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Scan the QR code with your Roman Does Downunder smartphone to go to Groove Guide’s Twitter breaks the news once again. Our favourite sounds-like-a-popstar-but-is- mobile website for breaking news, really-a-bootylicious-punk and singer of the wonderfully semi-comedic songs reviews, interviews and more features. such as ‘Did It On ‘Em’, ‘Stupid Hoe’ and the more recent party anthem ‘Starships’, Nicki Minaj took to the limited character social media space and said that she’d be making her way to New Zealand. A Kiwi fan asked when lady Roman would be gracing the land of the long white cloud, to which she responded “New Zealand If you have a Facebook account, a Sept 28th!!!”. While there’s no official word yet on whether it will be the one Twitter feed or you just know more show, where it/they will be, when tickets are on sale or who (if anyone) will be than one other person, you’ll know supporting or playing with Miss Minaj, it’s news that’s more than welcome. about a little show called Breaking We also do this cool social media stuff. Bad. The final season has begun @GrooveGuide facebook.com/grooveguide airing in the United States, and the The Velvet Voiced marketing crew (along with fans) have been running a viral campaign called The Breaking Bad Art Project. Groove Guide is New Zealand’s leading weekly Virtuous Virtuoso The campaign features works by Jeff music and entertainment publication. 10,000 New York’s golden voiced virtuoso Regina Spektor free copies are available every week at music will be making her way to New Zealand before touring Boyes, Frank Kozik and more artists stores, cafes, fast food outlets, nightclubs, around Australia in December. It was back in 2010 that who are yet to be revealed. Head to bars, restaurants, cinemas and retail stores the belle with the trademark spiking piano driven breakinggifs.com to see some of the throughout New Zealand. If you would like stunning stylised pieces. to stock Groove Guide please contact tyler@ ballads was last in the country and found herself with a legion of new fans, as well as picking up a few grooveguide.co.nz or call (09) 3664616. Riot grrrl originators Bikini Kill have more thanks to her songs on various commercials and announced they’ll be releasing a on the indie rom-com coming of age hit 500 Days of back catalogue as they celebrate Summer (which was used magnificently as the intro their 25th anniversary. The queens Editor for the festival favourite flick). The troubadour will Grant Hislop [email protected] of lady grunge (who would probably play at Auckland’s Town Hall on Monday 03 December hate being called that) are starting and tickets are available now through Buy Tickets. CONTRIBUTING Editor up a record label in their own name Matt Monk [email protected] and are in the process of reissuing Editorial assistant physical copies of all of their releases, Tyler Hislop [email protected] Everything’s Still starting with a self-titled EP in the next few months. It’s about time there Designer WonderfuL was a riot grrrl resurgence. Greta Gotlieb [email protected] 1990s alt rockers Everclear announced that they’ll be playing in New Zealand for the first time in 14 years. You know how every man and his dog Advertising has seen Curb Your Enthusiasm and [email protected] Recently the band toured the United States with a plethora of yesteryear pop acts including Sugar Ray, will never shut up about it? Well good Accounts Marcy Playground, Lit and Gin Blossoms, and now news for all of you Laz-Dav fans out Gail Hislop [email protected] it seems that Everclear are ready to take their sound there. Jerry Seinfeld has a new show around the world once again. The intimate show will out and it’s called Comedians In Cars Contributors be a small one, held at Auckland’s Juice Bar in Parnell Getting Coffee. What’s it about? It’s Tim Gruar, Paula Korunich, Steve Newall, Josh about comedians sitting in cars while Ling, Laura Weaser, Alan Ball, Shaun Jones, on Wednesday 17 October. Tickets are available now Sendaria Johnston through Ticketek. they get coffee. And yeah, it’s pretty damn funny. You won’t find the show GEAR on any television network but you Bronte Taylor [email protected] can watch it on Youtube. What better way to start a Jerry Seinfeld show print than with co-conspirator Larry David Image Print ltd. saying to Jerry that he finally has a Publisher show that is actually about nothing? Hark Entertainment LTD PO Box 6032 Wellesley Street, Auckland More New Year’s Eve festival show announcements and acts are coming through, and the La De Da crew have released their first line-up. The two

due to space and content requirements, not all gigs days of partying over Sunday 30 and may be listed. listings are user generated. groove guide Monday 31 December at Dry River assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors A Taste of the ’90s Road in Martinborough will include or omissions. groove guide is provided ‘as is’, for your a mix of drum ‘n’ bass, hip hop and information only, without warranty of any kind, either The ‘90s nostalgia is coming in waves. Not only are Everclear making their way expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, here later in the year but we’re also being treated to a Smashmouth show in reggae acts including Shapeshifter, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringment. October. While no official announcement has been made, a New Zealand date Concord Dawn, David Dallas, the guide’s publisher assumes no responsibility for and was included in an Australian list of tour dates. The band behind such guilty Tomorrow People, 1814, Andy C, disclaims all liability for any inaccuracies, errors or Dub FX, Flower Fairy, The Nextmen, omissions in this guide and do not share the opinions pleasure hits as ‘Walking On The Sun’, ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ and the single expressed within. reproduction in whole or in part for the 1999 comic book filmMystery Men, ‘All Star’ will be playing at Auckland’s DJ Marky, MC Stamina, Aphrodite, without permission is prohibited. copyright 2012 Powerstation on Wednesday 17 October – the same date as Everclear, no less. Delta Heavy and Bare Noize. More What’s with the ‘90s resurgence? Will The Fresh Prince of Bell Air be doing a tour acts for La De Da will be announced with Jazzy Jeff and a hologram of Bradley Nowell from Sublime? Probably. as we draw closer to 2013. ISSN 1172-675X

