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Dear future Beam Bar Legend,

Here at Beam, we have been working on a pretty amazing opportunity. Over the next three months, we’re running a bartender competition like never seen before here in little old New Zealand – and we want YOU to be a part of it.

Do you live and breathe working in bars - the greatest job ever? Do you make all your non-bartending mates jealous with your ‘better work stories’? Are you the funniest person you know? Probably. Are you keen to take your career to the next level by becoming a champion for the sweet Beam portfolio?

If you answered yes to all of the above, have we got a deal for you.

We are not looking for a technical mixologist, bottle-thrower, or dedicated cocktail historian. We’re after the ultimate bartender with charisma, personality and dedication to the cause. You love your job, and always bring your A-game to every shift. Oh, and of course you will need to make awesome drinks too.

This is a quest to find New Zealand’s first ever Beam Bar Legend. Every bartender in the country is eligible, and even if you’re not sure you’ve got what it takes, trust us, you have.

Along with the awesome kudos that goes with being a Beam Bar Legend, our 2012 winner will take home:- An expense card to the value of $200 per week for 12 months (total value of $10,000) to spend on whatever you like, and the chance to be a brand champion for Beam, all while keeping your night job.- A trip to a Beam distillery of your choice, all expenses paid. Just so you know, we have famous distillery operations in Kentucky, France, Mexico, The Caribbean, Scotland, Ireland and Canada.- Plus, just to keep the boss happy, your bar will also win stock and a staff or customer party – to the value of $5,000!

What are all these great prizes worth? Only a cool $25,000. Cash, international travel and a great party, plus we’ll also give you the opportunity for loads of publicity, and help you develop your career even further.

Entries are open now – all the dates and stuff you need to know are on the official entry page – www.beambarlegend.co.nz.

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NOW! hERE! SOONThe Audio Foundation has announced the new Now! Here! Festival which will be gracing Auckland’s Whammy and Wine Cellar, the Audio Foundation HQ off Pitt St and Silo Park. The Now! Here! Festival will feature live music, film screenings, panel discussions and a mix of other audio and visual treats for your eyeholes and earballs. There are really too many artists on the roster to list, but trust us when we say there’s truly something for everyone at the multi-venue festival happening from Friday 10 August through to Sunday 12 August. Plenty of information can be found online at audiofoundation.org.nz/festival.

TOMAKINGTRACKS juNE ROuND FuNDINGThe June round of the NZ on Air MakingTracks funding grants have been announced. The recipients of the grant who have received $10,000 to make a song and video are: Aaradhna for ‘Great Man’; All the Colours for ‘Second To None (in my head)’; Computers Want Me Dead for ‘We’re Your Family’; Eden Mulholland for ‘Cry Cry Cry’; Five Mile Town for ‘Solo’; Grayson Gilmour for ‘Minus Times Infinity’; Great North for ‘Lead Me To The Light’; Janine and the Mixtape for ‘Hold Me’; Massad for ‘My Heart Won’t Let You Go’; Mountaineater for ‘Lord Of Sumo’; O’Lovely for ‘Closer To You’; Pikachunes for ‘Cinnamon Pop Dream’; Rhian Sheehan for ‘Little Sines’; She’s So Rad for ‘Sounds Of Houses’; The Adults for ‘Anniversary Day’; The Peasants for ‘Best Days’; Tom Lark for ‘All You Want Is Money’; Trip Pony for ‘Now Honey’ and Villainy for ‘Ammunition’. Recipients of the $6,000 grant for producing a music video only are: Concord Dawn ft. Nina McSweeney for ‘The River’; Dictaphone Blues for ‘Burning Ball In Outer Space’; Fire at Will for ‘Move’; James Duncan ft. Watercolours for ‘Anti-Radiation Fez’; Jesse Sheehan for ‘By Your Side’; Lindon Puffin for ‘Drive By’; Savage ft. Spawnbreezie for ‘Because Of You’; School for Birds for ‘10,000 Things’; Sola Rosa ft. Olivier Daysoul for ‘Promise’; The DHDFDs for ‘Babysitters Club’; The Ruby Suns for ‘Kingfisher Call Me’ and Zowie for ‘Nothing Else’. Congratulations to all of the recipients of the grant.

