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Music subscription service provider Spotify has launched in New Zealand as anyone with a Facebook page will know. It’s been the talk of the town ever since the launch last week with punters having their say and dissecting the service across all social media platforms, further proving Spotify’s own mantra that the digital life is the one we’re all living, so why should’t that be reflected musically? Read more about the subscription service on page 6.

Waterfront Theatre Gets Green light

The Auckland Council has confirmed its support of the 600-seat waterfront theatre development by maintaining its budget allocation of $10 million in the Long Term Plan. While Auckland does have many smaller theatres and studios around the CBD, the new development will be one that aims to push the city’s cultural value along with the reinvention of the Auckland waterfront. The Auckland Theatre Company is delighted with the outcome of the council’s $21.7million pledge of the $35million fundraising target. The ATC is actively pursuing other funding avenues to fill the gap, with the next report back on progress to Auckland Council happening in September.

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18/07 NZ Film Festival Announcements

Seven of the films that will be screening at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival have been announced. While there are still plenty more to come, so far we know that the festival will feature: Frederick Wiseman’s titular documentary kaleidoscopic cinematic romp about French cabaret club Crazy Horse; Lynn Shelton’s misunderstanding coming-of-age funny drama Your Sister’s Sister starring Emily Blunt and Mark Duplass; Kevin Macdonald’s longawaited ‘authorised’ documentary on Marley; Jack Black’s unfamiliar role as a closeted Texan in Bernie directed by Richard Linklater; the competitive expose on the ins and outs of professional ballet in Bess Kargman’s First Position; Lee Hirsch’s ultimate provocative documentary Bully which explores the all-toofamiliar and in some cases potentially fatal notion of bullying in American highschools; and Amy Berg’s investigation of the infamous three Arkansas teenagers convicted for murdering three eight year old boys known as the West Memphis Three in the chilling West of Memphis. The New Zealand International Film Festival launches in Auckland on Thursday 19 July before heading around the country – see nzff.co.nz for more details.

Ladyhawke Dates Added

Ladyhawke has added two shows to her upcoming tour. Previously only Auckland and Wellington dates were announced, but Dunedin and Christchurch dates have now been added as well as touring support act Auckland duo She’s So Rad. Dunedin’s Union Hall will host on Wednesday 11 July before the Christchurch show at the UCSA Events Centre on Thursday 12 July.

Lady Gaga has cancelled her one Indonesian performance of the Born This Way Ball due to threats from extremist groups. Apparently the Islamic Defenders Front thinks the eccentric singer is in cahoots with the devil and promised they would get violent in one way or another if the singer continued to “corrupt” the nation’s youth.

Two weeks into hormone replacement therapy, Against Me! singer Tommy Gabel has made her live debut as Laura Jane. The now frontwoman played a 40 minute set in San Diego last week following the singer’s plans to begin living as a woman which was reported in early May. While hanging out at the merch table with her wife, Heather after the show Grace told Rolling Stone “I was worried that some people expected me to come out looking like Little Bo Peep or something.”

Liam Gallagher’s latest fun scuffle is with Echo And The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch. The former Oasis/current Beady Eye/consistently entertaining singer tweeted “Ian McCulloch you wanna watch what your [sic] saying about my lyrics or I will come and tattoo them on your forehead !

LG”. It’s not yet clear exactly what McCulloch said to upset Gallagher, but it doesn’t take much to set the diva (he-va?) off.

1990s heart-throb River Phoenix will be returning to the screen in a comeback beyond the grave.

Academy Award-nominated director George Sluizer has taken the footage from his unreleased film Dark Blood out of hiding nearly 20 years after production was halted due to Phoenix’s infamous death at The Viper Room in Los Angeles.

Energy drink V has teamed up with music producer Joel Little of Goodnight Nurse and Kids of 88 fame to explore the visual arts realm and create a piece of music using body movement. While we’re not really sure what that actually means and if it’s even possible, the V Motion Project team are sure they’ve got something up their sleeve that can make this magic work. Follow the webisodical documentary at v.co.nz.

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Who’s in the dead supergroup for your dream hologram show?

Dime, Ronnie Dio, Entwislte, Cozy Powel.

What’s an upcoming film you’re jazzed about?

Not really any… I’m not even sure of what’s coming out…

Where can your stalkers find you during the weekend?

When home I’m hanging with the family… my kids always have something going on.

What happens when you mix Coca Cola with Pepsi?

You lose your fingers.

Your fantasy spirit animal is…

What the hell does this mean?

Your signature “I’m an amazing cook” dish is…

Anything on the grill. Love to cook on that!

The best TV show around at the moment is…

I love Modern Family. Great show.

The best place for a date night is…

I don’t know... haven’t been on a date in a long time. If I remember right, it was The Melting Pot in Ohio.

Listeners around the country were treated last week to the launch of on-demand subscription service and music provider Spotify.

Late last year the word went out that the music provider would be launching, and it couldn’t have come at a better time with all of the Internet police chasing after anyone and everyone who is trying to download anything for free.

Spotify is described as “...your new music collection. Your library. Only this time your collection is vast: millions of tracks and counting. Spotify comes in all shapes and sizes, available for your PC, Mac, home audio system and mobile phone. Wherever you go, your music follows you.”

Anyone with a Facebook account will have seen the updates of what your friends are listening to, and as far as the uptake on the service goes, the biggest whinge we’ve heard is that users feel uncomfortable with Spotify notifying their friends what you’re listening to. It’s a little harder to get your guilty pleasure fix when it’s being broadcast on your timeline, so you might have to stop pretending that you don’t like the new Nicki Minaj track.

There are three separate subscription options available with three payment options. One is free and allows listeners to browse the entire catalogue available with the online service from your computer. The cheapest payment option is $7.49 per month and gives you access to Spotify’s radio mode, as well as not having to be put through ads while you’re using the service. The most expensive option is $12.99 a month and gives you access to all of Spotify’s services including playing songs from your mobile, accessing your playlists offline on both your computer and phone, and allows you to play Spotify through other music systems. You can read more about the service and get

familiar with it all at spotify.com/nz.

Yes, there are other services like Spotify that have been around for a while, and yes, it’s not as if Spotify is a revolutionary concept. But it is one that has been utilised around the world and has a relatively good repertoire from music labels who are a big factor in how online content is being distributed and provided.

Labels know that people stream and download for free, and if this is the new system of the future that the technological age utilises then it’s best to stop fighting it and learn how to work with it. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

What this means for New Zealand is that we finally have a large scale, mainstream music provider as a subscription service that rivals the iTunes way of purchasing music.