Grooveguide.co.nz | 5 Shit Worth Knowing Gimme Gimme Gimmicks PLAYING Have you heard about the new KFC spicy ham tortilla wrap burger with hash brown pie that connects to your wi-fi and syncs up FAVourites your iPod with the double down app? It was all over Facebook. Yes, the Double Down is back, and KFC Te Kohe Tuhaka doesn’t have to do anything to sell their ACTOR in Awatea gimmick food. Social media and mob mentality does that for them. Hell, we’re writing about it so technically this is a contribution to the viral campaign. There’s no irony lost in these pages, dear reader. The KFC Double Down campaign has been simple. “You asked. It’s back.” But did you really ask? Did you really want the make a pie that would get you talking about combination of deep fried chicken with ham good old Georgie. Look, it’s working here, and cheese all over your greasy mits or did right now. you simply aid dirty bird into making a killing KFC does gimmick food well. That’s a of your longing to fit in? marketing technique, and one that works A while ago my flatmate asked me if I had wonders for them. It’s not limited to KFC any intention of trying the KCF Pie. It’s been either, so don’t assume that I’m simply a good few years since I’ve indulged in the ripping into the poultry connoisseurs. It Colonel’s secret delights, and something wasn’t all that long ago that Carl’s Jr opened about realising that made me want to starve up and every second person was creating Favourite drink? off from the house of where the bird is the a Facebook event to go out on a road trip. Vodka soda with fresh lemon. word. Personally I had no intention of trying Apparently curly fries are worth the $20 Favourite restaurant/café? the KFC Pie which is “… brimming with tender petrol on a Sunday afternoon. You’ve got to Tuihana cafe on Dominion Rd. chicken, KFC’s signature potato & gravy and soak up that whiskey somehow, I guess. the Colonel’s Secret Recipe of 11 herbs and What I’m getting at is the mob mentality Favourite takeaway? spices”, but that’s just me. What I’m on about of social media and the idea that you, as a Epolito’s pizzeria in Onehunga. here is gimmick food, which is all that I could consumer, are essentially doing advertising Favourite childhood memory? think of when I heard KFC was having a pie agencies job for them. Something about Shooting myself with a nail gun. Got a wicked as well. that is irritating when you think about scar to show for it. Whatever happened to Georgie Pie, it, whether it’s because everyone likes to right? While I can’t remember what it was I consider themselves as a savvy consumer Favourite party food? Saveloys with Watties sauce. loved about that place, I do remember that or just because these fast food companies I preferred it to McDonalds. Maybe KFC are making a killing off of what is essentially Favourite vice? thought that since outlets like Facebook give meme eating. Fast food outlets know White bread. people a nostalgic platform to create groups we’re facing hard times and are trying to Favourite song? and say “OMG! BRING BACK GEORGIE PIE! make eating fun. I guess it’s working, but Anything my son sings to me, he’s got a limited PASTRY FOR LIFE LOL!”, the “restaurant” could something about that just fucks me off. playlist though. jump on the retrospective bandwagon and Happy eating.

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Favourite ‘90s TV show? MacGyver. winning Favourite album? Kora’s not yet released album. Go to grooveguide.co.nz and enter the draw to win these prizes Favourite type of groupie? The quiet an approachable ones, do they exist? BLACK GRACE PRESENTS WAKA Favourite body part on you? Nipples. THU 26 JUL MADIMENT THEA TRE, AUCKLAND

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Favourite candy bar? Trio bar. They don’t make them anymore.

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Nightcap Kurt Shanks Union Hall Backbeat Bar

9pm, $25-35, dashtickets.co.nz 8pm, $10, Door Sales Onl y

The nationwide Nightcap tour makes its return this It’s been a while since Kurt Shanks has said goodbye week with four shows around the country. Kicking to a little band he used to be in called Stellar* (who off on Wednesday, the touring bass spectacle that you’ll remember if you were alive in the ‘90s). Now features Joker and Brookes Brothers from the UK with Shanks is teaming up with Show Me Where It Hurts locals Daniel Farley, D:unk and more hits Christchurch, and Damien Binder this Friday at Newton’s favourite Wellington and Auckland on Thursday, Friday and unknown venue, Backbeat Bear, as he celebrates the Saturday respectively. release of his debut solo album.

Sitar Concert Heart Beat Africa Gallagher Academy of performing arts San Fran Bath house

7.30pm 8pm, $10-20 Austrian musician Kanala Auer is one hell of a sitar Heat Beat Africa returns to Wellington with a packed player. You know, that instrument that makes most of line-up featuring Sam Manzanza, Carlos Navae Trio, the music in Bollywood movies. That could be a really Afro Beat Band, Rainbow Country, Congo Boys, TK racist statement, but at least it gives you an idea of Paradza, DJ Dozen and more. The musical collective what kind of sound it makes. If you saw An Emerald amalgamates the sounds and cultures of Africa, City when they break into a solo, it’s kind of like that. Latin America, the US and the Pacific in a powerful combination of all things high energy. THURSDAY 26 Lydia Cole & Tom Lark John Rowles Milk & Honey Café Ascension Wine estate, Matakana 8pm, $10, undertheradar.co.nz 7.30pm, $65-99, ascensionwine.co.nz Four or five weeks later, Lydia Cole and Tom Lark find themselves at the end of their journey around Doctor dude himself. Captain cool. New Zealand’s the country and finish up at in Hamilton for the Tom Jones. The swooner for your aunt Petunia. Yep, final show of their tour. They’ve been up, down and John Rowles is finally calling it quits after 45 years in all around New Zealand over the past month or so, the music industry, but not before heading out on the earning themselves a reputation for their niche, road for one last tour. Even though technically his intimate and harmonic sounds. final tour was last year, he’s taking the Rolling Stones approach of “Alright, just one more”. The Golden Awesome Concord Dawn David Dallas Darkroom Sandwiches Vesbar 9pm 10pm, $20-30, dashtickets.co.nz 7.30pm, $0-10, Door Sales Onl y

