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British alt-rock musician and activist Billy Bragg has answered Christchurch’s call for help by confirming a benefit show at the Aurora Centre on October 16.

The show supports the Beatbox Project – a quakesafe music-friendly precinct that will be the focal point in creating a new hub for musicians in the thriving city. He is extending out his existing tour from his Auckland, Wellington and Otago Festival performances on October 12 to 14 respectively.

Supporting Bragg on his Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch shows is Cantabrian rockabilly Lindon Puffin, who was recently shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll song of the year. Tickets for all his shows are on sale now.

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Beck’s new album Song Reader, due out in December, turns the clock back 100 years in finding new and innovative ways to release music. Song Reader features a collection of 20 different songs that exist only as individual pieces of sheet music. Packaged together in a hardcover carrying case, the idea behind the creation is that each purchaser (those that can read sheet music at least) can put their own personal spin on each track, in turn becoming Beck – sort of.

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HAURAKI WREAKS HAVOC

Mikey Havoc of Havoc and Newsboy fame makes his radio comeback joining Radio Hauraki to host the night show. He says this is a “tremendous opportunity” “to get busy on an iconic radio station.

Mikey’s co-host will be Angelina Boyd, who currently presents NZOWN on Juice TV. The new show ‘Havoc Nights’ starts Mon 13 Aug, at 7pm.

NYE STRIKES GOLD

New Year’s Eve is still five months away, but Coromandel Gold is the next festival to confirm its 2012 line up. Festival regulars Shapeshifter, Kora and Fat Freddy’s Drop are set to make a return to Coro Gold, as well as Kiwi rockers Shihad and reggae greats Katchafire. The festival is also playing host to two big international acts – New York hip-hop legends De La Soul and Australian, Grammy-nominated electronica group Cut Copy. Black Sun Empire, AHoriBuzz and Sola Rosa round out the first announcement with more acts to come. Presales go online today, with general sales beginning on August 20. For more information check out coromandelgold.co.nz

SAY YES PLEASE

Keyboard mestro, composer and songwriter Rick Wakeman has announced three unique one-man shows around New Zealand this October. The renowned musician last traveled to New Zealand 37 years ago when he performed Journey to The Centre of the Earth with Auckland Symphonia. He is best known to audiences as the former keyboardist in the British progressive symphonic-style rock band YES. He’s also played with Lou Reed, Elton John and Cat Stevens. The intimate concerts are described as an entertaining evening in a one-on-one-type environment with Rick that features him performing on a grand piano, interspersed with ridiculous, albeit true, anecdotes. Rick is playing from October 6 to 8 at Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch respectively.

Tickets are on sale now.

BACK FOR MORE

Good news superhero fans – Walt Disney have confirmed that Joss Whedon is back on board to direct a sequel to this year’s blockbuster movie The Avengers. Walt Disney Co CEO Robert Iger said Whedon has also been hired to help develop a Marvelbased TV series for the US ABC network. Marvel is a Disney subsidiary. No further details have been released yet as to when the production will start or a release date for the film, but if figures for the first film are anything to go by, the sequel is guaranteed to be a hit.

CLOSING TIME

A psychedelic mash-up of pop singers, rock stars and celebrities brought the 2012 London Olympic Games to a close. The show featured music by Jessie J, Muse and One Direction.

Highlights include British icons The Spice Girls, who kissed and made up for a once-off reunion to sing their two biggest hit from on top of taxis and Freddy Mercury came back from the dead in the form of a giant TV screen. The $14 billion ceremony was a sensory overload of dancers, comedy skits and even a human canon ball.

IT’S JÄGER TIME!

Jägermeister has announced the launch of two new RTDs to the New Zealand market. Jägermeister RAW is a strong blend of Jägermeister combined with guarana extract and other 100% natural ingredients creating a unique, refreshing drink and Jägermeister Ginger Lime is a blend of Jägermeister combined with 100 per cent natural ingredients including ginger root and fresh lime creating an appealing mix of bitter and sweet.

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SPOTIFY MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR AUSTRALIASIA KATE VALE EXPLAINS WHY THE NEW MUSIC SERVICE IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

Top Twins NZ ICONS THE TOPP TWINS ANSWER OUR BURNING QUESTIONS.

Welcome to Spotify – the new service designed to not only make music more accessible for the consumer, but also crack down on illegal downloads, plugging up the money haemorrhage that record labels have been experiencing for the last 10 years or so.

Developed in Sweden and launched in 2008 with the purpose – to combat piracy. Statistics show that 500 million people per year listen to music illegally. As a result, the music industry and everything in between (not just record label fat-cats) have suffered.

Kate Vale, managing director of Spotify for New Zealand and Australia, has the tough job of explaining why this service will change the way we consume music forever. In layman’s terms, she explains that Spotify is the world’s largest streaming music service. With access to over 16 million tracks, it gives you the ability to find any song you want at the click of a button. Upgrade to a premium service for about $12 a month, and you then have the ability to take that music and do with it whatever you like.

“It’s another way of consuming music, “ says Kate. “We are seeing a trend of people around the world preferring all-around access as opposed to ownership. My favourite part is that it hooks into Facebook, so you can share what you are listening to, subscribe to a friend’s playlist and it’s a great way of discovering new music and bands. I guess that’s where my listening habits have changed.”

What are you working on right now?

Building a kitchen and spectator area for my horse arena.

What’s your favourite venue in the country?

Langham Hotel, the great ballroom Where was the last place you went out for dinner?

Porcini – best restaurant in New Zealand in Helensville Where’s the best place to get Eggs Benedict?

My place (all free-range chickens) What has been the best show you’ve attended this year?

Southern Sinfonia (I got to sing with them) What’s your guilty pleasure?

There is no guilt if it’s pleasurable

Initially skeptical of Spotify, I have come to learn how it is a win-win for everybody – record labels, musicians and listeners. At $12 a month, even someone like me – the world’s biggest tight-arse on paying for music (as well as the most indecisive person) – would do that just to have access to anything I ever wanted at anytime. How great is that for a barbecue? A party? Or just chilling out at home?

“We get access by working with major record labels, a host of indie labels and major publishers,” says Kate. “It’s also rejuvenating physical sales and back catalogues. This is because it offers younger generations and new ears the chance to experience and enjoy music from established and well-known acts, such as The Rolling Stones for example, without having to raid their parent’s record collection or download online.”

Spotify isn’t just a music service, but a revenue stream to drive money back into the industry by providing a good quality, instant and legal music. No more shotty, crackling copies of DMX blasting out your Mitsubishi Evolution. This is giving listeners an option that goes beyond the black and white of illegal or expensive.