Many people have to come to terms with the fact that downloading copyrighted content is illegal and you can get fined some hefty penance for breaking the law. Downloading music (as well as films, television shows and other content) for free has become a generational thing that both the savvy and layman consumer has become adjusted to, but there’s only so long people can get away with that in this social and economic environment.

Whether or not people will go for it and realise the fact that this kind of business model may be one of the ways of the future in terms of record labels and music distribution, only time will tell on that front.

You’d get arrested if the police knew that you…

Mixed Coke and Pepsi.

People say you look like…

I never really heard anyone before, maybe Eddie Murphy.

Five celebs on your f**klist?

Man that is tough. Alyssa Milano is one, Pink, not sure who else.

Kittens or puppies?

I don’t like either.

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What generic current affair has your blood boiled?

I don’t worry about that.

Plug whatever it is that’s coming up for you.

Well the rest of my solo tour here… And Dio Disciple dates. I have a new CD out with charred walls of the damned – all info will be on timripperowens.com

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WeDNESDAY 30 The Black Seeds

Remix The Orchestra

Altitude

Town Hall 8pm, $36, eventfinder.co.nz

8pm, $20-30, the-edge.co.nz

The Black Seeds have been through a lot in their tenure as one of the country’s biggest dub bands.

Now, with the release of their new album Dust and Dirt, the reggae fusion ensemble are heading off around the country. No doubt they’ll find themselves right at home in Hamilton for this midweek geek.

It’s okay to like orchestral music. The composition is incredible, and violins and cellos are magnificent instruments. But for any amateur symphony fans feeling curious, there’s good news for your multigenre conscious earholes – you can check out Remix The Orchestra this week and see what happens when hip-hop meets a full orchestra.

Fiesta Paella

Cairo Knife Fight

Blacklistt

Amiria Grenell

Chapel

The Whiskey

Refuel

Meow

Authentic paella and Spanish wines will be on heavy rotation all night at Chapel in Ponsonby, so you can pretend you’re all hot like Penelope Cruz or Javier Bardem and talk about poetry and feelings and casual sex.

7pm, $43, ticketmaster.co.nz

9pm, $30, eventfinder.co.nz

The Whiskey Live series continues with a night of knife heavy metal. Is that a thing? It’s in print so it’s a thing.

Cairo Knife Fight, Knives At Noon and Autozamm are all on the bill for this night of knights.

From the ashes of Blindspott comes the new incarnation of New Zealand nu-metal. Blacklistt embark on their Blindspott tour, much to the delight of the diehard fans from the tip of the top to the deep south.

There’s something about folky girls sing really cute music that makes you think they’d be really lovely to hang out with. Then it turns out they’re party animals and you’re unfit after half a bottle of tequila.

FRIDAY 01 Opossom Lucha Lounge

gig OF THE WEEK

CSO & The Adults CBS Canterbury Arena 9pm

7.30pm, $10-35, ticketek.co.nz

It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Opossom would be playing a few shows at Auckland’s Lucha Lounge. Now that the time has come to see the fresher-than-mint band live, all three Auckland shows have sold out. Your best bet is to play the sympathy card with your friend who has a spare. Or rob them.

Raggamuffin Roadtrip

Tim Ripper Owens

Dropbass 5th Birthday

David Dallas

Bedford Marquee

Bodega

Studio

The Whiskey

Reggae goes on the road this week as the Raggamuffin Roadtrip travels around the country featuring local and international skanking heavyweights including Fiji, J Boog, Hot Rain, Spawnbreezie, Peetah Morgan, Sons Of Zion, Soljah and more.

Tim “Ripper” Owens has played with the likes of Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Dio Disciples, Yngwie Malmsteen and Beyond Fear. Now the Ripper will be ripping the shit out of Kiwi audiences with guests World War Four and Sonic Altar.

Thought Creature

RDU Roundup

Mighty Mighty

Dux Live

Back from Berlin and celebrating their EP release Total Recall, psychedelic spaceheads Thought Creature wind up their tour with a Wellington show at Mighty Mighty this Friday before the last leg at Auckland’s Whammy Bar on Saturday.

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Bass driven beats beat Dropbass’ birthday into submission at this spastic collective of what will no doubt be a gum-chewingly exciting night of celebrations with Youngsta, MC Toast, Safire, Soulware, Perverse and another 30ish typically bassheadnamed acts.

9pm, FREE

The annual competition is running at Christchurch’s Dux Live every Friday and Saturday through to midJune. See the fresh faces blast some fresh music and eyeball those fresh flirtatious drunkards getting fresh with your foxy friends.

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8pm, $45, undertheradar.co.nz

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The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra is teaming up with Jon Toogood, Shayne Carter and Julia Deans’ collaborative endeavour The Adults for one night of contemporary mash-ups, featuring some established hits and new ensemble pieces. Orchestra meets a mixture of rock, pop and all things semi-supergroup at this very special, very one-off gig.

7pm, $102, ticketmaster.co.nz

The Whiskey Live series changes its tune this Friday, with an ensemble performance from local hip-hop favourite David Dallas headlining with support from Che Kamikaze, Josh Leys and DJ Automatic on decks for the second to last show of The Whiskey’s Music Month celebrations.

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SATURDAY 02 Tiki Taane

Flow 4th Birthday

Marilyn Manson

Waihi Beach Hotel

Flow

Born Villain 9pm, $10-15, dashtickets.co.nz

8pm, $20-30, dashtickets.co.nz

How’s this for a date night – drive to Waihi, go see an acoustic set by Tiki Taane, stay warm with red wine and whiskey, walk along the beach after the show, do some kisses, cosy up at wherever you’re staying, get laid.

You’re welcome.

You’ve got to hand it to the dubstep kids. No matter how much bagging on the genre that’s directed their way, the audience and acts themselves keep pressing on. They don’t care what you think. You’re old and you can’t dance. Loser.

Gin Wigmore

Beach Pigs

The Whiskey

Mighty Mighty 7pm, $102, ticketmaster.co.nz

10.30pm, Door Sales Only

Gin Wigmore looks and sounds like a party girl. So when she says that she likes to chill out with her friends and hubby, it’s a bit weird. And depressing, because she has a hubby and I’m totally into her.

What are Beach Pigs and Rackets teaming up for in Wellington? “Noisypop to bop-and-flop, history in the video-making.” So go along and feature in a video, then add it to your very empty LinkedIn profile.

Illuminate Paint Party

Left Or Right

ASB Showgrounds

Sammys 8.15pm, $15-20, undertheradar

10pm, Sold oUT

Paint parties, man. People smearing themselves with paint, wiping their bodies together, deliberately sharing juices... whatever happened to a family-friendly jetsonic or blue light disco?

