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LAWRENC E ARaBIA Rock . Lydia cole 04- 10 jul 2012 . NZ’S ONLY FREE WEEKLY STREET PRESS . ISSUE 419 . GROOVEGUIDE.CO.NZ

Dear future Beam Bar Legend, Here at Beam, we have been working on a pretty amazing opportunity. Over the next three months, we’re running a bartender competition like never seen before here in little old New Zealand – and we want YOU to be a part of it.

Do you live and breathe working in bars - the greatest job ever? Do you make all your non-bartending mates jealous with your ‘better work stories’? Are you the funniest person you know? Probably. Are you keen to take your career to the next level by becoming a champion for the sweet Beam portfolio?

If you answered yes to all of the above, have we got a deal for you.

We are not looking for a technical mixologist, bottle-thrower, or dedicated cocktail historian.

We’re after the ultimate bartender with charisma, personality and dedication to the cause.

You love your job, and always bring your A-game to every shift. Oh, and of course you will need to make awesome drinks too.

This is a quest to find New Zealand’s first ever Beam Bar Legend. Every bartender in the country is eligible, and even if you’re not sure you’ve got what it takes, trust us, you have.

Along with the awesome kudos that goes with being a Beam Bar Legend, our 2012 winner will take home: - An expense card to the value of $200 per week for 12 months (total value of $10,000) to spend on whatever you like, and the chance to be a brand champion for Beam, all while keeping your night job.

- A trip to a Beam distillery of your choice, all expenses paid. Just so you know, we have famous distillery operations in Kentucky, France, Mexico, The Caribbean, Scotland, Ireland and Canada.

- Plus, just to keep the boss happy, your bar will also win stock and a staff or customer party – to the value of $5,000!

What are all these great prizes worth? Only a cool $25,000. Cash, international travel and a great party, plus we’ll also give you the opportunity for loads of publicity, and help you develop your career even further.

Entries are open now – all the dates and stuff you need to know are on the official entry page – www.beambarlegend.co.nz.

So get online and get amongst it - what are you waiting for?!

Rene Bros Marketing Director

Calem Chadwick National Brand Ambassador

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The Audio Foundation has announced the new Now! Here! Festival which will be gracing Auckland’s Whammy and Wine Cellar, the Audio Foundation HQ off Pitt St and Silo Park. The Now! Here! Festival will feature live music, film screenings, panel discussions and a mix of other audio and visual treats for your eyeholes and earballs. There are really too many artists on the roster to list, but trust us when we say there’s truly something for everyone at the multi-venue festival happening from Friday 10 August through to Sunday 12 August. Plenty of information can be found online at audiofoundation.org.nz/festival.

Katching Up

Following their second tour of the US, reggae favourites Katchafire have returned home and will be touring the country for the first time in two years this August. The ensemble will be performing in Taupo with Sweet Echo, Waihi with NRG Rising, Dunedin with Soundclash Soundsystem and Dave Boogie, Porirua with NRG Rising and Rhythm and Brown, Wellington with NRG Rising and Aio and Hamilton with NRG Rising and Tasty Brown. They finish up in Auckland with 3Houses Down and Tribal Conexionz.

See the tours pages for dates and venues.

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The Mumford Returns

In celebration of their sophomore album, British folk rockers Mumford & Sons have announced they’ll be making their way to New Zealand in November, adding to the international platter of rock we’re looking at come the 11th month (Radiohead, The Black Seeds). The four-piece will play at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Friday 02 November, Wellington’s Town Hall on Sunday 04 November and at the CBS Canterbury Arena in Christchurch on Tuesday 06 November. Tickets will be available through Ticketek and Ticket Master from Monday 09 July.

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ToMakingTracks June Round Funding

The June round of the NZ on Air MakingTracks funding grants have been announced. The recipients of the grant who have received $10,000 to make a song and video are: Aaradhna for ‘Great Man’; All the Colours for ‘Second To None (in my head)’; Computers Want Me Dead for ‘We’re Your Family’; Eden Mulholland for ‘Cry Cry Cry’; Five Mile Town for ‘Solo’; Grayson Gilmour for ‘Minus Times Infinity’; Great North for ‘Lead Me To The Light’; Janine and the Mixtape for ‘Hold Me’; Massad for ‘My Heart Won’t Let You Go’; Mountaineater for ‘Lord Of Sumo’; O’Lovely for ‘Closer To You’; Pikachunes for ‘Cinnamon Pop Dream’; Rhian Sheehan for ‘Little Sines’; She’s So Rad for ‘Sounds Of Houses’; The Adults for ‘Anniversary Day’; The Peasants for ‘Best Days’; Tom Lark for ‘All You Want Is Money’; Trip Pony for ‘Now Honey’ and Villainy for ‘Ammunition’. Recipients of the $6,000 grant for producing a music video only are: Concord Dawn ft.

Nina McSweeney for ‘The River’; Dictaphone Blues for ‘Burning Ball In Outer Space’; Fire at Will for ‘Move’; James Duncan ft. Watercolours for ‘Anti-Radiation Fez’; Jesse Sheehan for ‘By Your Side’; Lindon Puffin for ‘Drive By’; Savage ft.

Spawnbreezie for ‘Because Of You’; School for Birds for ‘10,000 Things’; Sola Rosa ft. Olivier Daysoul for ‘Promise’; The DHDFDs for ‘Babysitters Club’; The Ruby Suns for ‘Kingfisher Call Me’ and Zowie for ‘Nothing Else’. Congratulations to all of the recipients of the grant.

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New Year’s Exodus

It’s barely halfway through the year and already we’re getting announcements of New Year’s Eve festivals. The 2012/13 Exodus festival at Papamoa Beach has been announced and organisers Reggae

By Nature have planned the shindig to be the biggest one yet. The lineup includes Herbs, Cornerstone Roots, David Grace and Injustice, Katchafire, 1814, Three Houses Down, Tomorrow People, Sons Of Zion, Foundation, NRG Rising, Brown Hill, Tasty Brown, Tribal Conexionz, Sweet Echo and more across the two stages over 13 hours. Tickets are available from Wednesday 04 July through Eventfinder and Ticketek.

Are Carl Barat and Pete Doherty reuniting for a new album? Yes and no. The Libertines headline makers are perhaps more notorious for not showing up to their own gigs, getting in trouble with the cops and possibly bringing Kate Moss on board the drug train, but Barat told XFM Radio that the pair were going to meet up again to record new music once Doherty returns from rehab in Thailand.

The Chris Brown and Drake feud is still going with Brown dissing the Canadian rapper on a remix of the Chief Keef’s track ‘I Don’t Like’: “They throwing bottles, I’m throwing models”, “This head up, my bread up, one on one, what you scared bro?” and “Them eyebrows, man, them shit is yikes” being some of the choice beef lines. Nicki Minaj has even gotten herself involved, saying she doesn’t approve of the fight. This follows the news that Brown and Drake were offered US$1 million each to fight in a boxing match. All of this, despite Drake saying he was never involved in the brawl.

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groove file Curiosity Killed the TomKat Vince MCMILLAN SHERPA

What are you working on right now?

Prepping for our video release party at the moment, as well as writing some new songs.

We plan on doing some more recording in September.

Who was an inspiration to you growing up?

My first drum tutor was king. Chris Grant – amazing musician/performer. I saw him playing drums one day and then the following week I began learning them.

When you were a kid what was your dream job?

Who didn’t want to be an astronaut?

What’s your favourite venue in the country?

Mighty Mighty on Cuba St. It has a cool aesthetic, the staff are hospitable and the crowds have usually drunk enough to dance to your music.