KATChING uPFollowing their second tour of the US, reggae favourites Katchafire have returned home and will be touring the country for the first time in two years this August. The ensemble will be performing in Taupo with Sweet Echo, Waihi with NRG Rising, Dunedin with Soundclash Soundsystem and Dave Boogie, Porirua with NRG Rising and Rhythm and Brown, Wellington with NRG Rising and Aio and Hamilton with NRG Rising and Tasty Brown. They finish up in Auckland with 3Houses Down and Tribal Conexionz. See the tours pages for dates and venues.

NEW YEAR’S ExODuSIt’s barely halfway through the year and already we’re getting announcements of New Year’s Eve festivals. The 2012/13 Exodus festival at Papamoa Beach has been announced and organisers Reggae By Nature have planned the shindig to be the biggest one yet. The line-up includes Herbs, Cornerstone Roots, David Grace and Injustice, Katchafire, 1814, Three Houses Down, Tomorrow People, Sons Of Zion, Foundation, NRG Rising, Brown Hill, Tasty Brown, Tribal Conexionz, Sweet Echo and more across the two stages over 13 hours. Tickets are available from Wednesday 04 July through Eventfinder and Ticketek.

ThE MuMFORD RETuRNSIn celebration of their sophomore album, British folk rockers Mumford & Sons have announced they’ll be making their way to New Zealand in November, adding to the international platter of rock we’re looking at come the 11th month (Radiohead, The Black Seeds). The four-piece will play at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Friday 02 November, Wellington’s Town Hall on Sunday 04 November and at the CBS Canterbury Arena in Christchurch on Tuesday 06 November. Tickets will be available through Ticketek and Ticket Master from Monday 09 July.

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In BrIef...Are Carl Barat and Pete Doherty reuniting for a new album? Yes and no. The Libertines headline makers are perhaps more notorious for not showing up to their own gigs, getting in trouble with the cops and possibly bringing Kate Moss on board the drug train, but Barat told XFM Radio that the pair were going to meet up again to record new music once Doherty returns from rehab in Thailand.

The Chris Brown and Drake feud is still going with Brown dissing the Canadian rapper on a remix of the Chief Keef’s track ‘I Don’t Like’: “They throwing bottles, I’m throwing models”, “This head up, my bread up, one on one, what you scared bro?” and “Them eyebrows, man, them shit is yikes” being some of the choice beef lines. Nicki Minaj has even gotten herself involved, saying she doesn’t approve of the fight. This follows the news that Brown and Drake were offered US$1 million each to fight in a boxing match. All of this, despite Drake saying he was never involved in the brawl.

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As we go to print, the innernets are going stir plum crazy over the demise of TomKat. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past seven years, that’s the name the general “we” have given to the oh-so-very creepy mismatched marriage between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

The reports are flying in left, right and centre about what could have caused this break up, and we’re sure that things will keep on coming up as the minutes turn into hours, the hours into days, and so on. It’s hard being a weekly magazine and trying to keep you up to date. So we’ve invited celebrity blogger Phillipe A. Lovato, Style Aficionado, to come in and predict what he thinks caused the break-up and what other headline worthy TomKat-related issues will be flooding the blogosphere over the next week.

How did it happen? It’s pretty safe to say that most people saw this coming back in 2005 when Tommy C did his impression of a child who was just gifted a trampoline on Oprah’s couch. The man does his own stunts, so of course he’s full of energy and knows how to leap tall bounds. But that kind of behaviour is not becoming for a middle-aged cult leader in the making, right?

