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Breaking news Announcements  LA jockey of discs The Gaslamp Killer will be playing two shows in November with support from Sign Me Up Crushington. and Auckland Where to start with Zach Condon? He brings new will host the acclaimed Californian DJ meaning to melody. He’s made world music his on Fri 18 and Sat 19 Nov. own. He is one of the only people around who can successfully use a brass section without being  Australian & hip-hop outfit ripped to shit for it. Some people hate him for being too similar to Bright Eyes, and some people love him Ebb n Flo will be touring in January. for taking the next step. Whether you agree with Accompanied by Willie Hona (The calls like this or not, it’s hard to deny that Beirut Herbs) and Zion Hill as they play four prove themselves time and time again. The band will shows around the country as they be playing two shows in Auckland and Wellington celebrate their new album in the 14/01 in January. House of Love tour.

 Hollie Smith will be playing two Clear As Glass shows in November with support Wellington’s Glass Vaults have announced the release from Grand Rapids, The Nok and of a new EP later this month following up their effort 16/12 more. Thu 17 Nov sees the gang play last year, Glass. Into Clear will be released through in Auckland followed by a show in JUKBOXR later this month, and the band is celebrating Wellington on Fri 18 Nov. with two shows this weekend. Auckland hosts the band Unknown at St Kevin’s Arcade on Friday with Seth Frightening and Dear Times Waste holding the support reigns, Home For  Luckless and Bond Street Bridge followed by the increasingly popular Space Monster in will be touring throughout November Wanganui on Saturday with help from Seth Frightening Christmas Critics around the world have been through to December. The two bands once more and Castlecliff Lights. praising everything we’ve heard so will play Auckland through to Picton 21/10 far from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. in the upcoming 12-stop tour. The boys are heading home from their current residence in Portland, The Sound Of Waves Oregon where they fit right in with The line-up for Australia’s Soundwave festival Groove Guide is ’s leading weekly the noise-pop scene. The trio will play was announced last week and here’s some of the music and entertainment publication. 10,000 two shows in mid-December; one at free copies are available every week at music highlights from the huge bill: System Of A Down, Wellington’s San Fran Bath House stores, cafes, fast food outlets, nightclubs, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Hole, Trivium, Lamb and the second at Auckland’s Kings bars, restaurants, cinemas and retail stores of God, Machine Head, Dillinger Escape Plan, throughout New Zealand. If you would like Arms. It’s not every day you get to see Cobra Starship, Lostprophets, Angels & Airwaves, to stock Groove Guide please contact tyler@ them, so get your tickets now before Dashboard Confessional, Limp Bizkit, Steel Panther, grooveguide.co.nz or call (09) 3664616. they sell out (which we’re guessing Meshuggah, Dragonforce, CKY and plenty more. they will). Editor Sisters Of Mercy have also signed up, covering Grant Hislop [email protected] for their bail earlier this year. Soundwave moves 25/02 around Australia from late February to early March in Contributing Editor , Sydney, Melbourne, and . Matt Monk [email protected]

Editorial assistant Tyler Hislop [email protected] Derulo’s in-store SUB Editor Elise Brinkman signing Multi-platinum pop sensation Jason Derulo will be Designer coming to New Zealand this week for a meet and Greta Gotlieb [email protected] greet and in-store signing at JB-Hi Fi’s Queen Street store in Auckland. The star will be launching his latest Advertising [email protected] album Future History, so if you’re a fan and want a sweet Jason Derulo autograph on your copy, here’s Accounts your chance. The 22-year-old reached number three Gail Hislop [email protected] on the NZ singles chart as he follows up his self-titled 21/10 debut. The singer will be at the store from midday this Contributors Friday. Rebecca Barry, James Croot, Megan Easterbrook-Smith, Tim Gruar, Ricardo 07/03 Kerr, Alexander Hallag, Chris Pole, Andrew Hedley, James A. Robins. Nunvember The Chosen print The final acts for the month-long celebration of Flying Image Print ltd. Nun’s 30th anniversary have been locked in. Shayne Flock Carter will be taking his Last Train To Brockville show And speaking of Soundwave, the first Publisher down to Christchurch and Dunedin with support of the flow-over from the festival Hark Entertainment LTD from Ghost Club; The Subliminals reform to head on has started already. Metal icons PO Box 37584 Parnell, Auckland the road with The Clean; Fetus Productions and X Lamb of God will be heading to New due to space and content requirements, not all gigs Our Features join the party for one special show joined Zealand for one show in Auckland in may be listed. listings are user generated. groove guide pick by The Verlaines, Solid Gold Hell and The Puddle; March next year. It’s not the band’s assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors Flying Nun’s latest signing Badd Energy will play first time to the country in their 15 or omissions. groove guide is provided ‘as is’, for your information only, without warranty of any kind, either the New Nun Night in Auckland and Wellington years of long-serving entertainment, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, alongside Popstrangers, Grayson Gilmour, T54 and but those who’ve seen them before fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringment. Surf Friends; and finally a series of Flying Nun tribute know they’re a sight not to be missed. the guide’s publisher assumes no responsibility for and nights presented by A Low Hum have been added to Auckland’s Studio plays host with disclaims all liability for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in this guide and do not share the opinions the month of celebrations including performances support from The Black Dahlia expressed within. reproduction in whole or in part from The Phoenix Foundation, She’s So Rad, Delaney Murder and Unearth. without permission is prohibited. copyright 2011 Davidson, Golden Axe, Idiot Prayer, O’Lovely, The 04/11 Eversons and many more. Shit Worth Knowing groove file In Brief... Occupying the streets is happening in a lot of in the US. The band has announced that Funkomunnity places, and in New York, the Occupy Wall Street they will be supporting The Lemonheads protest has seen several big musical acts who playing some high profile gigs in Los Angeles Isaac Aesili have rallied behind the folks on the street. Jeff and New York. Gigging in the States since Mangum, Talib Kweli, Kanye West and Rage mid-October, the Kiwis will play at the CMJ Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello have festival prior to heading on the road with all made an appearance in the finance district. the iconic American alt-rockers, and will Big Boi has avoided jail time following his wind up on Sunday 06 November. August arrest in Miami on drug charges. The Jarvis Cocker has been hired as the editor-at- rapper has agreed to a plea deal that includes large for UK publishing house Faber & Faber. three months of drug testing, community The Pulp singer has previously guest-edited service and a $2000 donation to charity. This poetry submissions for a collection Oxford and sentence follows the two felony drug charges Cambridge students work The Mays Anthology, after customs found ecstasy pills, MDMA so he’s no stranger to being a wordsmith powder, Viagra and more on his person. bigwig. Working with editors Lee Brackstone Jack Osborne is becoming a man. A man with and Hannah Griffiths, Cocker will join Mystic a baby. The famous-for-being-the-offspring- River author Dennis Lehane in the music of-someone-famous star is expecting with his publication selective committee. fiancée Lisa Stelly. Osborne has been clean and It’s official – will be returning to sober since 2003. the studio to do some recording this year. In Actor Robyn Malcolm, network bigwigs Julie our weekly Thom Yorke news, the singer told Christie and Andrew Szusterman, writer James Rolling Stone, “We can get things together Griffin, entertainment lawyer Tim Riley and quite rapidly at the moment... It would be agent Imogen Johnson have all been confirmed fun to have them ready when we go to play for ‘An argument about the exportation of NZ next year. I don’t know how we would release Film and Television’, taking place on Saturday them. It would be nice to make it all part of 22 October at 12pm down at The Cloud on the flow and just enjoy it – not think about it Relationship status? the Auckland Waterfront. Curated by Oliver too much.” Stat us? Driver, the basic idea is “New Zealand Film and TVNZ 7’s Back Benches is heading up to Television is taking the world by storm, we are Auckland for one show next month. Hosted Favourite drink? selling formats, exporting television shows by Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie, Sparkling Water and producing some of the largest and most the free live pub politics show will look at the Any vices? successful films in the world. However are we Auckland Central candidates at the Britomart Prone to danger doing enough? Is Hollywood exploiting us? Country Club on Wednesday 02 November First gig played? When and where? Can we hold our own on the world stage?” The and starts at 9pm. Politicians on the panel will Sola @ the Green Room in Christchurch 1997 discussion will be free to and attend. be National’s Nikki Kaye, Labour’s Jacinda Auckland trio Street Chant are off to Ardern, Denise Roche from the Greens and First gig in attendance? demonstrate their chops once again over David Seymour from Act. Jenny Morris (Mum took me)

