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Upcoming tours & events ALL TIME LOW (US) THE DATSUNS FOALS (UK) MICHAEL WINSLOW (US) Tue 27 Aug The Powerstation, Auckland Thu 29 Aug The Ballroom, Whangarei Sat 05 Oct Town Hall, Auckland Sun 11 Aug Founders Fri 30 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Theatre, Hamilton Sat 31 Aug The Royal, Mon 12 Aug ASB Theatre, Auckland AMANDA PALMER (US) Palmerston North GOBLIN ‘SUSPERIA’ LIVE Tue 13 Aug Municipal Theatre, Napier Wed 04 Sep San Fran Bath Thu 05 Sep Mayfair, New Plymouth Fri 19 Jul The Civic, Auckland Wed 14 Aug Michael Fowler House, Wellington Fri 06 Sep The Cabana, Napier Centre, Wellington Fri 06 Sep The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 07 Sep King Street Live, Masterton Fri 16 Aug Town Hall, Dunedin Thu 12 Sep Bodega, Wellington Sat 17 Aug CBS Canterbury ARMAGEDDON Fri 13 Sep Bedford at Arena, Christchurch Fri 25 Oct - Sun 28 Oct ASB CPSA, Christchurch Showgrounds, Auckland Sat 14 Sep Refuel, Dunedin NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL (US) Wed 20 Nov Sammy’s, Dunedin BEERVANA DISCLOSURE (UK) Fri 22 Nov James Cabaret, Wellington Fri 09 Aug - Sat 10 Aug Westpac Fri 27 Sep Town Hall, Auckland Sat 23 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland Stadium, Wellington Sun 24 Nov The Kings Arms, Auckland EL SCHLONG BERNARD FANNING (AU) Fri 19 Jul Biddy Mulligan’s, Hamilton Fri 30 Aug The Powerstation, Auckland Sat 20 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 31 Aug Parthenon, Wellington FAT FREDDY’S DROP BEYONCE (US) Fri 13 Sep The Powerstation, Auckland Fri 18 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 14 Sep The Powerstation, Auckland Sat 19 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 20 Sep Opera House, Wellington THE HARD ONS (AU) Thu 08 Aug Bodega, Wellington Fri 09 Aug Rhythm, New Plymouth BIG DAY OUT 2014 FLEETWOOD MAC (UK/US) Sat 10 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 17 Jan Western Springs, Auckland Wed 04 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland Thu 05 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 06 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland HEAD LIKE A HOLE NEWSTALK ZB SPLENDOUR BRAVE Thu 08 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Wed 07 Aug - Sat 10 Aug Mangere SERIES: A NEW ERA Fri 09 Aug Altitude, Hamilton Thu 25 Jul Town Hall, Auckland Arts Centre, Auckland FLUME (AU) Sat 10 Aug Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui Wed 09 Oct Logan Campbell Wed 14 Aug - Thu 15 Aug Massey Thu 15 Aug Bodega, Wellington Centre, Auckland Studio Lab, Auckland Fri 16 Aug Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 11 Oct James Smith NORTHERN BASS Tue 20 Aug TSB Showplace, Sat 17 Aug The Royal Hotel, Basement, Wellington Mon 30 Dec - Tue 31 Dec New Plymouth Palmerston North Worsfords Farm, Mangawhai Fri 23 Aug Clarence Street Sat 12 Oct Union Hall, Dunedin Theatre, Hamilton Tue 27 Aug Hawke’s Bay Opera HUSK NZ HERALD PREMIER SERIES: House, Hawke’s Bay Wed 17 Jul ReFuel, Dunedin Thu 24 Oct - Fri 25 Oct Thu 18 Jul Hilltop Tavern, Little River NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S Tauranga Arts Festival Fri 19 Jul Wunderbar, Lyttelton ORGANIST Fri 02 Aug Whammy Bar, Auckland Thu 18 Jul Town Hall, Auckland BRUNO MARS (US) Sat 15 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland HIGHLIFE NYE EXPERIENCE OLLY MURS (UK) Sun 16 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland Tue 31 Dec Stonybridge Thu 07 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland Vineyard, Waiheke Island CALEXICO (US) ONE DIRECTION (UK) Thu 12 Sep The Powerstation, Auckland JAGWAR MA (AU) Thu 10 Oct CBS Canterbury Fri 13 