Where was the last place you went out for dinner?

Denny’s. If you can count 2am as dinnertime.

What show are you most anticipating this year?

Definitely Radiohead in November!

What’s your guilty pleasure?

Spring Break’s ‘No Tango Dinero’.

A usual Saturday night for you is…

Either playing a gig or going to one. I usually spend Saturday night with friends.

A usual Wednesday night for you is…

Mood dependent. I work weekdays so generally Wednesdays don’t get that messy, but I guess it all depends on what my friends or flatmates are doing.

One piece of advice you’ve never forgotten…

Don’t take anyone else’s advice.

The biggest mistake you’ve made is…

Not taking anyone else’s advice.

As we go to print, the innernets are going stir plum crazy over the demise of TomKat. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past seven years, that’s the name the general “we” have given to the oh-sovery creepy mismatched marriage between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

The reports are flying in left, right and centre about what could have caused this break up, and we’re sure that things will keep on coming up as the minutes turn into hours, the hours into days, and so on. It’s hard being a weekly magazine and trying to keep you up to date. So we’ve invited celebrity blogger Phillipe A. Lovato, Style Aficionado, to come in and predict what he thinks caused the break-up and what other headline worthy TomKat-related issues will be flooding the blogosphere over the next week.

How did it happen?

It’s pretty safe to say that most people saw this coming back in 2005 when Tommy C did his impression of a child who was just gifted a trampoline on Oprah’s couch. The man does his own stunts, so of course he’s full of energy and knows how to leap tall bounds. But that kind of behaviour is not becoming for a middle-aged cult leader in the making, right?

Cult leader, you say?

Yes, that’s what we’re all thinking, isn’t it? It has to be something to do with Scientology. Everyone’s favourite news empire dictator/emperor of everything FOX/enemy of The Simpsons Rupert Murdoch even thinks so. He thinks Scientology is “evil”, going so far as to telling the tweetums he thinks the Xenu praisers are up to no good. It’s great to know that Murdoch knows the good between good and bad, even if he doesn’t practise what he preaches.

That’s a bit of a highbrow reference. Back to the celebrities, please.

Sure thing, uninformed Gen-Y-er with the attention span of a goldfish. Depending on how old you are, your first memory of Katie Holmes may actually be her hanging out with Tom Cruise. You may only

know her as the mother of the baby that seems to have gotten more attention in its life than a baby that fell down a well. Wait, you’ll definitely be too young to get that one. Katie was, of course, our favourite brunette on Dawson’s Creek, the ‘90s show that was almost a breeding ground for talent but instead became where up-and-comers went to die a young death.

What’s going to come out this week?

“Sources close to the pair” are going to be telling gossip rags what’s happening. One in 100 of these will be semi-accurate. Was it something to do with Tom trying to get Suri deeper into his religion? Possibly. Ironically, Scientology doesn’t “acknowledge” divorce, whatever that means. Was it because there’s about a 20-year age gap? Possibly.

Was it because sometimes people just fall out of love and in America one in two people file for divorce? There’s a good chance of that.

Is South Park going to do an episode about this?

As the mortal enemies of the church of Scientology, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (creators of South Park) have been at one-liner war with Cruise and co for nearly a decade. If anything breaks Tom Cruise’s spirit more so than the divorce from his wife, it will be whatever the South Park boys have cooked up for him. Will they go for the low blow? Hmmm…

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New Zealand music needs more…

Audiences. I feel there is a lot of potential around that doesn’t get the exposure it deserves.

SUN 08 JUL BESOS LATINOS, AUCKLAND 1 x ALBUM, T-SHIRT AND A DOUBLE PASS HER AUCKLAND SHOW

One industry that’s overlooked in New Zealand is…

Porn. But it’s probably overlooked for the right reasons…

Name five things surrounding you right now.

Broken sunglasses, coffee cups, audition tapes, books, a lot of work…

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FRI 13 JUL SNAKE PIT, AUCKLAND

LIVING THINGS

1 X DOUBLE PASS AND aN ALBUM

5 x ALBUMS

THE MUSIC OF RATTLE

BORN INTO THIS

BORN INTO THIS THE MUSIC OF RATTLE NZ’s PREMIERE ART-MUSIC LABEL CELEBRATES 21 YEARS WITH A SUPERB COMPILATION ALBUM

For a FREE copy visit the Rattle website

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This album was made with support from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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FRIDAY 06

WEDNESDAY 04 Independence Day

Whole lotta led

Mighty Mighty

San Fran bath house 10pm, FREE

Oh yeah, today’s the day that Yanks get all happy about because they beat the Poms. Mighty Mighty is getting into the swing of things with an Independence Day-themed shindig. We’re not sure if it’s more appropriate to dress up as Uncle Sam or Will Smith in army gear. And if you don’t get that reference, then you were probably born in the late ‘90s.

If there’s one thing the world can never get enough of, it’s Led Zeppelin tribute bands. Some would call it jock rock. Some would call them messengers of love. Some just sing the words really, really loud and get all air guitar up in your grill. But Whole Lotta Led just calls it what they think it is – the most influential music of yesterday’s generation.

THURSDAY 05

Nocturnal Collections Lucha lounge

The Adelaide Sax Pack Meow The good folk who put on the Nocturnal Collection shows love their caps. “KILLER LINE-UP FOR JULY’S NOCTURNAL PARTY! NOISENOISENOISENOISENOISE! DROP DEAD REDHEAD! MEAN GIRLS! IT HURTS! SHEPARDS OF CASSINI! YOU KNOW THE DEAL, COME GET ROWDY AND DESTROY LUCHA LOUNGE JUST HOW SHE LIKES IT.” Good show, NC crew.

7.30pm, $15-20, cosmicticketing.co.nz

Ah, jazz. Jazz is all about the brass. Jazz is all about beatniks. Jazz is all about feeling the rhythm. Jazz lends itself to be contemplated and digested by you, the listener. Jazz lends itself to being described way too much, almost to the point of parody. And then there’s something called the saxophone, which you may have heard about on tumblr.

California Youth Symphony Middleton Grange school

Zowie

7.30pm, FREE

Cassette Nine One of the finest youth orchestras around the globe, the California Youth Orchestra is teaming up with the Christchurch Youth Orchestra for a night of splendid symphonies helmed by the majestic maestro Leo Eylar. The gold-coin donation for entry will go towards the Christchurch School of Music Support Trust in aid of the arts in Christchurch.

9pm, $10, Door Sales Only

Everyone’s favourite bionic pixie heads to Auckland’s Cassette Nine for a night of Electric Burlesque. What does that mean? It probably means that robots are going to dress up in corsets and lingerie and get freaky with a contemporary, sexed up version of that classic dance move, the robot. Or maybe it’s just a cool name.

Goodshirt

Lil’ band o’ gold

Bacco Room

Clarence St Theatre

Lydia Cole & Tom Lark

8.30pm, $30, eventfinder.com

The YOT Club, Raglan 8pm, $10, undertheradar.co.nz

Two of New Zealand’s hottest up-and-coming young talents are touring the country bringing their soft, hushed and beautiful melodies to audiences everywhere. Lydia Cole and Tom Lark both manage to find melancholic shreds of beauty in their bizarrely dark songs that somehow manage to speak of light and love. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see them live together.

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Since arriving back on the airwaves, Goodshirt have been travelling around the country bringing their unique mix of alt rock and catchy pop to audiences young and old with a mix of fresh tunes and classic nostalgia.

Now the four-piece hit Auckland’s Bacco Room to bring it all home.