“Research has shown that most music fans don’t want to act illegally, but they do want to have everything at their fingertips instantly,” Kate explains. “This has created as a simpler, better alternative to piracy, generating revenues which have in the past been lost to piracy. A recent report from Musiksverige (Swedish music industry association) stated that piracy levels in Sweden have declined 25% since 2009.”

Kate says it’s not a replacement service – it’s simply another way of consuming music. “Our focus is to draw users away from piracy by delivering the most complete music service we can. We don’t want to replace people’s much-love music collections either.

Many users will listen to albums on Spotify and go to purchase the digital/physical copy. “ It’s still relatively new in New Zealand, but Kate says the results so far have been a success. And with New Zealand as one of the biggest country of illegal downloads, may be it’s time for a change. Now they just need to bring in a movie service…

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On horses from my dad – “ Both ends are dangerous” The biggest mistake you’ve made is…

There are no mistakes, only experiences!

Name five things surrounding you right now.

Horses, a dog, cat, chickens and rain

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FRIDAY 17

THURSDAY 16 DUDLEY BENSON

KATCHAFIRE

TE PAPA

HILL 16 Porirua 8pm, $30, eventfinder.co.nz

7pm

In keeping with the theme of Te Papa’s current exhibit Kahu Ora: Living Cloaks, a beautiful display of Maori cloaks, acclaimed musician Dudley Benson performs his album, Forest. It’s a vivid expression of New Zealand’s natural world and ties into the exhibit, presenting a rich cultural past and present. Benson is known for his haunting voice and strong stage presence.

Get your skanking on to the reggae beats of arguably New Zealand’s most famous reggae band. Sure, it’s not summer and no, you’re not in a festival, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy these guys now – and then enjoy them again when they come back for the New Year’s Eve tours. They’ve been around since 1997 so there is plenty of material and some new grooves too.

NANA NIGHT

AUT SNOWSPORTS WINTER MADNESS

ALLELUYA CAFÉ

THE STUDIO

8PM, $25-35, ITICKET.CO.NZ

7.30pm, $5, Door Sales Only

Put up your feet and get cosy. Learn how to knit or crochet so you can make that hat/scarf/cardi/dog warmer you always wanted, and even play a board game or two. Folk artists Alaska and Jocee Tuc will be the entertainment with live music and the whole evening is expected to just be lovely, just as your nana used to do it.

AUT Snowsports Club is fundraising for the Uni Winter Games and is hosting a night of hot music and babes.

Modeling the latest winter gear from Boardertown will be a whole bunch of babes then Dane Rumble is popping over from Aussie to play. And to keep the party going Auckland’s hottest DJs will be playing you out.

SATURDAY 18 SOLA ROSA

NIGHTCHOIR

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What to say about Sola Rosa? Well ever since they exploding into mainstream with their award-winning album Get It Together, these guys have been a staple fixture at any summer gig. Chasing the summer, they have been following festivals in the northern hemisphere for a while, pulling in some new fans as well as keeping the dedicated ones coming back for more. Now it’s our turn to show our support and brave the wintery blast for a little bit of Kiwi summers. With 10 years under the belt, like Katchafire, they have plenty of material to go around as well as their fresh beats form their new album.

After two years of no Pluto, Nightchoir was formed with remaining three members taking the helm.

Although Pluto was still on their minds when writing the first album, their new album, See The First Star, is solely a Nightchoir sound. This musical project is a new direction that’s sure not to disappoint.

THE PHARCYDE THE STUDIO

9pm, $40-60, iticket.co.nz

Gangsta’ rappers The Pharcyde have keep rap fresh since the ‘90s and believe it or not they are here to cerebrate their 20th anniversary. Dam son! With comparisons to De La Soul, Pharcyde likes to play with the clichés of hip-hop (old-school hip-hop that is). Put away your Kanye West and get a blast from the past.

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No, it’s not a lesson in genealogy, but the release of Coach’s long-awaited debut album Family Tree.

Releasing to a small, intimate audience, Coach will be joined by fellow friends Bond Street Bridge, Cool Rainbows and Ed Castelow. Acts are due to start at 9pm on the dot so be there or be square!

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SUNDAY 19 SLASH CBS CANTERBURY ARENA

gig OF THE WEEK

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI MATURE THEMES

8pm, $129, ticketek.co.nz

Arguably the better half of Guns ‘N’ Roses (Oh wait, sorry there’s more than two in the band…), Slash has been, and always will be, a guitar icon. Mostly for his luscious locks, but also for his wicked guitar rifts.

Remember ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’? Guitar genius. Along with Myles Kennedy on vocals (of Alter Bridge fame), prepare to rock hard.

SUNDAY SESSIONS CHAPEL BAR & BISTRO

3pm

DJ Thane Kirby is mixing it up at Ponsonby Road’s legendary Chapel Bar this Sunday, playing all the tunes you need to enjoy a Sunday arvo drink or, if you had a hard night, maybe a water is more your choice.

Either way, he’ll be keeping you going playing hits from the past and present.

TOMMY EMMANUEL THE OPERA HOUSE

8pm, $81-206, ticketek.co.nz

Australain guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel is most famously known for developing his complex fingerstyle technique (settle down ladies, not that kind of style) that has spawned hundreds of how-to DVDS, but also seen him skyrocket to fame for both his solo work and also his work alongside other artists, including John Farnham and Dragon.

MONDAY 20 NASUM KINGS ARMS

8pm, $45, undertheradar.co.nz

Swedish grindcore band Nasum are saying goodbye (but in Swedish obviously) as they embark on their farewell tour. It’s ironically the first (and only) time they have been to New Zealand and looks like it will also be the last. It’s a chance for Kiwi fans to give them a good send off.

SAMPLER SEASON LOUNGE 2012 MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON CITY & SEA

2PM, FREE

The popular Sampler Season returns with a feast of free Sunday music concerts from 26 talented New Zealand musicians. This is the perfect way to kick off those wintry Sunday afternoons. Not only that, you will get some sweet lessons in knitting from Wellington’s knitters and yarn bombers. Score.

ALBUME OF TH WEEK Mature Themes is Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s brownest album yet. Why ‘brown’?

Because Ween and their fans often use the word ‘brown’ to describe (among other things) lo-fi music so bad that it’s good and Mature Themes has early Ween all over it. Mature Themes is brown: confusing, sludgy, intoxicating, messy, shit and good. This level of strangeness and immaturity (brownness) is good though, I think.

Although critics will likely see it as a step back from Before Today’s greatness, it’s actually another step forward in the band’s project of reinvention and musical archaeology.