Three-piece avant-garde dub act Left Or Right continue their long-winded tour as they celebrate the release of their second album Buzzy. Long tours and epic shows are exactly what these guys do best, and do it well they do.

Sunday 03 Festa Junina Britomart Country Club 2pm, FREE

Brazilian parties are the best parties. They have those big feathers and exotically dressed men and women wearing masks and looking like total babes. So when you’re all bummed out that it’s a Sunday and all you want to do is have another crack at Saturday, head to this. It’s like social foreplay.

TUesday 05 Ghostface Killah

Silverstein

The Foundry

Zeal 8pm, $55, dashtickets.co.nz

From memory, a friend of mine went to see Ghostface last time he came, and she was super excited afterwards because he signed her boob. With any luck it’ll happen to her again and he can sign the other one.

6pm, $40

Canadian post-hardcore five-piece Silverstein play the second of their two shows at Zeal in West Auckland on Tuesday to an all ages crowd, following their Wellington show at Bar Medusa on Monday.

I must admit it was with some trepidation that I approached a new release from one of rock’s most gloriously reviled performers. It was well over a decade ago that Marilyn Manson’s shock-and-awe tactics carved him out an indelible place in music history; like some dark embodiment of the American psyche his arresting visual style, ear-splitting scream and grotesque charm carried him to superstardom in the late ‘90s. Yet Manson’s last two studio albums came close to self parody. The ideas were tepid, the lyrics at times awkward, and the “shock tactics” seemed to have lost any real purpose. For a man whose early career seemed to evoke the enthralling dance of a slow motion car crash, to see him fall into the cliché mediocrity of an aging rock star was a little saddening.

However, Born Villain is a revitalising breath of fresh air that sees the iconic frontman returning to the gritty production values and devil-may-care arrogance that made albums like Antichrist Superstar so mesmerising.

Far more multilayered and mature than recent efforts, Born Villain is shot through with Manson’s personality: charismatic, aggressive, and virulently hedonistic. Opening track ‘Hey, Cruel World’ is an arresting nail-you-to-the-wall

shot of energy that leaves you with high expectations for the rest of the album – expectations which, by and large, are met and sometimes exceeded.

Lyrically, the album is personal and authentic, filled with metaphorical imagery of flowers and guns, much in keeping with Manson’s dark aesthetic. The songwriting partnership of Manson and Twiggy Ramirez seems to have taken a step forward on this album; a variety of styles are at play throughout, running from glam rock to industrial.

Particular highlights are ‘The Gardener’ which has the lazy cool of Iggy Pop and evokes classic Manson tracks such as ‘Lunchbox’, and ‘Lay Down Your Goddamn Arms’ which has blues riffs heavy enough to form a black hole. There’s even a tongue-in-cheek cover of Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ replete with Johnny Depp making a cameo on guitar. By the time ‘Breaking The Same Old Ground’ rolls around, the irony of that title becomes abundantly clear: this is Manson breaking out of the rut he dug for himself and going somewhere new.

All in all, it’s a far cry from the immersive rock operas that gained Manson his devout following, but fans can at least rest assured he’s back on the right track.

WRITTEN BY CLOVIS MCEVOY

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Thursday 31

Hamish McKeich

Outtakes Film Festival

conductor at NZSO

Paramount Theatre

The Outtakes Film Festival arrives in Wellington this Thursday and runs through to Sunday 10 June at the Paramount Theatre. A range of gay and lesbian themed films will be on show at this reel queer festival of flicks that are worth your time. Get your arse away from the wall, closet cases – it’s only cinema.

Friday 01 Course Related Costs Who’s in the dead supergroup for your dream hologram show?

Jimi Hendrix with Mozart on the keys.

The Basement 8pm, $18

The latest black comedy from acclaimed troupe The Outfit Theatre Company follows the tough life that students face nowadays. Phone calls from mum, deadlines, always running out of money… what’s a student to do? Probably start cooking up a bunch of A-grade meth and let your future self deal with the consequences.

What’s an upcoming film you’re jazzed about?

Good For Nothing, the kiwi pavlova western. My mate John Psathas wrote the music, I conducted.

Where can your stalkers find you during the weekend?

Arthur’s or Martha’s.

What happens when you mix Coca Cola with Pepsi?

You call Bert on the big white telephone.

SUNDAY 03 Strikeone

Your signature “I’m an amazing cook” dish is…

Meat.

Matchbox Studios 10am

Sunday is the last day of STRIKEONE – the first exhibition at the newest art gallery in the capital. The opening exhibit features works from local artists Maurice Bennet, Eryn Gribble, Felix Harris, Lucinda Gulliver, Jade Townsend, Hannah Stewart, Jonathan Cameron, Nicki Stewart, Melissa Mepham and Jean Burgers.

Ian McKellen

The best TV show around at the moment is…

Mad Men.

Your fantasy spirit animal is…

A blind panda.

You’d get arrested if the police knew that you…

Were stupid enough to say it here.

People say you look like…

Johnny Depp or Robert Downey jnr.

People with good eyesight just laugh.

Five celebs on your f**klist?

I don’t keep up to date with celebrities; Bridget Fonda though…

Kittens or puppies?

Not another f**klist question I hope…

What generic current affair has your blood boiled?

NZ politicians – rather short-term, short-sighted politics.

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TUESDAY 05 Gone In A Flash MULTIPLE VENUES

Court Theatre 2pm, $60, courttheatre.co.nz

Key

Who comes to mind when you think of great actors?

Anthony Hopkins. Al Pacino. Meryl Streep. Snooki. Ian McKellen. This is your rare chance to see one of them on stage waxing lyrical about the things that have made him who he is today at this extra show added to the knight’s tour due to popular demand.

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The Auckland Festival of Photography kicks off with a flash this Tuesday at multiple venues around Auckland city. From 6pm to 9pm the Tuesday circuit will be celebrated by Pearce Gallery at 130 St George’s Bay Rd, Hum Salon at 123 Grafton Rd, ProjectSpace at Elam, the In House gallery at 4 Cross St, Artstation in Ponsonby, an open air showing at the village centre in Mt Eden, The Digital Darkroom at 273 Dominion Rd, the Snake Pit at 33 High St and the Anna Miles Gallery at 47 High St. Each of the venues will be open throughout the evening, and the festival is aiming to have limited free car transport between venues that aren’t within walking distance. For more information on the Gone In A Flash circuit and the Auckland Festival of Photography in general, visit photographyfestival.org.nz.