Sep Opera House, Wellington Wed 07 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Arena, Christchurch Sat 14 Sep Christchurch Arts Festival Sat 12 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 15 Sep Christchurch Arts Festival FLY MY PRETTIES JAKE BUGG (UK) Sun 13 Oct Vector Arena, Auckland Thu 05 Sep Te Ahu, Kaitaia Tue 30 Jul The Powerstation, Auckland CALIFORNIA DESIGN Fri 06 Sep Turner Centre, Kerikeri PASSION PIT (US) Sat 07 Sep Forum North Thu 25 Jul The Powerstation, Auckland 1930 - 1965 Expo Hall, Whangarei JAMES BLAKE (UK) Sat 16 Jul - Sun 29 Sep Auckland Sun 08 Sep Town Hall, Dargaville Thu 02 Aug Town Hall, Auckland THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION Art Gallery, Auckland Tue 10 Sep Mercury Theatre, Auckland Fri 19 Jul The Bedford at Wed 11 Sep Mercury Theatre, Auckland THE JAPANDROIDS (CA) CPSA, Christchurch Thu 12 Sep Founders Thu 05 Sep ReFuel, Dunedin Sat 20 Jul Queens, Dunedin CAMP A LOW HUM 2014 Theatre, Hamilton Sun 21 Jul Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Fri 07 Feb - Sun 09 Feb Wainuiomata Fri 06 Sep Bodega, Wellington Fri 13 Sep The Devon Sat 07 Sep The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 26 Jul The Cabana, Napier Hotel, New Plymouth Sat 27 Jul James Cabaret, Wellington Sat 14 Sep The Royal Wanganui Opera House, Wanganui JUSTIN BIEBER (CA) RHYTHM & VINES 2014 Sun 15 Sep Hawke’s Bay Sat 23 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Sun 29 Dec - Tue 31 Dec Waiohika Opera House, Hastings Sun 24 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Estate vineyard, Gisborne Wed 18 Sep The Opera House, Wellington Fri 20 Sep Nelson School LA DE DA RIHANNA (BB) of Music, Nelson Mon 30 Dec - 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Opera House, Wanganui SPLORE 2014 Tue 17 Sep Town Hall, Masterton UNKNOWN MORTAL Fri 14 Feb - Sun 16 Feb Thu 19 Sep Air Force Museum Tapapakanga Regional Park ORCHESTRA Wigram, Christchurch Thu 18 Jul ReFuel, Dunedin Fri 20 Sep Regent Theatre, Dunedin Fri 19 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland Sat 21 Sep Civic Theatre, Invercargill Sat 20 Jul Bodega, Wellington Wed 25 Sep Regent Theatre, Greymouth Thu 26 Sep NBS Theatre, Westport Fri 27 Sep Nelson College School Hall, Nelson Mon 30 Sep Town Hall, Dannevirke Tue 01 Oct Hawke’s Bay Opera House, Hastings Wed 02 Oct Great Lakes Centre, Taupo Thu 03 Oct Town Hall, Pukekohe Fri 04 Oct Forum North, Whangarei WARHOL: IMMORTAL STEVE VAI (US) Tue 16 Jul - Sun 25 Aug Te Thu 18 Jul Town Hall, Wellington Papa, Wellington Sat 20 Jul ASB Theatre, Auckland STAN WALKER THE SUPERVILLAINS RMC Wed 04 Sep Civic Theatre, Rotorua Fri 26 Jul Dux Live, Christchurch THE VEILS Thu 05 Sep Founders Sat 27 Jul Blue Pub, Fri 19 Jul Sammy’s Dunedin Theatre, Hamilton Methven – Free Entry! Sat 20 Jul Dux Live, Christchurch Fri 06 Sep Holy Trinity, Tauranga Thu 01 Aug Opium, Wanaka Fri 26 Jul Bodega, Wellington Sat 07 Sep Town Hall, Auckland Fri 02 Aug World Bar, Queenstown Sat 27 Jul Studio, Auckland Tue 10 Sep War Memorial Sat 03 Aug Refuel Bar, Dunedin Hall, Edgecumbe Fri 09 Aug San Francisco Wed 11 Sep Waitomo Bath House, Wellington TRUTH Cultural Centre, Te Kuiti Sat 17 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 19 Jul The Bay, Waiheke Island Thu 12 Sep TSB Arena, New Plymouth Sat 20 Jul Juice Bar, Auckland Fri 13 Sep Regent on Broadway, Wed 24 Jul Opium, Wanaka Palmerston North TAYLOR SWIFT (US) Thu 25 Jul 10 Bar, Dunedin Sat 14 Sep Michael Fowler Fri 29 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Fri 26 Jul Sandwiches, Wellington Centre, Wellington Sat 30 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 27 Jul The Bedford at Mon 16 Sep Royal Wanganui CPSA, Christchurch