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A bunch of old dudes playing a bunch of instruments as they all just hang out and probably make jokes and reference to total babes that were alive during the ‘60s and ‘70s might not seem like a typical Friday night, but you’ll love it and want to visit your nana and granddad afterwards.

Ghetto Red Hot

State of Mind

Bar Medusa

4:20

FREE

hamilton

8pm, $49, ticketek.co.nz

10pm, $5-10

Volume five of the ‘80s, ‘90s and current dancehall reggae mixtape series Ghetto Red Hot is being released and Bar Medusa hosts the release party this Friday with Israel Starr, Juse1, Imon Star, Evil Mule, Kurst One, Max & Raiza, Heart Official, Hawk i, Kerb, Jaz 72 and Jonny Lowe all on the bill.

10pm, $30, dashtickets.co.nz

One of the country’s favourite drum’n’bass acts heads to 4:20 to get all of you fiends sweaty and lathered up in happiness light show cuddles.

You know what we mean. Yeah, we see you in the corner there, gnawing your lips off. Stop touching your elbow. It’s just an elbow.

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ALBUM REVIEW

SATURDAY 07 Disasteradio & Guests San Fran Bath House

gig OF THE WEEK

Linkin Park Living Things

ALBUME OF TH WEEK

What an amazing line-up the good folk at San Fran Bath House have cooked up for Wellington audiences tonight. Everyone’s favourite comupter wizard and worldwide sensation Disasteradio is taking to the stage along with buddies and local favourites So So Modern as well as the indie babe stylings of Cut Off Your Hands.

City Showcase Napier City Centre 11am

New and emerging musicians will be performing in and around Napier’s art deco city centre from Friday through to Sunday with the ultimate winner handpicked by judges Hamish Pinkham, Mike Chunn, Peter Ulrich and Roy Brown, scoring the right to play in London in 2013 and at the Rhythm and Vines Festival.

See them now before they blow up.

50s Night Henderson RSA 7pm

At first this seemed a little weird, because… you know, RSAs are for old people. But then you realise that getting all dolled up in your best ‘50s wear (which is why you go op-shopping anyways) and going to a themed rockabilly night with a bunch of yesteryear greasers is actually a hell of a way to spend a night.

The Winter Carnival AMI Auckland Netball Centre 7.30pm, $20-25, 1-night.co.nz

Music festival meets house party at The Winter Carnival, specifically organised for those between 14 and 18 years old. This one’s for the kids, as long as you’re leaving that bullshit attitude behind. White wonderland and UV lights will be running rampant with music, art installations, interactivity and much more at this Kelly Brown-style shindig.

Melissa Etheridge

Takacs Quartet

Michael Fowler Centre

Town hall

7.30pm, $99 – 142, ticketek.co.nz

Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge is back Down Under and brings her rough and gritty bluesey country style to New Zealand audiences once again. The Walk-ofFamer has and Oscar, Academy Award and two Grammy Awards to her name for a reason. What more can be said?

7.30pm, $10-85, ticketek.co.nz

When this mix of violins, the viola and the cello come together played by Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, Geraldine Walther and András Fejér, you realise why The Guardian has called Takacs Quartet the greatest string quartet in the world. There’s harmonic beauty, then there’s this.

Living Things opens with tribal drums and an interesting synthpop fusion overlaid with Mike Shinoda’s vocals, giving way to Chester Bennington’s melodic chorus. And for much of this record, Linkin Park are in this particular brand of full force.

Bennington brings back the screams and with Shinoda and Rick Rubin at the production helm, it comes as no surprise that this album explores every inch of what Linkin Park have become. Arrangements that work seamlessly with all of the band’s musical elements and a song pace that rises and falls while never reaching the point of boring give this album a deserved air of confidence.

Bennington and Shindoa are back to interlacing their vocals with production perfectly. One thing has become clear over the course of the decade and that’s that these men aren’t angry adolescents anymore; their world view has long developed since the politically driven tracks of Minutes To Midnight into a catalyst of well directed and orchestrated aggression.

Chester’s screams in ‘Lies Greed Misery’ show he’s still a vocal force to be reckoned with. The contrast this creates with ‘I’ll Be Gone’ is beautiful, clean and powerful as he commands the line between soaring vocals and

epic scream. The album’s power may waver slightly with the first single ‘Burn it Down’ as track three, but ‘Greed Lies Misery’ picks the album back up with the strongest chorus they have to offer on this record, and all round the lyrics are the best this band has ever written.

Living Things isn’t limited to it being a heavy electronic rock album. ‘Castle of Glass’ and ‘Roads Untraveled’ slow the album down, with electronics and ambience accentuating brilliant melody and songwriting. The guitars come in with added layer of depth and emotion, dropping away again for the vocals. The slower moments are achingly beautiful. While ‘Castle of Glass’ is very short, it is one of the tracks on this album that should be savoured.

While the record has been hailed as a “back-to-roots” move, Living Things is more a powerful testament of the band’s growth and evolution.

Perhaps it shouldn’t been seen so much as living in the shadow of its predecessors, but as the powerful electronic rock album that it is.

WRITTEN BY SEBASTIAN MACKAY ALBUM OUT NOW

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ARTIST Q&A

FRIDAY 06

The Electric Boutique

Black Confetti Herald Theatre Season: Wed 04 – Sat 28 Jul 8pm, R15, atc.co.nz

A Generation Y casualty maxes out his student loan, gets kicked out of uni, and worst of all he’s having family troubles. Not only from his sisters who have had enough of him or his weird uncle getting weirder every day, but also from his dad. Who has disappeared. What does a Gen-Y-er do in this instance?

Asks why, of course.

Frequently asked questions Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts Season: Thu 05 – Sat 07 Jul 7.30pm, $25-35, ticketek.co.nz

Hamlet returns to the crowd after the somewhat tragic ending of his last tale. What’s he got on his mind now?

Where do you go after all that awfully horrible death business? And ghosts, what were they about? Why is he always picking up skulls? These are the questions that keep you up at night. And in the afterlife.

SATURDAY 07 Breathe…

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

Einstein on keys, Charlie Chaplin on lead vocals, Ghandi on bass, Mother Theresa on drums and the Mac Daddy Steve Jobs on guitar.

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

The Amazing Spider-Man (yay for it being a little closer to comic canon).

Where can your stalkers find you during the weekend?

Working in a sweatshop stitching Nike ticks for next to nothing pay.

It’s a tough job but hey, the health insurance………. is.

What happens when you mix Coca Cola with Pepsi?

No one notices. Seriously.

Te papa 7.30pm, $38-130, ticketek.co.nz

Saturday and Sunday sees Te Papa host the Royal New Zealand Ballet and an ensemble of co-conspirators performing together in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand. An eclectic collection of excerpts some of your favourite dances, ballets and musicals is on show including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Phantom Of The Opera and more.

Your fantasy spirit animal is…

Honestly, who wrote this?

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

A protein shake

Five celebs on your f**klist?

Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, Wolfgang Puck, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay.

Kittens or puppies?

Baby geese.

What generic current affair has your blood boiled?

“Auction claims it’s selling vial with Reagan blood”.

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

Low and behold we do make music, we’ve remixed several songs including the worldwide smash ‘Somebody That I used to Know’.

We actually made a cute little stop motion video for it. Check it out on YouTube by searching Gotye ft.

Kimbra - Somebody That I used To Know (The Electric Boutique Remix).

This August, we are performing with The New Zealand Dance Company in their premiere season Language of Living, showcasing our composition that we created for dancer/ choreographer Justin Haiu.

People say you look like…

A racist.