Cult leader, you say? Yes, that’s what we’re all thinking, isn’t it? It has to be something to do with Scientology. Everyone’s favourite news empire dictator/emperor of everything FOX/enemy of The Simpsons Rupert Murdoch even thinks so. He thinks Scientology is “evil”, going so far as to telling the tweetums he thinks the Xenu praisers are up to no good. It’s great to know that Murdoch knows the good between good and bad, even if he doesn’t practise what he preaches.

That’s a bit of a highbrow reference. Back to the celebrities, please. Sure thing, uninformed Gen-Y-er with the attention span of a goldfish. Depending on how old you are, your first memory of Katie Holmes may actually be her hanging out with Tom Cruise. You may only

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What are you working on right now? Prepping for our video release party at the moment, as well as writing some new songs. We plan on doing some more recording in September.

Who was an inspiration to you growing up? My first drum tutor was king. Chris Grant – amazing musician/performer. I saw him playing drums one day and then the following week I began learning them.

When you were a kid what was your dream job? Who didn’t want to be an astronaut?

What’s your favourite venue in the country? Mighty Mighty on Cuba St. It has a cool aesthetic, the staff are hospitable and the crowds have usually drunk enough to dance to your music.

Where was the last place you went out for dinner? Denny’s. If you can count 2am as dinnertime.

What show are you most anticipating this year? Definitely Radiohead in November!

What’s your guilty pleasure? Spring Break’s ‘No Tango Dinero’.

A usual Saturday night for you is… Either playing a gig or going to one. I usually spend Saturday night with friends.

A usual Wednesday night for you is… Mood dependent. I work weekdays so generally Wednesdays don’t get that messy, but I guess it all depends on what my friends or flatmates are doing.

One piece of advice you’ve never forgotten… Don’t take anyone else’s advice.

The biggest mistake you’ve made is… Not taking anyone else’s advice.

New Zealand music needs more… Audiences. I feel there is a lot of potential around that doesn’t get the exposure it deserves.

One industry that’s overlooked in New Zealand is… Porn. But it’s probably overlooked for the right reasons…

Name five things surrounding you right now. Broken sunglasses, coffee cups, audition tapes, books, a lot of work…

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know her as the mother of the baby that seems to have gotten more attention in its life than a baby that fell down a well. Wait, you’ll definitely be too young to get that one. Katie was, of course, our favourite brunette on Dawson’s Creek, the ‘90s show that was almost a breeding ground for talent but instead became where up-and-comers went to die a young death.

What’s going to come out this week? “Sources close to the pair” are going to be telling gossip rags what’s happening. One in 100 of these will be semi-accurate. Was it something to do with Tom trying to get Suri deeper into his religion? Possibly. Ironically, Scientology doesn’t “acknowledge” divorce, whatever that means. Was it because there’s about a 20-year age gap? Possibly. Was it because sometimes people just fall out of love and in America one in two people file for divorce? There’s a good chance of that.

Is South Park going to do an episode about this? As the mortal enemies of the church of Scientology, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (creators of South Park) have been at one-liner war with Cruise and co for nearly a decade. If anything breaks Tom Cruise’s spirit more so than the divorce from his wife, it will be whatever the South Park boys have cooked up for him. Will they go for the low blow? Hmmm…

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Ah, jazz. Jazz is all about the brass. Jazz is all about beatniks. Jazz is all about feeling the rhythm. Jazz lends itself to be contemplated and digested by you, the listener. Jazz lends itself to being described way too much, almost to the point of parody. And then there’s something called the saxophone, which you may have heard about on tumblr.

Everyone’s favourite bionic pixie heads to Auckland’s Cassette Nine for a night of Electric Burlesque. What does that mean? It probably means that robots are going to dress up in corsets and lingerie and get freaky with a contemporary, sexed up version of that classic dance move, the robot. Or maybe it’s just a cool name.