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Charles & Ray Eames Principal partner Exhibition partner Media partner Supporting partner Elephant (detail) , moulded plywood LACMA, © The Eames Foundation. Courtesy Eames Office LLC DREAMING BIG

Weird is as weird does. And that Lynch does very weird indeed. the dream, within the dream, within the dream (something Lynch does better than anyone else, long before Chris Nolan ever came up the He’s out-psyched the psycho’s with movies like Blue Velvet and Wild sleeper-agents of Inception). At Heart, made one of the freakiest (and most critically acclaimed) TV series of all time, and now, almost on a whim, he’s staking his claim as a We take a trip to Twin Peaks on ‘Star Dream Girl,’ with handclaps and his weirdo-musician non-parallel. favourite guitar forming the backbone of a song that could have played while Agent Dale Cooper drove through the glades of America’s most The Big Dream is his second studio LP, following-up on 2011’s super- twisted (imaginary) township. trippy effort, Crazy Clown Time. That album was notable for the presence of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s singer, Karen O, as well as featuring one of the more ‘Last Call’ is an erie, beat-laden, electronic warning. Not overly sinister disturbed music video’s you could ever imagine (which was naturally but thought provoking and a pointer to... something. David probably filmed by the multi-talented Lynch himself). only knows.

But where Crazy Clown Time was uneven yet chock-full of berserk ‘The Ballad Of Hollis Brown’ stands out, not just for those haunting, ideas, The Big Dream finds Lynch operating at a new level of musical damaged lyrics, but the way in which they’re delivered by Lynch and consistency. It’s an effort that deserves kudos. held together by Hurley’s drums and those ever present guitars. If you don’t know the Dylan version, or the one by Nina Simone, then hopefully Lynch handles the primary song-writing and performance duties here; this will entice you to seek out those other two, just to see how beautifully writing 11 out of the album’s 12 tracks, excluding his very original take worked each is. It’s a great story of desperation and being dirt-poor - on the Bob Dylan folk classic, ‘The Ballad of Hollis Brown.’ It was all with Lynch’s version standing-up surprisingly well in comparison to the recorded over several months at Lynch’s Asymmetrical Studio, with more prestigious, earlier two. assistance from engineer and friend Dean Hurley, who also contributes production and instrumentation on The Big Dream. And that’s all part of the beauty of this charming-yet-nuts, director/actor/ painter/musician, that when you think you have him in your sights, he Nothing has changed between the two studio albums in terms of Lynch’s stops, turns, and then walks off in another direction. He did it on film creative process, as the man himself points out: “Most of the songs start when, out of the blue, he created a straight-forward piece of heartland out as a type of blues jam and then we go sideways from there. What America with The Straight Story. He’s doing it on a smaller scale - and comes out is a hybrid, modernised form of low-down blues.” with much more subtlety - on The Big Dream. And that’s what Lynch has dubbed his style as - ‘modern blues.’ At But don’t see each song as a breakdown of that, because The Big Dream the heart of these blues is his ever-growing affection for the guitar, an is not so much the sum of its parts as being a part of something else. instrument he’s still finding his way with but - much like everything Lynch is a big one for interconnectivity so that would make a lot of sense. else he does - manages to provoke in new directions. On The Big Dream There’s a bigger picture at work but a lot of it is unseen. there’s some powerful reverb with that guitar, something he layers up against his oddly child-like and fragile vocals. WRITTEN BY DARREN MASLIN The album kicks off in what could only be described as ‘Lynchian fashion,’ opening with the title track and our newest re-introduction NEW ALBUM: THE BIG DREAM to Lynch’s alien voice. “It’s the big dream, the big dream... the biiiiig OUT FRI 19 JUL dream,” he intones. It’s a mantra that prepares you for what’s to come, WHATs on THis monTH