Shoegaze distortion professionals Concord Dawn AKA Matt Harvey is Re-Orientation is still going with AuSM looking after The Golden Awesome are teaming up taking the new album Air Chrysalis the poor students who have to go back to uni. Maybe with Golden Orange for this golden from the local drum ‘n’ bass icon David Dallas with live band The Daylight Robbery night of gold. Since their debut album around the country and arrives performing with Janine and The Mixtape, Monax and Autumn, The Golden Awesome have in Wellington this week. It’s fan Possum and Mac Major can make life a little easier been bringing in crowds of all ages favourite high-octane heavy drum ‘n’ for you future geniuses, huh? Aw, it’s a hard life being and all scenes around the country. bass at its very best. a student.

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What a team up for hard rock fans. Auckland alt-pop trio Nightchoir are Khuja is bringing back the old school Following their return from the Luger Boa, Villainy and Clap Clap Riot celebrating their sophomore album and bringing you back to your roots. tropical isles of Indonesia, The team up for three heavy shows this with a nationwide tour this August Khaos@Khuja features local chaotic Nudge are coming back with a bang week in Wellington on Thursday, Mt and September, but before they head drum ‘n’ bass heavyweight Teknik to their home town of Wellington Maunganui at Brewers Bar on Friday on the road they’ll be debuting their making his way up from Christchurch this weekend. The band themselves and in Auckland at The Kings Arms on new material from See The First Star with support from locals Evade, reckon this show will be “like a pitbull Saturday. at Lucha Lounge on Thursday. Ndemik and Wax Roulette. that hasn’t been feed for a month”.

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SATURDAY 28 ALBUM REVIEW

BROCKAFLOWERSAURUS-REX COLLAPSING CITIES STRANGERS AGAIN Sawmill Café, Leigh ALBUM OF THE WEEK 9pm

Hot off the back of the sold out Wellington EP release show, 9 piece neo-soul, experimental, hip hop, funk monster with a name that you can’t help but stutter out when you’re drunk, Brockaflowersaurus-Rex arrives at Leigh’s Sawmill Café with buddies The Blueberry Biscuits and celebrate their self-titled live EP in style. Homolicious 1996 gig OF THE Bodega WEEK

9pm, $15, dashtickets.co.nz With the tagline of “the gayest ‘90s party since the ‘90s”, you’re in store for nothing but nostalgic briliance at Homolicious 1996 this weekend. Aaronandandy.com are presenting the retro request party where you’ll find yourself guiltily bopping along to Ace of Base, Spice Girls, Aqua, Steps, Backstreet Boys, TrueBliss, Madonna, B*Witched, 5ive, Michael Jackson and more.

Jordan Luck Band In 2008, indie rock band Collapsing Collapsing Cities have retained Cities released their debut their ability to sugarcoat the trials Woolston Club album Elixir Always. Elixir Always and tribulations of adult life with showcased a brand of angular post upbeat pop melodies guaranteed to get toes tapping. Vocalist Steve 8pm, $25, Door Sales Onl y punk, blending the seminal sound of Flying Nun bands of the early Mathieson earnestly explores lyrical 80s with frivolous Brit-pop hooks. themes of turbulent relationships, Life after The Exponents isn’t a quiet one for one of Four years after the release and and disillusionment of life with the country’s most notorious frontmen. The Jordan their subsequent tour of the United razor sharp wit and cynicism. Luck Band are taking the show on the road this Kingdom, Collapsing Cities have “Congratulations. You’re hired. Then week with fellow Auckland heavy rockers Ekko Park. returned with sophomore album fired. On your first shift” Mathieson This Saturday sees the southbound winter tour hit Strangers Again. drily deadpans on ‘Detour Ends Here’ Christchurch inbetween the Friday show at The with nonchalance reminiscent of Blue Pub in Methven and the Sunday show at The Strangers Again sees the post punk Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus. Strawberry Tree in Kaikoura. sensibilities of its predecessor develop into polished multi-layered ‘Mega 5th’ seems to be the sequel dance-pop. Strangers Again opens to Elixir Always’ ‘Fear Of Opening Kimbra to the dreamy distorted bubble My Mouth’ outlining the hardships of synths and reverb saturated of life in London including bar Vector Arena shoe-gaze riffs of its first single fights, band tension, and sleeping ‘Tazers’, which was released in 2009. on floors. Mathieson’s nonchalant demeanor shifts to that of a tortured 6.30pm, $65, ticketmaster.co.nz Collapsing Cities are not afraid to experiment and incorporate various lovelorn soul on ‘This Mess’, a tune instrumental textures into their highlighting the heartache of long She’s made New Zealand music history as she takes trademark sound. Churning classic distance relationships. the US by storm (crashing into the Billboard chart rock riffs ebb and flow against a Strangers Again polishes the raw at #14, the highest ever for a Kiwi lady), but even tide of thundering disco drumbeats edges of the jaunty post punk sound still she’s managed to find a little time to come back and the upbeat surging rhythm of established on Elixir Always. Strangers to her homeland for one show. The international synths in ‘Queue For The Queue’. Again is at times distinctly darker, sensation Kimbra is playing at Vector Arena for a However, Strangers Again presents and more melodically complex than very special show thanks to AUSA, with support from a new melancholic, brooding side its predecessor. However, Collapsing big names like The Black Seeds, Mt Eden, Ruby Frost to Collapsing Cities. Pulsing robotic Cities are still able to create dance and Vandalism. synths and thick throbbing basslines floor filling tunes riddled with escalate the dramatic tension contagious lyrics sure to get crowds surrounding the spiteful lyrics of auckland FREE singing along. This album was worth break up themed tune, ‘Regret’. the wait. ‘Favours For Favours’ could be a long hamilton LOCAL ACT lost Smiths cover with its surly lyrics, WRITTEN BY PAULA KORUNICH velvety vocals and dense bassline wellington INTERNATIONAL ACT exuding a sense of loneliness. ALBUM OUT NOW: STRANGERS AGAIN Emotional fragility also seeps into the K ey meandering guitar riff, metronomic dunedin all ages drumbeat and rich vocal harmonies of piano driven ballad ‘Death On The christchurch TOUR Victoria Line’.

