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Flying Nun No Aloha Welly-Ho Paris Tutty Uniform Project Converge Reviews Gig Guide T54 And More

EDITORIAL

I’m coming to you courtesy of the RDU studios, moderately drunk, at 3am. Our show is finishing for the night, and I have just remembered that I have to write an editorial now. We’ve gone through quite a shake up in the Tally Ho! offices this month, with Will deciding to focus on making the website super awesome all of the time, and me taking over as print editor. The responsibility sits heavy on my shoulder, and I hope to fulfil any expectations. This issue has come together rather quickly, and has seen all of us working harder than ever. The pressure has managed to squeeze out what I would regard as some of our best work yet, and it bodes well for the future. This very same future is a little shaky, but one thing is for certain: Tally Ho! will be there to let you know what’s going on, and hopefully show you some things that you haven’t seen before. I was talking to my mother earlier today about revolution, and how the songs of the last revolution can’t be used for the next one. The very idea of revolution is caught up in creating something new, so using something old to embody that is incongruous, and to my mind, completely incompatible. Everybody wants a revolution, and we here at Tally Ho! want to help you find the soundtrack. xx V

contents eight.................................................the uniform project ten................................................................nevernudes twelve.............................................................paris tutty fourteen................................................autumn equinox sixteen...............................................................no aloha twenty.................................................................welly ho twenty-four.................................................................t54 twenty-six.......................................................flying nun twenty-eight.......................................................reviews thirty.................................................................gig guide thirty-four......................................................tallyscopes tallyhomagazine.co.nz

News Tidbits

EDITOR vincent konrad ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS mike ellis, will edmonds CREATIVE DIRECTOR stephen nouwens WEB EDITOR will edmonds PR DIRECTOR kit hunter-welsh CONTRIBUTORS nick robinson, fran miller-pezo, nevernudes, chris andrews (www. thebigcity.co.nz), yana skaler / chromatophobic, paris tutty, alex meagher ADVERTISING If you would like to advertise in the magazine, please e-mail us for a rate card. tallyho.magazine@gmail.com www.tallyhomagazine.co.nz

No Aloha

Christchurch four-piece No Aloha have produced a four-track demo that is available from the glorious Band Camp website. It’s dreamy but not washedout; pretty - but not lacking in balls. Basically it’s just really, really damn good. Noaloha.bandcamp.com

T54

The busy chaps in T54 have put together a 12-track demo ’12 Songs Madras’ for your listening pleasure. It’s a rollicking good time, combining a distinct Flying Nun-esque vibe with vocals reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine, and guitar heroics that would make Modest Mouse blush. T54T54.bandcamp.com

PAPAITI RECORDS

Papaiti is the brainchild of Giles Thompson in Whanganui and began last year as a vehicle for the release of music by various independent artists from around New Zealand (particularly bands with a Whanganui connection). Everything on the website is free to download and includes EP’s from the likes of Mammal Airlines, Deathdream, Capsul, BMX Rapists and Single White Female. There is also a live bootlegs page with high-quality recordings of bands like Nevernudes, Wilberforces, Street Chant and Grayson Gilmour. Check out papaiti.com

Pixies announce Christchurch show!!!

A couple of weeks ago, cult band The Pixies graced our shores for the first time ever, to play two sold out shows in Auckland as part of their 20th Anniversary Tour for the critically aclaimed album Doolittle. They enjoyed themselves so much that they have decided to come back to New Zealand to play another show in Christchurch! They will be playing at the Westpac Arena on tuesday the 3rd of August. The 6

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set will consist of songs from their entire back catalogue, not just the Doolittle album. Tickets are on sale now. Get in quick or you will miss out! The last two shows sold out in a matter of days.

Hotel (Who hardly EVER plays live shows anymore). Robert Scott and David Kilgour of The Clean will also be performing.

Chris Knox Benefit Show to be held in New York

The Dead End Derby league, who we featured in last month’s issue, are having another public bout. This will consist of three games between the three teams, ending up with one ultimate winner! The Cell Block Brawlers, Filthy Habits, and Carnage Academy will be battling it out in their preseason showcase. Come and see the girls we interviewed, perhaps even get an autograph! It’s all happening on Friday 23rd April, 7pm (doors at 6pm), at Cowles Stadium. Get your tickets from Cosmic Corner for $12 (+bf), $10 from a Roller Girl, or $15 on the door (limited door sales). Children under 5 are free, and so could you be if you check out our give-aways section! Rumour has it that your ticket will also get you into the exclusive after-party at Al’s bar..

Several high profile musicians are set to play a fundraiser concert for the benefit of Chris Knox, the legendary kiwi punk rocker who suffered an unfortunate stroke midway through last year. The show follows the release of the Stroke album, a compilation of Chris Knox songs which have been covered by various Flying Nun artists as well as several international acts like Yo La Tengo and the late Jay Reatard for the purpose of raising funds to help pay for the ongoing costs of Chris’ recovery. The show in New York will feature Yo La Tengo, members of TV On The Radio, Magnetic Fields, and Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk

Dead End Derby presents: Three’s A Crowd

TOLTECH TAKE SPACE

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THE UNIFORM PROJECT

Vincent Konrad

The uniform project is, well, a project, which takes the form of a photo blog. The idea is that there is a girl who will wear the same simple black dress every day for a year, and try to make it interesting. To aid her, she is allowed to accessorise using things donated, and things that she picks up cheaply at op-shops. It’s partly about subverting the idea of a uniform; using it as a platform for individuality, rather than to make things the same. It’s also about helping people, both through showing that one doesn’t need to buy lots of expensive designer clothes to look fashionable, and through donations made on the site. The money donated appropriately goes towards providing uniforms and such for kids in India. So, does it work? It is quite interesting to see what she comes up with, and some of the outfits are really quite stunning. The dress itself has been designed for the project, with buttons that can be done up either at the front or 8

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the back. This makes it impressively versatile, being worn as a dress, skirt, a jacket or coat, looking glamorous one day and more or less like overalls the next. Each day there is a new outfit, with a few different views of it. The site has a rating system too, where one can vote at to whether today’s outfit is ‘batty’; ‘brave’; ‘hot’; ‘cute’; or if she should just ‘try harder’. Naturally there are a few misses, the girl is fairly plain, and after a while it does become a little dull to see her wearing essentially the same thing. I recommend checking in on it weekly to see what’s new. It could benefit, perhaps, from having a few different models wearing the dress, to prevent that stagnation. Despite these flaws, it is an interesting idea, executed well, and a good source of inspiration for any op-shop cowboys. www.theuniformproject.com

“My boyfriend calls me mum or mummy. Is this normal? He calls his mum ‘the most beautiful woman on earth’ Is he in love with his mum? Help!” - Jane Wow... Okay... Um... What? You shouldn’t really need my opinion on this, but hell, you send ‘em in, I throw ‘em back. Checklist Does he have photos of his mother above his bed? Does he push you to cut your hair to a short-length, dye it an off-purple and wear a smock? - If so, get out of there. Don’t bother about your Eve and Gwen Stefani singles, just fucking run. Now let me blow your mind. Perpetually, Stephen.