First album? Eye See 2009

Favourite current album? So many but loving James Blake

When I grow up I wanna be? Free

First job? McDonald’s

Guilty pleasures? Sexual chocolate

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shit worth Releases and Re-issues winning A Finn brothers covers album will be released on Friday 28 October. They Will Have Their Go to grooveguide.co.nz and enter Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn is a two- the draw to win these prizes CD set and includes performances from Goldenhorse, Hollie Smith, Brooke Fraser, SHOW ME SHORTs 5 X DouBLE PASSES Natalie Imbruglia, Stellar*, Jimmy Barnes, Artisan Guns, Kody Nielson and many more. David Dallas is releasing a deluxe edition of his critically acclaimed album. The Rose Tint Deluxe Edition features all 13 tracks from the original album, four brand new original songs and a second disk containing all The Rose Tint instrumentals. The album will be released in mid-November. Cobra Khan have announced the release of their new album Adversities. Not much has been heard from the band since 2008’s SHOW ME SHORTS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2011 5 X DOUBLE PASSES Helgorithms, so fans can get excited about 3-13 NOV CAPITOL CINEMA, AUCKLAND the new album set for release on Monday 3-13 NOV BRIDGEWAY CINEMA, AUCKLAND 21 November. 10-20 NOV PARAMOUNT, WELLINGTON Death Cab for Cutie are releasing the Keys 10-20 NOV HOLLYWOOD SUMNER, CHRISTCHURCH 10-20 NOV RIALTO CINEMA, DUNEDIN and Codes Remix EP with help from Cut Copy. Collecting seven remixes from Codes FURTHER INFO: showmeshorts.co.nz and Keys, the band have revealed the first of the batch on their website. The first release COOl SHIT ‘Doors Unlocked and Open’ is available through iTunes. The Black Keys will be releasing their new album El Camino in December and is available for pre-order through the band’s website. GZA’s Liquid Swords will be re-issued through Get on Down later this month. The label has previously re-released the album, but this time it comes on audio-remastered double vinyl with a two-foot replica of the album art. SHOTGUN ALLEY THE CRIB BAR PONSONBY SHOTGUN ALLEY TSHIRT X 2 $50 CRIB MONEY VOUCHERS

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A new Bret Easton Ellis film is in the works. The author, whose most famous novel-to-film adaptation would have to be American Psycho, has said that TAHUNA BREAKS AND DAVID DALLAS 1 X DOUBLE PASS director Roger Avary will be at the helm. Avary SAT 22 OCT COROGLEN TA VERN, COROMANDEL has worked with Ellis previously on The Rules Of Attraction and Glitterati, and the duo’s next collaboration will be Glamorama. World War Z has been in production thanks to (and starring) Brad Pitt. The film has had a couple of hiccups along the way; usual stuff like going over budget, running behind schedule, etc. However, the latest kerfuffle was a real life SWAT team interrupting the shoot due to the realistic appearance of prop BEYOND THE BLACK NEW YEAR FESTIVAL firearms. Zombies versus SWAT? That’s basically the 1 X DOUBLE PASS plot of the book being adapted anyway. Stupidly, the cameras weren’t left rolling. CD giveaways An American Reunion trailer is online. Yeah, THAT American franchise still isn’t done. Have a look for it online and try not to be surprised when you still see Jason Biggs jerking off after all these years. The title for the fifth instalment ofDie Hard has been announced – A Good Day to Die Hard. Bruce Willis’ latest dying dilemma will involve Russians and the character’s son getting in a kind of trouble that isn’t actually what it seems. The film starts shooting in January next year and will be released in February FEIST COLDPLAY 2013. Ah McClane, you’ve done it again. GG ALBUM OF THE WEEK- MYLO XYLOTO X 5 METALS X 5

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WEDNesDAY 19

Taste of New Zealand Style Pasifika Naughty By Nature Victoria Park Vector Arena Studio

$36-$82 5:30pm, $25-$95, ticketek.co.nz 7:30pm, ticketmaster.co.nz $79-$95+BF 1night.co.nz

Eating is pretty vital to your health. Also it’s loads of Best of Pasifika New Zealand will Hip Hop kings Naughty By Nature are fun, and it’s the thing you want to do the most (or at showcase outstanding New Zealand back for their 20th Anniversary Tour. least really high up there) on a Saturday or Sunday Pacific innovation and creativity Performing all of their hits along with morning. Try eating on a Wednesday after you haven’t through music, fashion, film and new material from their upcoming poisoned yourself – you’ll taste the difference. The more. Wednesday is your last day to album Anthem Inc., they’re back in Taste of New Zealand starts today. check it out. business for this one-off show. THURSDAY 20

Midnight In Paris Paranormal Activity 3 General Release General Release

Woody Allen romances are in a league of their own. Aliens? Ghosts? Vampires? Monsters? Intruders? What You’re better watching them than some garbage with is it moving those doors? How is it that a film that Katherine Heigl and a charming Scot who’s actually not had barely anything scary in it managed to get two charming at all and was better with 299 other muscle- sequels? Is it a trilogy? Are they all tied together? What heads. This indie-rom casts Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, classes as “paranormal” activity? The truth is out Rachael Mc Adams, Marion Cotillard and Kathy Bates. there, guys. Comedy Corner French For Rabbits Rhyme Summit Aotearoa Dean Wareham The Fringe Bar Wine Cellar Studio The Kings Arms

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Every Thursday in October is comedy Wellington dream-folk duo French for The Rhyme Summit Aotearoa has Whether you’re more familiar with night at the Fringe Bar. This week Rabbits are embarking on an October a mix of talent on show this week. his work with Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean sees Ants Heath, Brad Zimmerman, tour of New Zealand celebrating their Hollie Smith, Dub Terminator, King and Britta, or as a composer for films Tito and MC Fergus Aitken take to EP Claimed by the Sea. This Thursday Kapisi, Jay Roacher, Bill-E Fluid and like The Squid and the Whale, you’ll the stage. It’s fresh talent mixed with sees them arrive in Auckland to play many more will be at the Studio for know Dean Wareham’s work whether veteran performances. with Simon Comber and Silke. this night of rhythm & rhymes. you know you know it or not. Friday 21 Joseph harper End Of Daze Freds Auckland University

7pm, Koha 12pm, $15-$20 eventfinder.co.nz

Comedian Joseph Harper’s Billy T award-nominated Alright uni students, here it is. You’ve finished up. show Bikes I’ve Owned VS Girls I’ve Fallen In Love Well, there are those exams and assignments, but With arrives in Wellington for two shows this you’ll get to those next week. This one’s for you. You week at Fred’s. Friday is the second and final night really deserve it. You worked hard, you put your head performance and is well worth checking out. It’s koha, down... you didn’t get the grades you were hoping for, so it’s win-win really. but, you know, you didn’t fail, right? Fuck it. Party! Cori Gonzalez-Macuer Fat Freddy’s Drop Wellington Folk Festival General Release The Basement Queenstown Memorial Hall Brookfield Outdoor Centre

8.30pm, FREE 8:30pm, $70-$95 ticketek .co.nz 7pm, $135

Funnyman Cori Gonzalez-Macuer stars as funnyman The Queenstown JazzFest welcomes All of Labour Weekend sees the Cori Gonzalez-Macuer in this show about hate. Not legendary Wellington /jazz/deep Wellington Folk Festival. Local and hate in the hating sense, but more in that sense about dub/skanking/roots/reggae/soul international guests play a mix of stuff that’s fun to hate. Stuff like Ed Hardy clothing. seven-piece Fat Freddy’s Drop to the Celtic jigs TO old time blues. Have Which you probably hate as well. stage this Friday night. some folking fun for once.