Grooveguide.co.nz | 9 ARTS Shit worth doing Thursday 26 ARTIST Q&A Krishnan’s Dairy Thomas Fonua DANCER IN Waka Q Theatre

Season: Wed 25 Jul - Sat 04 Aug 8pm, $24-49, patronbase.com Award-winning actor Jacob Rajan plays all of the characters, which is something you might be used to if you’ve seen Guru Of Chai. Aided by a series of hand- carved masks of anonymity’s sake. While the story of a corner shop may seem old, when Jacob Rajan is involved life is anything but ordinary. Friday 27

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What’s an upcoming film you’re The best place for a date night is… 6pm, FREE jazzed about? Monsoon Poon. Sparkle starring Jordan Sparx – but This Friday is National Poetry Day. If you didn’t know more importantly Whitney Houston. You’d get arrested if the police that there was such a thing, then your kind of poetry I’m her biggest fan and it was the knew that you… may be limited to haiku and rhyming about unicorns. last thing she worked on before she Started getting into clubs at 16. Which is fine. But if you’re wanting to lift your written passed away. Fingers crossed it’s People say you look like… and verbal game, head to the Gus Fisher Gallery where good. Apparently her voice was right Serena Williams. some of New Zealand’s finest poets will be reading. back where it used to be and she was in good form. What generic current affair has your blood boiled? Nuclear Family Where can your stalkers find you Gay/Human Rights. during the weekend? Circa Theatre Either a mall, a bakery or the movies. SEE it LIVE: BLACK GRACE PRESENTS WAKA

Season: Tue 24 Jul - Sat 04 Aug What happens when you mix Coca TUE 24 – WED 25 JUL THEA TRE ROYAL, 7.30pm, $25-35, circa.co.nz NELSON Cola with Pepsi? Type 2 diabetes. FRI 27 – TUE 31 JUL NA TIONAL DANCE & The award-winning Nuclear Family graces the stage DRAMA CENTRE, WELLINGTON Your fantasy spirit animal is… at Wellington’s Circa Theatre, featuring a tour-de- SAT 04 AUG FORUM NORTH, WHANGAREI force performance by Yael Gezentsvey as she takes Unicorn – strong, wild, fierce, and impossible to tame by man I would WED 08 – SAT 11 AUG PLAYHOUSE THEA TRE, on twelve separate characters throughout the show. HAMILTON This Chernobyl disaster era comedic drama has more imagine. All qualities I associate heart, tragedy and thought than you can imagine. with myself. SAT 25 – WED 29 AUG MAIDMENT THEA TRE, AUCKLAND SATURDAY 28 Tuesday 31 The Valkyrie Pink Floyd Double Feature Town Hall Stardome

4pm, $25-115, buytickets.co.nz

Internationally renowned Wagnerian tenor Simon O’Neill leads the crème de la crème of local and A friend of mine went to the Stardome a while ago for international singers for this concert performance one of their Pink Floyd Double Feature nights. Without of Wagner’s astounding The Valkyrie (Die Walkure). going into too much detail, he said it was “really, really, The near six-hour opera epic is one of the most really cool” but when I asked him what happened there extraordinary musical events to ever grace the stage. he said “uh… I can’t remember, but there was music and lights and I couldn’t stop laughing.” Waka auckland ART Te Whaea hamilton PLAY/TheatRE Season: Fri 27 Jul - Tue 31 Jul 7.30pm, patronbase.com wellington MUSICAL

Pacific contemporary dance ensemble Black Grace K ey brings yet another astounding portrayal of movement dunedin COMEDY of the mind and body in Waka. Choreographed by Neil Ieremia, the idea of what your typical Waka may be is broken down and reestablished as a beacon of hope christchurch DANCE and survival. FRINGE FESTIVAL BEST Now On Sale BRUCE MASON THEATRE 2009 FOR PLAYWRITING THE INTRICATE ART OF AWARD 2010 ACTUALLY CARING

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THURSDAY 26 FILM REVIEW Magic Mike The Dark Knight Rises General Release