Reinvention because Pink seems to get bored with whatever his Haunted Graffiti project is doing by the time the album’s finished and so reinvents it’s sound. Musical archaeology because part of this reinvention is looking back through pop history to find styles to shape and manipulate. Earlier incarnations of Haunted Graffiti appeared like a fever dream of Bowie melodies, warped Scott Walker records and tacky weirdo synths. 2010’s Before Today was boldly accessible – less feverish, more conventional. Less ‘brown’ than previous releases, Before Today simultaneously evoked and ‘made strange’ the history of pop with Pink’s timeless opium-scented atmosphere and interesting musical turns. Rather than simply reflecting what Pink

was listening to at the time, it was indie pop re-imagined and revitalised by everything that came before it.

Similar efforts have been made by acts such as Bon Iver, drawing on ‘80s white collar sophisti-pop at it’s most indulgent to capture Vernon’s own ‘profound’ self-pity and this year’s Black Bananas expanding out of Royal Trux’s deconstructionist blues rock and into more tasteless funk metal, hair metal, and electro-clash.

This time around, Pink moves away from Before Today’s convention. To say (as some fans are) that Mature Themes is a “return to form,” however, would be to undermine Pink’s project of constant flux. Consciously ‘brown,’ Mature Themes reaches back to early Sparks’ aesthetic and Zappa’s oddball sense of humour. In taking on Sparks’ (or Halfnelson’s) aesthetic, Pink also evokes Syd Barrett’s outsider nonsense.

As such, it’s often hard to tell who Pink’s referencing with songs about “blowjobs of death” and “she-male meth heads,” but the effect is the same. Mature Themes draws on retro avantgarde, outsider artists and old pop-weirdos in the most jarring, yet expertly ‘brown’ way possible.

Difficult, messy, shit, and good.

WRITTEN BY MAX COOMBES ALBUM: MATURE THEMES OUT FRI 17 AUG

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ARTIST Q&A

Thursday 16

Karen Anslow

FREE LOAD

SOPHISTICATED SINNER

THE BASEMENT

Your fantasy spirit animal is…

First thought – Cougar. But I’m not there yet! So I’ll go Black Panther.

Grrrrowl.

7pm, $15-20, iticket.co.nz

It’s 2055. After the death of her sister, Jeanie becomes obsessed with a new software craze called Free Load, a “virtual programme more human than ourselves”.

When strange things go wrong, it’s time to discover the secrets of Free Load. Free Load is expected to be a wild ride through the virtual and also human condition.

Your signature “I’m an amazing cook” dish is… accompanied by laughter.

The best TV show around at the moment is…

Game of Thrones. Looking forward to The Newsroom.

SATURDAY 18

The best place for a date night is…

Movie theatre with couches.

The Matakana Indie Market

People say you look like…

Renee Zellweger. Bridget Jones, not Chicago.

Matakana Village

9.30am- 2.30pm

The Matakana Indie Market is a place where local artists and craftspeople come together to share handmade and vintage goodness. The third Sunday of every month they host a distinctive homegrown experience of local independent design.

Meander through the stalls of over 30 local artisans who specialise in producing edgey and ethical handmade wares.

CATHEDRAL OF SOUND TOWN HALL

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

Eartha Kitt, Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse. Awesome girl group.

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

Skyfall is looking pretty good.

Where can your stalkers find you during the weekend?

In bed. With my friends. Not at the same time!

Five celebs on your f**klist?

Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr, Daniel Craig, Michael Fassbender, Kate Middleton.

What generic current affair has your blood boiled?

Not really a current affair as much as the stupid way it is covered by our popular media. Sensationalist fearmongering anyone?

SEE HER PERFORM: SOPHISTICATED SINNER

What happens when you mix Coca Cola with Pepsi?

America explodes.

THU 23 AUG - SAT 25 AUG EMBASSY THEATRE, WELLINGTON THU 30 AUG - SAT 01 SEP EMBASSY THEATRE, WELLINGTON

8pm, $15-100, the-edge.co.nz

Watch conductor Simone Young lead the orchestra with a wild frenzy and excitement that earns her the title of “one of the most exciting and groundbreaking conductors of our time”. Cathedral of Sound is expected to be a delight as the drama of Mozart’s ‘Linz Symphony No.36’ comes to life before your eyes.

SUNDAY 19 JEFF DUNHAM VECTOR ARENA

CINDERELLA

8pm, $80-90, ticketmaster.co.nz

YouTube sensation and comedy icon Jeff Dunham made a name for himself with his whacky and eccentric characters and for bringing the lost art of ventriloquism to the modern world. He’s been named Time magazine’s “most popular comedian in the USA” and also made it onto Forbes list of rich peeps, earning a $30 million in one year.

REGENT THEATRE

7.30pm, $27-75, ticketdirect.co.nz

Ballet’s not just something that was cool to learn as a kid – some people make a profession out of it and are wildly talented. Re-telling the age-old tale of Cinderella, the Royal New Zealand Ballet has some lavish and extravagant costumes on their side, as well as an electric score.

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TUESDAY 21 LED ZEPPELIN DOUBLE FEATURE

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8pm, $35

Filling your mind with the guitar-glory that is Led Zep, the show transports visitors into a dozen moodprovoking settings. Sounds like some weird kind of science experiment. The show also takes you on the Space Park 360, a 38-minute, 9-ride show that takes audiences on a wild ride through the solar system.

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Led Zep’s classic rock comes alive in one of the world’s most popular planetarium music shows, screening in Stardome’s immersive 360° theatre. It’s followed by a roller-coaster ride through space in Space Park 360.

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FILM OF TEH WEEK

WEDnESDAY 15

THE CAMPAIGN

ANGER MANAGEMENT TV2, 8.30PM

The aptly-titled show marks the return of “winner” Charlie Sheen (after his awkward departure from Two And A Half Men). Once again playing a character very similar to his own personality (crazy, angry, washedup), he stars as Charlie Goodson, a former pro-baseball player turned therapist with anger issues of his own. directed by Jay Roach

THURSDAY 16 INSIDE NZ: DONATED TO SCIENCE TV3, 9.30PM

DOCO

Not for the squeamish or faint-hearted, Inside New Zealand: Donated To Science looks at the controversial subject of human dissection and the stories of the people who donate their bodies to science such as medical schools. This doco really get inside the issue and asks the grim questions.

THE BOURNE LEGACY GENERAL RELEASE, 135 MINS

Bourne may be the name, but it’s certainly not Jason Bourne as we know him. In fact, it’s Aaron Cross – another agent through the Treadstone programme whose memory is suddenly triggered by the events of the previous films. Prepare for everything that makes a Bourne film brilliant: guns, cars, running, explosions and the CIA trying to kill everyone.

