different about this record. Not only is it significant because it’s the ‘90s rockers’ first album in seven years, but it’s also their first to be solely produced and recorded under their new label Stun Volume.

It was a relationship breakdown, Manson explains with a pause. Describing themselves as the band that “didn’t fit in”, Garbage had finally become at loggerheads with their record company and eventually, each other. But for Manson, walking off tour wasn’t the end of Garbage – it was the beginning of beautiful, more harmonious relationship.

“It was more than just our frustration with our record company,” she explains. “It was also our role in the relationship. We were at odds with them in certain parts of the world because the label just didn’t see eyeto-eye with us.

“We were just bad bed partners too – [we’re] an obtuse bunch, and we have a strong sense of how we want to conduct our business.

So too does a major label. There are a lot of artists that thrive and unfortunately for us it wasn’t us.”

For Manson, this meant the most “easy and natural thing to do” was to start their own label, have a good time and start out fresh the way they wanted.

And it shows. The new album sounds like a return to form, a return to the sound that made Garbage who they were –‘Stupid Girl’, ‘Supervixen’ – a blend of pop, rock and Manson’s distinctive growl that makes Garbage indefinable.

“It makes me happy when people say that [this album is like the first],” she says. “I know the first record we made really connected to people and I feel like people are responding in a similar way to this one, even though the records.”

Learning form the mistakes made in their earlier relationship, this album also represents a truly collaborative effort between Manson and fellow band members Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. “I think we realised in order to have a happy band, you need to have everyone really invested in it,” Manson says with a laugh. “We didn’t write separately like we have in the past. This time round for the most part everyone wrote songs in the same room, as one, and it made for a happier family.”

With a busy year ahead for the band, Manson is excited to be back on the road, and particularly looking forward to touring New Zealand and Australia where Garbage initially found fame in the 1990s.

“We’re in an incredible privileged position. Not many bands can go away for seven years and come back to this incredible welcome. We feel this is our ‘lightning in the bowl’ moment. This isn’t going to come around for us again, so we’re just trying to ride the waves and hope for the best!”

WRITTEN BY LAURA WEASER ALBUM OUT NOW: NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE

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The Claddagh

Neighbourhood

Sale Street

The Kings Arms

372-376 Broadway,

498 New North Road,

7 Sale St, Auckland CBD

59 Frances Street

Newmarket,

Kingsland, Auckland

South, Newton,

Auckland

The iconic Kingsland local has plenty on this week to cater to those looking for a quiet brew, great tunes, a catch up with friends or meeting some new ones and everything in between.

This week we’ve got the everpopular Acoustic Wednesdays with Eli Guttenbeil on Wednesday 16 May; local legend Tido on Thursday 17 May; spinning sensation Solly with Zane Tee on Friday 18 May and the captain of Saturday jams Chris Cox on Saturday 19 May.

Situated in the heart of Victoria Quadrant in Auckland, Sale St is a uniquely kiwi mega-venue that defines style. This is the most intriguing little big bar in Auckland and is Open Tuesday – Sunday, 11.30am – Late, and Monday, 3pm – Late.

There are top weekly events, Retro Wednesdays with Grant Marshall, General Lee and Nigel Love from 7pm, The Get Down presented by Sam E from George FM every Thursday from 6pm and Auckland’s hottest new band, The Beat Council – Fridays from 10pm.

There’s something to do every night of the week at The Claddagh in Newmarket. Have a game of Pool on a Monday; try your arm in the darts competition on Tuesday, enter a team in the Wednesday night Pub Quiz, and have a few Whiskeys and have a sing on Karaoke Thursdays. Friday and Saturday is live music night and cure that Sunday hangover with a Roast Meal.