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Fairy Tail Collection 1 A Review by Harlequin Jones Fairy Tail is an anime about fuckin magic yo! Well, wizards n shit. Lucy Heartfilia is a young girl who thinks magic and wizard’s are super cool, and one day she meets a wizard called Natsu Dragneel, a boy who is on a mission to find his foster parent, a dragon. No shit! Once she finds out that he is part of this wizard club called Fairy Tail she goes traveling with him and joins the club too! Natsu has a really cute flying cat thing that follows him around everywhere called Happy. The Fairy Tail wizard club, or ‘guild’ I think they call it, is a bunch of magic people who drink heaps and fight each other, but they also go and work jobs for people, like killing monsters and stop evil illegal wizard clubs using their super magic powers. If I were a wizard I would make a spell that cooks for me or have some flying shoes or some shit.

A flying cat would be rad too.

If you want this on DVD tell me ur cats name + your name + your address at iwantadvdumduh@gmail.com

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THURSDAY 31 What To Expect When You’re Expecting

TRISHNA

General release

There are heaps of films about chicks getting pregnant and freaking out about it. But it takes two to tango, and dudes actually freak out about babies as well. This semi-interesting flick has a great cast accompanied by what looks like a range of predictable jokes. With any luck, Human Giant’s Rob Huebel can save it.

Last Will

[Rec]3: Genesis

Selected Cinemas

General release

Alright, it’s another Swedish crime drama. Those Swedes really know how to do tension and drama with a strong female character as the lead.

If you’re a fan of a certain tattooed female franchise, you’ll be excited for this.

Spanish horror movie meets wedding gone wrong meets zombies in the third installment of the [Rec] franchise. It’s all leading up to the forthcoming [Rec] Apocalypse, which we can only imagine is a documentary style Day of the Dead.

FRIDAY 01 Paul Merton In Europe Prime, 8:30pm

Comedian Paul Merton sets his sights on discovering the wonders of modern Europe in this new series.

In the first episode the funnyman meets the leader of a political movement known as the Apple Front, plays chess boxing, studies giant bunny breeding and samples naked bowling before experiencing some kind of bizarre spa.

Further info directed by MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM Starring FREIDA PINTO, RIZ AHMED AND ANURAG KASHYAP

British director Michael Winterbottom is known for his versatility – his repertoire including A Mighty Heart, 24 Hour Party People and the controversially sexual 9 Songs. Once again he throws viewers into another world, transporting Thomas Hardy’s Tess Of The d’Urbevilles into present-day India.

Tess becomes Trishna, played

by Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, whose striking beauty is her character’s greatest gift and curse.

Winterbottom cleverly twists a Victorian fable of power and exploitation into a thoroughly modern and tragic love story.

If Slumdog and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are tour guide movies, Trishna goes off the beaten track, spanning India’s poor and wealthy from the hard-living rural life of the protagonist’s roots in Rajasthan

to the glossy, kitsch Bollywood world she finds herself drawn to in Mumbai.

Trishna’s identity fluctuates throughout as she navigates her way from labourer to glamorous city-dweller to servant, and Pinto plays the character with strength and humility, despite the increasingly degrading things she’s subjected to. When life doesn’t pan out as expected, there’s a moment that feels lost and what happens next is forced.

Using a naturalistic style that almost lends it a documentary feel, Trishna drags its way through the first hour and steams through the second. As the drama begins to develop, it’s moving but jarring, as though panic has set in. The result is a film that is intoxicating, emotional and exhausting. You’ll feel like you’ve been to India and back.

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MONDAy 04 MTV Movie Awards

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Hot damn if this doesn’t look like this could be one of the funniest web series we’ve ever heard of. Fans of Children’s Hospital and Party Down will find this more appealing than anyone else, with an incredibly talented cast featuring Ken Marino, Adam Scott, Michael Ian Black, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, June Diane Raphael, Paul Scheer, Ben Stiller and more. A parody of reality television shows in the same vein as The Bachelor, Burning Love follows a fireman looking for love in all the right places. What could go wrong? Hopefully everything with this cast and crew behind it. We can’t stress how high our expectations are of this show – get online and start streaming with the premiere airing early next week.

Yep, it’s that time again when the Oscars for kids manage to actually get good talent on the show. If the industry wank and pretention was taken out of the Academy Awards and replaced by cheap marketing tactics and jokes, it would be the MTV Movie Awards.

But it’s actually fun to watch, so whatever.

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The Claddagh 372-376 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland 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.

Party Like A Queen It’s Queens Birthday weekend, and instead of letting yourself eat cake like all those royals do, why not test your palate on some social delights?

Mexico 23 Britomart Place, Auckland CBD

Snapdragon 204 Quay St, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland

Chapel 147 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland

Maybe you’re thinking that royalty isn’t your buzz and you’d rather celebrate another country that’s not in the Commonwealth. If you haven’t been to Mexico yet you’re a damn fool. Tequila is classy and elegant while still giving you a boost of bratty energy, Sangria comes in a giant jug and the food at Mexico is spicier than the dancing love child of Salma Hayek and Ricky Martin.

Kick off Queens Birthday weekend at Snapdragon where two levels of party come together for one night of mayhem. That kind of mayhem you want to be a part of where people all look sexy and have fun, not rioting mayhem. On Friday 01 June DJ’s P Money, Dan Aux, Jason Eli and Normski will be playing on both levels of Snapdragon until late where you can grab three Beck’s beers for $20 to share with your mates. Free entry before 10pm.

‘Like’ Chapel Bar & Bistro’s Facebook page this week and go in the draw to win a trip to Las Vegas for you and a friend in association with grabaseat. You and your buddy could be partying Vegas style all thanks to the good folks at Chapel. Get on it quick, the competition will be drawn Friday 08 June.

Terms and conditions apply, see the Chapel Bar & Bistro Facebook page for more info.

GIG GUIDE

SHIT WORTH DOING

WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 30 Bob Mintzer & The Wellington Jazz Orchestra The Grand

Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Documentary Edge Festival Reading Cinema

Evening Dress & Ball Gown Fashion Show Museum Hotel

Force Fields, Sky Village & Emily Fairlight San Fran Bath House

Good Times

Funkacybin, Melting Faces & Steezin Hawkins.