questions for me why not? a collaboration from vincent and stephen

Giveaways Roller Derby Double Passes. We have 2 x double passes to give away to their next round at Cowell’s stadium. Friday April 23, 7pm. Scorpio Books Vouchers We have 2 x $25 vouchers for their wonderful store on Hereford Street. Tally Ho! Magazine Release show double passes We have 3 months worth of double passes to give away to one lucky winner. Enter by the 15th of April to be in with a grin! Win some Tees! Take your pick from over 8000 shirts in-store at Cosmic Corner and impress all your friends! Perhaps one of those semi-casual Tuxedo shirts? Always a winner! Email us your name and details tallyhomagazine.co.nz

NEVERNUDES

Fran Miller-Pezo, Stephen Nouwens If you haven’t heard the buzz about Auckland band Nevernudes, you should be paying more attention. This young and energetic band are set to be the next big thing. Having just released their debut ep, they played a sought after set at Campus A Low Hum, and came to Christchurch in January to play four chaotic shows in two days. Tally Ho had a chat with Tom about life as a Nevernude. How long have you been playing as Nevernudes? Tom: We’ve been playing shows for about a year, but we started practicing a couple of months before that, I’d say since December 2008. TH: Is the “Auckland Scene” receptive of under age bands? Tom: Definitely. We haven’t encountered any discrimination from older bands while putting shows together. But when we try to organise all ages shows the options for a venue are very limited, so we’ve had to put on shows in abnormal places (studios, weird anarchist cafes, abandoned tunnels etc.) 10

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TH: You play a lot of shows in Auckland, how would you decribe the state of the music scene in Auckland? Tom: I think the bands in Auckland are really sweet, but I can only really comment on the noisy bands. Not many people go to shows and its a real pity, because there’s so much awesome music around. I don’t know if thats just an Auckland thing... TH: It’s a big problem in Christchurch as well. You’ve released a Free EP which you recorded with Michael Logie, how did that come about? Tom: That was a little surreal. He just sent us a message on myspace and we didn’t really believe it, but in a couple of months we were at Sam’s house (drummer of Sidewalk Meese; who replaced Joe) and recorded pretty much everything in about 2 or 3 hours. For a record that cost us nothing at all to make, we’re pretty happy with it. TH: What’s on the books at present? Tom: Well this year we’re going to release an album, and its going to be a proper, physical thing. At the moment it looks like we’ll be recording it in July, but it might be sooner. We’ll be touring around NZ once

it’s released, but we don’t have any dates set in stone. TH: Future plans? Tom: We don’t actually have any big plans. I think we’ll be going to Melbourne early next year, but after that I don’t really know. I’d like to spend some time in New York, maybe 6 months or so, but its not entirely possible at the moment. We’ll see what happens this year! TH: Why did Joe move to Wilberforces? Tom: We weren’t enjoying the shows we played with him. It felt like the same stuff went wrong every time we played. His amp or guitar would break, he’d refuse to play songs etc. and at the same time Joe wanted to join Wilberforces. We’re still friends, and that first part makes it sound worse than it was, but the split was completely amicable and I still talk to him most days. Check out the Nevernudes Ep for free download at http://nevernudesrule.bandcamp.com/ full interview available at tallyhomagazine. co.nz tallyhomagazine.co.nz 11

an interview with paris

stephen nouwens

The sun doesn’t like me. It’s too hot. It’s too hot to think. But alas, interviews must be done, Sisyphus must keep pushing. I would make an educated guess that Paris Tutty is five foot eight, he is light of build, has golden hair and wears more colours than you’ll probably see in your lifetime. Ontop of Cosmic Corner my interviewing barrage begins, but only after a beer or five, and a short bongo.

Holiday Inn and got free everything. Free life. The camp was sweet even though we had a ballcrusher called Janice to teach us, and some dude called Tray, but we called him Dr. Tray. All we really did was go to lectures, do some simulations, and assault courses.

S: Life Rundown? PT: Well, I was born on the twelfth of February 1989 in Christchurch City. Then I moved to Heathcote, which is fucking amazing and so peaceful; I think it will always be my superb suburb. Later I went to Cashmere High School, which was okay, but I got to go to spacecamp

S: Tell me a story. PT: When we were on camp, we got to go to Disney World, which was bad-ass, even though our friend Will hugged Pluto on the sly and ended up getting chased down by dudes with guns. They didn’t believe we were from New Zealand. Oh yeah and Taco Bell is sweet. Double oh yeah, while I was in China recently, you can get 700ml beers for 60c NZ at a restaurant. You should go.

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S: Assault Course? For space? PT: Space bandits.

S: Future holds? PT: Space and beyond, you?

S: I’m not a planner. PT: Me either. S: Let’s talk art. PT: Hit me. S: Did you read that thing about the rape tunnel? (Conceptual Art Piece) PT: That’s slightly aggressive. I’ve been doing art history, which sucks in my opinion, but anyway; it goes Modernism -> Post Modernism Like that guy in the 60’s “Every shoestore in Amsterdam is my exhibition” Pushing a bit far don’t you think. S: You did the art work at Cosmic right? Oh, and our cover this issue! PT: Sure did, I work at Cosmic, and I offered to do it and that’s about it. Oh yeah, in one of them I’m in France and I’m wearing speedo’s. Take a look. Also I drew a few other sneaky things for this issue, you should put them somewhere sweet. S: Yes sir, I shall.

S: Travel? PT: I’ve been to China, Holland, Germany, France, Spain, the States, and Portugal. S: German highlight? PT: Working on a Vineyard on the west side of Germany. I met this girl who was a rich bitch, so I stayed with them and drank wine for breakfast. They have this thing they call “New Wine” which tastes like grape beer. S: What? PT: I don’t know. Wrapping up, we drew half-things. For example, Paris drew ‘Mumma Krill’ which was part Mother, and part Krill. Get it? I drew a Whale-arm, A Cat-mug, and a Crab-building. Send us yours and I’m sure I’ll find a place for them somewhere in the next issue! Tallyho.magazine@gmail.com. Ta.

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AUTUMN EQUINOX Kit Hunter-Welsh On Saturday the twentieth of March, myself and three good friends headed out to Lees Valley for the seasonal outdoor dance party, Autumn Equinox. Being more guitar orientated music listeners we felt like we were putting a hand in a lucky dip box in terms of entertainment. We arrived in the most beautiful valley cradled by epic hills, dotted with mighty trees. The sky was speckled with gleaming crystals of light, the air was warm, and our spirits were high. With the tent pitched, it was time to listen to HDU and get in the zone to enjoy music that we didn’t comprehend in the same way that die-hard ravers would. The walk to the stage was long but intriguing and exciting. Flags and lights covered the slopes on the walk to the stage; you couldn’t help but feel a certain buzz within the air when all these factors were falling into place so well. We arrived at the stage and Mystiq Catalysts - a vocalist, DJ, saxophone trio who tended to stick to the ambient spectrum of dance music - were captivating and soulful; the live component was also an unexpected treat. Next to take the stage was DJ duo Tom Cosm Vs TwEQ. The first thing I 14

noticed about them was the way they commanded the decks with awesome stage presence, these guys definitely knew what they were doing. Playing a wider variety of dance genres, breaks, drum and bass, electro and glitch these guys kept it more than fresh and fast which was mesmerising and exciting. Next up was the male and female duo Adelle & Anikin. These guys defiantly brought the party. They played dirty electro and were pumping up the crowd with their high stage energy. Everyone that saw them would have agreed they were one of the highlights of the night. As performers they had that little bit extra that allowed an enthusiasm for their music to rub off easily on everyone on the dance floor. Next up was the headliner from across the Tasman Sea: Mr Bill. Taking his cues from the light of experimental musicians like Aphex Twin, Mr Bill doesn’t play by the rules. The closest thing you could narrow him down to would be ‘glitch electronica’. No two bars really sound the same here but somehow cohesiveness prevails within his music. Unpredictable to a large degree, Mr Bill initially cleared the dance floor with the majority of punters being taken back

by the unpredictability. Discerning and patient party-goers, however, were rewarded with a mind blowing set that for me turned dance music on its head and pushed many a boundary in terms of introducing a unique new sound.