SATURDAY 18

Starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jason Sudeikis

With films like Everything Must Go and Casa De Mi Padre, Will Ferrell has demonstrated a desire to extend beyond his well-established oafish on-screen comedic persona.

None of that desire is present in The Campaign. They could’ve called it Ron Burgundy Runs For Congress.

While newer to the movie star game, Zach Galifianakis has now carried a specific movie persona through three big movies and his character here (Ferrell’s political rival) does little to go beyond that.

So with two big actors on autopilot and actual modern politics resembling a broad farce at the best of times, The Campaign can’t help but give off an air of reaching for lowhanging fruit.

That said, I laughed out loud more than three times, which is my litmus test for any movie comedy. They managed not to spoil ALL the best

jokes in the trailer and the film doesn’t outstay its welcome.

Good work is done by supporting players such as Dylan McDermott (as a shadowy political consultant) and Katherine LaNasa as Ferrell’s shrill wife. I got excited when John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd showed up as two characters clearly inspired by the legendary Duke brothers from Trading Places, but the script doesn’t give them much to do.

With shows like The Colbert Report setting a new standard for biting political satire, a film like The Campaign feels a little thin (especially when it reaches for last minute seriousness), but if you’re partial to either Ferrell or Galifianakis’ schtick, you’ll find plenty to enjoy here.

WRITTEN BY DOMINIC CORRY, FLICKS.CO.NZ OUT NOW

MONDAY 20 MEDIA3

SKINS: SERIES FINAL

TV3, 10AM

FOUR, 9.30PM

Lively debate is the name of the game with Media3, a new show made by the team behind Media7. With presenter Russell Brown at the helm and led by a team of experienced journalists, the show takes a good hard look at media matters with those behind the New Zealand media.

Everybody’s freaking out about the future in this week’s season finale of the BAFTA award-winning show. The storylines are coming to a dramatic end and the characters are getting ready to move on with their lives, after yet another season of emotional turmoil for these teenagers.

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It’s not easy been gluten free and for those who are, getting foods that leave out the G can be a bit of a mission. If you do have special dietary requirements, with ready-to-eat treats, dinner or pick up a snack.

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GIG GUIDE

SHIT WORTH DOING

OTAGO gig guide

WELLINGTON gig guide Wed 15

The Beat Girls Public Bar & Eatery

Wed 15

Fri 17

Down & Dirty

Thieves EP Release

Calico

The GC’s

The Maybe Pile w/ Special Guests

Groova

Open Deck Night

Sat 18

Boston on Blair

Kroon for your Kai The Southern Cross Bar & Restaurant

9PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

Thieves, Faults, Lontalius

10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

Red Sky Blues

10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

The Postures

Sat 18

The Session

Katchafire - Back to the Roots Tour

8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse 9PM, Matterhorn

Thu 16 Darren Watson’s Underground Blues Band Hashigo Zake

Dudley Benson Te Papa

Laura Collins, Dean Heatherington & Back Porch Blues Band 8PM, Hotel Bristol

Miles Calder & The Rumours w/ Johnsonville City Nights 9PM, Bodega

Orange Farm, The Dickens

8PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

Orangefarm, Brewhaha, The Dickens 10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

Fri 17 Battle of the Bands Final w/ Left at Dawn & Aftermath

8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse, $30

Monkey Business & Guests 9PM, Sandwiches

Nightchoir, Craig Terris

10PM, The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant

Katchafire - Back To The Roots Tour 9PM, Hill 16, Porirua

La De Hip Hop feat.

The Pharcyde 8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse, $45

Neil Billington & Bullfrog Rata 8PM, Hashigo Zake

Nightchoir

9PM, St Peters Hall, Paekakariki

Pog Mahones Irish Pub, Queenstown Skycity, Queenstown

9PM, ReFuel bar, Dunedin Copa Bar, Dunedin

Thu 16

Both Sides of the Line

8PM, Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers

Dan Da Man

2012 Rumble in the Jungle

La De Hop Hop ft. Pharcyde

Sun 19

Pog Mahones Irish Pub, Queenstown

Mint Bar, Wanaka

10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5

8PM, 12 Below - XIIB, Dunedin

Chocolate

The Stadium Sports Bar, Dunedin

One Night of Queen 8PM, Michael Fowler Centre

Pete Swanson w/ Our Love Will Destroy The World 9PM, Bodega

Soul Caravan

9PM, The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant

Sun 19 Improv Cage Match 7PM, Circa Theatre, $18

Sample Season Lounge 2012

Museum of Wellington City & Sea

Sunday Jazz Club The Lido Cafe

Tommy Emmanuel 8PM, The Opera House

9PM, Angus Inn, Lower Hutt

Johanna

Pog Mahones Irish Pub, Queenstown

Mon 20 ‘We Are Here’ - Benefit Concert for The Court Theatre 7PM, Circa Theatre, $30

Tue 21 OPEN MIC NIGHT with Wellington Sea Shanty Society

6PM, San Francisco Bathhouse

Wellington Sea Shanty Society

8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse

REST OF NZ gig guide Wed 15

Sat 18

Kiwi Jam

Forgotten Generation EP release show Nelson w/ Swali’s Mouth, Running Joke, Paper City and Artifical Remedy

Liquid NZ Bar, Nelson

Thu 16 The Postures

Space Monster, Wanganui

Fri 17 Blacklight Paint Party Players Entertainment Centre, Invercargill

#DPTRCLB

10PM, The Outback Inn, Hamilton, $10

Heavy Metal Ninjas 8PM, Cabana, Napier

Midge McCleary

8PM, The BoatHouse, Nelson, $10

Sola Rosa: Low And Behold, High & Beyond Tour 8PM, Groove Kitchen, Napier, $22.50

The Postures

Space Monster, Wanganui

10PM, Liquid NZ Bar, Free

Heavy Metal Ninjas

8PM, The Commercial, Whakatane

Horror Story Album Release

The Royal, Palmerston North

Oceania Storm NZ Tour Trees Tavern, Tokoroa

Sola Rosa: Low And Behold, High And Beyond Tour

8PM, Hot Lava, Ohakune, $27.50

Swiss - ‘Mr Slow Wind’ EP Release Party 8PM, Feilding Civic Centre, Feilding

Thieves EP Release 9PM, Space Monster, Wanganui, $5

Sun 19 Elvis Tribute Show Invercargill Workingmen’s Club, Invercargill

SHIT WORTH DOING

auckland gig guide Wed 15 Dirty Diana’s Sol Night 7PM, Chapel Bar

Fermata: Dr Simon Barker

5PM, Music Theatre, School of Music

Industry Night 9PM, twentyone

The Absolut Hour 6PM, Racket Bar

Wednesday at Sale St 5PM, Sale St

Fri 17 ADDISON Reunion Show 7PM, Zeal Global Cafe, $10

Alan Perrott & Johnny Baker’s Small Town Affair 9PM, The Golden Dawn

Bevan Keys & Nyntee 7PM, Longroom

Wine Cellar Strings feat. Gareth Thomas & Bernie Griffen

DJ General Lee 1AM, twentyone

Saturday at Sale St 7PM, Sale St

Sick Disco Suburbia!