Two of New Zealand’s hottest up-and-coming young talents are touring the country bringing their soft, hushed and beautiful melodies to audiences everywhere. Lydia Cole and Tom Lark both manage to find melancholic shreds of beauty in their bizarrely dark songs that somehow manage to speak of light and love. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see them live together.

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Since arriving back on the airwaves, Goodshirt have been travelling around the country bringing their unique mix of alt rock and catchy pop to audiences young and old with a mix of fresh tunes and classic nostalgia. Now the four-piece hit Auckland’s Bacco Room to bring it all home.

Volume five of the ‘80s, ‘90s and current dancehall reggae mixtape series Ghetto Red Hot is being released and Bar Medusa hosts the release party this Friday with Israel Starr, Juse1, Imon Star, Evil Mule, Kurst One, Max & Raiza, Heart Official, Hawk i, Kerb, Jaz 72 and Jonny Lowe all on the bill.

A bunch of old dudes playing a bunch of instruments as they all just hang out and probably make jokes and reference to total babes that were alive during the ‘60s and ‘70s might not seem like a typical Friday night, but you’ll love it and want to visit your nana and granddad afterwards.

One of the country’s favourite drum’n’bass acts heads to 4:20 to get all of you fiends sweaty and lathered up in happiness light show cuddles. You know what we mean. Yeah, we see you in the corner there, gnawing your lips off. Stop touching your elbow. It’s just an elbow.

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If there’s one thing the world can never get enough of, it’s Led Zeppelin tribute bands. Some would call it jock rock. Some would call them messengers of love. Some just sing the words really, really loud and get all air guitar up in your grill. But Whole Lotta Led just calls it what they think it is – the most influential music of yesterday’s generation.

The good folk who put on the Nocturnal Collection shows love their caps. “KILLER LINE-UP FOR JULY’S NOCTURNAL PARTY! NOISENOISENOISENOISENOISE! DROP DEAD REDHEAD! MEAN GIRLS! IT HURTS! SHEPARDS OF CASSINI! YOU KNOW THE DEAL, COME GET ROWDY AND DESTROY LUCHA LOUNGE JUST HOW SHE LIKES IT.” Good show, NC crew.

One of the finest youth orchestras around the globe, the California Youth Orchestra is teaming up with the Christchurch Youth Orchestra for a night of splendid symphonies helmed by the majestic maestro Leo Eylar. The gold-coin donation for entry will go towards the Christchurch School of Music Support Trust in aid of the arts in Christchurch.

Oh yeah, today’s the day that Yanks get all happy about because they beat the Poms. Mighty Mighty is getting into the swing of things with an Independence Day-themed shindig. We’re not sure if it’s more appropriate to dress up as Uncle Sam or Will Smith in army gear. And if you don’t get that reference, then you were probably born in the late ‘90s.

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At first this seemed a little weird, because… you know, RSAs are for old people. But then you realise that getting all dolled up in your best ‘50s wear (which is why you go op-shopping anyways) and going to a themed rockabilly night with a bunch of yesteryear greasers is actually a hell of a way to spend a night.

Music festival meets house party at The Winter Carnival, specifically organised for those between 14 and 18 years old. This one’s for the kids, as long as you’re leaving that bullshit attitude behind. White wonderland and UV lights will be running rampant with music, art installations, interactivity and much more at this Kelly Brown-style shindig.

New and emerging musicians will be performing in and around Napier’s art deco city centre from Friday through to Sunday with the ultimate winner hand-picked by judges Hamish Pinkham, Mike Chunn, Peter Ulrich and Roy Brown, scoring the right to play in London in 2013 and at the Rhythm and Vines Festival. See them now before they blow up.

What an amazing line-up the good folk at San Fran Bath House have cooked up for Wellington audiences tonight. Everyone’s favourite comupter wizard and worldwide sensation Disasteradio is taking to the stage along with buddies and local favourites So So Modern as well as the indie babe stylings of Cut Off Your Hands.

