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GIGS | MUSIC | FILM | REVIEWS | NEWS | GADGETS | GAMES | GEAR SHIT WORTH DOING SPLORE . MAYER HAWTHORNE . ROGER WATERS . SYSTEM OF A DOWN . 15 - 22 FEB 2012 NZ’S ORIGINAL FREE WEEKLY STREET PRESS ISSUE 400 GROOVEGUIDE.CO.NZ SOME TAKEOVERS ARE MORE HOSTILE THAN OTHERS. INSTORE FEBRUARY 24, 2012 BUSINESS IS WAR RESTRICTED Restricted to persons © 2012 Electronic Arts Inc. EA, the EA logo and Syndicate are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. 18 Years and over. The Starbreeze logo is the trademark of Starbreeze AB. All other trademarks are the property of their NOTE: respective owners. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. PlayStation”, “ 18 Contains violence. ”, “ ”and “ ”are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 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We Awards with six wins. can only hope it won’t be their last either. The trio British band Elbow have that made that Kill Bill scene so much cooler play at 23/02 announced a second show following The Kings Arms in Auckland on Friday 27 April and at their first gig selling out. Auckland’s 27/04 Bodega in Wellington on Saturday 28 April. Tickets are Powerstation will host the band again on sale now from Under The Radar MEMORY LANE on Thu 29 Mar. Florida rockers A Day To Remember have announced a one-off show American alt-country gal Eilen as they make the jump from Jewell has announced a show in LIVING LEGENDS Soundwave. The five-piece will play Wellington at Bodega on Fri 16 Mar When the press release came through for The Sonics with an impressive line-up consisting and at Auckland’s Powerstation on Sat we had to do a little double take. How amazing will of Antagonist A.D, Snakes Of Iron 17 Mar. this show be? The guys are garage rock originators. and ‘Til Death Do Us Party on When rhythm and blues was finding its way in Thursday 23 February at Auckland’s ‘90s r&b trio Bell Biv Devoe have the ‘60s these guys took a different approach and Logan Campbell Centre for an all ages announced an all ages show at the pioneered the sound of distortion we love today. After and licensed gig. Tickets are on sale Auckland Town Hall on Mon 28 May. four decades of hiatus, the band got back together now from Ticketmaster and Under The Black Dahlia Murder have and now they’re playing one very special show at The The Radar. announced a solo show in Wellington 18/04 Kings Arms in Auckland on Wednesday 18 April. at Bodega on Thu 08 Mar. 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EDITOR 14/10 Grant Hislop [email protected] BEASTY BOYS GENERAL MANAGER Proton Beast have announced they’ll BALL THIS WAY be taking their (get this) “sonically Gemma Russell [email protected] Our Much to the delight of many folks around the challenging noisy-doom-pop” pick country (in secret or not) Lady Gaga has announced CONTRIBUTING EDITOR (awesome description, guys) on the she will be bringing her “Electro-Metal Pop-Opera” Matt Monk [email protected] road as they celebrate the release of to New Zealand for a one off show later this year. their debut EP 2000 And Blood. The EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Auckland’s Vector Arena will host The Born This Way duo will play five show around the Tyler Hislop [email protected] Ball Starring Lady Gaga on Thursday 07 June as the country as they hit Christchurch, pop star takes the tour around the globe. Tickets will SUB EDITOR Dunedin, Wellington, Wanganui and be available from livenation.com.au on Friday 17 Elise Brinkman Hamilton with a rotating line-up February, and it’s a fair bet to wager that this one will 07/06 of Psych Tigers, The River Jones, DESIGNER sell out. Greta Gotlieb [email protected] Valdera, Hollywoodfun Downstairs and more. ADVERTISING [email protected] SKY HIGH SILO Following the great movie screenings we’ve seen ACCOUNTS down there in the past few weeks, Wes Anderson’s The Gail Hislop [email protected] Darjeeling LTD will be shown this Friday, The Phoenix Foundation and Bannerman play this Saturday, next CONTRIBUTORS Alexander Hallag, Larissa McMillan, Sebastian Friday sees Bill Cunningham New York will screen on Mackay, Tim Gruar, Dominic Corry, Rebecca Friday 24 February and the last Saturday of the month Barry Hill, Steve Newall, Josh Ling, Eve Wood- will see Silo Sessions presented by Strange News with ham, Alex Simpson. live performances from everyone’s favourite never- there-but-great-when-they-are band The Cosbys along PRINT 17/02 27/03 Image Print ltd. with Doug Jerebine, DJ John Baker & DJ Mr Crawley. PUBLISHER Hark Entertainment LTD LOCK THE NOISE PO Box 37584 Parnell, Auckland Noise meets rock with Japanese THE MEADOW RETURNS three-piece Boris (or BORIS, due to space and content requirements, not all gigs Dead Meadow and Pink Mountaintops have depending on what album you’re GROOVE GUIDE may be listed. listings are user generated. announced a joint visit to New Zealand in March. The listening to) and the announcement assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors former’s Jason Simon was here just months ago, and or omissions. GROOVE GUIDE is provided ‘as is’, for your that the acclaimed band will be information only, without warranty of any kind, either soon he’ll be returning with the rest of the Meadow heading to New Zealand for shows expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, as well as Pink Mountaintops (the side project of in Auckland and Wellington next fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringment. Stephen McBean from Black Mountain). The two month. The experimentalists will play the guide’s publisher assumes no responsibility for and bands will play two shows starting at San Fran disclaims all liability for any inaccuracies, errors or at Wellington’s Bodega on Tuesday omissions in this guide and do not share the opinions Bath House in Wellington on Wednesday 28 March 27 March and at The Kings Arms in expressed within. reproduction in whole or in part 28/03 and finishing up in Auckland at The Kings Arms on Auckland on Wednesday 28 March. without permission is prohibited. copyright 2011 Thursday 29 March. Tickets are available from Real Tickets are available now from Under Groovy, Slow Boat and Under The Radar. ISSN 1172-675X The Radar. GRoovEGuiDE.co.NZ | 5 SHIT WORTH KNOWING PLAYING IN BRIEF... The Rock-n-Roll BBQ will be returning to The Kings Arms in Auckland this Saturday. That’s FAVOURITES twelve hours of head-bangin’ and bangers with X-Ray Fiends, Bernie Griffen & The Grifters, Thee Rum Coves, Somebody’s Sons, Mason SEBASTIAN THE BEAR Clinic, The Cavemen, Gina’s Revenge, Imploder, Special Stuff, The Bomb$trappers, Dolly Party, CONFESSIONS Graveyard Phil, Duncan Disorderly, Gram and Lady Bug. Auckland’s Whammy Bar will be hosting a tribute night come New Zealand Music Month. is called Orion Music + More, and they’re Any bands interested should contact Rohan really pushing the whole metal thing. So Evans at [email protected]. we find it a little weird that in this metal Scratch 22 has been announced as the fest the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Modest support acts for the upcoming Mayer Mouse, Best Coast and Titus Andronicus Hawthorne shows next week. and others join this line-up. Hey, it looks The support acts for Ariel Pink’s Haunted like a good festival with Metallica, Avenged Graffiti have been announced. Poor You Poor Sevenfold, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Me will play at the Auckland show at The Kings Elephant, Fucked Up, Hot Snakes, Gary Clark Arms on Tuesday 13 March and Disasteradio Jr., Lucero, Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, Favourite drink? Bean juice from a three-day- will cover the Wellington show at Bodega on The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers and old Watties tin.