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The Black Club Mess With Texas Hawaiian Airlines FRI 19 8PM, 1885, $10 8:30PM, Whammy Bar, $10 Sunday Session with Bad Habits 4 feat. State the Sentimental The CVE Mr Big Stuff Sound System of Mind & Nick D 9PM, The Empire 9PM, Verona 10:30PM, Ink Bar, $15 3PM, Chapel Bar & Bistro The Encore Comedy New Way Home, El In Session Hosted DJ ExMixkid & DJ Lo Show - Brendhan Schlong, Mothra 9pm, Snapdragon By Ray Bishop Lovegrove & Rule Of Thieves 2:30PM, Sale St DJ Frank Booker 8PM, Encore Entertainment Venue 8PM, The Kings Arms $10 & DJ Hudge Intimacies 5.30pm, Everybody`s TRUTH (Deep Medi // New Zealand 8PM, Maidment Theatre Tempa) feat. Morrison, International DJs Frank Booker One40 & MC Bill E-Fluid Film Festival Little Lapin with The & Jerm 9:30PM, The Bay, $20 10AM, The EDGE Map Room live at Ponsonby Social Club The Leigh Sawmill Unknown Mortal NO SALIVA NZ TOUR 4:30PM, Leigh Sawmill DJ Jason Kyle Orchestra - AUCKLAND 6pm, Northern Steam Ship 8PM, The Kings Arms 9PM, USEC, $5 New Zealand International DJ Lo Key Winter Carnival Saturdays at Sale St Film Festival 6pm, La Zeppa Kitchen 10PM, The Juice Bar 7PM, Sale St 10AM, The EDGE DJ Sam Hill Shapeshifter Silo Park Comes Alive 9PM, Roxy SAT 20 Official Afterparty for Matariki Festival 11PM, The Bacco Room 10AM, Silo Park DJ T-Rice Andy JV & TDK 9pm, Neighbourhood 5:30PM, Britomart Country Club Si Res & Tyra Hammone Slave’s Soup Kitchen Live. Support by Sam.E 3PM, Britomart Country Club Down The Hatch Aotearoa Found Ponsonby Social Club featuring Riqi in Translation Wellington Sea Harawira & The 8PM, TAPAC Sick Disco w/ Frank Shanty Society - Nansen Brothers Booker, Zayn Kemp, Album Release Tour 6PM, Sale St Classic Late & Matt Drake & Klassix The Brewery Live Comedy 10PM, Cassette Nine, $10 Fridays at Revelry 10:30PM, The Classic with DJ Katana Comedy & Bar Silo Park Comes Alive MON 22 5PM, Revelry for Matariki Festival CRC Speedshow 2013 10AM, Silo Park Intimacies Ian Beatmaster 9AM, ASB Showgrounds, $20 8PM, Maidment Theatre 8PM, Chapel Bar & Bistro The Brookes Brothers DJ BenWah & Dj Andy JV 10PM, Galatos Kings Arms Music Quiz! Intimacies 9PM, Roxy The Kings Arms 8PM, Maidment Theatre The CVE DJ Laura Lush 9PM, The Empire New Zealand Jo Burzynka - 7pm, Neighbourhood International Oenosthesia sound & The Realistics Film Festival taste presentation DJ Normski Windsor Castle 10AM, The EDGE 6:30PM, Audio Foundation HQ 9pm, Northern Steam Ship Thieves Raw Comedy Night - Junior & Dave Hull DJ Selecta Sam 8PM, Racket Bar The Winter Season 5:30PM, Britomart Country Club 6pm, La Zeppa Kitchen 8PM, The Classic Comedy & Bar, $5 Thin White Lines & Keanu Reeves Saves DJ Ruben Rivers-Smith Jackal @ Lucha Lounge! the Universe Goldfinch 9PM, The Lucha Lounge TUE 23 7PM, The Basement Foreign Faders Winter Solstice Beats, Eats & Co. Live @ The Dog bollix: 9pm, Snapdragon with Sam Hill with Dustin (Conch) Chuck Norris & Guests 9PM, Revelry and friends The Dogs Bollix FSR Promotions 6PM, Ponsonby Social Club Presents: TRUTH Magic Roundabout (Deep MEDi/Tempa) SUN 21 Bitchin’ Bingo with Stinky Jim, 10PM, Juice Bar at De Post Manuel Bundy & Acoustic Sunday 7:30PM, De Post Mr Big Stuff Grimas Session w Eli 5PM, Verona 8PM, Ding Dong Lounge Guttenbiel California Design 3pm, La Zeppa Kitchen Open Late MayaVanya & Puzzles Ian Beatmaster Art Gallery Toi o T?maki 6PM, Racket Bar 8PM, Chapel Bar & Bistro Aotearoa Found in Translation Intimacies New Zealand Intimacies 8PM, TAPAC 8PM, Maidment Theatre International 8PM, Maidment Theatre Film Festival CRC Speedshow 2013 Moonfest 10AM, The EDGE Jordan Luck Band 9AM, ASB Showgrounds, $20 7:30PM, Tahaki Reserve 9:30PM, Leigh Sawmill Nigel Love & Momentus Gazebo Girls North Quiz Night 6pm, Hurstmere Brew Bar Lady Luck Island Tour - 7PM, Chapel Bar & Bistro 10PM, 1885 Devonport Folk Club SPACE DOCKING 8PM, The Bunker Soulyric 10PM, Whammy Bar Manuka Jam 8:00PM, Verona 10PM, Ink Bar, $10