“Light revealing how beautiful the valley was, was a sight and sound to behold”

Then came the psy-trance and progressive end of evening with DJ’s Spoonhead and Scales playing throughout the small hours. For our group of friends this kind of music was rather lost on us. The vast and minimalist aspects of the sound didn’t really seem to translate to anything that felt profound or dreamy. Our frustration built and admittedly all of us made comments like, ‘that has been the same beat for half an hour with little change. Boring!’. The use of movie samples was also very cheesy. Their was some respite when Invader Tron took the stage and played immense soundscapes as the sun was coming out - the combination of well thought out low hums and drones and the light revealing how beautiful the valley was, was a sight and sound to behold. What an awesome evening and what a perfect night. We raved hard in tight jeans.

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Will Edmonds No Aloha have only been together since January, but as a unit they’ve been playing together in various incarnations for years. Chris Young (vocals/guitar) and David Coffey met as teens at an experimental school in the heart of Christchurch called Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti. It was here, almost six years ago that the seeds of No Aloha began to germinate. Forming a grunge-influenced two-piece under the moniker of The Insurgents, the pair set about writing tunes and playing as many shows as they could. As I recall, this was a particularly vibrant time for Christchurch’s All Ages scene, with bands like The Insurgents, The Blow Charlie and Hype! playing regular shows at dedicated all ages venue Zebedees along with performances at venues like Creation (RIP) and The Penthouse. That a bunch of kids managed to consistently pull crowds of more than a hundred people is still an impressive feat today, particularly as the numbers of people paying for gigs in Christchurch as of 2010 are steadily dwindling (but that’s another topic for another issue…) The members of No Aloha have also been involved with a multitude of other projects

over the years. Chris won the Rockquest in 2007 with his project Neil Robinson, before moving back to his homeland of England in 2008 and forming the Sonic Youthinfluenced three-piece Hyacinth Girl. Aside from No Aloha, Bassist Mike Ellis and guitarist Perry Mahoney both currently play in O’lovely, while Perry started band-life in the incredibly popular dance-punk band Bang Bang Eche. Mike also performs with the bands Magic Eye and Boyfriend. Having recently recorded their first set of demos under the No Aloha name, and with their first set of shows coming up in the next month, I decided now was the perfect opportunity to have a chin-wag with the lads. I sat down with Perry and Chris in the Tally Ho offices to get the low-down on what to expect from the new band. How long have you guys been a band? Chris: We’ve only been No Aloha for about two months. So this isn’t an extension of Insurgents, but rather a whole new band?

Chris: Stylistically we’re completely different. The songs are a different vibe, and with Perry now in the band it’s changed quite a lot. Essentially Insurgents broke up and this is a whole new band. You recorded some demos recently, and to me it is a distinct departure from the sound captured on the Insurgents album, do you agree and if so what do you think has lead to this? Perry: I definitely agree with that, yeah. Chris: Yeah, the sound has changed quite a lot. Especially now with Perry in the band, he adds his own sound to the proceedings. But also, the songs on the Insurgents album were all pretty old. Some of them were written when we were still a two-piece and I think the newest one on that album was written in 2007. So yeah, it’s completely different in tone and vibe. We’ve all played in different bands since then and we’ve all gotten older. Tastes change, but more than that, we developed as musicians. We’re better at writing songs now then we were back then. You self recorded the demos, what did you use for these?

Perry: We just used Mike’s M-Box, two mics and Garageband! It’s Lo-fi as fuck. Chris: We basically decided that we wanted to record our new songs immediately after writing them. This was for two reasons. Firstly, so that we can get an idea of the sort of sound we’re going for and hone in on that. I mean, the songs have changed structurally just through us listening to the demos. And secondly, because while we are planning to record an album later this year, we wanted people to have the opportunity to check out our new stuff before seeing us play live. We’re not the Insurgents anymore, so we wanted people to have a feel for the new stuff before coming along and expecting just an old Insurgents set. To be fair we probably will play some of the old songs, but yeah. Perry: Basically, we just wanted to have something available for everyone to check out if they wanted to. You’re playing shows soon, debuting the new name / line-up etc. where and when are these happening? Perry: We’re playing an R18 show on the 16th of April at Al’s Bar. Chris: It’s with The Transistors, Magic Eye and Tim Moore and it’s going to dominate.

Perry: We’re playing in Wellington soon too. Chris: Yup, playing in Wellington real soon. We’re excited about that one. It’s with Rackets from Auckland as well as Mammal Airlines and Diana Rozz. Sounds like it’s going to be a party! Perry: It’s gonna be a party, bro! Do you guys have any other plans for touring? Chris: Nothing is set in stone yet, but it’ll definitely happen. I think we’re going to focus more on just going to cities, rather than full-on national tours in a van or whatever. When we toured to support the Insurgents album it had to be done that way because I only had two weeks in New Zealand. Now that I’m back though, and with flights so cheap, it makes much more sense to say fly to Auckland for a weekend of shows and then go to Wellington another weekend or whatever, rather than driving up and down the whole country. What else is on the horizon? Perry: We’re planning on recording an album at some point with Tim Shann (ex-Mechano, currently playing bass in Wellington’s Fighting The Shakes), which will be mean. And just more shows. What bands influence you guys? I think No Aloha sounds like it has a bit less of a British influence than Insurgents did, would you agree with this? Chris: I don’t know… I still listen to a lot of British stuff. Beatles, Radiohead… Perry: I’d agree. What bands do you listen to at the moment? Perry: Well we’re named after a sweet Breeders song, and we definitely all like tallyhomagazine.co.nz

them. Also like, Sonic Youth, Autolux, Pavement… Chris: Definitely the Pixies. They’re a big one. You had an altercation with a member of a relatively well-known Auckland band recently. Without getting into too much detail, can you tell us what happened there? Chris: The guy was just being a dick. Swanning around backstage. James from Bang Bang Eche threw a Banana at him and he got super pissed off. Came over and started yelling. I told him to chill out and he punched me a couple of times in the face. That’s about it really. He was just a wanker. Perry also got punched in the face after a show with O’lovely recently? What happened there? Perry: Well, wed just finished playing a set at Goodbye Blue Monday and I was taking gear out to the car. This guy who sings like, Latin singer-songwriter crap was taking a piss on the car. I asked him what he was doing and he was like “What are you gonna do about it?” In the end I got bottled in the head. What makes everyone want to beat you guys up? Chris: Our sexiness. Perry: Definitely.