Auckland Catch all the weekly league at The Rock N Roll Footy Bar, with $9 Quartz for all Warriors games, and don’t forget State Of Origin “State Against State, Mate Against Mate” Wednesday 23 May. Every Monday at 7pm the KA Music Quiz for all you music know it alls! And our always popular Tuesday Quiz. Great food and drink specials. Also live music with Dimmer adding a second show on Wednesday 23 May. Check out all the gigs for NZ music month at kingsarms.co.nz

events

WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 16 Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Fear Of The Dark & Porcelaintoy Mighty Mighty

James Keating The Cavern Club

Miss Fletcher Sings The Blues BATS Theatre

Public Service Announcements BATS Theatre

Raybon Kan

Downstage Theatre

Thu 17 Autozamm, November Zulu, Invader Cain

Miss Fletcher Sings The Blues BATS Theatre

Play It Again, Sams The Fringe Bar

Public Service Announcements BATS Theatre

Raybon Kan

Downstage Theatre

Circa Theatre

Chris Bryant El Horno

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Reading Cinema

James Keating The Cavern Club

Lapalux (AU) & oOoOO (US) Mighty Mighty

The Last Saloon BATS Theatre

Sat 19 The Arvo Show ft.

The Uprights

li event

DJ Speedy

Southern Cross

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

Sun 20

Michael Fowler Centre

Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

DJ Marek w/ B-Lo & Kev Fresh Bettys

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

The Cavern Club

Jo Little & Jared Smith Meow

The Last Saloon BATS Theatre

Late Laughs

San Fran Bath House

Minuit

Sandwiches

Miss Fletcher Sings The Blues BATS Theatre

Play It Again, Sams The Fringe Bar

Please the Trees, Lizardfolk, Triplet, Steezin’ Hawkings & Stone Candy Bar Medusa

Circa Theatre

s sting

Roseneath Centennial Ragtime band

Alpine Symphony

James Keating

Chekhov in Hell

Downstage Theatre

Chekhov in Hell

Autozamm, November Zulu & Invader Cain (All Ages)