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Saturday 22

Tahuna Breaks and David Dallas Guns of Metal The Coroglen Tavern, Coromandel The Kings Arms

7pm, $48 Eventfinder.co.nz 9.30pm, $15-$20 Undertheradar.co.nz The last time Tahuna Breaks played a big gig at It’s tribute night at The Kings Arms as two of the The Coroglen Tavern it was to sell-out crowds. The country’s premier tribute bands come together last two times David Dallas played at The Coroglen for a night of pure metal. Metallica Experience will Tavern they were both to sell-out crowds. This time, be blasting Metallica’s greatest and GnFnR’s will with their collective sell-out crowd history, you can be cranking Guns N’ Roses. Air guitars and head guarantee that it will be a big night. banging ensues.

Sweet 3 The Nudge Altitude bar San Fran Bath House

8pm, $48-$70 Eventfinder.co.nz 9pm, $20 Door Sales Saturday sees the final night of Sweet 3 as J. Williams, The Nudge take to the stage once more in K-One, Tyson Tyler, Dj CXL, Patriarch, Adeaze, Aaradhna Wellington. It’s been a while since their tour earlier and The Hypnotics round up the sweet three nights of this year that saw them impress new and old sweet three concerts. If the Saturday night show isn’t fans alike with their acclaimed album. There’s no your bag there’s plenty on Thursday with Maoli, Pieter guarantee they’ll be dressed up in animal clothing, T and guests or on Friday with Ardijah, Tomorrow but there’s no guarantee they won’t. You should People and more. definitely dress up though. Slinky Rugby Comedy Festival The Big Night Out 519 Club ASB Theatre Ascension Wine Estate

7pm, $79-159 10pm, $40 - $60, iticketexpress.co.nz THeedge.co.nz 3.30pm, $25 ascensionwine.co.nz Sometimes old people must look at the youth of Oscar Kightley hosts this comedy Fireworks go boom! Bands play today and just not get it. See, you know it’s the night including performances from songs! Tribute acts play covers! Kids future when a dance party has a giant LED movie some of the most prominent rugby get in free! Outdoor Albert Hitchcock screen, lasers and everyone is okay with everyone comics around, such as Scotsman movies are a bit scarier than you else getting all sweaty in their figurative grill. But Ian Robertson, Englishman Martin remember! But since this is at a those old people are just peeved and jealous of Bayfield, Australian Vince Sorrenti winery you’re a little drunk so they’re your youth, you youth. and New Zealand’s Eric Rush. also funnier than you remember! MONDAY 24 Kiwi Day Out gig Experience Waiheke Various Venues OF THE Matiatia Wharf, Waiheke Island WEEK

12pm, FREE 12pm, $39 fullers.co.nz Fonterra is putting on a nationwide bash on Monday. The Kiwi Day Out will Monday is the last day to check out the Experience be a one-off spectacular happening around the country this Labour Day. Waiheke Festival Pavilion. Performances from Whangarei gets Tiki Taane, Hamilton says hi to Hello Sailor, Hawera welcomes nationally and internationally recognised Midge Marsden, Palmerston North will host Tahuna Breaks, Invercargill gets musicians and DJs, Auckland and Waiheke-based Jason Kerrison, Dane Rumble heads to Ashburton and Auckland looks after the fashion houses, dancers, kapa haka groups and biggest set of them all with Dave Dobbyn, Stan Walker, Evermore, Avalanche City local artists will all be on show on the final day of and Patea Maori Club, hosted by Jason Gunn. The events will be filmed for the this 19 day festival. TVNZ special, airing next week on Saturday 29 October from 8pm-10:30pm. Free sausages and ice-cream have been announced. The regional concerts kick off at midday, with the Auckland concert starting at 3:30pm. auckland art and culture

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ColdPLAY TRACK BY TRACK

Coldplay frontman talks us through the band’s newest album mylo xyloto

‘Mylo Xyloto’ (pronounced My-low Zy-lotoe): It means whatever you ‘’ (ft. Rihanna): I actually sort of wrote it for Rihanna want it to mean. [To me] it means a freedom of expression and you can and then I liked it too much. And then it became clear it was a sort of think up new words if you want to. There are still things that you can back and forth between a couple. It took about a year to pluck up the invent and words beginning with X are few and far between, so we courage but eventually I asked her and she was not unwilling. I played thought we might try and add one. it for her on piano in Los Angeles. That was quite nerve-wracking, I’ve gotta to say. And she said, “Oh okay... Yeah!” ‘’: That’s the opening track, really. That’s kind of our call to arms. I think it’s sort of like, um... calisthenics, musically for us. It ‘Up In Flames’: We wrote that about four weeks ago and then we warms you up. recorded it in five countries in seven days. That was fun. That was when we knew we could finish the record because Will - who’s the hardest to ‘Paradise’: If we ever won the X Factor that’s the song we might sing. please of the band - when he heard that he said, “Okay, we can finish We never will, of course, but that’s what we would do it. I think if truth now,” because I think he liked the space on it. be told, we’re not really handsome enough to go on it. ‘A Hopeful Transmission/Don’t Let It Break Your Heart’: Well I think ‘Charlie Brown’: The only song we ever wrote in a doll’s house. I was we wanted to do an album with a happy ending this time, and I think staying in a place with a Wendy House and I turned it into a studio ‘cause we’ve actually done it. For whatever reason it is, it’s happened... this song my daughter didn’t like it. And I came back from a Bruce Springsteen was very late in the day and it’s nice ‘cos you just hit everything as hard show in Los Angeles and I was like “okay — let’s see if anything came out as possible, which for a band like Coldplay is a very pleasurable thing. of that day.” ‘Up With The Birds’: That was when we were sort of thinking about a ‘Us Against The World’: The whole thing is supposed to be a kind story that seemed like the end of a movie type thing. of story so they all fit together and that is the two characters from the previous two songs when they meet each other. It’s about meeting someone you love and feeling powerful... when you meet someone and suddenly everything feels alright again.

‘M.M.I.X.’: It doesn’t stand for 2009. It came from [long-serving guitar tech] ‘Mat McGinn is awesome’ so I don’t know why the fuck it got called that! It has nothing to do with anything like that; it stands for nothing, it’s just a collection of letters.

‘Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall’: This runs with the central theme of the record, about trying to turn bad things into good things somehow. We as a band have been through some funny incidents in terms of people being aggressive towards us or whatever. A lot of the record is fuelled by a kind of fire which comes from turning that negativity into positivity. And I think everyone in their life has something like that.

‘’: That’s like a Bond villain of a song. A bad cousin of the Further Info album. It’s the nasty one. COLDPLAY- MYLO XYLOTO OUT MON 24 OCT ‘UFO’: That was the first song written for the album actually, and the WIN: chord sequence in it pops up a few times. And that’s a kind of ‘prayer COLDPLAY- MYLO XYLOTO times’ kind of song. There’s a lot of feeling lost on the album but also 5 X COPIES being found as well and that’s very much a bit of both. A Love Note to The Dark Knight

WE’VE BEEN COMING down with a bad case of Batman Fever at the office. First of all, there’s no disputing the awesomeness that Arkham City is putting out. But it’s a little more than that for us, and me in particular. Despite not having superpowers, Batman is one of the go-to characters in “who would win between...” scenarios. He’s got the best villains. He’s arguably had the best comic-book-to-movie adaptation ever. He’s everything a superhero should be, and fans love him. But it’s not just the fans that do. Batman, along with Star Wars and Harry Potter, are probably the most acceptable franchises of geekdom. You’re more willing to read a Batman comic because of the accessibility. You’re familiar with the characters thanks to all of the movies, whether you’re looking at the classic Keatons, the camp Clooneys, the abysmal Kilmers or the outshined Bales. Because of the heavy Batman saturation in day-to-day living, he’s a character that you know without even realising it. You might surprise yourself at this very moment by listing off a number of supporting heroes and villains in the Dark Knight’s universe. The Dark Knight flipped audience expectations of what a comic book movie can be. Now the blogosphere has leaked images, videos and hearsay of the third installment The Dark Knight Rises. And how could you not? With the creative talent of Christopher Nolan, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon- Levitt and Marion Cottilard behind it, it’s hard not to get excited. A character like Batman opens up the everyman to new worlds. His popularity, relatability and accessibility affords people the willingness to look at comics. They get excited about what could very well be the biggest game of the year. They wear the belt buckles. They buy the classic t-shirts. They look at Adam West in a whole new light. He’s more than a cultural icon – he’s a cultural influence. So here’s a salute to The Dark Knight, and everything that comes with him.