9PM, Wine Cellar

6PM, Cassette Nine, $10

Worlds greatest Quiz Night w/ Quizmaster Thane Kirby

Strummerday (Joes 60th B’Day)

7PM, Chapel Bar

DJ Dirty Diana & CVE 7PM, Red Hummingbird Bar

9PM, Stampede Bar, $15

Sat 18 #DPTRCLB

9PM, The Kings Arms

The Good, The Bad, The Sexy 10PM, The Hangar

The Postures North Island Tour 10PM, Whammy Bar

10PM, 1885 Britomart, $10

DJ Karn Hall

A Ponsonby Institution

8PM, twentyone

8PM, Chapel Bar

Dj Zane:T

Coach

9PM, Tyler Street Garage

5PM, Neighbourhood

9PM, The Wine Cellar

Acoustic Thursdays with Waylon

DUB Disco

Ctrl Alt Del

10PM, Code

10PM, Be Club, $5

Sun 19

General Lee

ExMixKid, Dylan C

DJ Disco Trash

8PM, Snapdragon

8PM, Red Hummingbird

Imagine This

Invader Cain, Mile High, Brightly Coloured Cocks

DJ Jarrod Phillips

Acoustic Sunday Session w/ Eli Guttenbiel

Acoustic Thursday w/ Eli 7PM, Neighbourhood

7PM, Nuffield St. 7PM, Chapel Bar

9PM, Snapdragon

Lyrakill

9PM, Hurstmere Brew Bar

M1ssing T1me 10PM, The Hangar

Nana Night w/ Alaska & Jocee Tuck 7PM, Alleluya Cafe, $5

Root Down with Frank Booker

6PM, Tyler Street Garage

Sam Hill & Nyntee 8PM, Longroom

The Get Down 6PM, Sale St

The Pantry Shelf 8PM, The Basement, $20

6PM, Northern Steamship

9PM, Juice Bar, $5

J Lo Key

6PM, Tyler Street Garage

Dj Tido

4PM, Chapel Bar

6PM, Libertine

8PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

Lunchtime Concert: Brass & woodwind students

Great North & Watercolours

1PM, Music Theatre, School of Music

Punk Rock Road Trips Mid Winter Party 8PM, The Kings Arms, $10

Rhythm and Style 5PM, Sale St

Rose Alice

Grub Step vs Propa Jacks 10PM, Ink, $10

5PM, Chapel Bar

6PM, Everybodys

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

5PM, The Wine Cellar, $10

Special Events: The University of Auckland Strings - Notturno

2PM, Sale St

Sentimental Sound System 3PM, Chapel Bar

Tony Tunes

Imagine This, Normski

Mon 20

Lia Kent, Chewie Lewi

Acoustic Sessions w/ Eli

10PM, InkCoherent, $10

Matt Randomplay, Adam O

The Friday Blender

Dj Tido

Grubstep Vs Propajacks

Shane Hand, Alex Q

6PM, Longroom

3PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

Sunday @ Sale St

7PM, Alp Ice Cafe

7PM, Libertine

8PM, VECTOR ARENA

Tyler Street Sessions

Greek Party Nights

8PM, Studio, $25

SLASH featuring MYLES KENNEDY

8PM, Zeal Henderson

4PM, Music Theatre, School of Music, $15

9PM, Snapdragon

5PM, Hurstmere Brew Bar

Tonight Alive

9PM, Golden Dawn

AUT Snowsports Winter Madness with Dane Rumble

Sweetpants, Nyntee

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John Holmes, Weaponds

Tommy Emmanuel & Frank Vignola TSG Live w/ Tido, DJ Hudge ft Lewis McCallum

DJ Sample Gee DJ Sister Act

6PM, Nuffield St.

8PM, Bruce Mason Centre

9PM, twentyone

6PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

Thin White Lines, Silence The City, Mother Motor 8PM, The Kings Arms

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Thu 16

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Vicious Circle w/ Guests

7PM, Northern Steamship

Musical Forces 8PM, Titirangi Theatre at Lopdell House

Nigel Love, Jordan Momentus 8PM, Hurstmere Brew Bar

7PM, Libertine

7PM, Quay St Club Rooms

Club Connoisseurs 6PM, Chapel Bar

Gene Rivers w/ guests 6PM, Imperial Lane

Spooky, Killamanraro 5PM, Everybodys

The KA Music Quiz 7PM, The Kings Arms

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auckland gig guide VIVA JAZZ QUARTET 6PM, The Windsor Castle

Tue 21 Acoustic Sessions w/ Jonny Edwards 8PM, Quay St Club Rooms

Jacam Manricks Trio - Night Jazz Concert 8PM, Studio One, Kenneth Myers Centre, $30

NASUM: 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour

8PM, The Kings Arms, $45

open mic night 8PM, The Windsor Castle & Juice Bar

The KA Quiz

7PM, The Kings Arms

Tido

7PM, Imperial Lane

Worlds greatest Quiz Night w/ Quizmaster Thane Kirby 7PM, Chapel Bar

CHRISTCHURCH gig guide Wed 15

Fri 17

Governor General w/ Blues Professor & The Sinister Minister

Forgotten Generation EP release show w/ Swali’s Mouth, Visionary Minds and Brain Dead

8PM, Dux Live

8.30PM, Zebedees, $5 All Ages

Thu 16 Forgotten Generation EP Release Show

Music Centre of Christchurch - Outstanding Young Musicians

8PM, Dux Live

St Augustine Anglican Church

Gigi

Sol Latino

Ad Lib Cafe & Deli

8PM, Alvarado’s Mexican Cantina

Karaoke W/ DJ Chick

Soulsystem, Yvette Williams & Neils.C

Pierside Cafe & Bar

Sing Your Heart Out Christchurch Musical Concert

Pierside Cafe & Bar

Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church

Sun 19 Mainland Big Band Kaiapoi Club, Kaiapoi

Slash feat. Myles Kennedy 8PM, CBS Arena, $129

The Greyhounds Irish Society Hall

Mon 20 Quiz Night

Opawa Baptist Church

Sat 18

The Shameless Two

DJ Mike T (RDU)

8PM, Phoenix Bar

Out of the Blue

Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House

Quiz Night

Ferrymead Speight’s Ale House

The Monday Room

Electronic

9PM, The Irishman

Tue 21

Lindon Puffin

Jamesons Jam Sessions

8PM, The Fox & Ferret - Palms

Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House

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1885 is Britomart’s answer to everything – after work drinks, private functions or a wild night on the chop.