San Fran Bath House

Raybon Kan

Fri 18

Reading Cinema

Best of The Fest

BATS Theatre

Southern Cross

Bodega

Zeal

Public Service Announcements

Southern Cross

Soul Caravan

Bettys

Reading Cinema

Drop Dead Redhead, The Blue Onesies & Wives Mighty Mighty

James Keating The Cavern Club

Late Laughs

San Fran Bath House

Minuit for Boston

The Boptet The Lido Cafe

Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Reading Cinema

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

Elsewhere Bar

Miss Fletcher Sings The Blues

Mon 21

Nathan Haines

Documentary Edge Festival 2012

BATS Theatre

The Thistle Inn

Play It Again, Sams The Fringe Bar

Public Service Announcements BATS Theatre

Raybon Kan

Downstage Theatre

Rigoletto

St James Theatre

Reading Cinema

Tue 22 Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Reading Cinema

Rigoletto

St James Theatre

Otago gig guide Thu 17

Fri 18

Sat 19

Sun 20

The Forty Winks

James Dignan

The Chicks Project Presents

The Bedfords

Crown Hotel

Dunedin Public Library

John Egenes, Black Boy Peaches & Both Sides of the Line

The Nudge

Dunedin Public Library

The Ultimate ODT Quiz Otago Museum

The National

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night Isis Lounge

The Attic

Dunedin Harmony Chorus

Otago Museum

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

Otago Museum

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

Tue 22 Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

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auckland gig guide Wed 16

The Get Down

DJ Hudge & DJ Zane Tee

Silo Cinema: The Castle

Acoustic Wednesday w/ Eli Guttenbeil

Hollie Smith & Seth Haapu

DJ John Holmes

THE THOMAS OLIVER BAND

Imagine This

DJ Karn Hall & DJ General Lee

Jan Maree

Eddie Manukau

Junelle

The Friday Blender

Manuel Bundy

Fridays at Longroom

Mean As Goes Pop/Punk

FuZen Reunion

Sat 19

Nathan Haines

Gene Rivers Everybodys

Acoustic Sessions w/ Jade Pritchard

The Original Art Sale Gala

HeadSong, Dust Witch & Ben Prestidge

Alpine Symphony

The Wine Cellar

Town Hall

Riqi Harawira

Huffey Street Sound System

The Altered States & ‘Til Death Do Us Party

Racket Bar

The Dogs Bollix

Hughes Brothers: NZ Send off

Anthony Stretch

Neighbourhood Bar

Bitchin’ Bingo in May Cassette

Closer

TheatreWorks

Creative Jazz Club 1885 Basement

Cut Off Your Hands w/ Cool Rainbows THE WHISKEY bar

Dirty Diana’s Sol Night Chapel Bar

Hear No Evil Racket Bar

Hollow Chambers, Narwhal & Bearhat Juice Bar

Industry night twentyone

tJan Maree Q Theatre

tJason Skelton Shakespeare Hotel

Karaoke Kate QF Tavern

Kirk Jmaes

Sale St

THE WHISKEY bar Snapdragon Q Theatre

Imperial Lane Racket Bar Zeal

Everybodys

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre Bin Bin Deluxe

Splendour Series 1: Visitors From Abroad Town Hall

Taking It Back w/ Sam Hill Longroom

Taye Williams

The Britomart Country Club

Britomart Country Club

NOT JUST ANOTHER SHOWCASE

Fri 18

Retro Wednesday

Acoustic Sessions w/ Eli Guttenbeil

Whammy Bar Sale St

Quay St Club Rooms

Anthony Stretch

Thu 17 1885 Live w/ Sweet Mix Kids 1885 Britomart

Acoustic Thursday ft Jade Pritchard Northern Steamship

Closer

TheatreWorks

DJ Alex Q twentyone

DJ Tido

Neighbourhood Bar

Franko QF Tavern

General Lee Chapel Bar

Gerry Rooderkerk The Fiddler Irish Bar

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GBS Bar

Neighbourhood Bar

Nuffield St Brew Bar

twentyone

Glen Eden RSA Chapel Bar

Silo Park

The Kings Arms

Tiki Taane, Aaron Tokona & Iva Lamkum THE WHISKEY bar

URBANTRAMPER Leigh Sawmill Cafe

VHF Duo

Elephant Wrestler

Longroom Studio

Tabac Bar

Jan Maree Q Theatre

Jason Kyle & Normski Northern Steamship

Jazz, Girl Tiger, Imagine This Snapdragon

Jeremy Pickford Basalt

Julia Deans

The Old Mt Eden Methodist Hall

Quay St Club Rooms

De Post

The Arc Rakinos

Aural Trash Ink Bar

Bevan Keys & Nyntee Longroom

Brett Polley The Patriot

Chris Cox

Neighbourhood Bar

Closer

TheatreWorks

Ben Wah

Ladies Night: Topless Waiters

Dean Te Paa

Bobby Brazuka

Manuel Bundy

Deep House Movement

Brett Polley

NAMELESS SONS ALBUM RELEASE

Dennis Sheperd

1885 Britomart 1885 Basement Merchant Bar

Cian

Imperial Lane

Closer

TheatreWorks

The Comedowns The Fiddler Irish Bar

David Shanhun De Post

Disasteradio, Jon Lemmon, Forest Spirits & Bewm Babiez Cassette

Atticus

The Britomart Country Club

BACKBEAT

Rickshaw Eddies The Pony Club 4:20

Departure Club

The Original Art Sale 2012

1885 Britomart

Rhythm & Style

Neighbourhood Bar

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre Sale St

DJ Chris Cox & Jason Kyle

Riqi Harawera

DJ Jarrod Phillips & DJ Sample Gee

The Rock n Roll Circus

DJs Leza Lee, Linley Latu, Tainer & Darnell