SUNDAY 08

Nutcracker on Ice ASB Theatre

Te Radar & Friends

Season: Tue 03 – Sun 08 Jul 7.30pm, $59, the-edge.co.nz

Whitireia Performance Centre

For a few days the all-time favourite ice-capade The Nutcracker On Ice plays at Auckland’s ASB Theatre. If ballet was a dangerous sport, it would be ice ballet.

Have you seen those skates? It’s like these dancers running around on a couple of axe heads, jumping around and catching one another. But then it’s all cutesy as well, since it’s The Nutcracker.

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Waikato Museum

Sandridge Hotel 7.30pm, $25-35, ticketek.co.nz

7pm, $25, thetheatre.co.nz

Jan Bolwell’s critically-acclaimed play about the intensely colourful life of New Zealand’s most significant expatriate modernist painter of the 20th century, Frances Hodgkins, arrives in Hamilton this week for two shows only as part of the Furl Festival.

Mike King makes his way down to Christchurch for this one-off show at the Sandridge Hotel. What funny business is on the King’s mind?

Probably a few things you might think aren’t exactly PC. Then again, maybe he’s thinking about bacon and pork. Remember that funny business?

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Te Radar heads to Whitireia Performance Centre for a fundraiser and is joined by a very select crew of comedians, musicians and other talent including the always-popular Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, Nick Tansley, James Nokise, Wayne Mason and more.

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22 Jul 25 Jul 28 Jul

WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND

3pm 5pm 4pm

An opera in three acts sung in German with English surtitles Duration: 5 hours 40 minutes including two intervals

WAGNER The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Simon O’Neill Siegmund Edith Haller Sieglinde Christine Goerke Brünnhilde John Wegner Wotan Jonathan Lemalu Hunding Margaret Medlyn Fricka Pietari Inkinen Conductor Plus eight of New Zealand’s finest singers as the Valkyries

THE VALKYRIE New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents

Wagner’s epic tale of gods and men An opera in concert

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”... the experience of

hearing a whole Wagner opera is unforgettable.”

– Peter Shaw North & South Magazine

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- Ride of the Valkyries -

With support from Wagner Society of New Zealand Patron: Sir Donald McIntyre

Wagner New Zealand Foundation

For ticket details go to

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(LITERALLY!) Not only is Bellota a delicious tapas bar, they are also legendary enough to give away a trip to Barcelona, Spain for two!

For the next few months Bellota are exploring different regions of Spain with tasty specials to sink your teeth into. Get down there before 31 October 2012 for your chance to enter the draw.

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FILM REVIEW

WEDnESDAY 04 The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

General release

2012 has been a great year for superhero flicks. Earlier we saw the funnest superhero movie to date, The Avengers. Now we’ve got the reimagined/rebooted Spider-Man flick some five years after the original trilogy. Directed by Marc Webb (500 Days Of Summer), our hopes are high for the new web-crawling spectacle.

The Block TV3, 7:30pm

We’re a nation of DIYers, according to television commercials. Apparently every Kiwi man owns a chainsaw and a hammer. “Never lend out your wife or your chainsaw, because they’ll both come back fucked,” my dad used to say. Reality renovation television starts this week with the NZ version of The Block.

THURSDAY 05 Ted General release

Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show) turns his hand to directing with this buddy comedy where Mark Wahlberg lives with his best friend who also happens to be a foulmouthed teddy bear. There’s hijinx, then there are Seth MacFarlane hijinx. Involving sex and farts.

Bobs Burgers Four, 9pm

Further info directed by MARC WEBB Starring ANDREW GARFIELD, EMMA STONE, RHYS IFANS

In the decade since Tobey Maguire got all emo in Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man epic there have been three further Spidey films. Too many, too soon? Not much is really that different here, just a bit better.

Partly that’s because The Amazing Spider-Man benefits hugely from technology, the CGI character swinging around Manhattan looking a million times better than in previous films. The improvement is also due to Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as the new Peter Parker, and director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer).

Garfield and Webb have created a cinematic Spider-Man truer to the source material in action, appearance and attitude – a bit more wisecracking, for instance, less brooding, and striking some poses that bring to mind some of the iconic Spider-Man comic artists of yore.

But the film’s also hampered by being yet another origin story, strange since the back-story of Peter Parker must be one of the best-known in popular culture – duh, he got bitten by a spider and got some powers. But these grumbles aside, this functions as a much better-than-average blockbuster, and features some great uses of 3D in its exhilarating webslinging action, particularly the shots from Spidey’s point of view as he swings across the Manhattan skyline. Garfield and real-life flame Emma Stone (playing love interest Gwen Stacy) share an unsurprisingly strong chemistry, even if all the zits in the world can’t make it seem ridiculous that they are playing teens and when Stone protests to dad Denis Leary that she’s 17 it is one of the few missteps in the film.

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Tuesday 10 30 Rock FOUR, 9:30pm

Jon Benjamin is without a doubt one of the funniest voice work comedian/actors around. Having worked on Archer, Home Movies, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, Jon Benjamin Has A Van and so much more, Bobs Burgers is an animated gem among the plentiful passé rough. Watch it and love it.

Season six of one of the greatest NBC comedies around premiered last week and did not fail to deliver. We’ve seen Liz, Jack, Tracey, Jenna, Kenneth and crew go through a lot over the past five seasons. We can only hope that Liz Lemon gets her shit together before she starts adopting cats and teaching at community college.

SUNDAY 08 Drive-In Movie

auckland

TV SHOW

hamilton

CINEMA RELEASE

wellington

3D Film

dunedin

DVD release

christchurch

BLU-RAY release

Dunedin, drop whatever family roast plans you have for Sunday, because there’s a drive-in happening. A real life drive-in that we only ever get to see in the movies. It doesn’t even matter what’s playing. Just wear your leather jacket and go to an ice-cream café afterwards and live the rockabilly life.

Key

Victoria Road Carpark, 5:30pm

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DINING AND Shit

Wagamama

bird on a wire

MULtiple locations, wagamama.co.nz

234 Ponsonby Rd, Auckland

Wagamama’s Yaki Soba isn’t that feeling you have when you’re out at a party feeling gross when all of your friends are drinking and you’re being the good pal who has to drive home so you can’t drink. It’s yaki by name, not by nature. Try the fresh free range egg soba noodles cooked on a hot flat grill in all of its yaki style cooking glory, topped off with chicken, shrimp, free range egg, spring onion, capsicum, beansprouts and white onion. They even fancy it up with sesame seeds, shallots and pickled ginger. That’s more ingredients than you have in your house. Three Auckland bases and one in Wellington.

My friend just visited me in Auckland from Wellington. We went out to Ponsonby Road on Saturday night for a couple of hours but decided to go get some takeaways and go home instead. Turns out that wicked take away place Nina’s doesn’t exist anymore, but something just as cool has taken its place, or is maybe right next to it. Somewhere around there anyway. Bird On A Wire has free range rotisserie chicken and sandwiches fancy enough for the queen. My friend is gluten free and he could eat there as well, so I didn’t have to put up with his bitching and moaning all night. Thanks, Bird On A Wire people.