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“We want to have at least a four-week testing period,” Murray explained, “so that we can get the game out there, check how our systems are functioning, check how people are using it, and be able to make one or two patches to adjust if needed — and then check to make sure everything’s stable before rolling it out.”

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UNKNOWN & RESTRICTED Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s sound has created a stir through- [Getting] to hang out with Wayne Coye was amazing”. out the music sphere. Their daft hooks coupled with fuzzy, psych-pop grooves, all connoting a vintage sound that pushes towards the future. While their self-titled debut album heralded Nielson’s return to the Their rise to fame, however, began in a tricky balancing act between music industry with a collection of psych-tinged nuggets, all gritty with isolation and communication, says UMO singer, guitarist and songwriter a break-beat soul charm, the second release – the aptly titled II – marks a Ruban Nielson. progressive step in their evolution. The song structures are ever-winding and the guitar work is a maze of intricate finger-flexing that carries each “One of the things I used to do when I was in New Zealand was hang out number through murky, opiated grooves. This sonic maturity follows from in the mall [by myself]. I like being around people, but I didn’t want any- a mindset specifically attuned to the live show. body to actually interact with me. The thing with the band is, it’s a means to communicate with people in a way that I feel comfortable with.” “When I made the first album, I wasn’t really thinking of it being a band at all. I was just having fun and not thinking about how it’s going to translate The recording process of Nielson’s tunes have been widely publicised live. The second one is a lot easier to play [because we acknowledged] this is as introspective nocturnal affairs. Late-night tinkering with recording a band that’s gonna have only three people, and we’re gonna have to make all equipment, rummaging through vinyl relics, giving new soul to an antique the sounds ourselves. It’s a bit more geared towards the live show.” sound that barely saw the light of day. The process created a texture that the band’s success has been riding on since ‘Ffunny Friends’ popped up on In terms of their live performance, UMO are a force to be reckoned with. the music blog circuit in 2010. US music channel Fuse TV earlier this year named them one of the 30 Must See Acts at SXSW, an iconic music festival based in Austin, Texas. “I’d run things in and out of the computer, from a vintage fader into a tape And while stepping from the guitarist position into the frontman spotlight machine, and then record off my tape machine back into my laptop, and was an initial shock to the native New Zealander, it proved the perfect cata- just play around with it. I feel like the texture of the sound gives you a lyst for change he needed after a rough breakup with The Mint Chicks. whole other thing, where you can mess with people’s emotions, ya know,” the ex-Mint Chicker explains. “It kinda came when I was ready for something else. I didn’t wanna be involved in the music industry anymore, I didn’t wanna be in a band, and Nielson admits this arduous process put him in a strange mindset, some- have all of the conflicts with bandmates, I just wanted to get away from what intoxicated by his huge desire to find a particular shade and tone, that whole world. and run riot with it. “It’s kinda weird by myself with another band. It comes to the point where “It just puts me in a weird space, it’s more than just the song, and the lyrics an opportunity [is] coming up and you just can’t not try it out” and stuff... When I’m making it with all this equipment...[a pause, and the hint of a devilish grimace]… there’s something strange in my brain hap- For seizing the opportunity and giving those first UMO demos a shot, Mr pening when I’m writing.” Nielson, we are all glad.

Currently in Minneapolis having a few drinks before their show, UMO WRITTEN BY JAMES MANNING have been touring the USA for just over two weeks, and prior to that SEE THEM LIVE: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

played a month’s worth of sold out gigs in Europe. Nielson is obviously THU 18 JUL REFUEL, DUNEDIN impressed with this feat, and his tone lightens when listing the bands they FRI 19 JUL THE KINGS ARMS, AUCKLAND have supported. SAT 20 JUL BODEGA, WELLINGTON

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