Moretons Bar

Khuja Lounge

Semi Permanent Aotea Centre

twentyone

The Deck, SKYCITY

DJ Sister Act & A Ponsonby Institution Chapel Bar

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auckland gig guide Franko

Rudsits Brothers

Franko

Tue 22

Gene Rivers

Saturday at Sale St

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Bard Day’s Night

Merchant Bar Racket Bar

Goodshirt w/ Sherpa Leigh Sawmill Cafe

Jan Maree Q Theatre

Left Or Right The Kings Arms

LORD OF TIGERS, MOTHRA & PROWLER Whammy Bar

Manuel Bundy Imperial Lane

Mojo

The Fiddler Irish Bar

Motown Soul Night

Three Kings Bar and Restaurant

Nyntee

The Britomart Country Club

Onny Kaulima

BlackSalt Sale St

Sick Disco Garage Edition Cassette Nine

Solly, Normski & Adam O Snapdragon

The Wine Cellar

The Original Art Sale 2012

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre

Shae Snell

The Fiddler Irish Bar

Spooky

Sunday at Sale St

TDK, BenWah

Sunday Session: the Sentimental Sound System

Everybodys Northern Steamship

Urbantramper Tabac

Sale St

Chapel Bar

Weird Together w/ Boy Crush

Mon 21

YOUNG SID

Bard Day’s Night

THE WHISKEY bar Stampede Bar

The Basement

Footnote Dance Q Theatre

The Kings Arms Pub Quiz The Kings Arms

Open Mic Night

Windsor Castle and Juice Bar

Peter Urlich Sextet w/ Nairobi Trio HE WHISKEY bar

Riverdance ASB Theatre

Worlds Greatest Quiz Night w/ Thane Kirby Chapel Bar

The Basement

Club Connoisseurs

1885 Basement

Sun 20

The Original Art Sale 2012

Conch Sunday Grill

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre

Merchant Bar

Ponsonby Social Club

Chapel Bar

The Kings Arms Monday Music Quiz The Kings Arms

CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 16

Sat 19

Squirm, Sexy Animals & Monsta Machine

Steffan van Soest Hit Machine w/ Phobos Eros, The Flying Sorcerers & Ed Muzik

Carnaval del Fuego

Dux Live

Woolston Club

Quiz Night

Will Frost

The Crystal Set

Dux Live

Phoenix Bar

Winter Wonderland Market University of Canterbury

Thu 17 DJ Mike T

The Monday Room

Redwood Library

House of Frills

Fri 18 Battle of The Bands 2012 The Foundry

Beach Breaks

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Karaoke

Bob’s Yer Uncle

Karaoke w/ DJ Chick

D’sendantz

Phoenix Bar

Pierside Cafe and Bar

New Music Collective: Pastels & Silhouette of Mr P darkroom

Salsa On Thursdays Salsa Latina Dance Studio

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Phoenix Bar

Becks Southern Alehouse

Friday Night Shuffle Club The Brewery

Oval Office w/ Blue Charlie Dux Live

CPSA Big Yellow Building

Locean Dux Live

Will Frost

Upper Riccarton Library

Mon 21 Jonny Love Dux Live

Quiz Night

Ferrymead Speights Ale House

Quiz Night

Lupus Lunar, Ipswich & The River Jones

Pierside Cafe and Bar

The Nudge

CPIT

Smashbox

The Fox and Ferret, Riccarton

Tue 22

Soulsystem

Jamesons Jam Sessions

darkroom

Wooden Works: Taira Nishizawa

Wunderbar

The Brewery

Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House

Poker Night

Sun 20

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Two Cartoons

Dux Live

Taos Sound System

Dux Live

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hamilton gig guide Wed 16

Thu 17

Sat 19

Sun 20

Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers

1814

The Bellbirds

Idiots of Ants

Nga Tae

In Flagrante

Women’s Lifestyle Expo

Great Lake Centre, Taupo Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Great Lake Centre, Taupo Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Latin Dancing Rhythms SKYCITY Hamilton

Fri 18 Adam Page

Sierra Cafe, Taupo

In Flagrante

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Left Or Right

The YOT Club, Raglan

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Naked Samoans Go Home

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

The Second Test

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

The Shrugs w/ Rumple & Stiltskin Static Bar, Hamilton

Tickets On Sale 10th May

Trees Tavern, Tokoroa Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Naked Samoans Go Home

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Saturday Night Blinder

Altitude Bar, Hamilton

Tempist Fujit

Diggers Bar, Hamilton

The Second Test

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Women’s Lifestyle Expo

Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

Great Lake Centre, Taupo

Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

tours & events

Upcoming tours & events 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

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

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

Opossom

Thu 31 May - Sat 02 Jun Lucha Lounge, Auckland Fri 08 Jun San Fran Bath House, Wellington