WRITTEN BY kevin kartun

I’ve tried about five different ways to start this review, but none of them are anywhere near as good as the opening of this game. From the get go you’re required to render your foes unconscious as only Batman can. Combat is elegantly simple and hugely satisfying knowing you can walk into a room and kick the shit out of 20 dudes without breaking a sweat. The artwork and graphics of the game are simply stunning. Arkham City is a sprawling cesspit of low life scum and challenges for Batman to navigate. Luckily he’s pretty darn good at it thanks to the wonder that is his cape and Batclaw. Honestly, I’ve enjoyed this game so much that I actually would prefer to stop writing this review now so I can go back and keep playing. All of Gotham’s thugs and criminal super minds have been moved to a sector of the city. It’s our job as Batman to clear this mess up and discover what the Joker, Penquin, Mr. Freeze and the rest are up to. Detective mode lets us analyze situations, pick up on clues and read the heart rate of our adversaries to know just how much we’ve managed to scare them. Scare them too much and they’ll start walking in pairs and get extremely twitchy trigger fingers. This game is massive in every sense of the word. It’s an open world from the start and the possibilities to be distracted are endless. Follow the story, play as Catwoman, tackle random crime, take on Riddler challenges or enjoy the many extra features. Think Assassin’s Creed free-running meets strategy of Metal Gear Solid with the fighting of UFC and you may get close to realizing how awesome this game is. Five top game sites gave this a 10/10 and it would be hard for me not to as well.

WRITTEN BY JON SNOW

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San Fran Bath House Wed 19 Mara & the Bushkas album Sat 22 release: 8pm: $15 BETTYS Bettys function The Nark house & bar Betty Invites Kev listings BODEGA Fri 21 Fresh: 10pm: Free event Back Paddock Sessions Bodega Bodega Olmecha the Relic: 8:30pm: Koha THE GARDEN CLUB The More More Party: Orchestra Thanks to Vine Time of Spheres, the Eversons, Mount Pleasant, Fraser Ross, FOXGLOVE DJ Sebastian Hesp GOOD LUCK Matthew Pickering, ROY G & the Wednesday Rice & Shine w/ BIVinators: 7:45pm: $5 / $10 DJ Ruckus & Zacinfact Frederick Street Brookfield Outdoor Light & Sound San Fran Bath House Education Centre Exploration Society Captain Sergeant Major & Wellington Folk Festival Posse: Declaration Hollywoodfun Downstairs: $135: adult full weekend Of Resistance Album Launch: 9:30pm: Free 7pm: $10 or $20 w/ CD FOXTAIL GOOD LUCK Southern Cross The Flash Fullas THE GARDEN CLUB Sunday Satisfaction w/ Kroon for your Kai ft. the Maoli Harry Hospo & Kev Fresh Gentlys: 7pm: Free FREDERICK STREET SOUND & LIGHT GOOD LUCK HAPPY EXPLORATION SOCIETY Good Luck Saturdays w/ El Pasko Sunday Jazz w/ The Troubles Joseph Harper - The MATTERHORN Thu 20 Boy & The Bicycle THE LIDO DJ Recloose The Boptet Bodega GOOD LUCK MEOW Shotgun Alley: 9pm: $20 Stir Friday w/ Kev Fresh & Dilby SAN FRAN BATH HOUSE Underwire EP Release Party 2011 Final - Fried Chicken Party FREDERICK STREET HAPPY The Rhythm Hawks, Mighty Mighty SANDWICHES SOUND & LIGHT T54 & The Eversons: 10pm: $5 EXPLORATION SOCIETY Terror of the Deep Substance Joseph Harper - Bikes I’ve San Fran Bath House Owned Versus Girls I’ve MATTERHORN The Nudge: 9pm: $20 Fallen In Love With Hopscotch SANDWICHES Tue 25 THE GARDEN CLUB Medusa Sandwiches Labour Weekend Invader Cain: 9pm: $5 Deep Wire Special ft. Xilent (UK) Bodega Tuesday Night Speakeasy Swing GOOD LUCK Mighty Mighty Dance Evening: 7:30pm: Free Dick Dynamite & the Southern Cross Thursday Best Fortune The Arvo Show presents: Dopplegangers, Bikini Roulette Amirh: Free GOOD LUCK Happy & 66 Dynamite Special: 10pm: $5 Cheerful Tuesdays The Blue Moon w The Flying Sorcerers, The Pickups & SAN FRAN BATH HOUSE Spacecake: 9:30pm: $5 Junica Sun 23 Mighty Mighty SANDWICHES Dear Frontier: Post Capitalist EP Heavy Hitters FREDERICK STREET Release w/ Fraser Ross: 9pm: $10 SOUND & LIGHT Southern Cross EXPLORATION SOCIETY Roseneath Centennial Badd Energy (Coco Solid) Ragtime Band: 9pm: Free & Full Fucking Moon dunedin gig guide

Wed 19 Fri 21 Sat 22 Subculture (Qtwn) COPA Otago Museum Atrium Dread Bass Wednesdays Organikismness & JB Naste Margot Frei: 5pm Ping Pong Comp: 9pm: $5 add your Queenstown Refuel Memorial Hall The Chicks own listings Queenstown JazzFest - Thu 20 Fat Freddy’s Drop groovEguide.co.nz 12 BELOW THE BOX FORT Sun 23 Jack Spade & The Dusty Souls Thunderfest / Jack Spade - Destination Down Tour & The Dusty Souls - Otago Museum Atrium Destination Down Tour Wind of the Andes: 5pm Subculture (Qtwn) The SubStation (DnB): 9pm: Free