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GIG GUIDE

SHIT WORTH DOING

auckland gig guide Wed 04

General Lee

Eddie Manukau

Tusk Tusk

Alice

Imagine This

The Friday Blender

Zika Circus

Jason Skelton

Gameplan

Julian Dyne

Goodshirt

LATE at the Museum: The Seven Deadly Sins - Pride

Jason Kyle & Normski

TAPAC, $15

Aotea Square Ice Rink 10AM, Aotea Square, $20

Arash

6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

Battle of the Bands: Heat 4 The Kings Arms

Black Confetti 8PM, Herald Theatre

Creative Jazz Club: Mark Lockett Trio 8PM, 1885 Basement, $10

Dan Aux Selectah 10PM, Racket Bar, Free

Dirty Diana’s Sol Night Chapel Bar & Bistro

Faded

8PM, Nova Club, Free

Karaoke Marcus

Chapel Bar & Bistro 8PM, Snapdragon

7AM, Goode Brothers 6PM, Everybodys

ASB Theatre, $59

Zika Circus

ASB Showgrounds

Thu 05 1885 Live: Natalie Slade 9PM, 1885 Britomart, Free

A Shortcut To Happiness

8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre

Acoustic Thursday w/ Eli 7PM, Neighbourhood

Acoustic Thursday Ft. Jade Pritchard & DRE 5PM, Northern Steam Ship

Acoustic Thursdays w/Waylon 7PM, Nuffield St

Alice

TAPAC, $15

Aotea Square Ice Rink 10AM, Aotea Square, $20

Bitches N Shit 6PM, Racket, Free

Black Confetti 8PM, Herald Theatre

Delawarewolves

8PM, The Kings Arms, $10

Chapel Bar & Bistro

8PM, BATS Theatre, $18 The Bacco Room

6:30PM, The Basement ASB Showgrounds

Sat 07 A Shortcut To Happiness

6PM, Northern Steam Ship

8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre

7PM, Auckland War Memorial Museum, $20

JK Duo

Alexandre Champagnat

Lee Gray

Kate

8PM, The Patriot

6PM, Normandy Hotel

8PM, GBS Bar

The Nutcracker On Ice

Lee Gray Duo

ASB Theatre, $59

9PM, Elephant Wrestler

Sarah Spicer Duo

Lewis McCallum, Nyntee

10PM, QF Tavern

7PM, Alp Ice Cafe, Free

Alice

TAPAC, $15

Aotea-Raw, Speakeasy Sideshow, Shadowmovement, Wox, Dj Kase & LGL

6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

1AM, Khuja Lounge

Lo key

10AM, Aotea Square, $20

ASB Showgrounds

Melissa Etheridge

Auckland Country Music Awards

The Civic

Hawkins Theatre

Fri 06

Mothra, Apex & The Altered States

Bevan Keys & Nyntee

A Shortcut To Happiness

Murray Sweetpants

Alice

The Nutcracker On Ice

Aotea Square Ice Rink

NZ Amateur Pole Performer Heat

Selecta Sam

6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

Zika Circus

9PM, QF Tavern

The Nutcracker On Ice

9PM, Basalt

8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre TAPAC, $15 10AM, Aotea Square, $20

Black Confetti 8PM, Herald Theatre

Brett Polley

9PM, Merchant Bar

6PM, La Zeppa

8PM, Masonic Tavern, $10 6PM, Racket, Free ASB Theatre, $59

The Winchester

Off Tha Hook!

10PM, Be Club, $5

Red Square Uprising 9PM, Khuja Lounge, $5

Checkout Chicks: The Musical

Ricky De Medeiros

Cian & Tido

Space Creeps, Ghostwave, Beach Pigs, Careerwolf + More

9PM, The Basement 5PM, Everybodys

Connor Nestor

11PM, 1885 Basement, Free

Dani Bear Duo

7PM, Shakespeare Bar

7PM, Alp Ice Cafe, Free

Aotea Square Ice Rink

Longroom

Black Confetti 8PM, Herald Theatre

The Blues VS Force 7:30PM, Eden Park

Brett Polley

7PM, Shakespeare Bar

CANE OF PUNISHMENT, SMOKED SALMON IS BETTER THAN SEX & SCARLETT LASHES 8PM, The Wine Cellar, $10

Checkout Chicks: The Musical 9PM, The Basement

Chris Lake 9PM, Florries

David Shanhun

The Kings Arms

9PM, Rickshaw Eddies

Submariner & T-Rice

Delawarewolves & Advocates

5PM, Neighbourhood

TDK, Adam O & Jason Eli

10PM, Underworld, $10

6PM, Snapdragon

DJ Disco Trash

Dean Te Paa

The Room Movie Screening

DJ Linely Latu

9PM, Florries

Academy Cinemas

The Deck, SKYCITY

Delawarewolves & Advocates

Thieves, Lost Rockets & Sports

DJ Sister Act

6PM, VOID 651, $10

10PM, Whammy

DJ Dirty Diana & CVE

Triceratops & Somme

David Shanhun 8PM, Moretons Bar

Red Hummingbird

Wine Cellar

Red Hummingbird

Chapel Bar & Bistro

Frank Booker 7PM, Everybodys

Goody 2 Shoes 9PM, Merchant Bar

SHIT WORTH DOING

auckland gig guide Home AKL: Big Day Art

Solly & Big Rich

Aotea Square Ice Rink

Home AKL

Jackal, Filth Dog, Halo Of Ashes & Uncertain Terms

T-Rice

Black Confetti

The KA Music Quiz

Take 2

Blend

The Magic Chicken

The Winter Carnival Launch Party

Devonport Chamber Orchestra: Vivaldi The Depot

Tue 03

Top Vers Bottom

The Glorious Mudslingers

Alice

Home AKL

Aotea Square Ice Rink

Jed & Hera

Beats, Eats & Co

Auckland Art Museum, $5

8PM, Shadows, $5

Lee Gray

8PM, De Post

Lil’ Band O’ Gold

8PM, Powerstation, $48.50 + BF

Lokey

5PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

Matt Randomplay, Imagine This & Dan Aux 6PM, Snapdragon

Miss Niue Aotearoa Pageant 2012

7PM, Northern Steam Ship 8PM, Racket, Free 8PM, BlackSalt Bar, $5

AMI Auckland Netball Centre 4:20

Tusk Tusk

6:30PM, The Basement

Twas the Night Before Christmas Ascension Wine Estate

10AM, Aotea Square, $20 8PM, Herald Theatre 2PM, Merchant Bar

4PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe Auckland Art Museum, $5 8PM, Khuja Lounge, Free

Auckland Art Museum, $5 7PM, The Kings Arms, Free Town Hall, $15

TAPAC, $15 10AM, Aotea Square, $20 Ponsonby Social Club

Where It’s At

Black Confetti

10PM, 1885 Britomart, $10

Lydia Cole & Tom Lark

Logan Campbell Centre

Naquadah & Bury The Ordinary

WolfPack, Bro 90 & Selecta Sam

The Nutcracker On Ice

Checkout Chicks: The Musical

8PM, Masonic Tavern, $10

6PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

The Nutcracker On Ice

Zika Circus

ASB Theatre, $59

Pick & Mix: The Hypnotics

ASB Showgrounds

Sun 08

Rock a Billy & The Rebels: ‘50s Night

Acoustic Sundays ft. Jade Pritchard

Sandon James

11PM, 1885 Basement, Free

Sandy Bay Social Club 9PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, $10

Sick Disco presents Animals!