12x12 at In House

Thu 17 May 4 Cross St, Auckland Thu 24 May 4 Cross St, Auckland

95bFM Fancy New Band Showcase

Fri 25 May The Kings Arms, 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

Blacklistt

Fri 31 May Refuel, Dunedin Sat 01 Jun Saints ‘n’ Sinners, Invercargill Sun 02 Jun The Bedford, Christchurch Fri 08 Jun Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui Sat 09 Jun The Brownzy, Browns Bay Fri 15 Jun The Mayfair, New Plymouth Sat 16 Jun San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 22 Jun Altitude Bar, Hamilton Sat 23 Jun Powerstation, Auckland

Radiohead (UK)

Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

Dimmer

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

The English Beat

Thu 23 Aug Powerstation, 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

Florence + The Machine (UK)

Ladyhawke

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

Lawrence Arabia

Fri 13 Jul St Michaels and All Angels, Christchurch Sat 14 Jul Sammy’s, Dunedin Fri 20 Jul Town Hall, Auckland Sat 21 Jul Opera House, Wellington

Coldplay

Sat 10 Nov Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Smashing Pumpkins

Sat 04 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

Terror

Tue 17 Jul Void, Hamilton Wed 18 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

Fri 18 May The YOT Club, Raglan Sat 19 May The Kings Arms, Auckland Thu 24 May San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 02 Jun Sammy’s, Dunedin Fri 08 Jun Tillermans, Invercargill Sat 16 Jun Strawberry Tree, Kaikoura Fri 22 Jun Subculture, Queenstown Sat 23 Jun Mint Bar, Wanaka Fri 29 Jun Blue Pub, Methven Sat 30 Jun Dux Live, Christchurch

Lenny Henry (UK)

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

Mon 28 May Vector Arena, Auckland

Tiki Taane

Sat 02 Jun Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi

Tim Ripper Owens

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

Urbantramper

Fri 18 May Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Sat 19 May Tabac, Auckland Fri 25 May Space Monster, Whanganui Sat 26 May Garret St, Wellington

Sat 03 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Mon 05 Nov TSB Bank Arena, Wellington

Thu 24 May Town Hall, Auckland Fri 25 May Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, Tauranga Sat 26 May Playhouse Theatre, Hastings Sun 27 May The Paramount Theatre, Wellington

Fri 18 May - Sat 19 May The Edge, Auckland

Left Or Right

Black Keys

Celtic Divas

Semi-Permanent

Ghostface Killah

Thu 07 Jun Powerstation, Auckland

Goodshirt

Sat 19 May Sawmill Cafe, Leigh

Jo Little

Fri 18 May Meow, Wellington Thu 24 May The Darkroom, Christchurch

Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Wed 04 Jul Opera House, Wellington Thu 05 Jul Municipal Theatre, Napier Fri 06 Jul Clarence St Theatre, Hamilton Sat 07 Jul Powerstation, Auckland

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

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Diablo III

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Made exclusively for Wii, this sequel is loaded with entirely new galaxies and features to challenge and delight players of all ages.

It has been a long wait for Diablo fans – 12 years!

The dark fantasy/horrorthemed action roleplaying game will be released on Windows and Mac OS X platforms. The game would require a constant internet connection for play, even for singleplayer mode.

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because he says as much, and because he swears a lot.

It looks good, and it’s big, dumb fun. It might be presented in a derivative package, but at least has a lot of polish. The story is forgettable, and the jumping is entertaining; if that’s enough to pique your interest, give this one a go.

WRITTEN BY TRISTAN CLARK

Dragon’s Dogma Preview PS3/Xbox 360

Dragon’s Dogma is a very familiar concept. An openworld role-playing game, your goal is to head out into the world and make your mark on it, while helping (or hurting) others and having numerous adventures.