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auckland gig guide

The Crib Ink & Coherent Wed 19 Almost Famous: 8pm: Free Sat 22 Get Party ft. DJ PP - World Final Night: 10pm: $10 1885 Basement The Kings Arms 1885 Basement Creative Jazz Club: Brian Galaxy 500 w/ Stereo Bus Killamanraro: 11pm: $10 Juice Bar at the Smith Quartet: 8pm: $10 & The DeSotos: 8pm Windsor Castle 1885 Britomart The CVE: 11pm: Free Ginger Minx Departure Club: 10pm: $10 Rewind: 7pm: Free Sale St Fri 21 519 Events Centre Shae, DeeWhy & Grand Central Slinky - The Next Capricco: 2pm: Free Hipstamatics: 9pm: Free Generation: 10pm: $30+ 1885 Basement The Britomart Kenneth Myers Centre Bobby Brazuka: 11pm: $10 Ascension Wine Estate Country Club Student Jazz Ensemble The Big Night Out 2011: Lokey & Dylan C: 2pm: Free Concerts: Large Ensemble 1885 Britomart 3:30pm: $25+ Concert: 6:30pm: Free Punch The Clock: Killamanraro & T-Rice: 10pm: $10 The Crib Cassette Nine The Sick Sundays: 10:30pm: Free Queens Wharf Sick Disco meets Animals w/ Greg Live at The Cloud: The Cassette Nine Churchill, Sam Hill, Bushkrakers, The Kings Arms Adults: 8:30pm: Free MUM Presents: Paquin EP Defcon & Dalai: 10pm: $10 Release Show w/ Space Mean Bands & the Bloody Rugby: 8pm: $10 Racket Bar Creeps & She’s So Rad: Celsius T-Rice: 6pm: Free 10pm: $5, Free w/ B-card DJ bMan: 10pm: Free The Thirsty Dog Final Throwdown: 10pm: 10 Sale St Celsius Ginger Minx Jason Eli: 7:30pm: Free DJ Steve Dean: 10pm: Free In-House: 9:30pm: Free The Britomart Ginger Minx Lucha Lounge Country Club Mixed Crate: 8pm: Free Plum Green Tue 25 Murray Cammick: 6pm: Free Release: 9pm: $10 Juice Bar at the Empire Tavern The Kings Arms Windsor Castle Mangawhai Tavern Empire Million Dollar Trivia New Band Night w/ Crimson Invader Cain: 9pm: $5 Tempist Fugit: 9pm: $5 Show: 6:30pm: Free Vendetta, Fire At Will, Old Kindom, Till Death Do Us Masonic Tavern Masonic Tavern Racket Bar Party & Papa Eden: 8pm: $5 Hollow Chambers, Mason Thirty Years Late, Jackal & Rob Hill: 6pm: Free Clinic & Black Palm: 8pm: $5 Atomic Butterfly: 8pm: $5 Rakinos Music Theatre, Racket Bar Aqstik Soul Thu 20 School of Music Gene Rivers & Sweet SComposition Class: Free Mix Kids: 8pm: Free The Britomart Country Club 1885 Basement Racket Bar Rakinos Junior: 6pm: Free From Scratch: 8pm: Free TDK & Jerm: 6pm: Free The Arc: 10pm: $10 The Kings Arms 1885 Britomart Rakinos Sale St Kings Arms Quiz: 7:15pm: Free Blakout w/ Adam B & High St Boogaloo: $10 Grant Marshall: 7pm: Free Sarge: 9pm: Free The Kingslander Sale St The Britomart Quiz Night w/ Tom & Cassette Nine Page3, Mixtape Kidz, Stu: 7pm: Free Cassette Allstars: 10pm: Free Country Club Dee Why: 5pm: Free Ria & Nyntee: 5pm: Free Wine Cellar Cosh St Kevin’s Arcade Scratch: New Writing Hypnotism: 8pm The Crib Glass Vaults: 7pm: Koha Vankan Brothers Duo: Night: 8pm: $8 10:30pm: Free Ginger Minx Tabac Jim & Mooch: 7pm: Free Hammocks & Honey (AU): The Dogs Bollix 9pm: $10/$5 Presales Kenneth Myers Centre The Slacks: 10pm: Free Student Jazz Ensemble The Britomart Concerts: Large Ensemble The Kings Arms Country Club Metallica & Guns N’ Roses Concert: 6:30pm: Free Latin Aotearoa: 5pm: Free tribute bands: 8pm: $20 Queens Wharf The Crib Live at The Cloud: NZ The Kingslander Ed Gaiger Band: 10:30pm: Free Dirty Dozen: 10pm: Free Songbirds: 8:30pm: Free The Flying Moa Racket Bar The CoverUp: 8:30pm: Free Conch w/ Cian & Murray Cammick: 6pm: Free The Kings Arms Sun 23 Shotgun Alley w/ guests: 8pm Sale St 1885 Basement Selecta Sam & Dee The Kingslander Connor Nestor: 9pm: Free Why: 7pm: Free The James Kahu Band: 10pm: Free 1885 Britomart Shadows Bar Trench Bar Sweet Mix Kids: 11pm: Free Hipstamatics: 8pm: $10 Fridays at Trench Bar: Free Cassette Nine The Britomart Whammy Bar Tiger & Woods w/Recloose, Country Club The House of Capricorn Album Frank Booker, Nick D, Andy JV: 6pm: Free Release Show: 9pm: Free MTronBomb: 9pm: $15/$20

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Christchurch gig guide

THE VENUE-MUSICBAR Wed 19 Kardia, Salt & Secondi Sat 22 Sun 23 CPIT CPSA BUILDING THE ANCIENT REALM CIBURB BAR Canterbury Poets Collective Ayla’s Angels Burlesque Showcase Tahu & Alistair (CPC) Spring Season Fri 21 THE BEDROCK BAR NORTH HAGLEY PARK THE BREWERY Ignition Garden Variety - The Dukes The Eastern Family ALVARADOS w/ Von Voin Strum Carlos Navae - Latin BOTANIC GARDENS THE VENUE-MUSICBAR American Music - ARCHERY LAWN POMEROY’S Open Mic Night w/ Magical Botanical picnic Blair & Barbara Willie McArthur THE BEDROCK BAR in the gardens Lincoln Drive THE BREWERY THE CARLTON RWC Final w/ DJ Skew Whiff CIBURB BAR COUNTRY CLUB Thu 20 Insane Jane Dr Sanchez Latin Guitar THREE SIX THREE CAFE & BAR CLUB 22 CIBURB BAR King Al & guests CIBURB BAR DJ Nick T Virduoso Off The Leash THE DARKROOM CLUB 22 CLUB 22 (ARCHIVE) DJ Mike T Maestro B The Undercurrents & Guests Mon 24 CPIT CPSA BUILDING FUEL BAR GOVERNORS BAY HOTEL FUEL Tommy D, Danny Ill & Infrared New Music Collective Tommy D, Danny Ill & Infrared Lyttel Town Presents Live at CPSA OKUKU VALLEY MIDDELTON GRANGE PIERSIDE CAFE Primodial, White Rock FUEL BAR Beach Breaks w/ DJ Dmand ChCh Big Band Monday Tommy D, Danny Ill & Infrared & Estuaryrecords POMEROY’S THE BREWERY PIERSIDE CAFE PIERSIDE CAFE Lindon Puffin Nuttin Trivial - Quiz Night Karaoke w/ DJ Chick The Unfaithful Ways Album Release Show THE BREWERY POMEROY’S Friday Night Shuffle Club Pete Costello THE VENUE-MUSICBAR Organikismness w/ Sick Tue 25 THE VENUE-MUSICBAR Cycle, Soultrader & more THE BREWERY Oktober Onslaught IV Carlos Navae BEALEY ALE HOUSE Jamming w/ the Jamesons

hamilton gig guide

Static The Altitude bar Wed 19 Somebody’s Sons, Blacksmoke Sweet 3: 8pm: $48 per Tue 25 & The Hollow Grinders: 9pm: $5 Cubbyoke Night Cock & Bull Cubbyhole The Altitude bar Tuesday Trivia Sweet 3: 8pm: $48 Sun 23 Thu 20 Gravity Bar Sat 22 Carburlesque Nights Cubbyhole Pacific Crystal add your Muso Jam Night Cock & Bull Palace (Tauranga) own listings Hayden Booth Tama Waipara: 7pm: $40 Pacific Crystal groovEguide.co.nz Palace (Tauranga) Coroglen Tavern Static LA Mitchell: 8:30pm: $40 (Coromandel) Return of The Doppelgangers Tahuna Breaks & David EP Release: 9pm: Free The Altitude bar Dallas: 7pm: $48 Sweet 3: 8pm: $48 Taupo FanZone south island Pacific Crystal Kora listings Palace (Tauranga) poWERed by Fri 21 Liam Ryan: 5pm: $10 Schnapps Bar Mon 24 Cock & Bull (Manawatu-Wanganui) Jesse O’Brien dDub play national Pacific Crystal park: 9:30pm: $25 Palace (Tauranga) Pacific Crystal Julia Deans & Anna Palace (Tauranga) Space Monster Coddington: $40 Tim Walker: 5pm: $10 / (Wanganui) Antonio Forcione & Adriano Glass Vaults: 8pm: $5 Adewale: 8:30pm: $40