ASB Theatre, $59

Sunday Session Chapel Bar & Bistro

Zika Circus

ASB Showgrounds

Aotea Centre

Henderson RSA

Besos Latinos Restaurant

Mon 09

8PM, Herald Theatre

9PM, The Basement

Home AKL

Auckland Art Museum, $5

The KA Quiz

7PM, The Kings Arms, Free

Open mic night 8PM, Windsor Castle

The Magic Chicken

7PM, Neighbourhood

Alice

Acoustic Sunday Session w/ Eli Guttenbiel

Aotea Square Ice Rink

The World’s Greatest Quiz Night

Club Connoisseurs

Tusk Tusk

Delawarewolves & Advocates

Zika Circus

3PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

Alice

TAPAC, $15

6PM, Cassette Nine, $10

TAPAC, $15 10AM, Aotea Square, $20 Chapel Bar & Bistro

Town Hall, $15

Chapel Bar & Bistro

6:30PM, The Basement ASB Showgrounds

6PM, Zeal West, $10

WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 04

Independance Day

Poetry In Motion

The Blues Buffet

Heaven Pizza

Hotel Bristol

All My Sons

Kroon For Your Kai

The Session

Chicago Thursday Cabaret

California Youth Symphony

Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Stand-up Comedy

Cool Cult

The Mighty Mighty Quiz

Sunset Road

The Nark

Thu 05

10PM, Mighty Mighty, $10

The New Brides

All My Sons

Gryphon Theatre, $10

Circa Theatre, $46

Cathedral of St Paul

10PM, San Fran Bath House, Free

Down & Dirty

9PM, Boston on Blair, Free

Hansel & Gretal Gryphon Theatre, $10

Immaculate

8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

The Improv Lounge The Fringe Bar

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10PM, Mighty Mighty The Southern Cross

7PM, Opera House, $50

Matterhorn Meow

Circa Theatre, $40

Mighty Mighty Bettys

Fast Eddie’s

The Three Bears...

And Goldilocks Circa Theatre, $10

Circa Theatre, $46

Battle of the Bands: Heat 2 Bodega

Chicago Bar

Chris Bryant El Horno

Eden Mulholland Dancers & Jesse Sheehan Hansel & Gretal Immaculate

8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

Late Lounge: The Troubles The Dowse Art Museum

t SHIT WORTH DOING

WELLINGTON gig guide Micah, B-Lo & Kev Fresh Bettys

Space Weather Adam Art Gallery

Sunset Road Circa Theatre, $40

The Adelaide Sax Pack 7PM, Meow, $2

The Big Kumara Quiz Night The Big Kumara

The Brown Show The Fringe Bar

The Three Bears...

And Goldilocks

Ghetto Red Hot Vol 5 Release

Paquin, Simon Comber & Wet Wings

Hansel & Gretal

Sunset Road

Immaculate

Supermodel & Sleeping Dogs

Bar Medusa

Gryphon Theatre, $10

8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

Marek, B-Lo & Kev Fresh Bettys

Sunset Road Circa Theatre, $40

Young and Hungry 2012: Flash / Gameplan / Cover Story 6PM, BATS Theatre, $18

Circa Theatre, $10

Fri 06 All My Sons

Circa Theatre, $46

Battle of the Bands: Heat 3 Bodega

Sat 07 Circa Theatre, $46

Battle-Ska Galactica

9PM, The Southern Cross, Free

Breathe...

Te Papa

Hansel & Gretal

The Chipotle Gang

Immaculate

Sandwiches

Full Moon Fiasco & Monosonic Mighty Mighty

Circa Theatre, $40

The Frontroom

Takacs Quartet

Gryphon Theatre, $10

8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

Melissa Etheridge Michael Fowler Centre

Mi Casa Su Casa 9PM, Bettys, Free

Mon 09 Hansel & Gretal Gryphon Theatre, $10

Raw Meat Comedy The Fringe Bar

The Three Bears...

And Goldilocks Circa Theatre, $10

Town Hall

Tantrum Desire & State of Mind Sandwiches

The X-Ray Catz The Lido Cafe

Young and Hungry 2012: Flash / Gameplan / Cover Story 6PM, BATS Theatre, $18

All My Sons

Bella Cajon

10PM, The Southern Cross, Free

10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

Sun 08

Tue 10 Hansel & Gretal Gryphon Theatre, $10

Immaculate

8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

Live Music The Library

Monking Around The Grand

Poker Night

Breathe...

The Big Kumara

Te Radar & Friends

The Three Bears...

And Goldilocks

Te Papa

Whitireia Performance Centre

Circa Theatre, $10

The Improvisors: Theatresports

Young and Hungry 2012: Flash / Gameplan / Cover Story

Circa Theatre

6PM, BATS Theatre, $18

The Boptet The Lido Cafe

The Sunday Jazz Club Public Bar & Eatery

DUNEDIN gig guide Wed 04

Fri 06

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play

DJ Dahlsim

7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Plastic

7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

10 Bar

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play 7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Plastic

Thu 05

7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

Wanaka Winter Sessions: Enei

Sat 07

Mint Bar, Wanaka

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play 7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Jinetero MC Dime Release Tour 10PM, Copa Bar, $5

Plastic

7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

Cadbury Chocolate Fun Day

Dunedin Darby: Mid Winter Brawl

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play

Plastic

Plastic

Sound Full: Sound in Contemporary Art

Sound Full: Sound in Contemporary Art

Edgar Centre

7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

8PM, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, $10

Wanaka Winter Sessions: Home Brew

Oamaru Opera House

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play 7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

8PM, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, $10

Mint Bar, Wanaka

Tue 10

Wonky Winter Masquerade Ball

Cadbury Couture

9PM, Sammys, $10

Golden Centre

California Youth Symphony

7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Sun 08 Drive-In Movie

Victoria Road Carpark

Forbury Sports Bar and Function Centre

In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play 7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Vodka Cruiser Illuminate Paint Party 9PM, Edgar Centre

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CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 04

Fri 06

Sat 07

The Brothers Grimm

Jam Session

Beach Breaks & the Retro Record Request

Can Out ft. The Flying Sorcerers, T54, Lupus Luna & The Helpful

The Unfaithful Ways

The Cancer Society Grande Ball

Mon 09

Becks Southern Alehouse

Karaoke

Sandridge Hotel

Paquin w/ Simon Comber, The Response & Magic Eye 8PM, Dux Live

Quiz Night Phoenix Bar

Thu 05

Pierside Cafe and Bar

California Youth Symphony

Middleton Grange School

Captain Jack

Ferrymead Speights Ale House

D’sendantz

Becks Southern Alehouse

DELGIRL WHIRLWIND WINTER JAUNT 8PM, Nor’Wester Cafe, $25

Karaoke

DJ Mike T

Karaoke w/ DJ Chick

The Eversons w/ Sleepy Age & T54

Quarry Bar & Bistro Pierside Cafe and Bar

Mel Parsons

JDV Restaurant and Bar

8PM, Dux Live

Karaoke

CBS Canterbury Arena

D n D Showband

Becks Southern Alehouse

DJ Mike T

The Monday Room

7PM, Naval Point Yacht Club, $20

Mel Parsons

Reckless Duo

Sparrows

Short Summer

Stevi D

Soul Cage

Total Control

Sparrows

Wed 04

Lydia Cole & Tom Lark

john michaelz & the Usual

Atonal Heart

Oliver

Christchurch Casino

Salsa On Thursdays Salsa Latina Dance Studio

The Shameless Two Phoenix Bar

Sandridge Hotel

Ashburton Trust Event Centre Christchurch Casino Phoenix Bar

Ferrymead Speights Ale House

Quiz Night

Dux Live

Smooth Talk

Puree

Quiz Night

The Johnny Possum Band

8PM, Alvarados Mexican Cantina, Free

Mike King

The Blue Pub, Methven

Bealey’s Speights Ale House

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Mel Parsons

10PM, Wunderbar

Quiz Night

Jinetero MC Dime Release Tour

Phoenix Bar

Paquin w/ Simon Comber, The Golden Orange & Zen Mantra

9PM, The Darkroom, Free

Dux Live

Castle Hill Village Community Centre

Shawtys Bar, Twizel

Pierside Cafe and Bar

Sandridge Hotel Phoenix Bar

Naval Point Yacht Club Christchurch Casino

Wintering: Hula Hope, Merlin Webster, Jeremy Desmond

Tue 10 Jamesons Jam Sessions Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House