Playing it, on the other hand, is unfamiliar. Yes, it adheres to many conventions, but it also chucks a lot of them out the window, resulting in something new. For example, other game objects will block your spells, and you can clamber all over the larger enemies as you attempt to dispatch them to

the underworld.

You also need to be careful about going out at night (as that’s when the real bad guys come out to play), but fortunately the ability to hire heroes to help you can reduce the risk somewhat.

It’s still a bit rough around the edges, with A.I. characters that dart around unrealistically etc, but the combination of new features and a grounded sense of reality help to balance it out.

If you like games like Skyrim and Kingdoms Of Amalur, watch out for Dragon’s Dogma on May 25th.

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One that isn’t particularly original, has its fair share of flaws, but also makes you feel like a superhero? Meet Prototype 2, the gaming equivalent of a late-‘80s Schwarzenegger flick.

A virus is affecting New York City, turning most of its inhabitants into mindless zombies. You, however, are affected in a different way; you get the ability to transform your body into a veritable cornucopia of vicious super-powered weaponry.

What follows is a slaughter: as Heller, your general approach to exposing cover-ups and crooked scientists is to hack apart and consume everyone in your path.

There’s no subtlety here; you can tell the main character is angry

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album reviews GoodShirt Skinny mirrors llll

Goodshirt hung on the line for a while there, sunning after a saturation of success whilst the young gents pursued personal passions. Now, after a ramble about the country playing to adoring nostalgia-junkies, comes the welcome and humble release of their “new stuff”.

Five songs comprise a thoughtful and luminous EP in Skinny Mirror.

Opening track ‘Out Of Our League’ is a meditative folky anthem which surprises yet satisfies. One of the most appealing things about Goodshirt was their punchy and driving songs, and although this EP has an overall different feel

Santigold

Bobby Womack

ALBUM OF THE WEEK from their earlier work, second track ‘We Won’t Tire’ sounds awfully familiar, harking back to what the band has achieved and – hopefully – heralding what is to come.

This is a mature and positive collection of songs proving that good songwriting and fine musicianship never left us.

Goodshirt are still a perfect fit and as fresh as ever.

WRITTEN BY JACK GABRIEL

Kaiser Chiefs

Battles

Master Of My Make Believe

The Bravest Man In The Universe

Souvenir: The Singles Collection 2004 – 2012

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Genre-blending powerhouse Santigold has returned, but was Master Of My Make Believe worth the wait? Four years is a long time in the music world, and Santi White’s time out of the spotlight since her debut seems to have been spent trying to refine her diverse palate of influences. On her long-awaited sophomore effort White has smoothed down her sharp edges, and while this does lead to a more balanced effort, it seems to have sacrificed some of the eclectic genius of Santogold. There is a name that hangs ever in the air when listening to this album and it’s M.I.A, a comparison that has never seemed more apt than on album opener ‘Go!’. Whether that’s bad or not is up for debate. Yet reggae-influenced tracks like ‘Disparate Youth’ and attention-grabber ‘Fame’ draw this album back from the brink of mediocrity and help recapture some of the magic of White’s debut.

On his staggering 27th album The Bravest Man In The Universe, soul singer Bobby Womack is expounding devotion and skepticism in equal measure – a hard balancing act to maintain.

Though he made his name in the early ‘70s, Womack’s star has been on the rise in the last few years, helped by his recent work with Gorillaz. It appears that it wasn’t a clean break; Gorillaz/ Blur alumni Damon Albarn helped out here on production duties. The title track swims in a slinky trip-hop groove, while the retro funk of ‘Love Is Gonna Lift You Up’ is crisp and refreshing. On The Bravest Man In The Universe, Womack has completely overshot neo-soul and landed in the future – an incomparable blend of soul, r’n’b, electronica and old-school grit that proves once again that you can never count the crafty veteran out.

This compilation of singles from Leeds favourite Britpop revivalists mirrors their career somewhat, with a fizzy first-half and a slightly limp second-act. Those wonder days on the back of 2005 album, Employment, have petered out for the Kaiser Chiefs, with their last project (2011’s The Future Is Medieval) getting a tough time of it due to a stagnating fan-base. So you might suggest that this is an attempt to remind people of what the band can bring - namely some impressive power-pop and an eye for frothy hooks. Early on in Souvenir that’s exactly what we get: with tracks like ‘Oh My God’, ‘Never Miss A Beat’ and ‘I Predict A Riot’, each doing the business.