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Upcoming tours & events Black Joe Lewis & The Coromandel Gold Fri 30 Dec Ohuka Farm, Coromandel Honeybears Sat 31 Dec Ohuka Farm, Coromandel Wed 07 Nov Powersation, Auckland The Business (UK) Wed 02 Nov Dunedin Musicians Club, Dunedin Thu 03 Nov The VenueMusic Bar, Christchurch 95bFM Zombie Prom Fri 04 Nov Bodega, Wellington Sat 29 Oct Powerstation, Auckland Sat 05 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Anything Goes Flying Nun 30th Thu 29 Sep - Sat 22 Oct Camp A Low Hum 2012 Thu 09 Feb - Mon 13 Feb 203 Coast The Edge, Auckland Road, RD 1, Wainuiomata Anniverary Tour Fri 04 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 04 Nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch BaseFM’s Radiowaves Sat 05 Nov San Fran Bath Fri 30 Oct Rakinos, Auckland The Checks Fri 11 Nov Zeal, Wellington, House, Wellington Zeal (All Ages) Sat 05 Nov Chicks Hotel, Dunedin Fri 11 Nov Bodega, Wellington, Sun 06 Nov The Roastery, Lyttleton Beastwars Fri 11 Nov Golden Dawn, Auckland Fri 28 Oct The Royal, Palmerston North Sat 12 Nov The Royal, Deerhoof (US) Fri 11 Nov Urban Factory, Dunedin Sat 29 Oct Space Monster, Whanganui Palmerston North Sat 07 Jan Whammy Bar, Auckland Fri 11 Nov San Fran Bath Fri 04 Nov Biddy Mulligan’s, Hamilton Thu 17 Nov Cabana, Napier Sun 08 Jan Bodega, Wellington House, Wellington Sat 05 Nov 4:20, Auckland Fri 18 Nov Butlers Reef, New Plymouth Sat 12 Nov Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 12 Nov Bodega, Wellington Sat 19 Nov The Shed, Rotorua Fri 25 Nov Flow Bar, Hamilton Sat 12 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 26 Nov Powerstation, Auckland Sat 12 Nov Dux Live, Christchurch Beirut (US) Thu 01 Dec PBC, Gisborne Wed 16 Nov San Fran Bath Sat 14 Jan San Fran Bath Fri 02 Dec Illuminati, Tauranga House, Wellington House, Wellington Sat 03 Dec Onewhero Thu 17 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Mon 16 Jan Powerstation, Auckland Rugby Club, Onewhero Fri 18 Nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch Sat 07 Dec YOT Club, Raglan Fri 18 Nov Sammy’s, Dunedin Fri 18 Nov San Fran Bath Beyond The Black House, Wellington Sat 31 Dec Trentham Sat 19 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Racecourse, Upper Hutt Sat 19 Nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch Defamer (AU) Sat 19 Nov San Fran Bath Fri 18 Nov The Basement, Auckland House, Wellington Sat 19 Nov Sammy’s, Dunedin Wed 23 Nov Sammy’s, Dunedin Disasteradio Thu 24 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 21 Oct Arc Theatre, Wanganui Fri 25 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 28 Oct San Fran Bath Fri 25 Nov San Fran Bath House, Wellington House, Wellington Fri 25 Nov Dux Live, Christchurch EarthTonz Sat 26 Nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch Sat 31 Dec Gibbston Valley Station, Queenstown Foo Fighters (US) w/ Tenacious D (US) Bic Runga Chopper: Hard Bastard’s Eddie Izzard (UK) Tue 13 Dec Western Springs, Auckland Thu 17 Nov Central Baptist Mon 07 Nov St James Guide to Life Theatre, Wellington Church, Whangarei Tue 08 Nov Baycourt Community Fri 18 Nov Holy Trinity, Tauranga Tue 08 Nov St James Freaky Meat Arts Theatre, Tauranga Thu 10 Nov Rising Sun, Auckland Sat 18 Nov Chapel Of Christ Theatre, Wellington Thu 10 Nov 10 GREAT LAKE Thu 17 Nov The Pig and Whistle The King, Hamilton Wed 09 Nov The Civic, Auckland CENTRE, Taupo Historic Pub, Rotorua Mon 21 Nov Franklin Baptist Thu 10 Nov The Civic, Auckland Sat 12 Nov The Opera Fri 18 Nov Perrett’s Corner Church, Pukekohe Fri 11 Nov The Civic, Auckland House, Wellington Cafe and Bar, Wellington Tue 22 Nov Holy Trinity Sun 13 Nov TSB Showplace, Sat 19 Nov Baby G’s, Nelson Cathedral, Auckland New Plymouth Sat 19 Nov Interislander Wed 23 Nov Holy Trinity Explosions In The Sky (US) Tue 15 Nov Civic Theatre, Rotorua Thu 15 Dec San Fran Bath Ferry, Wellington Cathedral, Auckland Wed 16 Nov Founders House, Wellington Wed 23 Nov Playhouse Cafe, Mapua Fri 25 Nov St John’s Cathedral, Napier Theatre, Hamilton Fri 16 Dec The Kings Arms, Auckland Thu 24 Nov The Roots Sat 26 Nov All Saints Church, Thu 17 Nov Auroroa Bar, Takaka, Nelson Palmerston North Theatre, Christchurch Fri 25 Nov Le Cafe, Picton Mon 28 Nov St Matthew’s Fri 18 Nov SKYCITY Theatre, Auckland The Fetish Ball Sat 26 Nov Interislander Ferry, Picton Anglican Church Sat 19 Nov Hawkes Bay Sat 29 Oct Studio, Auckland Tue 29 Nov Wellington Opera House, Hastings Sat 12 Nov The Venue, Christchurch Cathedral, Wellington Sun 20 Nov War Memorial Frenzal Rhomb (AU) Wed 30 Nov Wellington Centre, Gisborne Fri 28 Oct Bodega, Wellington Cathedral, Wellington Tue 22 Nov Nelson School Fleet Foxes (US) Sat 29 Oct The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 13 Jan The Hunter Fri 02 Dec St Michael & All Of Music, Nelson Lounge, Wellington Angels, Christchurch Wed 23 Nov Marlborough Sat 14 Jan Auckland Town Sat 03 Dec St Michael & All Civic Theatre, Blenheim Galaxie 500 Hall, Auckland Angels, Christchurch Thu 24 Nov Theatre Royal, Timaru Thu 20 Oct The Kings Arms, Auckland Mon 05 Dec St Mary’s Church, Timaru Fri 25 Nov Regent Theatre, Dunedin Tue 06 Dec Knox Church, Dunedin Sat 26 Nov Civic Theatre, Invercargill Wed 07 Dec Knox Church, Dunedin Fly My Pretties Gin Wigmore Sat 29 Oct The Regent, Dunedin Fri 28 Oct Aurora Centre, Christchurch Thu 08 Dec First Presbyterian Sun 30 Oct Geo Dome, Christchurch Sat 29 Oct Theatre Royal, Nelson Church, Invercargill Cold Chisel (AU) Mon 31 Oct Geo Dome, Christchurch Fri 02 Dec TSB Arena, Wellington Mon 31 Oct San Fran Bath Thu 10 Nov Mercury Theatre, Auckland Sat 03 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland House, Wellington Big Day Out 2012 Fri 11 Nov Mercury Theatre, Auckland Tue 01 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 20 Jan Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Sat 12 Nov Mercury Theatre, Auckland Sat 05 Nov Brewers Bar, Tauranga Sat 19 Nov St James Theatre, Wellington