CONVERGE Nick Robinson For a band which I have been waiting to see for such a long time, it is extremely hard to be objective about Converge. First blasting out their harsh combination of metal and math-y hardcore when front man Jacob Bannon was only 14, Converge have been pushing out some of the heaviest and most emotional music across the world since 1990. Touring their latest album Axe to Fall they haven’t seemed to have let their grip loosen on the new style of American hardcore they’ve created, even though wellloved albums like Jane Doe are almost 10 years old. I walked in to Bar Bodega in Wellington after spending a few days in the city, half my wallet, and drinking a considerable amount of New Zealand Lager. To my excitement there was a television with SKY Sport, showing the Black Caps winning the cricket, somewhat of an omen of how good the night was to be. First off were Neon Bastard, they were by all accounts heavy; very heavy. The sound didn’t seem to do them any justice whatsoever but I could at least tell that they were heavy. In fact the whole concert was heavy, and Neon Bastards were a great introduction to the night playing a less typical ‘hardcore’ set, with more of an art bent. Strangers played next, their looming break-up always seems to make their shows have a sense of importance, but I learnt shortly after the show that there are a few more shows planned for next month in Auckland. Rhydian, the singer was apparently very ill, highlighted by his gravelly voice and a near-vomit once or twice during their set. None of this, however, held back the five piece from unleashing one of the most ferocious sets I’ve ever seen, yet at the end I was disappoint-

ed to find myself not completely excited. Strangers seemed like the most appropriate act to support Converge, as their sound is massively influenced by the band - not to a bad extent - and they definitely got the audience worked up to see the main act. Converge, if you don’t know, play very very hard, and very very fast, and on the night they did just that. If you haven’t listened to Converge before, they are definitely a band that needs an amount of adjusting to. They picked up where the stale hardcore scene left off in the nineties; added a lot more emotion, some math-y parts, epileptic drumming, turned their amplifiers up twice as loud and then played twice as fast. After about 20 years of such blistering material I was happy to see that Converge didn’t let up playing this live, they were a massive sensory overload. To be able to master songs as technical as The Broken Vow or Axe to Fall live, without error must be extremely hard and credit must be given to them. There were many sights to see, Jacob Bannon reminded me of Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, shirtless and sweaty, crouching and screaming into the microphone, and then extending his hands theatrically and staring at the audience was scarily hilarious. That, and Nate Newton sporting an extremely handsome new beard. Separating First Light and Last Light between the set, and then finally playing the renowned Jane Doe at the very end showed how well they could excite their fans. To be in a crowd so excited, screaming lines of lyrics which I’m sure I’d never be able to work out from their music, with so much energy was another reminder that there are still bands with passion out there. 19

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Welly Ho! - Being an incomplete, and at times inaccurate, account of one writer’s experiences in the city of Wellington. WEDNESDAY I arrive in Wellingsburgh about three in the afternoon, and start the long walk up to where I’m staying, guided only by text messages. Blistering from sun beating down on me; blistering from all the walking up hills and steps; I collapse on the couch as soon as I arrive, thinking, “Never again will I move. Hell, I’m having second thoughts about breathing.” Not more than an hour later and I clearly have not learnt my lesson. My host leaves for work, and I set out walking to see my photographer. I meet him a good hour later, envious of the ice cream in his hand, and thankful for the whiskey that waits inside for us. He informs me that Deerhoof are playing that night, so, with minimal foreknowledge of the band, I agree to come along. DEERHOOF, GRAYSON GILMOUR, AND SETH FRIGHTENING. At the San Francisco Bathhouse. Girl helps me write the opening sentence for my review; “First the nice lady on the 20

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door let me in, and then I went outside and it was warm. A++!” I decide it’s probably best if I write the rest myself. The first band I see are slow, melodic, atmospheric. A female vocalist wails over harp-like guitars and a soft yet strong drone. My co-writer girl compares it to being an eagle flying over the Canadian Alps. It’s music that encompasses a lot, and makes one feel that they should be having some sort of revelation, though all I’m having is another whiskey. It is perhaps better suited to collapsing in one’s room than standing in a hot sweaty bar, but likeable nonetheless. Part way through the set it takes a sudden turn to more pure noise, screaming, beating drums, overdrive, discord, success! This is much more to my liking; still atmospheric and moody, but roaring and crashing instead of mewling and sighing. Seth Frightening is the name of the band, and well worth a second listening by my reckoning. Having been led to a darker corner by my friends, we wait for the next band to start. Grayson Gilmour (the aforementioned next band) have a xylophone, fairytale keyboards over a rocky waltz beat, and a plaid shirted frontman – the titular Mr Gilmour, also of So So Modern. My first impression is that they want to be Muse, which I shall leave up to you to decide if that is a good thing

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or not. As their show progresses, they sound more and more like a boring Panic! at the Disco. There are hints of something wonderful in the drum intros, and quirky keyboard riffs, but these are not used to full effect, and are sometimes dropped completely in favour of being bland. Sweat starts to drip from my brow, while a few people in the crowd dance like Charlie Brown. Girl mentions that there are a lot of people here that could be either a boy or a girl, and the bartender does a monkey dance for Boy. The place is so packed that one can barely get out to the balcony for air between bands. Now this is Deerhoof. They have film clips flickering behind and over them, mostly in black and white. These have been prepared for them by a friend in New York. The Japanese singer has hyper-active little girl vocals, singing “Bom de bom bada bum, la la la”, sounds a bit like bouncing Bjork. There is something slightly sinister in her high pitched, broken English voice, and that is echoed in the cut up visuals. The melodies, too, are all over the place. Upbeat, quick, and unpredictable drums, toying with effects laden guitars. It turns out that the song they made me think of, is one of theirs. (Later research informs me that it is called “Perfect Me”. I always quite liked it, if a little guiltily). They cover the Ramones “Pinhead”, and don’t do too bad a job of it. The bass grunts and growls, the drums are harsh as the crowd stomps and hollers for more. If Johnny Bravo were to go to a pop concert, it would probably sound a bit like this, and that little girl who’s always hanging around him would go mad for them. They’re a fun band, poppy and cute. Unfortunately, their cartoon rock doesn’t hold interest for too long. I part ways with my friends at the gig, and head to Sandy’s for a bit before trekking up