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Living Things opens with tribal drums and an interesting synth-pop fusion overlaid with Mike Shinoda’s vocals, giving way to Chester Bennington’s melodic chorus. And for much of this record, Linkin Park are in this particular brand of full force.

Bennington brings back the screams and with Shinoda and Rick Rubin at the production helm, it comes as no surprise that this album explores every inch of what Linkin Park have become. Arrangements that work seamlessly with all of the band’s musical elements and a song pace that rises and falls while never reaching the point of boring give this album a deserved air of confidence. Bennington and Shindoa are back to interlacing their vocals with production perfectly. One thing has become clear over the course of the decade and that’s that these men aren’t angry adolescents anymore; their world view has long developed since the politically driven tracks of Minutes To Midnight into a catalyst of well directed and orchestrated aggression. Chester’s screams in ‘Lies Greed Misery’ show he’s still a vocal force to be reckoned with. The contrast this creates with ‘I’ll Be Gone’ is beautiful, clean and powerful as he commands the line between soaring vocals and

epic scream. The album’s power may waver slightly with the first single ‘Burn it Down’ as track three, but ‘Greed Lies Misery’ picks the album back up with the strongest chorus they have to offer on this record, and all round the lyrics are the best this band has ever written.

Living Things isn’t limited to it being a heavy electronic rock album. ‘Castle of Glass’ and ‘Roads Untraveled’ slow the album down, with electronics and ambience accentuating brilliant melody and songwriting. The guitars come in with added layer of depth and emotion, dropping away again for the vocals. The slower moments are achingly beautiful. While ‘Castle of Glass’ is very short, it is one of the tracks on this album that should be savoured.

While the record has been hailed as a “back-to-roots” move, Living Things is more a powerful testament of the band’s growth and evolution. Perhaps it shouldn’t been seen so much as living in the shadow of its predecessors, but as the powerful electronic rock album that it is.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge is back Down Under and brings her rough and gritty bluesey country style to New Zealand audiences once again. The Walk-of-Famer has and Oscar, Academy Award and two Grammy Awards to her name for a reason. What more can be said?

When this mix of violins, the viola and the cello come together played by Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, Geraldine Walther and András Fejér, you realise why The Guardian has called Takacs Quartet the greatest string quartet in the world. There’s harmonic beauty, then there’s this.

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A Generation Y casualty maxes out his student loan, gets kicked out of uni, and worst of all he’s having family troubles. Not only from his sisters who have had enough of him or his weird uncle getting weirder every day, but also from his dad. Who has disappeared. What does a Gen-Y-er do in this instance? Asks why, of course.

Te Radar heads to Whitireia Performance Centre for a fundraiser and is joined by a very select crew of comedians, musicians and other talent including the always-popular Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, Nick Tansley, James Nokise, Wayne Mason and more.

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Hamlet returns to the crowd after the somewhat tragic ending of his last tale. What’s he got on his mind now? Where do you go after all that awfully horrible death business? And ghosts, what were they about? Why is he always picking up skulls? These are the questions that keep you up at night. And in the afterlife.

Saturday and Sunday sees Te Papa host the Royal New Zealand Ballet and an ensemble of co-conspirators performing together in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand. An eclectic collection of excerpts some of your favourite dances, ballets and musicals is on show including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Phantom Of The Opera and more.

For a few days the all-time favourite ice-capade The Nutcracker On Ice plays at Auckland’s ASB Theatre. If ballet was a dangerous sport, it would be ice ballet. Have you seen those skates? It’s like these dancers running around on a couple of axe heads, jumping around and catching one another. But then it’s all cutesy as well, since it’s The Nutcracker.

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Who’s in the dead supergroup for your dream hologram show?Einstein on keys, Charlie Chaplin on lead vocals, Ghandi on bass, Mother Theresa on drums and the Mac Daddy Steve Jobs on guitar.