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Thu 03 Nov Eggsentric Glass Vaults Cafe, Coromandel Rhythm & Vines Fri 21 Oct St Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland Fri 04 Nov Poverty Bay Club, Gisborne Thu 29 Dec - Sat 31 Dec Sat 22 Oct Space Monster, Wanganui Sat 05 Nov Cabana, Napier Waiohika Estate, Gisborne GROOVEMAN SPOT (JP) & The Moody Blues (UK) Rippon Festival Sat 26 Nov Michael Fowler Sat 04 Feb Rippon Vineyard, THE TURNAROUND Lake Wanaka Fri 02 Dec Bacco Room, Auckland Centre, Wellington Sun 27 Nov The Civic Theatre, Auckland Hall & Oates (US) Roger Waters: The Wall Sweet 3 Sat 28 Jan Church Road Winery, Napier More FM Summer (US) Thu 20 Oct Altitude Bar, Hamilton Sun 29 Jan Villa Maria Estate, Auckland Vineyard Tour Sat 18 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 21 Oct Altitude Bar, Hamilton Fri 03 Feb Sileni Estates, Hawkes Bay Mon 20 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 22 Oct Altitude Bar, Hamilton Sat 04 Feb Brooklands Wed 22 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland House of Capricorn Lawn, New Plymouth Thu 23 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 21 Oct Whammy Bar, Auckland Sun 05 Feb Daisy Bank Fri 28 Oct The Venue, Christchurch Farm, Martinborough Sat 29 Oct No. 8 Wired, Timaru Mon 06 Feb Claudelands Green, Hamilton John Waters (US): This Wed 08 Feb Trafalgar Park, Nelson Thu 09 Feb Peregrine Filthy World Winery, Queenstown Mon 31 Oct The Opera Fri 10 Feb Pegasus Town, Christchurch House, Wellington Sat 11 Feb Turanga Creek, Auckland Wed 02 Nov The Civic, Auckland Mulatu Astatke (ET) Julia Deans Fri 25 Nov Powerstation, Auckland Sat 05 Nov Masonic Tavern, Auckland Tahuna Breaks & David Sat 12 Nov The Garden Club, Wellington Nadia Reid Dallas Sat 29 Oct Otago Women’s Sat 22 Oct Coroglen Pioneer Hall, Dunedin Tavern, Coromandel Julian Temple Thu 03 Nov Happy Bar, Wellington Sun 23 Oct Gisborne Food & Tue 01 Nov Mou Very, Dunedin Fri 04 Nov Happy Bar, Wellington Wine Festival, Gisborne Wed 02 Nov The Wine Cellar, Auckland RoOTS FESTIVAL The Naked And Famous Sat 03 Dec Town Hall, Auckland Taylor Swift (US) Kaikoura Roots Festival Fri 04 Nov Town Hall, Auckland Fri 16 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 14 Jan Old Beach Road, Kaikoura Roxette (SE) Sat 17 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 15 Jan Old Beach Road, Kaikoura Naughty By Nature (UK) Sat 11 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 18 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Kurt Vile (US) Wed 19 Oct The Studio, Auckland Rugby Comedy Festival Tempo Dance Festival Thu 01 Dec The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 22 Oct ASB Theatre, Auckland Fri 30 Sep - Sat 08 Oct Northern Lights Q Theatre, Auckland Fri 30 Dec - Mon 2 Jan La De Da Festival Pakiri Beach, Pakiri Salmonella Dub Fri 30 Dec Dry River Road, Fri 04 Nov The Hunter Tiny Ruins Martinborough Lounge, Wellington Wed 02 Nov The Hopetoun Sat 31 Dec Dry River Road, NZ Stonerfest 2011 Alpha, Auckland Martinborough Sat 03 Dec Whammy Bar & Fri 04 Nov Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Wine Cellar, Auckland Shapeshifter Tue 08 Nov The Space Sat 10 Dec The Venue, Christchurch Thu 29 Dec Ascension Monster, Wanganui Laneway Festival 2012 Vineyard, Matakana Wed 09 Nov Mighty Mighty, Wellington Mon 30 Jan Silo Park, Auckland Mon 02 Jan Riwaka Hotel, Motueka Thu 10 Nov The Playhouse Cafe, Nelson Pajama Club Fri 06 Jan Brewers Field, Tauranga Fri 11 Nov The Archive, Christchurch Sat 03 Dec San Fran Bath Sat 07 Jan Waihi Beach Sat 12 Nov Chick’s Hotel, Dunedin Lamb Of God (US) House, Wellington Hotel, Coromandel Wed 07 Mar Studio, Auckland Sun 04 Dec The Kings Arms, Auckland Tommy Ill Shotgun Alley Fri 28 Oct Cassette Nine, Auckland Made In China Phoenix Foundation Thu 20 Oct Bodega, Wellington Sat 29 Oct Mighty Mighty, Wellington Sat 29 Oct Penguin Sat 03 Dec Wine & Food Fri 21 Oct The Kings Arms, Auckland Entertainers Club, Oamaru Festival, Christchurch Sat 22 Oct Zeal, Auckland Thu 27 Oct Butterbank Bar, Whangarei Tuborg Summer Sunday Fri 28 Oct Refuel, Dunedin Sun 29 Jan Matakana Music Madeleine Peyroux (US) Pink Floyd Double Mountain, Matakana Tue 06 Mar Town Hall, Auckland Feature Sat 29 Oct The Venue, Christchurch Tue 08 Nov Stardome Observatory tUnE-yArDs (US) Mangawhai NYE Party & Planetarium, Auckland Six60 Thu 12 Jan The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 31 Dec Mangawhai Tue 22 Nov Stardome Observatory Fri 11 Nov Powerstation, Auckland Tavern, Mangawhai & Planetarium, Auckland Tue 13 Dec Stardome Observatory Splore 2012 Unknown Mortal Meatloaf (US) & Planetarium, Auckland Fri 17 Feb - Sun 19 Feb Tapapakanga Orchestra Wed 26 Oct TSB Bank Regional Park, Auckland Fri 16 Dec San Fran Bath Arena, Wellington Portishead (UK) House, Auckland Fri 28 Oct Bay Park Arena, Tauranga Thu 10 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 17 Dec The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 29 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland Spring Break Thu 05 Nov The Pettigrew Raggamuffin 2012 Green Arena, Napier We Came As Romans (US) Mel Parsons Sat 28 Jan Rotorua International Sat 29 Oct Zeal, Auckland Wed 26 Oct The Little Stadium, Rotorua Theatre, Wellington Steely Dan (US) & Steve Thu 27 Oct The Yot Club, Raglan Winwood (UK) Wellington Folk Festival Fri 28 Oct Bacco Room, Auckland Rhythm & Alps Fri 04 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 21 Oct - Sun 23 Oct Brookfield Sat 29 Oct Sawmill Cafe, Leigh Wed 28 Dec Terrance Downs, Mt Hutt Outdoor Education Centre, Wellington Thu 29 Dec Terrance Downs, Mt Hutt

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SUNDAY 23 RUGBY GUIDE Eden Park Well, no shit. If you’ve got at least one ticket, you’re a bloody millionaire or some lucky bastard who’s won a competition. The game is going to be huge and the excitement will be heard throughout the city, nay, the country. The entire competition has come down to this game alone, and it’s undoubtedly the best place to watch it. Although, not everyone has a ticket, let alone a bunch of mates who have them as well.

START TIME: 6pm

Nation’s Clubrooms Your Place That’s right. The casino. The Nation’s Clubrooms in Duh. Whatever channel you want to watch it on, you can. You don’t even need particular, since the whole bar has been made for the Sky! It helps if you don’t like ads, but screw it, ads are fine. They enable you to World Cup anyway. It’s not like you’ll be getting bored take a tinkle (unless you’ve been practising your keegles – totally helps). The there, but if for some reason you feel you have to pros for watching the game at home are obvious. The drinks are cheap; you’re leave the bar (because some guy was looking at you comfortable; you haven’t forked out your hard-earned money on a taxi, bus or sideways and he’s way bigger than you or that skank ticket. You can get creative and make seats out of stuff MacGyver would be proud that screwed your ex is there looking like the tart she of. You can invite plenty of folks round if you want that crowd environment. But is) then there’s always the multitude of other bars in then you’d have to do the clean up. So, if cleaning up isn’t your bag, then it would SkyCity that you can check out. Or, if you’re feeling make sense to go out somewhere. There’s so many pubs and bars to choose from, lucky, you could even head to the casino itself. and they all want your cash.

START TIME: 6pm START TIME: When you wake up . Odlins Plaza, Wellington Hood St, Hamilton Hagley Park, Christchurch Odlins plaza next to the Wharewaka The Fanzone in Hamilton will be open Entertainment from Anika Moa and The Thomas on Wellington’s Waterfront finishes from 7pm right through to midnight. Oliver Band join the fun on finals night at Hagley up as the official Fanzone for the Make sure you plan a way of getting Park. Just across from the Fanzone will be the capital. It might not be as packed as there ahead of time as the street Presenting Canterbury festival with family friendly the quarter finals weekend, but the closes from 4pm through to 4am. fun throughout the day. excitement will still be plentiful.

START TIME: 7pm START TIME: 7pm START TIME: 7pm

The White House The Cloud Yeah, didn’t think we’d be throwing that in, did you? This place was made for the World Cup. It’s had its It’s not just home to those ladies that you’re sure are ups and its downs. It’s in the heart of the city and actually into you. Auckland’s local house of white the job has been done well to keep the attraction has more than horizontal-to-vertical action on a pole. entertaining enough to make you want to go back. They’re actually playing the game as well. And there’s The Cloud is party central, and no party tonight will worse half time entertainment to be had, right? be more central than this. There’s plenty of other entertainment on pre- and post-final including Gin START TIME: 7:30pm Wigmore, Avalanche City, Cut Off Your Hands, The Checks and Kids of 88. Best of all, it’s free.