the hill to bed. THURSDAY It’s the next day, and I wake up way too hot. I lie half awake looking at the internet while my host makes me coffee. It becomes apparent that the theme tune for the trip is Bjork’s version of “You only live twice”. It combines fond memories, and James Bond, so I’m more than happy to hear it twenty times a day. I head to town and have a delicious breakfast of poached eggs, hash brown, fried tomato, and mushroom at Midnight Espresso, then wander around to Sandy’s where a bunch of us have a conversation out of the windows. After spending much of the day there, I buy some cheap razors and a toothbrush, then walk home in the rain to prepare for the night. It is the worst shave of my life, leaving my skin dry and blood spotted, my lip cut, and my self esteem crying in the corner. The evening was originally intended to involve a bottle of gin and pizzas in a park somewhere. Rain, however, changed our plans to getting pizza delivered, and “let’s not leave the house okay?” Which is exactly what we do until gig time. STREET CHANT, TRANSISTORS, AND SADNUTS. At Mighty Mighty. There isn’t too much that needs to be said about this show, as we’ve covered both the Transistors and Street Chant fairly comprehensively in previous issues, and if you came along to our release party, you’ve already seen them for yourself. The Sadnuts are a different thing entirely; completely unknown, practically nonexistent. They play an exciting high energy set, including an honourable cover of “The KKK took my baby away” among other familiar tunes. It seems everyone is playing tallyhomagazine.co.nz 21

the Ramones this week. The showmanship is superb - for the last song he gets the whole audience to sit down for a bit, before jumping up at a key part. They’re a band that perhaps could have been incredibly successful in the early thousands, perhaps even making it big in the UK and Japan. Their sound is uncannily like the Datsuns, and in fact, so is their look. When I question them about it, I’m told that they’re “from Cambridge too”. The Transistors play their usual raucous perfection, smashing a cymbal in the process. We drink the fabulous Rochdale cider and dance like maniacs. By the time Street Chant roll on, I’ve used up all my energy. The gig was awesome all over, and somehow involved much getting slapped on the arse by me, cider, and pinball. FRIDAY Hokay, so now it’s Friday, and I make the necessary arrangements for the shows that night. Sitting in the lounge, we play with guitars, trying to work out the melodies of songs. We talk about destruction, and how great the Trannies are. I wonder if I have enough pages left in my notebook to finish this report, and count six sides. Plenty! I head back into town, cursing all this backing and forthing. A girl called Magdalena meets me on the way, and we chat for a bit. She is incredibly cool. The rest of the afternoon is spent at a second hand bookstore, where Nick (who is up for Converge) buys a book on cutting up and pasting things together to make posters. Stopping in at a dairy to get drinks, we turn around to see the sky blacken and crack open, pouring out hail. We hurry to our safe haven around the corner, through gusts of water and ice. AMANDA FUCKING PALMER (AFP), AND HERA. At Bar Bodega. 22

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I get in and some chick is singing folksy pop with a peculiar voice and solo acoustic guitar. “I’m never gonna play this song to anyone”, she sings, and I think to myself “I kinda wish you hadn’t”. Now don’t get me wrong, her voice is quite unique - lovely, arresting, and with a rich texture; Her guitar skills are more than adequate, and the melodies sweet. It’s just not very interesting. Some of the lyrics are cleverer than the music would suggest, and the crowd cheers for her when she says she’s going to sing a dirty song. It’s something about fucking the doctor to feel better, which is hardly risqué when one considers who we are there to see. My photographer comes over and mentions how boring she is. Smoke fills the stage as everyone goes wild for the guy setting up the piano. The lights turn red, and Beck, Bowie, and The Smiths, play over the loud-speaker to fill in time. Shit people try to push through to where there is no space. One man is particularly pushy, and it doesn’t help that he’s overweight, unattractive, and positively charmless. I am told I kinda look like Brian (Viglione – Amanda’s drummer as the Dresden Dolls.), and am asked if this is a Bible in my hand. The masses are impatient, yelling and clapping, to little avail, though Miss Palmer comes out eventually. She throws fruit and vegetables to the asylum gathered before her, teasing them with a carrot. “I’ll put your carrot in MY mouth”, heckles Charmless. Miss Palmer calmly replies, “I had your mum’s carrot in my mouth last night”. She picks up a ukulele and starts strumming. Somebody’s given Charmless a lighter to wave. I have never felt more at risk of being burnt to death. Intro over, Amanda Palmer leans in to the piano and plays “Ampersand”. The Piano is adorned with flowers. She pours some wine and tells us she’s having a shit day.

This gig is the same day as her Wellingsburgh show last year, and she jokes that this means her periods are regular. Charm-less lights a joint, and is promptly scolded by everyone around him. He is escorted out, leaving behind two girls; Retch (so named because I nearly threw up at the sight of her), and Horrible (self explanatory really). Amanda plays on, after promising to answer questions later. She plays “Astronaut” and “Missed Me”, while doing a party trick where she holds her wine glass between neck and shoulder. “It’s closer to my mouth that way”. Retch has been proclaiming her love loudly, AFP tells us that she feels “Like I’m in a whole passive aggressive relationship, only I’m not involved.” She toys with some Lady Gaga (“It’s just C chords. Cabaret with a disco beat.”), while Retch continues to interrupt. Her prophetic words before going into “Delilah” are “You’re going to get beat up”, and she’s right. Before the song is over, both my Boy and I have elbowed the bitch in the head. During “Sex Changes” Boy barges Retch, knocking her to the ground, where I throw in a few kicks for good measure. She’s not moving as Horrible drags her out; hopefully dead. With her gone, we are treated to a new novelty song. It’s about vegemite, and the difficulty of having a boyfriend who eats it all the time when it tastes like arse – “It’s the vegemite or me”. Question time: “Are your family proud of you?” “My actual family who had sex and gave birth to me? Yeah. They are”. Her mother taught her piano, Dad sang on some of her recordings. She learnt a lot of her musical stuff from church choir, and has recently been recording some bits and pieces in Adelaide with a guy who “looks like Allen Ginsberg”. Amanda then reads us a story from the “Who Killed Amanda Palmer?” book. It is a sad story, a fairy-tale faintly

reminiscent of Wilde’s “The Happy Prince”, about a girl who helps some unfortunates on her way to buy drugs for her stepmother. Someone collapses just after she starts “It runs in the family”. “Send her to the limes guy!” (He had called out asking if she liked limes, and seemed rather keen on them himself). She agrees to play “Sing”, on the condition that we help her out when she forgets the words. After that, the ukulele comes back out. “How’s the lime guy?” she asks. Some wit in the crowd replies “Sublime”. “New Zealand” song is next, composed in the dressing room of Bodega exactly one year ago. She gets us to clap along for “Oasis” and tricks us into helping her sing “Mickey” first. Straight into “Coin Operated Boy”, with the dirty lyrics that are reserved for live performances. To finish the show, “Leeds United”, but there will be an encore. There is, comprised of another ukulele cover, and an incredibly long intro leading into “Half Jack”. tallyhomagazine.co.nz 23

T54 Will Edmonds T54 rule so hard it makes me feel bad about myself. Sometimes when I crawl into bed at night after chucking on their incredible demo, ’12 songs Madras’, I weep. Many small hours have been spent in the foetal position, my body racked with sobs due to the knowledge that I will never, ever write a song as bad-ass as ‘Localism’ or ‘Chicken Role Model’. Sometimes though, as hot, salty tears cascade down my cheeks, I find solace in the fact that I am at least getting the opportunity to witness these guys perform live before they blow up (as is inevitable with something so good). That alone will give me the scene points/ indie cred, and the inspiration I need to redevelop my self-esteem and move on with my ultimately sub-par life. I am sure you have heard enough about me for now – here’s some questions I put to T54’s overwhelming front-man/guitarist, Joe Sampson. When did T54 form? About a year ago when I came back from a short holiday overseas. Before I went away, Matt and I did some demos – him on drums and me on everything else. We basically 24