What’s an upcoming film you’re jazzed about?The Amazing Spider-Man (yay for it being a little closer to comic canon).

Where can your stalkers find you during the weekend?Working in a sweatshop stitching Nike ticks for next to nothing pay. It’s a tough job but hey, the health insurance………. is.

What happens when you mix Coca Cola with Pepsi?No one notices. Seriously.

your fantasy spirit animal is…Honestly, who wrote this?

your signature “I’m an amazing cook” dish is…A protein shake

People say you look like…A racist.

ARTIST Q&A

Five celebs on your f**klist?Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, Wolfgang Puck, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay.

Kittens or puppies?Baby geese.

What generic current affair has your blood boiled?“Auction claims it’s selling vial with Reagan blood”.

Plug whatever it is that’s coming up for you.Low and behold we do make music, we’ve remixed several songs including the worldwide smash ‘Somebody That I used to Know’. We actually made a cute little stop motion video for it. Check it out on YouTube by searching Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I used To Know (The Electric Boutique Remix). This August, we are performing with The New Zealand Dance Company in their premiere season Language of Living, showcasing our composition that we created for dancer/choreographer Justin Haiu.

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about the intensely colourful life of New Zealand’s most significant expatriate modernist painter of the 20th century, Frances Hodgkins, arrives in Hamilton this week for two shows only as part of the Furl Festival.

Mike King makes his way down to Christchurch for this one-off show at the Sandridge Hotel. What funny business is on the King’s mind? Probably a few things you might think aren’t exactly PC. Then again, maybe he’s thinking about bacon and pork. Remember that funny business?

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WAGNER The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)

Simon O’Neill Siegmund Edith Haller Sieglinde Christine Goerke Brünnhilde John Wegner Wotan Jonathan Lemalu HundingMargaret Medlyn FrickaPietari Inkinen Conductor Plus eight of New Zealand’s �nest singers as the Valkyries

An opera in three acts sung in German with English surtitlesDuration: 5 hours 40 minutes including two intervals

22 Jul WELLINGTON 3pm25 Jul CHRISTCHURCH 5pm28 Jul AUCKLAND 4pm

For ticket details go to nzso.co.nz

Wagner’s epic tale of gods and menAn opera in concert

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents

THEVALKYRIE

Wagner Society of New ZealandPatron: Sir Donald McIntyre

Wagner New Zealand Foundation

With support fromScan to listen

- Ride of the Valkyries -

... the experience of hearing a whole Wagner

opera is unforgettable.– Peter Shaw

North & South Magazine

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In the decade since Tobey Maguire got all emo in Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man epic there have been three further Spidey films. Too many, too soon? Not much is really that different here, just a bit better. Partly that’s because The Amazing Spider-Man benefits hugely from technology, the CGI character swinging around Manhattan looking a million times better than in previous films. The improvement is also due to Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as the new Peter Parker, and director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer). Garfield and Webb have created a cinematic Spider-Man truer to the source material in action, appearance and attitude – a bit more wisecracking, for instance, less brooding, and striking some poses that bring to mind some of the iconic Spider-Man comic artists of yore.

But the film’s also hampered by being yet another origin story, strange since the back-story of Peter Parker must be one of the best-known in popular culture – duh, he got bitten by a spider and got some powers. But these grumbles aside, this functions as a much better-than-average blockbuster, and features some great uses of 3D in its exhilarating webslinging action, particularly the shots from Spidey’s point of view as he swings across the Manhattan skyline. Garfield and real-life flame Emma Stone (playing love interest Gwen Stacy) share an unsurprisingly strong chemistry, even if all the zits in the world can’t make it seem ridiculous that they are playing teens and when Stone protests to dad Denis Leary that she’s 17 it is one of the few missteps in the film.

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Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show) turns his hand to directing with this buddy comedy where Mark Wahlberg lives with his best friend who also happens to be a foul-mouthed teddy bear. There’s hijinx, then there are Seth MacFarlane hijinx. Involving sex and farts.