So apparently Channing Tatum always wanted to be a stripper but really always wanted to make contemporary furniture only he never got the courage to do it because he was used to stripper life until he met a girl and she was all “Go for it dude, make tables” so he did. That is honestly the plot of this film. directed by Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Inside Tattooing Anne Hathaway and Gary Oldman Inside New Zealand, TV3, 9:30pm In a similar manner to how Heath macho brawling seen in this film or Ledger’s death cast a shadow over its predecessors except in terms of its The Dark Knight, there’s an air of massive scale. Bale excels as always inevitability to this conclusion as he goes on a journey that recalls Tattoos are fashionable right now. That’s a fact, and of Christopher Nolan’s batrilogy. both the previous two films, and one you probably don’t want to hear if you have a You know you’re going to be in so do his co-stars – Anne Hathaway sleeve. Even Helen Mirren has one, but she hates the theatre for quite a while, that proving not as out of her element as it. This week the Inside New Zealand team look at Nolan will use massive scale and I’d anticipated. tattooing. Here’s hoping there aren’t too many tramp strong characterisation to awe Gotham’s plight comes close to stamps (or slag tags as we prefer to call them). you on multiple levels, that it will aspire to loftier heights than most Escape From New York territory in a blockbusters, but mostly that it is big departure from what we normally actually all going to end. get out of the toothless threats of Friday 27 supervillains and there are welcome For all its aspirations, The Dark nods to the Occupy movement and Knight Rises leans heavily at times Arab Spring to help differentiate on convention – a ticking clock here, this from run-of-the-mill fare. Plus NTSF:SD:SUV:: a betrayal there – but these prove the action’s great and the IMAX stuff Youtube / [adult swim] more welcome than the earnest looks awesome, but most importantly speechmaking that could so easily The Dark Knight Rises wraps in have sent off this great big-screen satisfying fashion, even if it may take version of the caped crusader. a little while to fully grab you. There are some bumps along the way - it’s Okay, who else is sick of shows that have too many Nolan tries to replace Ledger’s by no means perfect, and doesn’t hit acronyms? The collective comedic geniuses behind magnetic performance with Tom the same heights The Dark Knight did Childrens Hospital were, which is why Paul Scheer Hardy’s imposing physicality, which – but Nolan’s done good. came up with National Terrorism Strike Force: San impresses on the screen but isn’t hugely differentiated from the other Diego: Sports Utility Vehicle:: which rips the shit into BY STEVE NEWALL, FLICKS.CO.NZ action movies and pseudo-crime dramas with a great revolving roster of guest stars. SATURDAY 28 Y: Last Man Rising Youtube 2012 Olympic Games Multiple Channels

First of all, we’re not saying that this fan film is great.

But if there are any fans of comic scribe Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man out there, check out the If you’re up at 7am then throw on the TV or hop online fan made film online. It’s well put together for a no to a multitude of websites to see the live Opening budget flick, but it’s still just a fan film. Ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games being held in London. How many gold medals will the New Zealand team walk away with? And is poker an Olympic sport yet? How about charades? Or Snap? Or Twister?

auckland TV SHOW Choke TV3, 9:30pm hamilton CINEMA RELEASE

ONLINE wellington K ey dunedin DVD release If you haven’t seen the filmChoke then you’re missing out. The film adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel (author of Fight Club) stars Sam Rockwell and Anjelica christchurch BLU-RAY release Huston and follows a sex addict who looks after his crazy mother and might be a clone of Jesus.

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Thursday Best Wed 25 Fortune: Red Bull BPM Sat 28 Sun 29 8PM, Good Luck Battle of the Alex Smoke Julie Lamb: Trippin’ The Bands National Sandwiches Light Album Launch Championship 8PM, Bodega Semi Final Two Fri 27 Amirh 8PM, Bodega 4PM, The Southern Cross Satisfaction Sundays 8PM, Good Luck Coco Solid Chris Bryant Boomshack Band 10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5 The Gasworks 9PM, San Francisco Sunday Jazz Club Bathhouse, $15 Public Bar & Eatery Rice & Shine w/ Concord Dawn Mike Ruckus Album Release Tour Concord Dawn The Boptet 9PM, Good Luck 9PM, Sandwiches Album Release Tour The Lido Cafe 10PM, Sandwiches Sum Tran Tigers Heat Beat Africa with Mono Sonic 8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse Deep Liquid 2: Timmy 8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse P MC, Max, Seizure Tue 31 Newtown Rocksteady 9PM, Fast Eddie’s Pool Hall, $5 10PM, The Southern Cross The Session Cheerful Tuesdays 9PM, Matterhorn Homolicious 1996 Nightcap 2012 9PM, Bodega w/ Barstaff 9PM, The Frontroom Good Luck Merrin Single Sharpie Crows, The Live Music Release Party The Library Thu 26 All Seeing Hand, The Fringe Bar Boxcar Rattle Capital Blues 10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5 Neil Billington & Jam Night Bullfrog Rata Hotel Bristol The Feelers Hashigo Zake 8PM, Upper Hutt our Luger Boa, Villainy Cosmopolitan Club Phone 2 Park Presents add y gs & Clap Clap Riot A Diverse Music 9PM, Bodega The Nudge Night To Remember own li stin 9PM, Meow, $20 8PM, Meow The Blueness, The groovEguide.co.nz Shifting Sands, Vinyl Friday The Beat Squad and Spacecake 5PM, Evil Genius records The Birthday Bazaar 10PM, Mighty Mighty, $10 10PM, MightyMighty, $5