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just wanted to pick up from that, because I was enjoying what was happening there. I’ve known Sam for ages, so I got hold of him and the three of us got together. I listened to the recordings from our first practice and it sounded pretty good; pretty different. What was it like back then? After my old band Charlie Bones broke up I went through this year of just fucking around and not really writing songs – just writing bits and bobs, riffs and lines and never actually forming anything. After I came back from overseas I started getting into writing songs again. So in the year that you guys have been active, you’ve already recorded a twelve song album… Well yeah, but that’s not really intended as an album… Not an ‘album-album’, but it is an albumlength recording… I guess so, but that’s only about a third of what we’ve got. What!? How many songs do you have? Heaps! (Laughs) In T54 there is probably about 15 or 16 songs we could choose from at the moment, but I probably have another 11 or 12 that I’ve been working on. I just write so many riffs and little bits

and I’m always putting together that sort of shit. Those are just rough recordings we did over last year, when we were recording it was never with the intention of releasing them. I saw that bandcamp website and decided I wanted to put some stuff up there. I had seven folders of T54 recording sessions on my computer, so I picked the best recordings from each session, did a few overdubs on that, then put it all together, and that’s pretty much what came out. Are you guys planning on recording and releasing an actual EP or album? Yeah I’d like to, eh! The plan was to have something out by the end of last year, but obviously that didn’t eventuate. I definitely have an album’s worth of songs that I think are good enough to release, but it’s quite a bold step you know? We’re quite a new band, and not really that popular, so to go ahead and release an album… I don’t know really. So are you going to do this soon? Well we did some recordings with Marcus Winstanley, but I haven’t heard the final versions yet. If they turn out all right then I might consider releasing one of them as a single… Brian from Magic Eye was talking to me about maybe doing a split 7” record, which would be cool. That’s probably going to be the first step actually, and then we’ll see how that goes. If people dig it then we’ll release an EP. What about touring? We did have a tour booked, but unfortunately the other band we were going to tour with broke up – and well, Matt and I are both just so busy with different shit. We would love to go and play in Wellington and Auckland. Going to start concentrating a bit more on the band later in the year. What’s your approach to song writing? I was actually thinking about this on the way here… But… the answer I had seems to have disappeared. Obviously, like any musician, other bands have an influence

[on me]. I really like the minimalist approach… lo-fi, sparse type of thing. Things like Cat Power - Particularly her early albums, because they’re just so bare and the layers are so well created. There is so much depth there, despite the minimalism – I guess that’s what I’m attempting to do. The 3Ds are one of my favourite bands. The Clean are definitely a really big influence on what I’ve been doing as well. New Zealand music always has an identifiable sound to it, which I really like and try to put in my own music, although I don’t know if it comes across or not. I think you guys have a ‘New Zealand Sound’, definitely. While at the same time being a bit broader than that, because there is the influence of British Shoegaze and American bands as well. A Lot of the Flying Nun bands sound like they could be from anywhere though… For instance, a band like The Stones [early Flying Nun] have a totally universal sound, while still being super Kiwi. So obviously you’re excited about Flying Nun being back then. Are you going to send them any demos? Yeah, that is pretty much the dream. If I released even one album on Flying Nun I would be pretty happy. That would make my life more or less complete. I could just move down to Geraldine and live the rest of my life happy. To finish off, how about you offer some inspiration to the kids. KIDS. Don’t feel the need to go out and buy skinny jeans. Don’t feel the need to wear the clothes that the people in the magazines wear. And don’t take yourself too seriously. But mostly, do crime. Steal stuff? Nah not theft… Vandalism. tallyhomagazine.co.nz 25

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Mike Ellis With the recent news that Roger Sheppard (founder) has bought Flying Nun back off Warner Music (who have had 100% ownership of the label since 2006), there seems to be a lot of excitement buzzing around. We eagerly await more news from the man himself as to what the future holds for the label that has bought this country so much enjoyment and international acclaim over the past 29 years. Since the labels inception in 1981, Flying Nun has been an integral part of New Zealand music. The bands and musicians that have worked with the label have often been at the forefront of independent music (locally and internationally), opening new doors with their innovations and creativity, yet still retaining a shared D.I.Y aesthetic, a willingness to experiment, a keen sense of melody, and a humble-as-pie attitude. Overseas bands such as Yo La Tengo, Pavement and Sonic Youth (amongst many others) have cited certain Flying Nun bands as being major influences on their music. These overseas bands have in turn been hugely influential on a much larger scale internationally, so it is fair to say that without these New Zealand bands who were churning out pop gems right from the early 80’s, and without the support of the Flying Nun label, the current state and sound of Indie music everywhere would be substantially different to what it is now. “How did it all begin”, you ask? Well… In 1981, a man named Roger Sheppard was 26

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working in a Christchurch record store, drawing inspiration from music of the late 70’s punk rock explosion and the success of independent music labels from England such as Factory and Rough Trade, he decided that he would start a label in the South Island of New Zealand. With a “Do It Yourself” ethic that accompanied the music he was listening to at the time, he aimed to create an outlet for independent bands in the area. The first release was in music stores around the country by winter 1981; a 7” single of The Pin Groups “Ambivalence”. Copies of this particular release were hard to come by, as the distribution methods of the label at the time consisted of a loose network of friends scattered around the major centres taking copies of the single into record stores whenever they had spare time on their hands. Flying Nun was very much a part-time endeavour. Things began to change however when the second release from flying nun hit the stores a couple of weeks later. Straight outta Dunedin, The Clean’s single “Tally Ho” was in such high demand that it began scaling the NZ music charts and eventually peaked at number 19. After the immediate and unexpected success of “Tally Ho”, Flying Nun concentrated on recording and releasing more Christchurch bands, while The Clean got together with Chris Knox of legendary punk band “The Enemy”, and Doug Hood (The Enemy’s sound engineer and lead vocalist in an early incarnation of The Clean) to record the 7 track EP “Boodle Boodle Boodle” on the duos 4 track recorder. The EP was released in late ’81 and steadily climbed the charts, remaining in the top 50 for 6 months, and selling over 10,000 copies! Knox and Hood continued to work with Flying Nun bands from then on, taking their