UrbanTramper 9PM, Southern Cross

San Fran Bath House

Golden Curtain, Craig Terris & Franck Monnet Mighty Mighty

Micah, B-Lo & Kev Fresh Bettys

Sat 02 All My Sons Circa Theatre

Beach Pigs & Rackets Mighty Mighty

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring

The Black Seeds

Riverdance

Caburlesque: A Night With Queen

Downstage Theatre St James Theatre

Fri 01

8PM, The Frontroom

The Fringe Bar

Riverdance

St James Theatre

Stroma: Soundbytes 2: Percussion/Action City Gallery Wellington

Sun 03 All My Sons Circa Theatre

The Black Seeds 8PM, The Frontroom

The Boptet The Lido Cafe

Chekhov in Hell

Chekhov in Hell

Creeping, Shallow Grave

Documentary Edge Festival

Circa Theatre

Circa Theatre

Meow

All My Sons Circa Theatre

9PM, Bar Medusa

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring

Chekhov in Hell

Downstage Theatre

Circa Theatre

Documentary Edge Festival

Givin’ Up Food for Funk

The Mighty Mighty Quiz

Documentary Edge Festival

Gin

Mighty Mighty

Reading Cinema

9PM, Bettys

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring

The Nark Collective

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring

The Good Words

Bettys

Riverdance

St James Theatre

Thu 31 Amiria Grenell Meow, $10

Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Documentary Edge Festival Reading Cinema

Downstage Theatre

John The Baptist

8PM, San Fran Bath House

Marek, B-Lo & Kev Fresh

Reading Cinema

9PM, The Southern Cross

Handmade 2012

Wellington Waterfront

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring

Bettys

Downstage Theatre

Riverdance

James Illingworth Trio

St James Theatre

Spellbound Town Hall

Thought Creature Mighty Mighty

The Upbeats

The Lido Cafe

Mark Rae Sandwiches

Raggamuffin Roadtrip Te Rauparaha Arena and Aquatic Centre

Reading Cinema

9PM, San Fran Bath House

Downstage Theatre

Riverdance

St James Theatre

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

Theatresports Circa Theatre

Tue 05 All My Sons Circa Theatre

Chekhov in Hell Circa Theatre

Sandwiches

Waikato gig guide Wed 30 The Black Seeds

8PM, Altitude, Hamilton

Latin Dancing Rhythms SKYCITY Hamilton

Vegas

Diggers Bar

Fri 01 Bitter End Void, Hamilton

Mr S

Biddy Mulliganís Irish Pub, Hamilton

Music Month Showcase Diggers Bar

Rocky Rhodes

Harbour View Hotel, Raglan

Sat 02

Mon 04

Flow 4th Bday ft.

Youngsta & MC Toast

Raggamuffin Roadtrip

V8 SuperTourers

WBOP Magic vs Southern Steel

FLOW, Hamilton

Hampton Downs Motor Sport Park, Te Kauwhata

4PM, Rotorua Energy Events Centre, Rotorua

Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

V8 SuperTourers

Hampton Downs Motor Sport Park, Te Kauwhata

Sun 03 V8 SuperTourers

Hampton Downs Motor Sport Park, Te Kauwhata

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auckland gig guide Wed 30

Eli Gutten Beil

DJ Leza Lee & DJ Darnell

FAME w/ Karn Hall

Bitchin’ Bingo

Franko

Fridays at Longroom

Feral Breed, Blackleaf Gardens & Crafty

General Lee

Jersey Boys

Gerry Rooderkerk

LUST

The Get Down

Mark Rae (UK), Turnaround Crew, Bevan Keys, Reed & Radley

Cassette Nine

Cairo Knife Fight w/ Autozamm, Knives at Noon & Young Lyre 7PM, THE WHISKEY Bar

Course Related Costs The Basement

Creative Jazz Club: Nathan Haines Quartet 8PM, 1885 Basement, $10

The Crucible Masgrove Studio

Dirty Diana’s Sol Night 7PM, Chapel Bar

Granduo

9PM, Shakespeare Hotel

Hear No Evil 6PM, Racket Bar

Industry Night 8PM, twentyone

Jersey Boys The Civic

Jonny Love’s Acoustiki Juice Bar at The Windsor Castle

Karaoke Kate 9PM, QF Tavern

Lokey

6PM, The Britomart Country Club

Mysterians, The Psychs, X Ray Fiends & Dave Weir 8PM, The Kings Arms, $5

Retro Wednesday Sale St

Standstill Q Theatre

Thu 31 1885 Live ft. Sweet Mix Kids 9PM, 1885 Britomart

Ahoribuzz

7PM, THE WHISKEY Bar

The Black Seeds 8PM, Powerstation

Course Related Costs The Basement

The Crucible Masgrove Studio

DJ Alex Q

9PM, twentyone

DJ Tido

7PM, Neighbourhood Bar

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7PM, Neighbourhood 9PM, QF Tavern 7PM, Chapel Bar

10PM, The Fiddler Irish Bar 6PM, Sale St

Jade Pritchard

5PM, Northern Steamship

Manunel Bundy 6PM, Racket Bar

Nathan Haines DJ Set 6PM, Imperial Lane

Opossom Lucha Lunge

Pacific Music Awards 2012

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre

Raggamuffin Roadtrip

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre

Remix The Orchestra Town Hall

Standstill Q Theatre

Sugarcraft

8PM, The Kings Arms

Taye Williams

6PM, The Britomart Country Club

Fri 01

6PM, The Deck

6PM, Longroom The Civic B1 Bar

InkCoherent

Opossom

Lucha Lounge

Sarah Brown & The Great Heart Robbery 7PM, Toto’s Montecristo Room, $20

Silo Cinema: Monty Python: Life of Brian

10PM, 1885 Britomart, $5

8PM, Masonic Tavern, $10

Gin Wigmore w/ The Bads

7PM, THE WHISKEY Bar

Illuminate Paint Party ASB Showgrounds

Jersey Boys The Civic

Lokey

5PM, The Britomart Country Club

Michael Jackson: HIStory Bruce Mason Centre

Opossom

Lucha Lounge

Sandon James

Silo Park

11PM, 1885 Basement

Solly

Standstill

5PM, The Britomart Country Club

Q Theatre

Standstill

Stereodays 4th Birthday

Q Theatre

Tablefox, Faults & Yolanda

519 Club

Thought Creatre

Wine Cellar

Whammy

TATSU

Tim “Ripper” Owens

Snapdragon

The Kings Arms

TDK

TIMESPLITTERS VS. NIGHT GAUNTS ft.