Quiz Night

Pegasus Arms Restaurant & Bar

Takacs Quartet

Middleton Grange School

Winterlude Clubs Night Market University of Canterbury

Ashburton Trust Event Centre

WAIKATO gig guide Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

Ka Hao Te Rangatahi The Meteor, Hamilton, $15

Oliver

7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

The YOT Club, Raglan 7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

Standstill

7PM, The Meteor, Hamilton, $35

Takacs Quartet

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton

7PM, No. 1 The Strand, Tauranga, $12

The L’il Band O’Gold

Clarence St Theatre, Hamilton

Oliver

7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

Standstill

7PM, The Meteor, Hamilton, $35

Thu 05

Fri 06

Atonal Heart

Coral by Lamplight

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

Frequently Asked Questions

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

Ka Hao Te Rangatahi The Meteor, Hamilton, $15

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3PM, Biddy Mulligans, Hamilton

Double Portrait: Finding Frances Hodgkins

7:30PM, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, $35

Double Portrait: Finding Frances Hodgkins

7:30PM, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, $35

NZ Craft Show

Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

Mudfest NZ

Hampton Downs Motor Sport Park, Te Kauwhata

Oliver

7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

Sat 07

Standstill

7PM, The Meteor, Hamilton, $35

Cool Cult

9PM, Space Monster, Wanganui, $5

The Dirty Sweets, Illicit Wah Wahz & Radio Therapy The YOT Club, Raglan

Sun 08 NZ Craft Show

Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

Oliver

7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

BARS

Shit worth dRINKING

Chapel

Wunderbar

147 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

19 London Street, Lyttelton

Club Connoisseurs is the name of the game at Ponsonby’s Chapel Bar & Bistro on Monday nights from 6:30 to 10:30. When you’re back at work feeling sorry for yourself, Chapel’s helping you get back on the good foot with DJs spinning their treasured collection of funk, reggae, soul, jazz and more so you can get on up through the rest of the week.

The Lyttelton favourite is back in business. And by favourite, we mean favourite. Ask just about any band or solo act that has performed at the venue and odds are they’ll say that it’s their favourite place to play.

Whether it’s the intimacy, the general vibe or all of the magical pixie dust that’s structurally holding the place together, there’s something about the place that always makes it worth your while.

The Claddagh

Cassette Nine

372-376 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland

9 VULCAN LANE, AUCKLAND

There’s something to do every night of the week at The Claddagh. Monday pool nights, darts competitions on Tuesdays, pub quiz Wednesdays, karaoke Thursdays and fresh, live music every Friday and Saturday. Come Sunday there’s no better place for a roast meal for you and your friends or that stranger you took home who you think you’ve got at least one more round with.

Whether you prefer Panic Tuesdays to get your twisting shoes scrunching the dance floor; Teenage Kicks on Wednesdays to help you relive your indie yoof; DJ favourites at Cassette Allstars on Thursdays; the always popular MUM clubnights every Friday; or some of the finest talent the Cassette crew can muster every Saturday for the Sick Disco line-ups, Cassette’s got you covered when you need some party shelter.

tours & events

Upcoming tours & events Bill Bailey

Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Fri 28 Sep Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Sat 29 Sep Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Mon 01 Oct CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch Wed 03 Oct ASB Theatre, Auckland Thu 04 Oct ASB Theatre, 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

Luger Boa

Thu 26 Jul Bodega, Wellington Fri 27 Jul Brewers Bar, Tauranga Sat 28 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

Black Confetti

Wed 11 Jul - Sat 21 Jul Herald Theatre, Auckland

Black Keys

Grizzly Bear

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

Tue 20 Nov The Opera House, Wellington Wed 21 Nov Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland

Coldplay

Guru Of Chai

Sat 10 Nov Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Tue 03 Jul - Sat 28 Jul Q Theatre, Auckland

Home Brew

Thu 19 Jul Shadows, Auckland Fri 20 Jul Altitude, Hamilton Sat 21 Jul San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 26 Jul World, Queenstown Fri 27 Jul Sammy’s, Dunedin Sat 28 Jul Bedford Pop Up, Christchurch

Hot Chelle Rae

Thu 18 Oct TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Sat 20 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland

Jeff Dunham

Sun 19 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

Collapsing Cities

Fri 20 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

Dame Edna Everage

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

dDub

Fri 29 Jun Players Entertainment Venue, Invercargill Sat 30 Jun Mint Bar, Wanaka Sun 01 Jul Winter Festival Mardigra, Queenstown

Devo, Simple Minds & The Church

Sat 15 Dec Villa Maria Estate, Auckland

Die! Die! Die!

Thu 12 Jul Static, Hamilton Fri 13 Jul Winchester, Auckland Sat 14 Jul Tauranga Wed 25 Jul Crown Hotel, Dunedin Fri 27 Jul Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Sat 28 Jul Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 03 Aug Bodega, Wellington

The English Beat

Thu 23 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

Rufus Wainwright

Mark Gardener

Wed 11 Jul San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 13 Jul Wunderbar, Lyttleton Sat 14 Jul Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Sat 28 Jul Space Monster, Whanganui Fri 04 Aug Whammy Bar, Auckland Wed 11 Aug Bad Cave, Palmerston North

Thu 09 Aug Mighty Mighty, Wellington Fri 10 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 11 Aug Wunderbar, Lyttelton

Missy Higgins

Mon 06 Aug Q Theatre, Auckland Tue 07 Aug Q Theatre, Auckland

Fri 21 Sep Civic Theatre, Auckland

Shapeshifter

Sat 14 Jul The Bedford, Christchurch

Sherpa

Fri 13 Jul Snake Pit, Auckland

Slash

Fri 17 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

Smashing Pumpkins

Sat 04 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

Sunken Seas

Terror

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

Wed 08 Aug Bruce Mason Theatre, Auckland Mon 13 Aug Opera House, Wellington

Katchafire

Fri 03 Aug The Shed, Taupo Sat 04 Aug Waihi Beach Hotel, Hotel Sat 11 Aug Sammys, Dunedin Fri 17 Aug Hill 16, Porirua Sat 18 Aug San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 24 Aug Altitude, Hamilton Sat 25 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

Kora

Sat 28 Jul Powerstation, Auckland

Ladyhawke

Wed 11 Jul Union Hall, Dunedin Thu 12 Jul The Foundry, Christchurch Fri 13 Jul San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 14 Jul Studio, Auckland

Lawrence Arabia

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as fresh as apple pie there’s little doubt that james milne AKA lawrence arabia is one of the country’s biggest names in pop music today. groove guide talked with the the award winning musician about what the country can expect from the much-anticipated release of the sparrow and the accompanying nationwide tour.

What prompted the choice of moniker Lawrence Arabia?

It was probably seven years ago – it was just a moment of weakness.

I used to front this band, The Reduction Agents, and I just decided I wanted an outrageous alter ego. I used to dress in robes and I think the Reduction Agents was meant to be a lot wilder than I’ve ended up becoming. So basically Lawrence Arabia was the frontman of that band and then Lawrence Arabia went solo... and here he is today.

How did you start out?

I learnt the piano when I was a child and my parents liked The Beatles.

My dad used to play guitar at home and I was in the choir at school, the chapel choir.