However, that energy dies the further through the album you get, and by the end you can’t help but wonder what’s next for a group whose best days might now be behind them.

WRITTEN BY RICARDO KERR

WRITTEN BY DARREN MASLIN

Taking the experimental math rock of Brooklyn-based trio Battles to strange new places, Dross Glop shudders and dances its way into your ear canals. Rebounding easily from the departure of Tyondai Braxton, the afro-sporting guitarist and the keyboardist who featured prominently on 2007’s Mirrored, Battles came back with a bang with 2011’s Gloss Drop. Since then they have been drip-feeding their fans with 12” vinyl releases, each featuring a remixed track or two.

Altogether they’ve managed to enlist an impressive cabal of producers to re-imagine various tracks, and the resulting mélange has been collated into Dross Glop. Does it really work as an album? No, it’s scattered and disjointed, and many tracks just seem to go on and on. But as long as you approach it with an open mind (something Battles fans should be accustomed to) there are a fair few gems to be discovered on this compilation.

WRITTEN BY CLOVIS MCEVOY

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Fri June 8th - The Lucha Lounge, Auckland Sat, June 9th - The Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai Friday June 15th - Krazy Jacks,Tauranga Sat June 16th - TheYOT Club, Raglan

SemiPermanent Top creatives come to Auckland to discuss their work, their lives and their philosophy on creating innovative and inspirational art and design.

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A moving, sweet and at times harrowing tale about an abandoned boy, The Kid With A Bike is also a chilling insight into the psychological roots of crime. Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, famous for their naturalistic style, won the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix and a Golden

Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

And yet it almost doesn’t feel like a film. It’s more a snapshot of life than a story carefully moulded for entertainment value. It’s also a disturbing look at how childhood pain can fester, reminding us that society’s most vulnerable are

those without guidance from the right influences.

Cécile De France gives a great performance as the boy’s guardian, Samantha, a selfless yet strongwilled hairdresser who takes him into her home, as does the young Thomas Doret, who is entirely convincing in his portrayal of a little boy lost.

The raw documentary feel won’t be to everyone’s taste but the Dardennes’ lack of cinematic tricks grounds this in reality, even if there are times when it’s hard to sympathise with the behaviours of Cyril’s father – and

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Whilst not quite the triumph we might have been hoping for, this lushly produced gothic comedy is director Tim Burton’s best film since 2003’s Big Fish.

Depp, who was so annoying in Alice in Wonderland and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Burton’s worst films if you take Planet Of The Apes out of the picture), is no less affected in his performance here, but for some reason it just works.

I recoiled when, in the trailer, I saw the scene of him trying to find the little people in the television, but it’s his character’s lack of familiarity with the modern era (well, 1972) that provides most of the film’s best jokes. The hippy scene alone is worth the price of admission.

Re-teaming with his old production designer Rick Heinrichs proves to be a great move for Burton and the look

to a degree, Samantha. Intimate, elegant touches prevail: while being tucked into bed, Cyril tells Samantha her breath is warm, his way of saying she’s a comfort; in another scene the camera lingers on the resilient boy as he pedals through the night. Poignant and true.

of the film evokes the best parts of Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks!.

Helena Bonham Carter has the coolest look, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloë Grace Moretz have more to do, and they’re both excellent.

Eva Green stomps around with too much lipstick on, but seems to be having a lot of fun as the baddie, while former Neighbours star Bella Heathcote steps up in a major way to play the love interest. Her enormous eyes bode well for her future career.

The plot feels a tad directionless, but the baroque proceedings managed to hold my interest throughout. I like that Burton is looking to his past for inspiration here, but he has a way to go to reclaim his status as mainstream Hollywood’s boldest visual filmmaker.