MOISTY ATSUSHI’S ROCKSTEADY ALL STARS

6PM, Racket Bar

The Room

Academy Cinemas

8PM, Thirsty Dog

The Twitch’s Last Waltz w/ Bearhat, The Dirty Sweets & Thee Rum Coves

Weekenders

8PM, The Kings Arms, $15

La Zeppa

Connor Nestor 11PM, 1885 Basement

Sat 02

Sun 03

Course Related Costs

Bevan Keys & Nyntee

DJ Tony Tunes

7PM, Longroom

Smith Bar

The Blues Underground

Festival of Photography: Asia Pacific Photoforum

Ben Wah

8PM, 1885 Britomart

The Black Seeds

Rising Sun

Wolfpack

8PM, Powerstation

The Basement

The Crucible Masgrove Studio

David Dallas w/ Che Kamikaze & Josh Leys 7PM, THE WHISKEY Bar

Dreams of the Dead, Jackal, Tribal State & Feral Breed 11PM, Whammy Bar, $10

DropBassNZ 5th Birthday ft. Youngsta 10PM, Studio, $15-$20 + BF

DJ Karn Hall & DJ Alex Q 8PM, twnetyone

Wine Cellar

Course Related Costs The Basement

The Crucible Musgrove Studio

DJ Linley Latu 7PM, The Deck

DJ Sample Gee & DJ Grant Marshall 9PM, twentyone

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Festival of Photography: Sam Harris

Auckland Art Gallery

Jersey Boys The Civic

Sawmill Selaktaz 2nd Birthday

9PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, $10-$15

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auckland gig guide Silo Cinema: Alice in Wonderland Silo Park

andstill Q Theatre

Sunday Session Chapel Bar

CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Tue 05

Wed 30

Jersey Boys

Blood Money & Killshot Medics

The Civic

The Kings Arms Pub Quiz 7PM, The Kings Arms

Dux Live

Quiz Night Phoenix Bar

The Kings Arms Monday Music Quiz

DJ Mike T

Sun 03

Karaoke w/ DJ Chick

Christchurch Airport Marathon

Q Theatre

The Monday Room Pierside Cafe and Bar

Merchants Of Flow

DUNEDIN gig guide

Fortune Theatre

Afternoon Delights Series Stomping Nick & The Blues Professor Chicks Hotel

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

Whitestone Winter Folk Festival Camp Iona

Thu 31 Blacklistt 7PM, Refuel

Julian Temple, The Great Jali & Ded Sparrows

Dunedin Public Library

Sun 03 Whitestone Winter Folk Festival Camp Iona

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop

Salvation Army Citadel

Salsa On Thursdays Salsa Latina Dance Studio

The Shameless Two

Fri 01 The Adults & CSO CBS Canterbury Arena

Beach Breaks / The Retro Record Request Pierside Cafe and Bar Revival Bar

Friday Groove: Latin Dance Social Night

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop Fortune Theatre

Whitestone Winter Folk Festival Camp Iona

Sat 02 The Bedfords Carisbrook Hotel

Chickstock III The National

Whitestone Winter Folk Festival Camp Iona

Tue 05 Jazz in the Pocket

Russian Arts Festival Lincoln Event Centre

Mon 03 Amiria Grenell 8PM, Dux Live

Quiz Night

Ferrymead Speights Ale House

Quiz Night

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Tue 05 8PM, The Foundry

RDU 98.5FM RounDUp

Melic

9PM, Dux Live

Dux Live

Total Control

Poker Night

Phoenix Bar

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Sounds of Friendship

Sat 02

CBS Canterbury Arena

12 Gauge

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Blacklistt

Refuel

7PM, The Bedford Marquee, $30 + BF

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop

The Bubblemen

Fortune Theatre

9PM, The Wunderbar

The Bedford Marquee

Fri 01 Isis Lounge

Lounge Night

Raggamuffin Roadtrip

Astronomical Adventures

Refuel

Court Theatre

La De Hip Hop Christchurch w/ Ghostface Killah

Mon 04

Open Mic Night

Ian McKellen on Stage

DJ Mike T

Latin Addiction Dance Studios

Otago Museum

Christchurch International Airport

Phoenix Bar

Fortune Theatre

The Oxo Cubans’ Famously Fabulous Friday Night

9PM, Dux Live

Standstill

Dux Live

Two Fish ‘n’ A Scoop

RDU 98.5FM RounDUp

The Fox and Ferret, Riccarton

The Civic

Regent Theatre

Woolston Club

Thu 31

Jersey Boys

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Rockabella

8PM, Windsor Castle and Juice Bar

7PM, The Kings Arms

Wed 30

Aurora Centre for the Performing Arts

Smashbox

open mic night

Mon 04

Ian McKellen on Stage

Phoenix Bar

Classical Jazz Quartet

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Left Or Right

11PM, Sammys, $15

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live reviews DIMMER/ BEASTWARS Bodega, Wellington Sat 26 May

And so it’s goodbye. 18-odd years of goosebump-inducing indie rock has come to an end.

There’s no mucking around or social niceties when support act Beastwars take to the stage. That Motorhead-meetsNZ-power-rock sound blasts into full-effect, maintaining its ferocious intent for the entirety of their just-under-an-hour set.

And hello, here he is. Shayne Carter leads his merry troupe onstage, with little in the way of fanfare or general acknowledgement.

Like Beastwars, Dimmer leap straight to it. Initially it takes people by surprise, with Carter already in that trance-like fugue that overtakes him during performances. There’s a brief respite while Carter stops to say hello, then it’s back to work once more as the band launches into slightly sinister track ‘Dark Night Of Yourself’ before moving swiftly into ‘Degrees Of Existence,’ played at a cracking pace as the band begin to embrace their own excitement.

A funkier-than-usual version of ‘I Believe You Are A Star’ follows, and songs begin to flow by with increasing intensity. ’Cold Water’ stands out with an angrylooking Carter taking his lyrical stick to reviewers: “Benchsitter, hair-splitter, cold water...”

‘Scrapbook’ is even better, with that portentous build leading into some pissed-off, cataclysmic chugging riffs. The set is eventually capped by a powerful take on iconic Carter classic ‘Seed’. Those guitars rule once more, locked in a coituslike amalgamation, backed by a driving bassline from youngster Vaughan Williams who sees us home to a glorious, first-set ending. After a minimal break we get the final short but oh-sosweet encore, then it really is the end, with a blistering version of ‘Crystalator’ bringing the curtain down on Dimmer, for the very last time.