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Industry night Cian Slave Wed 25 8PM, twentyone 6PM, Everybodys 6PM, The Britomart Country Club Acoustic Sunday Karaoke Marcus David Dallas w/ Live Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori Session w/ Eli 10PM, QF Tavern Band & Guests ft. Ruia Aperahama, Guttenbiel 9PM, Vesbar Majic Anania, Charles 3PM, La Zeppa Retro Wednesday Royal, Kinaki 5PM, Sale St DJ David James 10PM, Khuja Lounge, $10 Arash 9PM, twentyone 6PM, The Britomart Country Club The Young Pretender The Get Down 7PM, The Golden Dawn DRE 6PM, Sale St AUSM Battle of the 8PM, Northern Steam Ship Bands Showcase The Hound 8PM, Vesbar Enzeds, Nowhere 9PM, Bin Bin Deluxe Thu 26 Effect, DeLoreans Battle Of The Bands 8PM, The Kings Arms, $10 Yam Jams DJs Semi Final Three 8PM, The Golden Dawn 8PM, The Kings Arms, $10 1885 Live 9PM, 1885 Britomart Francis Jakeman 9PM, Goode Brothers Creative Jazz Acoustic Thursday Club: Mr Pink w/ Eli General Lee Fri 27 8PM, 1885 Basement, $10 7PM, Chapel Bar 7PM, Neighbourhood Dan Aux Selectah Girl Tiger Ricky De Medeiros Acoustic Thursdays 7PM, Alp Ice Cafe 6PM, Racket Bar with Waylon 6PM, Racket Bar Dirty Diana 7PM, Nuffield St. Imagine This Antoiny Stretch 9PM, Florries 7PM, Chapel Bar Cassette Nine 8PM, Snapdragon Dj Rose Alice Comedy Club # 3 Nightchoir Armoin 6PM, Nuffield St. 7PM, Cassette Nine 9PM, The Lucha Lounge 8PM, Glen Eden RSA Flex @ Minx Chris Cope Pat 4 President Benwah, Normksi Student night 1PM, Normandy Hotel 10PM, QF Tavern 6PM, Northern Steam Ship 9PM, Ginger Minx SHIT WORTH DOING auckland gig guide

Brocka-flower- Rhythm and Style Kimbra, The Acoustic Sunday saurus-rex 5PM, Sale St Blackseeds, Mt Eden Session w Eli 9PM, Rakinos, $10 Vector Arena Guttenbiel The Blueness & The 3PM, La Zeppa Cian Shifting Sands Kora 5PM, Everybodys The Golden Dawn 8PM, The Powerstation Aroha and Light Tour 5PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe Coolhandluke, T-Rice Luger Boa with 5PM, Neighbourhood Villainy & Clap Dj Rose Alice Sat 28 Clap Riot 6PM, Nuffield St Dick Johnson- 8PM, The Kings Arms, $22.65 Magik Sessions A Ponsonby Pat 4 President 9PM, Ginger Minx Institution Lee Gray Duo 2PM, Merchant Bar 9PM, The Patriot DJ Big Pun, DJ 8PM, Chapel Bar Southern Fried Sample Gee AAA PASS Manuel Bundy Sundays 8PM, twentyone 5PM, The Britomart Country Club 5PM, The Kings Arms, $10 7PM, Northern Steam Ship DJ Dirty Diana & CVE Alexandre Mark Tronson Sunday at Sale St 9PM, Red Hummingbird Champagnat 9PM, Florries 2PM, Sale St Dj Rose Alice 7PM, Alp Ice Cafe Mixed Crate Sunday Session with 6PM, Nuffield St. Auckland Emcee Special Edition the Sentimental Festival 7PM, Ginger Minx Sound System Dj Tainer 3PM, Chapel Bar 6PM, The Deck 10PM, 1885 Britimart, $10 Never Rap Again Aural Trash Video Release Party Dylan C 8PM, Backbeat, $10 11PM, 1885 Basement 11PM, Ink Bar, $10 Mon 30 Radiowaves Nightcap 2012 Francis Jakeman 9PM, Studio 9PM, Shakespeare Bar 10PM, Rakinos, $10 Club Connoisseurs 6PM, Chapel Bar Brockaflowersaurus- Northern Soul Nite GEE BEES/VHF Duo 8PM, The Strand 9PM, Merchant Bar Rex The KA Music Quiz 9PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, $10 RMC Supervillains 7PM, The Kings Arms James CK Chris Cox & Im_Eno 8PM, De Post Khuja Lounge 5PM, Neighbourhood Jason Smith Tue 31 Chris Lake Vandalism 8PM, Moretons Bar Be Club 9PM, Shakespeare Bar Open mic night Jeremy Pickford 8PM, Windsor Castle & Juice Bar 9PM, Basalt Dane Rumble Barking Dog Sun 29 The KA Quiz KHAOS FT TEKNIK, 7PM, The Kings Arms WAX ROULETTE, Datenight - The Debut! NDEMIC, CHAOS 8PM, The Golden Dawn 95bFMs Back on the Worlds greatest Quiz 10PM, Khuja Lounge, $10 Good Foot DJs Night with Quizmaster DJ Dean Buchan & 5PM, The Golden Dawn DJ Ultan Burke Thane Kirby Khaos ft. Teknik, 7PM, Chapel Bar Wax Roulette, 9PM, twentyone Ndemic, Chaos DJ Disco Trash 10PM, Khuja Lounge, $10 8PM, Red Hummingbird Kurt Shanks Album DUNEDIN gig guide Release Show w/ DJ Linley Special Guests 7PM, The Deck 9PM, Backbeat Bar Dj Rose Alice Wed 25 Fri 27 Lee Gray Duo 6PM, Nuffield St. 9PM, Elephant Wrestler No Limit Texas Hold’em DJ Mike T DJ Sister Act Quarry Bar & Bistro JDV Restaurant & Bar Lo Key 4PM, Chapel Bar 6PM, La Zeppa Quiz Night Music Centre of Francis Jakeman Phoenix Bar Christchurch: Mark Tronson Duo 8PM, De Post Outstanding Young 8PM, The Patriot Gee Bees/VHF Duo Musicians St Augustine Anglican Church Sports, Proton 9PM, Merchant Bar Thu 26 Beast, Recuerde Gene Rivers Sol Latino 8PM, Alvarado’s Mexican Cantina 8PM, The Wine Cellar, $10 8PM, Racket Bar Christopher’s Classics: Amicl Ensemble Nyntee Jason Eli w/ Diedre Irons The Golden Awesome 6PM, Racket bar 7PM, Everybodys St Michael & All Angels Church & Golden Orange 8PM, Darkroom Pseudo City, Bonnie Jason Kyle, TDK, Nightcap and the Oosh & Normski 7PM, UCSA Event Centre Nowhere Effect 6PM, Snapdragon (The Foundry) 8PM, The Kings Arms Tavern, $10