WRITTEN BY DOMINIC CORRY, FLICKS.CO.NZ

The title of writer-director JC Chandor’s dizzying debut refers to the moment when all debts must be repaid – the day of reckoning. And boy does he deliver. At an unnamed Wall Street firm (Lehman Brothers!), recently-fired risk manager Stanley Tucci gives young buck Zachary Quinto (Spock in Star Trek) a file that will, ultimately, start the 2007 recession. So begins a financial forest fire that, over the course of one long, over-caffeinated night, engulfs the entire company and – as we now know – world.

Part of Chandor’s genius (or extreme good fortune) is that each new level of the corporation is overseen by a brilliant actor who’s correspondingly higher up the Hollywood pecking order than the last. So Quinto reports to Paul Bettany, who reports

to Kevin Spacey, who reports to Jeremy Irons, each more compromised – or corrupt – than their inferiors. “You and I can’t control it, or stop it, even slow it,” says Irons urbanely as he sells a million futures down the river with a lupine smile. “We just react. And we make a lot of money if we get it right.”

It’s a brutal world (“Still alive?” the execs keep asking each other), brilliantly evoked by one of the most impressive casts assembled in recent memory (Simon ‘The Mentalist’ Baker is particularly chilling). But this is Chandor’s triumph, and marks him out as someone to keep an eye on in the future. Let’s hope he’s never handed such an allpervading human horror story again.

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Moral Orel A Review by Harlequin Jones

While TVNZ7 may not be around for much longer, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy what is still available to watch before we kiss the underdog of New Zealand programming goodbye. Wallace Chapman’s show The New Old airs this Friday 18 May at 9:30pm, exploring “the fast developing trend for old and half-forgotten styles, pastimes and tastes that have come into vogue again”.

It’s a show that’s definitely onto something, and it’s becoming clear that Wallace Chapman could be the next Marcus Lush – an intelligent presenter with an eye for alternative yet intriguing stories.

Over on the best Sky TV channel around, SoHo has Veep on Thursdays at 9pm.

Fans of The Thick Of It will recognise the overly savvy and satirical campness of the new Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfield) show which was created by Armando Iannucci (In The Loop). The show follows the Vice-President of America as she bumbles her way around the press conferences, big oil and bigger dick-swinging that we all really hope goes down in American politics. It’s funny, it’s clever and you can’t help but think Tony Hale (Arrested Development) has found

another role that may fit him just as well as Buster.

While SoHo is usually the reliable source for the best American shows around, Prime always tends to come in with some gold too. Boardwalk Empire is airing on the underdog channel on Sundays at 9:35pm.

If you aren’t up to play with the Martin Scorsese and Mark Wahlberg produced series that stars Steve Buscemi, Kelly McDonald, Michael Pitt and Michael Shannon, then now’s the time to get up to speed with this fantastic prohibition-era crime drama.

TV3’s Sunday night movie is one that has more re-watch capability than Spongebob Squarepants does for stoners.

The Oscar-winning Walk The Line plays at 8:30pm this Sunday 20 May, and it’s hard to imagine a better way of winding down your weekend than watching Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon tell the story of the iconic country man Johnny Cash.

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I’m really glad I watched this series.

Mainly cause I love anything that takes the piss out of Christianity. It’s a stop frame animation using models, kind of like Thomas the tank engine crossed with South Park. Or did you ever see Bobby the Bus on the Suzy Cato show? Well you get the idea.

Apparently there was a Christian kids show called Davey and Goliath, and this is kind of a rip on the style of that. Orel is a Christian boy who tries to do everything by the way of the lord, but more often than not ends up getting it a bit wrong. He gets hooked on crack, digs up a dead body, gets the kids in his class into drinking urine, commits euthanasia and gets his dick pierced, all in the name of god. Cool eh. The crack episode fucking RULZ. He gets a job to learn the importance of money, or some shit, and then gives his pay to a homeless dude who then gets him addicted to crack. He then beats up his boss for money and donates blood to keep up his habit! Ahaha If you want this on DVD burn a bible and email me your name + address to iwantadvdumduh@gmail.com

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