Co-owners of new extension Britomart Country Club, 1885 has been a regular meeting place for its warm atmosphere, inviting space and selection of top shelf alcohols.

LA ZEPPA 33 DRAKE STREET, AUCKLAND

Although Zeppa apparently means wedge, it should mean “relaxation”. That’s what they are all about. – catch up with your friends whenever you want for a cocktail, glass of wine or a beer over some delicious tappas with everything from vegetarian to seafood.

FOXGLOVE

Located on Wellington’s dazzling waterfront, night time visits to Foxglove give a real sense of 1940’s glamour on an ocean liner. Once a large space, Foxglove has been designed into a series of smaller spaces within the building to give a sense of intimacy to the separate areas, each with a personal touch. Treat your special someone on a romantic dinner looking out across the water, have a private night with the girls with their wild range of cocktails at the Foxtail Champagne & Cocktail bar, or get lost in nostalgia in The 12:15 GamesPage Room, MOS-GGQTR-16_7_12_MOS-GGQTR-16_7_12 16/07/2012 1 adorned with vintage cameras, memorabilia and board games.

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Upcoming tours & events GOMEZ (US)

ANIKA MOA, BOH RUNGA & HOLLIE SMITH

Thu 04 Oct St John’s Cathedral, Napier Fri 05 Oct All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North Sat 06 Oct Old St Paul’s, Wellington Sun 07 Oct Old St Paul’s, Wellington Wed 10 Oct St Andrew’s On Liardet, New Plymouth Thu 11 Oct Chapel of Christ The King, Hamilton Fri 12 Oct Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland Sat 13 Oct Holy Trinity, Tauranga Sun 14 Oct Rotorua, Civic Theatre Wed 17 Oct St Michael & All Angels, Christchurch Thu 18 Oct St Michael & All Angels, Christchurch Fri 19 Oct Knox Church, Dunedin Sat 20 Oct First Presbyterian Church, Invercargill

ARTISAN GUNS

Tue 23 Oct The Powerstation, Auckland Wed 24 Oct The Opera House, Wellington

Fri 30 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

NICKI MINAJ (US)

Sat 24 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

DAME EDNA EVERAGE (AUS) Tue 14 Aug The Civic, Auckland

DEVO, SIMPLE MINDS & THE CHURCH

Sat 15 Dec Villa Maria Estate, Auckland

EARTH (US)

BEN HARPER (US)

ED SHEERAN (UK)

BILL BAILEY (UK)

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

Tue 09 Oct Bodega, Wellington Wed 10 Oct Kings Arms, Auckland

NICKELBACK (US)

Fri 24 Aug Bacco Room, Auckland Sat 25 Aug Snake Pit, Auckland Thu 30 Aug Taste Merchants, Dunedin Fri 31 Aug Dux Live, Christchurch Sat 01 Sep, SFBH, Wellington

Sat 03 Nov Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Mon 05 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland

NEKROMANTIX (DEN)

Fri 07 Sep San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 08 Sep The Kings Arms, Auckland

Fri 08 Mar TSB Arena, Wellington Sat 09 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland

THE ENGLISH BEAT (UK)

Thu 23 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

ENTER SHIKARI (UK)

Tue 18 Sep Zeal, West Auckland

EVERCLEAR (US)

Wed 17 Oct Juice Bar, Auckland Thu 18 Oct The Studio, Auckland

EXODUS

Sat 31 Dec Te Tumu Kaituna Reserve, Papamoa Beach

GRIZZLY BEAR (US) Tue 20 Nov The Opera House, Wellington Wed 21 Nov Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland

HOT CHELLE RAE (US)

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

JEFF DUNHAM (US)

Sun 19 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

KATCHAFIRE

Fri 17 Aug Hill 16, Porirua Sat 18 Aug San Fran Bath House, Wellington Fri 24 Aug Altitude, Hamilton Sat 25 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

LA DE DA FESTIVAL 2012

Sun 30 Dec - Mon 31 Dec Daisybank Farm, Martinborough

MARIA MINERVA (UK)

Fri 24 Aug Whammy Bar, Auckland Fri 25 Aug Meow, Wellington

FAR EAST MOVEMENT

NIGHTCHOIR

Fri 17 Aug St Peters Village Hall, Paekakariki Sat 18 Aug Mighty Mighty, Wellington Thu 06 Sep Penguin Club, Oamaru Fri 07 Sep Refuel, Dunedin Sat 08 Sep Wunderbar, Lyttelton

NZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Thu 14 Aug - Sun 26 Aug Hoyts Northlands, Christchurch

OWL CITY (US)

Fri 16 Nov Powerstation, Auckland

PARACHUTE FESTIVAL 2013 Fri 25 Jan - Sun 27 Jan Mystery Creek, Hamilton

THE PHARCYDE (US)

Sun 16 Sep Town Hall, Auckland

Thu 16 Aug Mint Bar, Wanaka Fri 17 Aug San Fran Bath House, Wellington Sat 18 Aug Studio, Auckland Sun 19 Aug Dux Live, Christchurch

FEAR FACTORY (US)

Sat 22 Sep Powerstation, Auckland

THE POSTURES

Wed 15 Aug San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 16 Aug Space Monster, Whanganui Fri 17 Aug Square Esge, Palmerston North Sat 18 Aug Whammy Bar, Auckland

BILLY BRAGG (UK)

Fri 12 Oct Town Hall, Auckland Sat 13 Oct The Opera House, Wellington Sun 14 Oct Otago Festival Of The Arts Tue 16 Oct Aurora Centre, Christchurch

MOZART: GREAT MASS IN C MINOR

THE BLACK KEYS (US)

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

COLDPLAY (UK) Sat 10 Nov Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

COROMANDEL GOLD 2012 Sun 30 Dec - Mon 31 Dec Ohuka Farm, Whitianga

Sat 25 Aug Town Hall, Auckland

THE FEELERS

Fri 24 Aug Pukekohe Town Hall, Pukekohe Sat 25 Aug The Brownzy, Browns Bay Thu 30 Aug The Howick Club, Howick Fri 31 Aug The Plaza, Putaruru Sat 01 Sep Owhango Hotel, Taumarunui