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album reviews Feist Metals llll ALBUM OF THE It’s been four years since Canadian WEEK songstress Leslie Feist shot to prominence on the back of an iPod Nano ad featuring the features hollow percussion, single ‘1,2,3,4’. Parent album The as does ‘Undiscovered First’, Reminder was brilliant, and she’s which swells with impressive since collaborated with the likes horns and unexpectedly loud of Ben Gibbard (on the National- guitar. ‘Anti-Pioneer’ nicks some curated Dark Was The Night strings off Sea Change-era Beck compilation) and Wilco. Metals (another prior collaborator) who’d is a far more languid affair than already lifted them from Serge its predecessor, skirting a fine Gainsborough. It’s generally a line between contemplation and slow-burn affair, but some tracks melancholy – check the guitar/ here – the delicately ravaged piano/organ combo in ‘Graveyard’ ‘Comfort Me’ and the more playing off the refrain “Bring immediate ‘A Commotion’ – rank them all back to life”. ‘Bittersweet among her best work to date. Melodies’ (the title says it all) WRITTEN BY CHRIS POLE

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Professional indie heartthrob Delaney Davidson is a rambling Listening to their debut Listening to Portland natives and supposed dubstep bluesman who hails from New album, it’s not hard to see why Blitzen Trapper’s alt-country/ innovator James Blake has left Zealand but has toured all Shotgun Alley has opened for folk is gonna send you right his drum machine at home. across the world. Bad Luck Man ZZ Top and Alice Cooper (among back to 1972 on lyrical, Enough Thunder marks the point is full of wonky blues with a others), making them one of gossamer wings. Better pack at which Blake forgot what he side order of gloomy country. our country’s most sought after your paisley and flairs, man! came here for, and gives out There’s a hint of Nick Cave or curtain raisers and a respected With Mumford, Pernices and the to pressure from those who Elvis Costello in Davidson’s voice band in their own right. Their Foxes all bringing back folk rock bay for his blood regularly. A making him sound distinct but brand of slick, swaggering rock it was no surprise that these gentle cover of Joni Mitchell’s also familiar. Woozy Wurlitzers music harkens back to the dudes have become darlings ‘Case Of You’ could have marked dance with the spare guitar golden age of The Sunset Strip of the ragged glory-music out a base from which an chords on ‘Time Has Gone’ but when bands like Motley Crue bibles like Rolling Stone. And it aural assault could spring and fortunately things aren’t always ruled the land. The high-octane probably helps they sound a lot solidify his position in either so grim; Davidson still gets his guitar riff of ‘Want This’ screams like the ‘Dead, Dylan, Skyhooks Camp Dubstep or Camp Singer/ knees up a bit when called upon. Def Leppard and ‘I Came Here and CSN&Y, too. . Instead, what follows The clattering percussion on To Love Her’ owes a debt to The American Goldwing is BT’s merely meanders and wanders the unhinged ‘I’ve Got The Devil Cars. In ‘Give It All Up For Rock’ sixth outing, counting EP and loosely towards a reputable Inside Me’ is one of the few Shotgun Alley shows off the singles releases, and they still performance. Everything else signposts that this is actually sort of self-gratifying tune that drive their rig slap-bang in the is here: the vocal deformities a modern album. This is the every hearty rock band wishes middle of the dusty highway. (both natural and processed), the sort of record that miserable they had written. Shotgun Alley ‘Love The Way You Walk Away’ haunting background swells, and Sunday afternoons and whiskey is a sharply produced album by is a nice gentle rocker, while piano-driven ballads, however were made for. Bad Luck Man young rockers for young rockers. ‘My Home Town’ and ‘Stranger there’s no sign of a propulsive is a quaint little album from a If you miss the glory days of the in a Strange Land’ are pure beat until the spastic whirrs man who clearly has his mind in ‘80s then this album is definitely Mr Zimmerman, without and clicks of closer ‘We Might another time period altogether. for you. the references to handheld Feel Unsound’. Although it could WRITTEN BY RICARDO KERR WRITTEN BY RICARDO KERR percussion and windy solutions. easily be read as a sit-down For variety, ‘Street Fighting Sun’ rebellion against the notoriety leans a tad towards Led Zeppelin his more beat-based material has with heavy wah-wah peddle gained, it still provides no excuse clamour and some dirty blues for a slightly disappointing harps. But on the whole, it’s all bunch of slow songs. pleasant, faded denim rock. BY JAMES A. ROBINS WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR

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filmmaker Werner Herzog G( rizzly creation? The filmmaker veers Man) and the express permission from scientific-based fact to of the French government. existential theorising. From a In three dimensions, Herzog has prehistory nut flaunting fur given us our only chance at seeing clothes and a handmade flute, the oldest paintings in existence, to a pack of albino alligators, first discovered in 1994 but dating Herzog connects the dots in back over 30,000 years. Granted, intriguing ways. the 3D effect is not entirely Whilst the conjecture and convincing, but it’s the only way speculation about the back story

Further info Picture a chalky cliff face looming to come close to experiencing the of these paintings is fascinating, directed by over a river in the south of dimensions and atmosphere of it’s the window to the world Werner Herzog France. Halfway up, past slipshod these caves for ourselves. of our distant ancestors that Starring Werner Herzog, Dominique rocks and scraggly bracken, is a Herzog’s film is not a dry provides weight. Much like the Baffier and Jean Clottes sealed vault. Once in a blue moon, exhibition of prehistoric art, but mysteries of existence itself – scientists and officials will enter instead sets the mind in motion abstract, bizarre, and fascinating this steel door for a short time to – who painted these works, why, – these forgotten dreams are chart the mysteries within. We and – most importantly – how incredible. no longer have to imagine what do we interpret them tens of WRITTEN BY ANDREW HEDLEY, Flicks.co.nz they have encountered, thanks to thousands of years after their

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The original Footloose was a fun religiously to the original story, While Errol Morris’s newspapers, then this will film, not a great film. It became the contemporary references documentary subject may certainly enlighten you of the a classic by the sum of its parts: occasionally jarring against its be the rather ‘devoted’ Joyce lengths the ‘red tops’ (so known the cheesy music, the dancing, old-fashioned themes. Ren now McKinney, Tabloid is really because of their masthead the story – and Kevin Bacon. Craig dances with his iPod, the black about the power of the British colour) go to outsell their Brewer’s new version suffers from kids krump in the carpark and media to take a story and its competitors. the same melodrama and silliness the grown-ups worry about the main protagonists and run Mixing archival footage and as its predecessor – wait until you recession. And that’s about where with them. As two former rival new interviews with many of see how Ren gets to the famous the updating ends. The script, the hacks reminisce during the film, the key players (who virtually all warehouse dance scene – but you costumes, the music and the cars The Daily Express championed have different accounts of how can forgive its flaws because it are virtually the same; only the McKinney’s crusade (even to it all went down) and backed by still has those ingredients intact. tone has had a makeover, cranking the point of having her pose in an urgent and insistent score, And while there’s no Bacon, Kenny up the pace to the slick tempo a nun’s habit) while The Daily Tabloid is this year’s Man on Wormald as Ren McCormick of next generation dance flicks Mirror set out to discredit her Wire, a twisty-turny crowd- (complete with James Dean hair) such as Step Up. If the remake’s and their rival by digging up pleasing documentary about makes for a dashing rebel with goal was to turn a classic into an as much dirt as they could a barely believable real-life a cause, injecting just the right easily digested teen flick, they’ve (with some of the photos more event that many of us never combination of pained kid and succeeded. Time will tell if it’s still suitable for The Sun’s Page 3 knew about, and others have who-cares attitude into the role a classic, but if they can make line- than anywhere else). completely forgotten. to turn him into, perhaps, the next dancing look good then Footloose Yes, if the recent News of WRITTEN BY JAMES CROOT, Flicks.co.nz big pin-up. He even manages to still has a pulse. the World saga has only just make line dancing look cool. WRITTEN BY REBECCA BARRY, Flicks.co.nz made you aware of the rivalry Brewer sticks almost amongst Britain’s smaller-sized

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