Written By Darren Maslin

Photography courtesy of Shaun Jones Shaunjonephotography.com

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Thu 31 May - Sat 02 Jun Lucha Lounge, Auckland Fri 08 Jun San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 29 Jun The Darkroom, Christchurch Sat 30 June Wunderbar, Lyttleton

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

Blacklist

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

Black Keys

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

Ladyhawke

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

Radiohead (UK)

The English Beat

Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

Thu 23 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

The Raw Nerves

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

Fri 15 Jun Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 16 Jun Space Monster, Wanganui Fri 22 Jun Wunderbar, Lyttleton Thu 28 Jun Static, Hamilton Fri 29 Jun Whammy Bar, Auckland

Smashing Pumpkins

Sat 04 Aug Vector Arena, 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

Left Or Right

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

The Black Seeds

Thu 31 May Altitude, Hamilton Fri 01 May Powerstation, Auckland Sat 02 Jun Powerstation, Auckland Sun 03 Jun The Front Room, Wellington Mon 04 Jun The Front Room, Wellington

Lenny Henry (UK)

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

Lil’ Band O’ Gold Ghostface Killah

Thu 07 Jun Powerstation, Auckland

Goodshirt

Fri 15 Jun Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 22 Jun San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 06 Jul The Bacco Room, Auckland

Jeff Dunham

Sun 19 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

Lady Gaga’s The Born This Way Ball Coldplay

Sat 10 Nov Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

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

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

Nasum (SE)

Thu 28 Aug The Kings Arms, 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

Terror

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

Thought Creature

Fri 01 Jun Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 02 Jun Whammy Bar, 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

THE way of the monster WRITTEN BY Josh Ling

Monsters Unite: Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball comes to our shores next week. Josh Ling takes a look at what the audience is in for at Auckland’s Vector Arena.

Love her or hate her, Stefani Germanotta (AKA Lady Gaga) is undeniably one of the most eye-catching phenomena of the last decade.

After all, she’s recently been featured on The Simpsons. And that’s when you know you’ve made it, right? Whether she’s garbed top-to-toe in a meat dress at the MTV VMAs (you should’ve seen how scared Eminem was) or screaming, “Obama, I know you’re listening!” at a gay rights rally, there’s one thing you can’t deny: Mama Monster knows how to turn heads.

With hundreds of awards and five Grammys under her belt, the pop supernova will be performing award-winning tracks ranging from The Fame, The Fame Monster and the latest album Born This Way. Long-time collaborator Fernando Garibay sums it up: “This album was the most personal because of the amount of the amount of detail that went into this record, the amount of passion and emotion from her and the team. Every song was a story towards the Born This Way theme. We’re excited now, putting that into the tour and expressing that on a live performance level.”

Last here for a widely praised, sold-out tour in 2010, Lady Gaga is on her way back to our shores for the Born This Way Ball this June. This will be the artist’s follow-up circuit to the hit Monster Ball tour, boasting more extravagance, showmanship and spectacle than ever before. Count yourselves lucky, as the singer’s “provocative acts and costumes” led to a cancelled Indonesian circuit just this week due to security concerns in the Islamic state. Nonetheless, the entire tour spans further corners of the globe, more cities and more dates than anything else she’s ever taken on.

According to Gaga’s Twitter, the stage took months to build, and was modelled after a medieval Gothic castle – complete with viewing towers, intricate carvings and a large catwalk to interact with the audience. And if there wasn’t enough to look forward to already, Gaga’s been converting the central area of the concert into what she calls “The Monster Pit”. Diehard fans and those willing to tough out the wait in line (whilst dressed for the ball) have the chance to be picked for entry into this exclusive section. The first in line will be christened ‘Holder of the Monster Pit Key’ (which symbolically opens the Monster Pit for all the little monsters) and a select few will be chosen by the Haus of Gaga to go backstage and meet Mama Monster in person. So here’s our fingers... I mean, claws… crossed.

More than just a performance, Lady Gaga’s concerts have been known to be sheer masterpieces of showbiz. With frequent outfit changes (ranging from the bedazzled to the bizarre), heavily talented backup dancers and a symphony of lasers and lights, this superstar’s shows are a sight to behold.

“The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” says the pop star. “The Born This Way Ball is an Electro-MetalPop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame.

How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating.”

SEE HER LIVE: LADY GAGA THU 07 JUN VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND FRI 08 JUN VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND SUN 10 JUN VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND

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Blacklistt WRITTEN BY LAURA WEASER

With a new name – but with a noticeably similar logo and sound to former incarnation Blindspott – Blacklistt lead singer Damian Alexander can’t wait to get back on the road. It’s been too long, five years to be exact, since the boys properly toured the country since Blindspott’s 2007 farewell tour.

“You get to see all your fans on Facebook, but when you get down there you have this vision of who they are and what they are like but it is different to actually meet them, that’s the fun bit – and performing,” laughs Damian.

Blindspott pioneered a new type of sound at a time when no one was doing anything like it – a DJ in a rock band? It was a crazy concept. But their signature sound, with chart-topping singles including ‘Phlex’, ‘Room to Breathe’ and ‘Nil by Mouth’, showed they were to be taken seriously.

But like many bands before them, Blindspott was also subjected to publicised fall-outs within the band that led to a heated split in 2007.

Their most public dispute was over the name – a dispute that became a court saga. Former drummer Shelton Woolright claimed a stake in the name in 2011, and took legal action to bar the four remaining members from playing under that title. A year later, the issue is unresolved and Blacklistt was born.

“There was never any progress from the beginning,” explains Damian.

“It’s just one of those things that we fought as much as we could, but at the end of the day the law states certain things that became a real nightmare.”

While he is open about the events, Damian is clearly saddened that the legal dramas inside a courtroom detracted from their work on stage. He says being dragged into the name battle was draining; especially when the band was something they had “poured our heart and soul into for ten years”.

Their name may have changed, but the sound is as distinct as it has ever been. Damian muses that in hindsight, the second album wasn’t as “natural” as the debut, but acknowledges that the new music is a return to form.

“We don’t fight what comes naturally. The first record we did that was something that was natural and this is the same. We’re not thinking about anything but writing music –­like how will we market it or who will this speak to, fuck that. We just want to write the music we want to write.”

Their songs have already received a dynamic response. Damian says fans have posted on their Facebook wall, or messaged them, talking about how the songs have given them strength and helped them out.

And at the end of the day, Damian says it’s that kind of response that makes it all worth fighting for.

SEE THEM LIVE: BLACKLISTT See Tours & EVENTS

LadyHawke WRITTEN BY LAURA WEASER

After a long wait, London-based Kiwi singer Ladyhawke is enjoying the thrill of music again something she thought she had lost.

It was doing what she loved that proved to be her undoing. Non-stop touring for two years on the back of her successful debut album Ladyhawke from 2008, Pip Brown, aka Ladyhawke, was burnt out and in need of some solid downtime.

Ladyhawke is very candid and open about her exhaustion. She realises it was a difficult time, the result of some extreme overworking. Her snyth-heavy, chart-topping hits had given her the opportunity to travel from North American to Europe, winning award after award.