We’re a nation of DIYers, according to television commercials. Apparently every Kiwi man owns a chainsaw and a hammer. “Never lend out your wife or your chainsaw, because they’ll both come back fucked,” my dad used to say. Reality renovation television starts this week with the NZ version of The Block.

Jon Benjamin is without a doubt one of the funniest voice work comedian/actors around. Having worked on Archer, Home Movies, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, Jon Benjamin Has A Van and so much more, Bobs Burgers is an animated gem among the plentiful passé rough. Watch it and love it.

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GENERAL RELEASE

TV3, 7:30PM

FOuR, 9PM

Dunedin, drop whatever family roast plans you have for Sunday, because there’s a drive-in happening. A real life drive-in that we only ever get to see in the movies. It doesn’t even matter what’s playing. Just wear your leather jacket and go to an ice-cream café afterwards and live the rockabilly life.

driVe-in MoVieVICTORIA ROAD CARPARK, 5:30PM

2012 has been a great year for superhero flicks. Earlier we saw the funnest superhero movie to date, The Avengers. Now we’ve got the reimagined/rebooted Spider-Man flick some five years after the original trilogy. Directed by Marc Webb (500 Days Of Summer), our hopes are high for the new web-crawling spectacle.

GENERAL RELEASE

THUrSDAY 05

SUNDAY 08

Season six of one of the greatest NBC comedies around premiered last week and did not fail to deliver. We’ve seen Liz, Jack, Tracey, Jenna, Kenneth and crew go through a lot over the past five seasons. We can only hope that Liz Lemon gets her shit together before she starts adopting cats and teaching at community college.

30 rockFOuR, 9:30PM

TUESDAY 10

WEDNESDAY 04

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HAMILTON

WELLINGTON

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3D FILM

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The AMAZinG SPider-MAn

FIlM REVIEW

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‘Sheer brilliance… a joy to behold.’ Dominion Post

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DINING AND ShIT

Wagamama’s Yaki Soba isn’t that feeling you have when you’re out at a party feeling gross when all of your friends are drinking and you’re being the good pal who has to drive home so you can’t drink. It’s yaki by name, not by nature. Try the fresh free range egg soba noodles cooked on a hot flat grill in all of its yaki style cooking glory, topped off with chicken, shrimp, free range egg, spring onion, capsicum, beansprouts and white onion. They even fancy it up with sesame seeds, shallots and pickled ginger. That’s more ingredients than you have in your house. Three Auckland bases and one in Wellington.

My friend just visited me in Auckland from Wellington. We went out to Ponsonby Road on Saturday night for a couple of hours but decided to go get some takeaways and go home instead. Turns out that wicked take away place Nina’s doesn’t exist anymore, but something just as cool has taken its place, or is maybe right next to it. Somewhere around there anyway. Bird On A Wire has free range rotisserie chicken and sandwiches fancy enough for the queen. My friend is gluten free and he could eat there as well, so I didn’t have to put up with his bitching and moaning all night. Thanks, Bird On A Wire people.