4 track recorder around the country and creating records with a “home-made” attitude that defined the sound of the Flying Nun label. The pair had both been involved with The Enemy in the late 70’s which evolved into Toy Love, with Chris Knox on vocals and Doug Hood on the sound-desk. Toy Love had a bad experience with the corporate Australasian rock industry which shaped the duos strong commitment to the label maintaining an independent, D.I.Y philosophy. The label continued to grow over the years, signing and releasing other prolific acts like The Chills; The Bats; The Verlaines; Bailterspace; The 3Ds; Straightjacket Fits; The Mint Chicks; The D4; HDU; and Betchadupa. Many of these acts went on to become hugely successful, both in New Zealand and abroad. A few bands moved to England, a few to the U.S, with Roger himself moving to London in 1992 to run Flying Nun UK; a division of Flying Nun which handled European manufacturing and distribution. From his office in London, Roger released records by four American bands (Ween, Cul De Sac, Labradford, Pell Mell), and English act Stereolab. The management in NZ had been passed on to Lesley Paris, who continued to release fresh innovative music from the labels homeland. Over the course of Flying Nun’s lifespan, the label has evolved with the times and gone through many changes. The way they recorded the bands began to change as technology became cheaper and more advanced, as did the manufacturing of the releases. With the arrival of CDs, and the imminent “Death Of Vinyl” in the late 80’s, EMI announced in 1987 that it was closing NZ’s only record pressing plant in Wellington. This forced Flying Nun to move manufacturing over to Australia, where they eventually struck a deal with Australian Independent Label Mushroom Records to form “Flying Nun Australia”. As a result of the deal, all manufacturing and distribu-

tion of Flying Nun releases were switched to Mushroom’s Australasian distributor, Festival Records. Mushroom and Festival eventually merged in 2000 to create Festival Mushroom Records, which was in turn bought out by corporate overlords Warner Music in 2006, who also bought Flying Nun as part of the purchase and gained full control of the label. Being such a large company, Warner didn’t put much time or money into Flying Nun, and the label was beginning to fall into disarray. The story wasn’t completely over however, in late 2009, Roger Sheppard publicly announced that he had bought the label back off Warner Music and was intending to rerelease the back catalogue of Flying Nun Records as well as signing new acts. With the labels founder now living back in New Zealand and once again at the helm, one can only imagine what lies ahead. For a label with such a rich tapestry of songs and artists at it’s disposal, and the prospect of future releases and band signings, high expectations are held, and I for one am fairly confident they won’t be dashed. Keep ears and eyes peeled for any upcoming announcements, as any that are made are sure to be incredibly exciting. What a great time for New Zealand music it is right now, with so many promising new bands cropping up around the country, and one of the worlds best independent record labels back where it belongs, the future is looking very, very bright.

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Bandicoot Jurassic Warfare Muzai Records - Will Edmonds

Bandicoot are a bunch of precocious, pissed off teens from Auckland who excel at the art of bratty feedback-fuelled punk. Double time drums, bass-heavy power chords and shout-sung vocals set the template for the band’s second EP ‘Jurassic Warfare’. Clocking in at only twelve and a half minutes, the six songs careen past the listener with a vengeance. EP opener ‘Yr Art Degree Doesn’t Mean Shit’ begins with an angular buzz-saw riff and pounding drums before exploding into a fuzzed-up monster of a tune. This is followed up by the EP’s lead single ‘Bessie’, which is catchier than swine flu. Guitarist Reuben Winter shines here, with his heavy, brutal guitars making noise in all the right ways. Unfortunately from track three onwards things start to stagnate. Everything seems to be not so much contrived, as by-thenumbers; everything that made the first few tracks so vital and exciting is what

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makes the rest of the EP start to sound monotonous. Really it comes down to a lack of experimentation. The band is excellent at making fast, short punk – but unlike Bandicoot’s peers such as The Nevernudes, Bandicoot never seem to stray from this template in any meaningful way. For a band so young there is much potential here and with time there is little doubt that this band will out-do this set of recordings.

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Legrand sings with a versatility that would make Karen O jealous, fluttering perfectly between a powerful, husky howl and a deep, breathy drawl. From here the album explodes with songs that are, quite frankly, stunning. From the pulchritudinous ‘Silver Soul’ with it’s nostalgic Brill Building Pop / 60’s Girl Group feel to the heavenly haze of lead single ‘Norway’, every song on ‘Teen Dream’ delivers it’s own brand of majestic baroque pop brilliance with vigour and poise.

Beach House Teen Dream Subpop - Will Edmonds Beach House’s eponymous debut album served as a glorious melange of heady, slow-building instrumental passages and intoxicating, murky vocals, but it lacked a certain undefinable quality. That is to say that while the record was certainly beautiful - and in that sense a triumph – it wasn’t truly cohesive.

This album is truly a landmark for Beach House and should they manage to build on its foundations for album number four they will seal themselves a place in musical history. http://www.myspace.com/bandicootbandicoot http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic

While ‘Devotion’ (the Baltimore duo’s sophomore effort) largely picked up where its predecessor left off, there is a pronounced shift in both production and tone on album number three. Teen Dream departs from the ever so slightly over-the-top approach that was present on Beach House’s previous outings and instead favours a more organic approach, relying less on spurious layers and unnecessary harmonies and more on simplicity. This simplicity is immediately evident on the expertly subtle opening track ‘Zebra’, which gradually unfurls from its humble guitar-laid-bare intro into a dreamy, organfuelled lullaby. The vocal arrangement that accompanies the song is also particularly breathtaking. Front woman Victoria tallyhomagazine.co.nz 29

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GIG GUIDE

Christchurch Thu, 1st April - Tally Ho! Presents: "April Fools" feat. O'Lovely, T-54, Bears In Space Metallixxx, Valdera, Neil Robinson, Transistors @ Al's Bar - Devilish Mary & The Holy Rollers @ Goodbye Blue Monday Fri, 2nd April - Human - 18th Anniversary Weekend w/ Plague Of The Fallen & Aiding The Tempest @ Zebedees Sat, 3rd April - Tally Ho! Third Issue Release Party Feat. Rackets, Sidewalk Meese, Boyfriend, The Guest (All Ages) @ The Media Club - Premium Presents - Easter weekender 2010 feat. Matrix (UK), Futurebound (UK), Trolley Snatcha (UK), Noah D (USA), L.A.O.S (FIN), ShockOne & Phetsta (Live AV Set) @ The Bedford - Rackets w/ Boyfriend @ Goodbye Blue Monday - Human - 18th Anniversary Weekend @ Dux De Lux Mon, 5th April - The Press Headliners: James Morrison Tue, 6th April - The Jazz, Funk and R&B Series @ The Bedford 30

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Wed, 7th April - Dr Sanchez - Latin Guitar @ The Mexican Cafe Thu, 8th April - Insomniac @ Goodbye Blue Monday - Carole King & James Taylor "Troubador Reunion" @ Westpac Arena - Hangman w/ Kaizen Mofos @ Dux De Lux - The Press Headliners: Brian Auger's Oblivion Express @ James Hay Theatre Fri, 9th April - Minisnap @ Goodbye Blue Monday - The Press Headliners: Harry Harrison & Guests @ James Hay Theatre Sat, 10th April - Tommy and The Fallen Horses Tour @ Dux De Lux - Hollie Smith Tour @ Al's Bar - Midnight In Motion @ Zebedees - Tallyho! Madness @ Goodbye Blue Monday Sun, 11th April - Hera @ Dux De Lux - Taste Jazz in association with Zest & Poplar Lanes @ Poplar Lane Wed, 14th April - Ayla's Angels Burlesque Showcase @ Fat Eddies Fri, 16th April