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Justin Sane Stac Attack ‘12 Sat 28 9PM, Winnie Bagoes Ashburton Trust Event Tue 31 Centre, Ashburton D n D Showband Shiver Jamesons Jam Sessions Becks Southern Alehouse 8PM, Pierside Cafe & Bar 7PM, Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House DJ Mike T 9PM, The Monday Room Mon 30 Jonas Nordwall Sun 29 No Limit Texas Hold’em our Drury Theatre Organ 7PM, Robbies Bar & Bistro add y gs Charitable Trust Helen Webby & Davy Stuart Quiz Night own li stin The Jordan Luck Band Irish Society Hall Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House 9PM, Woolston Club groovEguide.co.nz Quiz Night Ferrymead Speight’s Ale House CHRISTCHURCH gig guide

DJ Mike T Stac Attack ‘12 Wed 25 Fri 27 9PM, The Monday Room Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Ashburton No Limit Texas Hold’em DJ Mike T Jonas Nordwall Quarry Bar & Bistro JDV Restaurant & Bar Drury Theatre Organ Charitable Trust Quiz Night Music Centre of Mon 30 Phoenix Bar Christchurch: The Jordan Luck Band Outstanding Young 9PM, Woolston Club No Limit Texas Hold’em Musicians 7PM, Robbies Bar & Bistro St Augustine Anglican Church Justin Sane Thu 26 9PM, Winnie Bagoes Quiz Night Sol Latino Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House Christopher’s Classics: 8PM, Alvarado’s Mexican Cantina Shiver Amicl Ensemble 8PM, Pierside Cafe & Bar Quiz Night w/ Diedre Irons The Golden Awesome Ferrymead Speight’s Ale House St Michael & All Angels Church & Golden Orange 8PM, Darkroom Nightcap Sun 29 7PM, UCSA Event Centre Tue 31 (The Foundry) Helen Webby & Sat 28 Davy Stuart Jamesons Jam Sessions Irish Society Hall D n D Showband 7PM, Bealey’s Speight’s Ale House Becks Southern Alehouse

REGIONAL gig guide

Feedback The The Limited CD Release Wed 25 Foodbank w/ Spook Sat 28 w/ Radio Therapy & MPL The Horses New Commercial Hotel, Stratford Kiwi Jam Session 8PM, The Stomach, DJ Kposs & DJ Jayrasik Liquid NZ Bar, Nelson Palmerston North 9PM, The Commercial Tiki Tour Aotearoa Hotel, Whakatane Liquid NZ Bar, Nelson John McGough: DJ/ Trumpeteer In The Pink: Pink Tomorrow People: Thu 26 Redoubt Bar, Te Awamutu Floyd Tribute Show Album Release Party Tauranga Citizens Club, Tauranga 9PM, The Sideline Bar, Napier In The Pink: Pink In The Pink: Pink Floyd Tribute Show Floyd Tribute Show Rocky Rhodes Tauranga Citizens Club, Tauranga Ngaruwahia RSA, Ngaruwahia Piopio Cosmopolitan Club, Piopio Sun 29 Luger Boa, Villainy Russian Standard Vodka & The Edge & Clap Clap Riot Jazz on a Sunday 9PM, Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui Present Winter Mixers Fri 27 623 In The City, Nelson Evening Lydia Cole Me & Moon Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton Battle of the Bands Sunken Seas - Null Tour w/ Tom Lark Mr G Quiz Afternoon 2012 National Milk & Honey Cafe, Hamilton Hour - National Tour Championship 9PM, Space Monster, Imbibe Bar, Mt Maunganui Semi Two Tomorrow People: Wanganui, $10 8PM, The Outback, Hamilton Album Release Party 8PM, Molotov, Levin