MUMFORD & SONS (UK)

Fri 02 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 03 Nov Town Hall, Wellington Sun 04 Nov Town Hall, Wellington Tue 06 Nov CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch

NASUM (SE)

Thu 21 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland

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Tue 06 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (US) Sun 13 Jan Vector Arena, Auckland

RHYTHM & VINES SOUNDCHECK

TOMMY EMMANUEL (AUS)

Thu 16 Aug Bruce Mason Theatre, Auckland Sat 18 Aug Founders Theatre, Hamilton Sun 19 Aug Memorial Hall, Waikanae

Fri 05 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland

RICK WAKEMAN (UK)

Sat 06 Oct Town Hall, Wellington Sun 07 Oct Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland Mon 08 Oct Aurora Centre, Christchurch

SMASH MOUTH (US)

Wed 17 Oct The Powerstation, Auckland

SOLA ROSA REGINA SPEKTOR (US)

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (US)

Mon 3 Dec Town Hall, Auckland

Fri 21 Sep Civic Theatre, Auckland

RHYTHM & ALPS

RUSSIAN CIRCLES (US)

Fri 28 - Dec Sat 29 Dec Terrace Downs, Christchurch

RHYTHM & ALPS SOUNDCHECK

Thu 04 Oct Union Hall, Dunedin

Fri 17 Aug Hot Lava, Ohakune Sat 18 Aug Groove Kitchen, Napier Fri 24 Aug Mayfair Bar, New Plymouth Sat 25 Aug San Fran Bath House, Wellington Thu 06 Sep Dux De Lux, Christchurch Fri 07 Sep Sammy’s, Dunedin Sat 08 Sep World Bar, Queenstown

THE TOPP TWINS

Sat 25 Aug CBS Arena, Christchurch

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Fri 24 Aug Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 31 Aug Static, Hamilton Sat 01 Sep Whammy, Auckland

Wed 26 Sep The Kings Arms, Auckland Thu 27 Sep San Fran Bath House, Wellington

STEEL PANTHER (US

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Tue 02 Oct Powerstation, Auckland

Fri 11 Jan Vector Arena, Auckland

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WINTER WRAP PARTY

Fri 17 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 19 Aug CBS Arena, Christchurch

Sat 06 Oct Powerstation, Auckland

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UK’s influential guitar act Bloc Party knows how to string us along. Back in 2009 main men Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack announced that the band were packing it in. After three albums, including the hugely successful A Weekend in the City, the band told The Guardian and New Musical Express “that decisions were made between the two to work separately” meaning Lissack was touring with rockers Ash, and Okereke was writing an ep, The Hunter and touring it.

Then, mid-last year fansites started to buzz around a Bloc Party reunion, spurred by a group photo published at Christmas time. Rumours intensified when Lissack left Ash, to perform as a touring guitarist before taunting the press that he’d begun work on ‘Bloc Party album no.4’ and even booked studio time for September last year. “Kele and I started working on Bloc Party stuff,” he to The Guardian, “We’re having a bit of a break until the festivals are over, because people have commitments during the summer, but we’re going to get back properly in September and sit in a rehearsal studio to work on new band material.” It seemed that BP were reuniting after all, although the band will “most likely not” play any concerts in 2011 wrote drummer Matt Tong on his Facebook wall.

In January this year Okereke told radio host Zane Lowe that the band had “two tracks in the can and had demo-ed seventeen more.” Then, in early March fans started finding short videos popping up on YouTube with various band members jokingly jamming up “possible tracks” for the new album. Finally, in late March they confirmed via Twitter that recording was underway proper and also locked in the new contract with French Kiss records (prior to that they’d been floating un-labelled). At last the not-so-surprisingly named Four has been confirmed to drop on 20 Aug. Recorded with Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta) at NYC’s Stratosphere Studios the music ranges from the twangy, chripy, indi-pop of the single ‘Octopus’ to more Radiohead-friendly artsy malaise and heavier grunge that sparks comparisons with Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins. And to keep in step with previous media teases you can catch the latest album ‘preview’ on their site at blocparty.com WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR ALBUM: FOUR OUT FRI 17 AUG

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DON’ T EXPECT JUST A ONE-MAN-SHOW AS THE LEGENDARY GUIATRIST GOES SOLO. The man with the most recognizable top hat and arguably the best reptile collection in rock returns to our long, white, and occasionally ashen skies next week. Lead guitarist for Guns ‘N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, as well as an accomplished solo and session artist, Saul Hudson is the absolute rock star. His meandering, lazy trademark swagger never betrays his ambitions or his pedigree. Yet Slash has jammed with virtually everyone in rock from Ian Astbury to Michael Jackson.

But what’s his solo show like? Is it a case of a famous axeman flanked by a reed-thin vocalist and a bunch of hired goons standing behind him as he lurches awkwardly in the foreground. Nope. Reports tell us that this no half-assed effort. What you’ll get if you venture out to see Slash’s, um, “solo” tour is one full band experience with vocalist Myles Kennedy front and centre stage, and Slash’s omnipresent occupation to the left, more as a bandleader of a really professional outfit staffed by capable musicians.

“Everything I touch I turn into a shit band,” Slash told Rolling Stone a while back, referring to his work with Gn’R, his first solo effort/side project Slash’s Snake pit and “super group” Velvet Revolver. “I still have my name on the marquee, but I’m just not a dictator. I don’t want to rule anything. I like to hear what other people’s ideas are…”

And who needs multiple singers when there’s Myles Kennedy? Slash’s new wax, ‘Apocalyptic Love’ has only one, unlike his 2010 self-titled effort which featured everyone from Lemmy to Fergie, Ian Astbury to Ozzy Osbourne, Adam Levine and Chris Cornell. Kennedy, who also leads Alter Bridge with three Creed members, made the right impression when he nailed ‘Back From Cali’ and ‘Starlight’, and so he was asked to front Slash’s touring band.

“I’d like to be able to give myself a little bit of credit for being able to recognise when somebody is really genuinely good,” Slash told Billboard magazine. “When he did ‘Starlight’, I was like, “Whoa!” From that moment on, when we worked together and just started rehearsing for the tour. The only reason I got him to do that tour in the first place because I knew that he could handle the diversity of all that material.”