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- "R.I.P Insurgents, say hullo to No Aloha" w/ The Transistors, Magic Eye, Tim Moore @ Al's Bar - Full Stop w/ Mindtrap, Justice Served @ Zebedees Sat, 17th April - Brokenhill Records Presents: Dauntless (Wgtn), Never Repent (Akld), Bloodletting (Akld), Behold Thy End, Out Cold, Vixen Execution, We The Night Sky Sun, 18th April - Her Make Believe Band @ Dux De Lux Tue, 20th April - Tally Ho! Sandwich Club @ Goodbye Blue Mon, 19th April - Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra @ Harbour Light, Lyttelton Wed, 21st April - Wellington Internation Ukulele Orchestra @ Harbour Light, Lyttelton Thu, 22nd April - Lupus Lunar @ Goodbye Blue Monday - 2010 NZ Air Guitar Championships Christchurch Qualifier @ Iconic - Metal Evening @ Al's Bar - Pavlova And The Jandals: Album Release Tour @ Dux De Lux Fri, 23rd April - 24 Hour Party People - St George's Day Party @ Goodbye Blue Monday - Intergracia (Wgtn) w/ Jake, Awakened Inferno, Nort @ Zebedees - Blues Legend John Mayall @ James Hay Theatre Sat, 24th April - Awakened Inferno w/ Intergracia and Nort @ Zebedees - Jakob @ Al's Bar Sun, 25th April - Sunday Night Jazz with the Ryan Simonsen Trio @ Fat Eddie's - ANZAC Revue @ Dux De Lux

Tue, 27th April - Harlem Gospel Choir: Concert Of Hope - Remembering Michael @ Isaac Theatre Royal Thu, 29th April - DJ Tony Gaylove @ Goodbye Blue Monday - Oceanic Annihilation - Human (CHCH) & Defamer (AUS) @ Al's Bar Fri, 30th April - O'Lovely @ Goodbye Blue Monday

Auckland Thu, 1st April - LATE at the museum ft The Bellbirds, Jan Hellriegel @ Auckland Museum - Borderline Music Festival @ Whammy Bar & Wine Celler Fri, 2nd April - Black Fkn Friday 2010 feat. In Dread Response, Cripple Mr Onion, Zerstiren, + More... @ The Transmission Room Sat, 3rd April - DJ Pinch (UK) @ Zen - Jakob, Battle Circus @ Kings Arms Thu, 8th April - The Mountain Goats @ Kings Arms Fri, 9th April - The Bayonets EP Release Show w/ special guests Alaska & Jocee Tuck @ Rising Sun Sat, 10th April - Carole King & James Taylor @ Vector Arena - Soulsion, Broken Season, Mystery Liquid @ Windsor Castle - Unity Pacific: Che Fu and the Crates, Obelix and Dubhead, Kingites, Atsushi and the Moisties, Silver and Aurasta @ Auckland Town Hall - Job for a Cowboy (US), Bohemoth (Poland), Goatwhore (US) @ The Transmistallyhomagazine.co.nz 31

sion Room - Scene w/ Litvak Attack and Crystal Switch @ Dogs Bollix

Fri, 9th April - The Mountain Goats @ San Francisco Bathhouse

Fri, 16th April - Slavegrind, O.D.D, Dreams of the Dead, Gasout @ Live Bar - The Earlybirds, The Pink Pound Experience @ Windsor Castle - Kerretta w/ Sports and Lord of Tigers @ Kings Arms - Kitsch @ Whammy Bar - Foreign Beggers (UK), Freestylers (UK) @ Studio

Sat, 10th April - The House of Capricorn - Album Release @ Medusa - Meredith Axelrod, Uni and her Ukulele, and Kitten Tank @ Mighty Mighty

Sat, 17th April - 2am Orchestra, Peneloping @ Wine Cellar - The Genitorturers @ The Transmission Room Wed, 21st April - God Bows To Math @ Basement

Thu, 15th April - Foreign Beggars (UK), Freestylers (UK) @ Sandwiches Fri, 16th April - Hollie Smith @ San Francisco Bathhouse Sat, 17th April - Jakob, Spook the Horses @ San Francisco Bathhouse Sun, 25th April - Henry Rollins - Frequent Flyer Tour @ The Paramount

Sat, 24th April - Opensouls @ Kings Arms Mon, 26th April - Henry Rollins - Frequent Flyer Tour @ Bruce Mason Centre Tue, 27th April - Wilco (US), Don McGlashan @ Civic Theate Thu, 29th April - Vampire Weekend (US) @ Bruce Mason Centre

Dunedin Fri, 2nd April - Rackets @ Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Fri, 9th April - Hollie Smith @ Sammyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sun, 11th April - Julia Deans @ Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers

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Wed, 14th April - Foreign Beggars (UK), Freestylers @ Sammyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Thu, 1st April - A night of dirty-ass folk @ Bodgea - Julia Deans w/ Lisa Crawley @ The Ruby Lounge

Fri, 23rd April - Jakob @ Refuel - Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra @ Sammy's

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W. T. F. : Agaz by Sanjay Theodore. Roger Boyce and Marie-Claire Behaut: Nature Morte. Until 11 April Eve Armstrong: After Sonya Lacey: Making things clear. 21 April – 23 may Opening preview on Tuesday 20 April, 5:30pm Brooke Gifford Gallery 112 Manchester Street Eileen Leung. Kim Lowe. Until 24 April Roger Boyce. Sam Strait. 27 April – 22 May Franz Tormers 16 Bedford Row Radio as Paper: Comic / Zine Exhibition. 9th - 10th April 6pm Start on the 9th tallyhomagazine.co.nz 33

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Aquarius The Moons of Uranus are alligned with Jupiter this month, this will slightly increase the size of your left foot and you may find the need to purchase a new shoe. The fact that you can’t buy individual shoes in most stores may cause feelings of anger, guilt, and dissapointment.

Leo You make a new friend and an old friend will show their true colours. You can choose to forgive and forget and move on but is it a good idea to leave yourself this open?

Virgo Happiness will flood your life this month with the introduction of a new fast food chain. You will forge strong bonds with members of the local mens netball team.

Pisces A dark secret from your past will come to the surface this month, instead of letting this secret embarrass you, embrace it and tell all of your friends. They will be disgusted and may not talk to you for several months, but their respect for you will grow in the long run. Aries You may find an old sock at the back of your fridge. Boil it in some water, then drink it. The positioning of Uranus will prevent you from sickness, and the drinking of the soup will teach you a valuable lesson about leaving socks in the fridge.

Libra You are overcome with intense emotions of pleasure. You may have entered a new zone. What is this zone? Is it safe? How do you get out? Perhaps you are stuck in this zone. Tough luck.

Scorpio At last the stars are right for you for you to buy cream cheese, other months you might not have had this pleasure but this month is different. Someone may try to shave you or a beloved household pet.

Sagittarius Stars will align over your house and may cause a small explosion in the sky. Debris may cause your roof to leak in the winter months but this extra water will only make your houseplants grow stronger and larger.Lucky numbers: 666

Taurus A problem that you have been facing recently might resolve itself with the help of Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt. An invitation to participate in the next season of dancing with the stars will present itself to you in an Capricorn unexpected yet pleasant way. You will win an epic battle of the wits with an old childhood enemy. Your dignity is restored at Gemini last. Venus aligns itself with the planets that are At some indeterminate point durtwo small balls next to each other, this allows ing the month some vague event your Karaoke skills to increase by three. Capitamay occur. This will in some way lise on this and impress someone. affect you.