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While it may be true for a more recent generation, Weezer is not the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin’ misappropriated moniker for the speechless and discarded squeez-ee on your door. It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks penguin from the Toy Story series of animated films. Although, the it’s hilarious.” The accompanying video was one of Spike Jonze’s parallel with marginalised entertainers may have once applied. These early directorial efforts. The pitch simply stated was: “A blue stage, a days with Glee and like-minded entertainment jugganutics the species we steadicam, a pack of wild dogs.” The video became an instant hit on knew back in college as ‘geeks’ are mainstream, front row and centre. But MTV. back in the day, aside from Devo, no band was more synonymous with The second single was ‘Buddy Holly’. The music video was another now- intelligent, quirky and downright awkward spastic rock than Weezer. classic Jonze effort with the band performing at the original Arnold’s Formed way back 1992, Californians Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Drive-In diner from the popular ‘70s television show, Happy Days, with Sharp, and Jason Cropper had their first practices in February 14 of that cast member Al Molinaro making a cameo. Unsurprisingly that video year before opening for Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar a couple of months also got the heavy rotate on MTV, as well as being featured as an extra later. The band are best checked for the singles ‘Undone – The Sweater in the MS 95 Upgrade start up package, along with Edie Brickell’s ‘Good Song’, ’Buddy Holly’, ’Perfect Situation’, ’Say It Ain’t So’, ‘Island in the Times’. More importantly, it scooped four times at the 1995 MTV Video Sun’, ‘Beverly Hills’ and the slightly dubious ‘Pork and Beans’. Sticking Music Awards. together that long has proved a bit of a challenge with the line-up has On the back of that good work Weezer went on to produce a pile of morphing about four times over their nine album/six EP career. Their albums and have influenced many ‘cerebral’ bands, particularly in the last “proper” studio album, Hurley, was released in September 2010 and States. Now, for the first time in over sixteen years, they’re back playing was closely followed up by deluxe release of their second album and the Blue Album in its entirety. biggest memory - 1996’s Pinkerton. Pitchfork claimed “Weezer kept joy alive in arena rock” whilst the Beeb While getting ready for their debut, the Blue Album, the band wanted to have concurred noting that the band “has refused to lie down and intensify their vocal interplay by singing barbershop quartet songs. The continues to influence new generations of emo and pop-punk bands. As band also briefly toyed with self-production but under pressure from a result, this is a record that will feel very familiar to dedicated fans and David Geffen settled on ex-Cars main man Ric Ocasek, who managed newcomers alike.” to convince the band to change their guitar pickup from the neck to the bridge pick-up, giving a brighter sound and shaping their trademark Well, ok. Now’s your chance. This visit will be both a celebration for riffs. It was also during these sessions that guitarist Jason Cropper left older fans, reveling in nostalgia from Weezer’s storied Pinkerton tour and was replaced by Brian Bell, leading to speculation about how much of 1996, and an introduction to a younger generation working their Bell contributed to the project. way back from more recent albums. Such is the anticipation of this announcement that these shows are more than just a tour; they represent Weezer (the real name for the album) touches a number of Cuomo’s a culmination of years of collective longing. life experiences including heartbreak, jealousy, alcohol and former girlfriends as well as his brother’s car accident. One of their biggest Written by Tim Gruar singles, ‘Undone - The Sweater Song’ was once noted by Cuomo as “the SEE THEM LIVE: WEEZER

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Passion Pit’s third album Manners has been years in the making for good reason, but it may be impolite to dig too deep into the pit of shame.

It’s been three whole years since Passion Pit’s last release, back to work. It was an uncomfortable experience. Actually, it was just Manners, slammed into the charts like a wrecking ball through a mud an uncomfortable thirteen months. Without Alex, and then Chris, I have hut. Rapidly gaining street cred as one of the cool new sounds for the no idea what I’d be doing right now. modern generation, the media took to it like a junkie to crack. From “It’s essentially a non-fictional account of events that occurred during ads for iPhone apps, popping up in shows like Skins and Gossip Girl and a manic episode I had during the summer of 2011. It nearly ruined my even featuring in game trailers for huge titles like LittleBigPlanet 2, these entire life. I had very little recollection of the entire month and a half or guys were everywhere. I remember scoring a goal in Fifa 10 with ‘Moths so. So the startling and devastating accounts shared by my fiancée, my Wings’ in the background, making my victory just that much more friends, my family, it became really hard to live with myself. The guilt kick-ass. So yeah, I get the feeling that you might’ve caught yourself and shame was unprecedented. But instead of running from it or making murmuring along to the chorus for ‘Sleepyhead’ at least once. excuses, I decided to confront it on this album. So, thematically speaking, But like I said, that was three years ago. Granted, these boys are coming it’s a cathartic and extraordinarily therapeutic, albeit rather painful.” back up to bat, swinging hard with their new offering Gossamer. “I It’s not hard to make out how difficult the lifestyle can be, judging from feel like my ideas are very similar, just a bit more mature and wiser. the frontman’s responses to questions about music and his personal life. You learn a lot after you put your work out there, or, more accurately, “Touring is tough. Not going to lie. And of course there’s a separation, someone else puts it out there for you,” says frontman Michael a very distinct separation. We go on tour, come back, and try to assume Angelakos. And it’s not just the music that’s maturing with age. a normal life. It’s really hard, it’s quite jarring for me personally. By the “Personally, I’ve grown up a bit, but not much,” he modestly adds. “I’ve time I get comfortable I have to leave again. The whole process gets pretty got quite a few experiences under my belt and I’m constantly working at vexing and you kind of just have to be optimistic about it. It’s a blurry, maintaining some sort of stability, which I never did around the time of almost awkward dream. But you just try to have as much fun as possible, Chunk of Change.” make the best of it.” Concerning the sophomore album, Angelakos explains: “Gossamer was a And just so you know that we did ask, yeah they know about the porno very slow and arduous process of essentially coming to terms with what of the same title. He hasn’t watched it, but Angelakos is aware of its works for me as a producer/songwriter. I need to feel safe, comfortable. presence. “It’s apparently a rarity, coveted by porn collectors. If I had Surrounded by people that care about the music almost more than I known about the film I would have never named the band Passion Pit. do, people that are also my friends and I love.” Launching into the full Come to think of it, I probably shouldn’t have anyway.” tale, he continues: “So after very painful sessions of trying to figure it out, I finally concluded that I was going to go back to New York City WRITTEN BY JOSH LING and co-produce the record with Chris Zane, with Alex Aldi engineering ALBUM OUT NOW: GOSSAMER and those two guys mixing it. It had some ups and downs, but they understand me so well that if there were ever any problems - which there were - we could just take a day to ourselves and come back and just get

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