So basically the all-round musical experience growing up?

Yeah, pretty much. I was always interested in music and then I joined The Brunettes when I was 21. I was doing a postgrad degree in politics at the time.

How far do you think you’ve come musically as Lawrence Arabia?

I think a lot. I hope. I’ve devoted my whole life to it, to a certain degree.

I’ve certainly had to manage a lot of different roles and I’ve produced a lot of my own music and played a lot of the instruments. I’ve had to learn how to play instruments along the way and have gotten better at those instruments while doing it. I wouldn’t profess to be a master at any particular instrument or anything, but as far as learning different skills – from the point where I started – I think I’ve come a long way, definitely.

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The Sparrow, your new album, seems to be taking a new alternative path – it’s diverting from what you were doing prior?

I think probably every record I’ll do will naturally want to be different.

It’s not like I’m a multi-platinum-selling artist by any stretch of the imagination, so there’s no one I’ve got to let down really.

Oh, I don’t know. There’s a pretty big community that is hanging on your every tune.

Yeah, but I hope that the small number of people that are into my music are adventurous enough to follow my music in different directions. And I just think I’ve decided to make something different to keep myself interested and to challenge myself in different ways.

So tell me more about this new pathway you’re taking.

Well, the last album [Chant Darling] did well… in certain ways. But it was a difficult process to make it and I was basically doing it as a one-man band. I had other musicians on it, but predominantly I did it all myself.

I drove myself a bit mad during the production of it because I was doing everything myself , so I had infinite opportunities to play different bass lines or choose different instruments and I didn’t have any limitations.

I had the entire history of music to draw upon and influence me... I basically just set up limitations for myself with this record because I didn’t want to go mad like that. I wanted to set up an environment in which I could create something that had a little bit more atmosphere, I guess. Like that the atmosphere of a moment, rather then an analretentive home producer trying to do everything perfectly.

123456789 Oh yeah, well, we have too much of that anyway.

Well yeah, it’s the most common thing in music these days. I think with the opportunity to use digital recording everyone can obsess over it.

Let’s hear about the touring plans.

It’s quite ambitious I think. On the record there’s the string arrangements and horn arrangements. And because it’s a different sounding record, reasonably early on I decided to try and portray that live. Rather than just doing another rock show in a pub, I want to try and do something that’s more of an event. I don’t play that often anyway, so I figured I might as well make it even more special and go all out and play these theatres. So with a little bit of help I’ve been able to book the Auckland Town Hall, the Opera House in Wellington, Sammy’s in Dunedin and St Michaels Church in Christchurch, which are all rooms with high ceilings. I always enjoy playing live, but it’s a totally different experience keeping the whole idea of live entertainment fresh. I hope people are attracted to the idea of seeing something other then just a band trying to impress. Just rocking out. I mean, I like seeing bands rocking out, but I just wanted to try and do something different this time round.

Now a personal question… why did you shave the moustache? It was god-like.

[Laughs] Well, it’s very nice of you to say. I just got sick of it. People look at you differently when you have a moustache.

With respect and awe.

And admiration. I don’t really always like drawing attention to myself in that way, and I just felt like maybe it was time to abandon facial hair. At least for the next decade.

Awww. Knives in my heart.

Sorry about that.

Well, it had its glory days.

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You Don’t Know Jack The sixth season of the NBC hit show 30 Rock returns to FOUR on Tuesday 03 July, and Groove Guide managed to get a few choice words from Jack McBrayer, AKA Kenneth Parcell, on the fan-favourite comedy and his character.

What are some of the similarities between you and Kenneth?

I tend to be a people-pleaser and I always try to be good at my job, but I would love to think I’m not nearly as annoying as Kenneth. But I don’t know, maybe my co-workers could say otherwise.

Kenneth’s age and past are a bit of a mystery – is that hard to work with?

Honestly wish I knew more. I do love, every now and then, when I get these random… like… crazy flashbacks. I’m like, what the hell, who is this person? Where did he come from? But it’s always a nice little treat every time you open a script and see something in there… maybe there’s just a carbon monoxide leak at NBC. I am a group hallucination. I think the very end of the series is like the end of The Shining, you push in on a picture of the pages from 1932 and there among the other pages is Kenneth. And Jack Nicholson.

Is Kenneth a genius or an idiot?

I swear to God if I knew the answer – I mean, I’d love to think that he has some idea of what he’s doing. There’s an episode in season one, I believe, where he had the opportunity to pitch a game show to NBC. And you know he was low-balling them but then he threw a curve ball in there too, so I’d love to think that he has a few tricks up his sleeve, but sometimes at the end of the day I’m like, ‘Oh my, poor Kenneth’. The whole series is basically the moral education of Kenneth Parcell.

Who is Kenneth Parcell modelled on?

Between Rose Nylund from Golden Girls and a little bit of Barney Fife from Andy Griffith, I think you’ve got some of that in there. But no, I think Rose Nylund – that kind of hits the nail on the head. It’s just out of the writer’s heads and so I just show up and put on the suit and smile real big. I hope I’m cutting close to what they’re aiming for. I think he also raises people to his level. Everyone improves a little bit and he gets a little bit worse, that’s the story.

Are there any true life inspirations for Kenneth Parcell?

There are always tiny little things, like either little bits or little lines or something. It’s no secret that Jack McBrayer enjoys eating chick peas out of a can with a plastic spoon because it’s quick and to the point.

No waste, no mess, no muss, no fuss. No dignity. But I do know that everything that the writers, even stories that we’re just telling at lunch and stuff, every now and then they will make their way into the scripts.

So you’ve got to be careful.

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Over the Moon Moving on from the past, Kiwi singer Lydia Cole bares all on her debut full-length album and puts a fresh twist on her heartbreak.

It’s never easy to put into words the feeling of raw, emotional pain – but for singer-songwriter Lydia Cole, it was the best form of therapy.

Coming out of a three-year long-distance relationship, the 24-year-old singer says at a time of no control, writing was the best way to make sense of things.

“The writing was probably the easiest bit [of making the album] and quite a helpful process for me,” Cole says. “Writing a song about something crap or painful helps give me control.”

Me & Moon is a tribute to love and loss. From the initial stages of meeting someone, to the closing track ‘Blind Boy’ – a very descriptive and straightforward message about how it ended – it’s as if you are there, watching and listening to their relationship play out.

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Her new tour with Tom Lark is about refreshing the material and putting a new spin on her sound – which includes her playing the electric guitar for the first time.

“To be honest, I always had this idea of people who play electric – kind of show ponies,” she says, giggling. “And I think often a female artist will start acoustic then to refresh she’ll pick up the guitar. I was like, ‘Ugh I’m going to avoid that.’

“But it was good to do that for me. It feels a lot different now. I’m trying to make it fresh for me.”

Baring her soul night after night to her fans isn’t as hard as when she was recording the album, and Cole hopes the music comes across as relatable, rather than emotional.

It’s also difficult not to get a sense of connection with Cole. But while one might perceive her as a dark, brooding individual, she swears it’s just not the case.

“A lot of my songs are about loss and losing someone, and sometimes I will get a personal message from a fan and how it has moved them,” she says.

“I wonder if I come across as this sad person, but I’m really easygoing,” Cole laughs. “I just feel the need to write when I’m in this sad, broken mood. It’s funny.”

“It’s a real privilege. The last thing I want to do is make anyone sad. I hope, like me, if they hear a song that resonates, it makes them realise they are not alone.”

Looking back, Cole says these “snapshots” are not how she feels today, adding, “My attitude was bad. Some of the songs I’m not proud of.”

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