Mind you, if Slash’s boasting that Apocalyptic Love includes multiple vocalists, you’d probably believe him, as Kennedy’s vocal range, tone and talents infuse to create a different character in each song. On the title track, he’s hitting the very metal upper register; on ‘One Last Thrill’ it’s way snarkier and ‘Standing In The Sun’ is super deep and dark.

Slash wrote most of the new work during the band’s crazy touring schedule so he was often up at bizarre hours, recording it down for Kennedy, but he was clear that there was no agenda or time pressure to get out a final product. Some of the lyrics reference Kennedy’s long-gone drug past.

“There was a period in his life that we’ve often talked about that is the basis for the majority of the lyrics on this record,” says Slash. “The majority of them have really pointed lyrics about something in particular that he went through.”

Slash also told Billboard his last recording experience with Valentine was amazing – “he likes all the same stuff that I do… a genius. I didn’t think twice about doing it with him. He actually built a room in the studio that I could play in with the other guys and just use monitors for playback.”

The first single, ‘You’re A Lie’ almost didn’t the record. The track was only the second song sent to Kennedy. It was rehearsed at sound check and what’s now a chorus was totally different. Going through multiple “morphs”, the song finally found acceptance towards the end of pre-production.

WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR SEE HIM LIVE: SLASH FRI 17 AUG VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND SUN 19 AUG CBS ARENA, CHRISTCHURCH

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Wizorb’s a funky new downloadable from Beatshapers, a prolific publisher of PlayStation minis - in particular, those ported from other devices. Don’t let that put you off, though, as much like the rest of their catalogue - Wizorb is top-notch, and ideally suited to the platform.

The retro aesthetic is wrapped around classic gameplay, too, with the Arkanoid-like action instantly reminiscent of games of yesteryear.

Dig a little deeper, however, and you quickly find that while it might be packed full of 8-bit charm, it also tips it’s hat nobly to modern gameplay conceits, resulting in a package that’s both nostalgic and relevant.

You control a wizard who, in order to bounce balls around effectively, transforms himself into a bat. The aforementioned balls will zip around the level, bashing into things, and it’s your job - as the bat - to both smash any bricks or monsters in the level with the ball and prevent that same ball from draining out the bottom of the level. Pretty simple stuff, but executed well so even at its most basic level, it’s fun.

The game looks amazing, managing to pull off a real retro aesthetic that looks (and sounds) every bit as if it was plucked out of the golden age of Super Nintendo, Amiga, or SEGA. I tried the game on everything from a Vita to a PSP Go and my 46” TV by way of a PlayStation 3 and, without exception, it looked very cool.

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Societies biggest fashion faux pas?

Letting the trends consume your look. The fashion oracles might genuinely try to predict trends, but they end up determining them.

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. People often ask me how I’ll predict the next thing in eyewear.

I would never try. I’ll just keep creating new things that I love and if they become popular, then that’s the new thing.

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Going back to the oracle point, they’ve engineered a big trend towards vibrant colour for this season and I’m all for it.

They’ve put bright colours and florals in the pipeline and we haven’t seen that since the last floral shirt craze. You remember, the one was triggered by Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet in about ’96?

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Formal: You need two complete outfits; two single-breasted suits , two pairs of leather dress shoes two leather belts, a set of plain and patterned shirts, and ties, a good dress watch, some suspenders, two pairs of cufflinks and a silk scarf or cravat.

Cocktail: Supplement the above with a fitted sports jacket, some soft, light linen shirts, two pairs of trousers, one pair loafers, one pair leather boots, one pair of classic sunglasses.

Street: You need at least two really good pairs of jeans, one of them black, at least two pairs of casual shoes, one of which is a pair of black high-top converse all-stars (seriously, they fit at least one look in every decade since the twenties).

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ENCORE

MEET THE GUY MAKING PUPPETS COOL AGAIN. PUPPETS. FORGET THE cuddly Jim Henson-type – we’re talking about the outspoken, crude, no-holds-barred type that makes ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s comedy come to life.

Chances are if you have ever watched Comedy Central or YouTube, you’ll know his work. He’s the guy with puppets that include Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Bubba, the redneck hillbilly and Walter, the grumpy, beer-swilling retiree.

Not exactly family-friendly entertainment – and not without a hint of controversy – but at the end of the day, Texas-born Jeff is Time magazine’s “most popular comedian in the US” and has featured on the Forbes rich list as one of the highest paid entertainers. Guess not everyone is easily offended.

“I think because what I do is unique and there is a whole generation of people who haven’t seen ventriloquism before, these is an appeal,” says Jeff. “It also helps that the characters are likable – even Achmed, the “controversial one”. There are some things that are redeeming qualities.

“He’s supposed to be a terrorist, but instead he falls in love with the Western culture. How can you not love that? Somehow, I don’t know how this happened, but I have ended up making a terrorist a sympathetic character.”

After his first Mortimer Snerd dummy at age eight, Jeff was hooked on the unusual art form. As one “of those typical kids”, he wasn’t popular with the girls, nor was he a future football star. Ironically, he thought puppetry would help him fit in. And strangely enough, it did.

“I could make my classmates laugh and make fun of people in a goodnatured way – and get away with it! From there I stuck with it and now it’s the great job ever.”

Fair to say he no longer has any difficulty with the ladies and racking in a cool $30 million (US) over a year, it doesn’t matter that he failed as a professional athlete. But Jeff is humble about his achievements, acknowledging, “you never know how long that 15 minutes of fame will last”.

“I treat my comedy show like a business. I kind of look at it like Apple.

You know what you get when you walk into an Apple store, but every once in a while I wanna come up with something completely different.

That’s what I try to do. I wanna make sure people get what they paid for.

If they see more than one show, they will get something totally different than the last.”

Don’t ask him where the material comes from though – after countless live shows, DVDs and movie appearances since the 1980s, Jeff admits he is still baffled by how he comes up with fresh comedy.

“It shocks me how much material is there,” he laughs. “I just take from whatever is making me laugh at the moment, what I think the audiences will like and what’s going on. Where does it come from? I don’t know.”

With a repertoire of eight main puppets, each one has a little bit of Jeff in each of them, and in return, the characters feature traits that can be applied to people we know. Who doesn’t know a grumpy retiree like Walter? But when it comes to the controversial things that often slip out of their mouths –or the stereotypes they portray – Jeff removes himself from that process.

“People think I create these characters so I can hide behind them and say outlandish things. It’s quite the opposite. I just create funny things that the character would say at any given moment. It’s not my beliefs. It’s staying true to the character.”

And that extends as far as their reality off stage as well.

“Do I argue with the puppets at night, alone, in a room? No. I am pretty healthy about that, none of those problems exist.”

WRITTEN BY laura weaser

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