But by the time she came to round two, she didn’t even want to hear a single note.

“All I wanted to do is sleep all the time. It wasn’t like me,” she explains. “I couldn’t think. I felt oversaturated with music – I didn’t want to hear the radio or play a CD in my car – I was over it.”

Five months’ rest and recuperation later though, Ladyhawke was back.

The time off was exactly what she needed to get back in the studio to begin recording her highly anticipated sophomore album Anxiety.

A fitting title, perhaps, for a singer who confesses she felt increased pressure to perform.

“I started to overthink it,” she says. “People would say, ‘Working on the second album is tough.’ It became difficult because I started to build it up in my own head.”

It’s clear that Ladyhawke is now anxiety-free and feeling relaxed. She says catching up with friends and playing video games helped her get through the dark five months. And when her love of listening to music returned, she knew it was time to write again.

“I had to get to the point that I was chomping at the bit to make music,” she says. “I recorded most of the album in the South of France with Pascal Gabriel. It was amazing; he lives in a village with 500 people, in a 2000-year-old tower with the studio at the top.

“It was good for me – no distractions. The silence was deafening. No TV, nothing. Just music.”

Her first single, ‘Black, White & Blue’, harks back to her Kiwi roots and marks a shift in her sound. Lyrically, she acknowledges that the album was written in “a different headspace, opening up a lot of truths and a lot of storytelling”. “[‘Black, White & Blue’] is sort of a reality check song. You should be empowered, but when you have moments when you doubt yourself, looking up at the sky its sort of reminded me the universe is huge and I’m so tiny and insignificant that I should get over my problems, that’s how it is to me,” she laughs.

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The simple, robust and articulated design will adapt your working or home environment with its style and versatility.

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The Pumpinator is a fabulous toy for children. It blows up both water bombs and air balloons easily. 250 of these come in the Pumpinator along with string to tie the balloons.

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Move Sharp Shooter

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The Move sharp shooter attachment houses the motion controller and navigation controller The gamer will enjoy the accuracyand precision this attachment boasts.

RRP $88.00

Mario Tennis Open is the latest title from Japanese game developer Camelot. Like most Mario sports titles, Mario Tennis Open lets you play as any one of the gang of Mario characters, with an option to play as your own “Mii” character if you prefer.

The gameplay is pretty straightforward: manoeuvre your character to the right spot on the court, then choose from a variety of different shots (like a lob, drop shot, slice, topspin or flat shot). There’s also a simple shot, but if you want to do well, you’ll need to learn the more complex options.

The game also sports a few mini games, which vary from more traditional tennis subtypes to some that are only possible in a Mario game. A good example of the latter is one where you actually play a game of Super Mario Bros. by hitting tennis balls against a wall.

While Mario Tennis Open certainly has a lot going for it, including a good theme and great production values, ultimately there wasn’t really enough to keep me riveted to the game for long periods of time. One for the fans only.

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What happens if you release a role playing game set in a mythical medieval land of swords, spell casting, and fire breathing dragons? People will straight away start comparing you to last year’s smash hit, Skyrim.

But, and there is a very big but here, what you find when you get past all the preconceptions, is that Dragon’s Dogma is a pretty awesome game. It doesn’t have a lot in terms of inventive storytelling, but the combat – which lets you clamber all over the backs of enemy monsters – is visceral and fun.

There’s also a deep character creation system, which lets you create not only your own avatar but also a companion that will join you in your adventures. Further, this extra character can travel over the Internet and go questing with others, bringing extra experience back with him when he returns.

It’s not multiplayer, but it is pretty cool.

It could do with some polish but if you like the sound of something a bit different, and can handle a diamond in the rough, it’s well worth a look.

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What’s the ethos of your store/clothing line?

Fashion and personal sense of style is born of interpretation of do’s and don’ts. With Egoist you can make your own rules.

Which historical figure had some wicked style?

Beau Brummell, the original dandy. He established the mode of men wearing understated (but fitted) beautifully-cut clothes, and was credited with introducing and establishing as fashion the modern man’s suit, worn with a tie. He claimed five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne.

What muso/celebrity has style out the wazoo?

You have got to admit that David Bowie is the MAN. He was never afraid to break boundaries, and his influence on fashion is just one of the great things about him!

Dusty Olive Stormbreaker

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Say Hello to the Stormbreaker and goodbye to itchy wool. Features cute in-built gloves for chilly winter days.

Society’s biggest fashion faux-pas?

Wearing too much black. Black is COOL, as long as it is not mixed with MORE BLACK! Mix it with other colours! Don’t be safe!

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What’s the must-have look this winter?

A touch of neon. If you’re too scared, start with a belt, shoes or even shoelaces.

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Intended for comfort or athletic purposes, these are quite baggy and loose, making them perfectly easy to slip in and out of.

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Commuter Pants

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With a reinforced crotch to protect you and your pants from the strains of bike riding. The inside seam has reflective tape to keep you a bit safer on the road.

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Colours/patterns big this season?

Try a black and white “chessboard” check.

Matching and mixing patterns is a game of colour and scale, and the strategy for winning results is to coordinate the former and contrast the latter.

What are the essentials for a man’s wardrobe?

A decent shirt, knit, dress pants, jeans, tees, socks, belt and jacket.

What are the essentials for a lady’s wardrobe?

A shirt, skirt, dress, coat, dress pants, jeans and tees.

Everyone should own at least one good…

Pair of jeans. They are so versatile.

Three words to describe Egoist’s style: Diverse, daring, and unique.

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My parents and siblings.

When you were a kid what was your dream job?

What I’m doing.

What’s your favourite venue in the country?

Wunderbar is pretty special. Elbow Room is great too. Paradise Club. St James. Powerstation. Depends who’s playing.

Where was the last place you went out for dinner?

A Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne.

Where’s the best place to get Eggs Benedict?

Dunedin.

What has been the best show you’ve attended this year?

CANT.

What show are you most anticipating this year?

Ghostface Killah at the moment.

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What’s your guilty pleasure?

I’m not guilty of pleasure.

Is tall poppy syndrome a thing?

Unfortunately. It’s a horrible thing.

What do you most respect about your friends?

Haircuts. No, shoes.

A usual Saturday night for you is…

Lately it’s been playing shows on tour. Or going out to see shows.

A usual Wednesday night for you is…

Usually just the same thing, or recording at home.

One piece of advice you’ve never forgotten…

Don’t eat the yellow snow.

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Scarves.

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Possum conservation.

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Computer, piano, drum kit, bass, microphone.

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