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Wed 04AliceTAPAC, $15

AoteA SquAre ice rink10AM, Aotea Square, $20

ArASh6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

BAttle of the BAndS: heAt 4The Kings Arms

BlAck confetti8PM, Herald Theatre

creAtive JAzz cluB: MArk lockett trio8PM, 1885 Basement, $10

dAn Aux SelectAh10PM, Racket Bar, Free

dirty diAnA’S Sol nightChapel Bar & Bistro

fAded8PM, Nova Club, Free

kArAoke MArcuS9PM, QF Tavern

the nutcrAcker on iceASB Theatre, $59

zikA circuSASB Showgrounds

Thu 051885 live: nAtAlie SlAde9PM, 1885 Britomart, Free

A Shortcut to hAppineSS8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre

AcouStic thurSdAy w/ eli7PM, Neighbourhood

AcouStic thurSdAy ft. JAde pritchArd & dre5PM, Northern Steam Ship

AcouStic thurSdAyS w/wAylon7PM, Nuffield St

AliceTAPAC, $15


BitcheS n Shit6PM, Racket, Free


delAwArewolveS8PM, The Kings Arms, $10

generAl leeChapel Bar & Bistro

iMAgine thiS8PM, Snapdragon

JASon Skelton7AM, Goode Brothers

JuliAn dyne6PM, Everybodys

lAte At the MuSeuM: the Seven deAdly SinS - pride7PM, Auckland War Memorial Museum, $20

lee grAy6PM, Normandy Hotel


SArAh Spicer duo10PM, QF Tavern

SelectA SAM6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free


Fri 06A Shortcut to hAppineSS8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre

AliceTAPAC, $15



Brett polley9PM, Merchant Bar

checkout chickS: the MuSicAl9PM, The Basement

ciAn & tido5PM, Everybodys

connor neStor11PM, 1885 Basement, Free

dAni BeAr duo7PM, Shakespeare Bar

dAvid ShAnhun8PM, Moretons Bar

deAn te pAA9PM, Florries

delAwArewolveS & AdvocAteS6PM, VOID 651, $10

dJ dirty diAnA & cveRed Hummingbird

eddie MAnukAu9PM, Basalt

the fridAy BlenderChapel Bar & Bistro

gAMeplAn8PM, BATS Theatre, $18

goodShirtThe Bacco Room

JASon kyle & norMSki6PM, Northern Steam Ship

Jk duo8PM, The Patriot

kAte8PM, GBS Bar

lee grAy duo9PM, Elephant Wrestler

lewiS MccAlluM, nyntee6PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

lo key6PM, La Zeppa

MeliSSA etheridgeThe Civic

MothrA, Apex & the Altered StAteS8PM, Masonic Tavern, $10

MurrAy SweetpAntS6PM, Racket, Free


nz AMAteur pole perforMer heAtThe Winchester

off thA hook!10PM, Be Club, $5

red SquAre upriSing9PM, Khuja Lounge, $5

ricky de MedeiroS7PM, Alp Ice Cafe, Free

SpAce creepS, ghoStwAve, BeAch pigS, cAreerwolf + MoreThe Kings Arms

SuBMAriner & t-rice5PM, Neighbourhood

tdk, AdAM o & JASon eli6PM, Snapdragon

the rooM Movie ScreeningAcademy Cinemas

thieveS, loSt rocketS & SportS10PM, Whammy

tricerAtopS & SoMMeWine Cellar

tuSk tuSk6:30PM, The Basement


SaT 07A Shortcut to hAppineSS8PM, Bruce Mason Theatre

AlexAndre chAMpAgnAt7PM, Alp Ice Cafe, Free

AliceTAPAC, $15

AoteA-rAw, SpeAkeASy SideShow, ShAdowMoveMent, wox, dJ kASe & lgl1AM, Khuja Lounge


AucklAnd country MuSic AwArdSHawkins Theatre

BevAn keyS & nynteeLongroom


the BlueS vS force7:30PM, Eden Park

Brett polley7PM, Shakespeare Bar

cAne of puniShMent, SMoked SAlMon iS Better thAn Sex & ScArlett lASheS8PM, The Wine Cellar, $10


chriS lAke9PM, Florries

dAvid ShAnhun9PM, Rickshaw Eddies

delAwArewolveS & AdvocAteS10PM, Underworld, $10

dJ diSco trAShRed Hummingbird

dJ linely lAtuThe Deck, SKYCITY

dJ SiSter ActChapel Bar & Bistro

frAnk Booker7PM, Everybodys

goody 2 ShoeS9PM, Merchant Bar

ShiT WOrTh dOiNGGIG GUIDEaUcklanD GIG GUIDE

Solly & Big rich7PM, Northern Steam Ship

t-rice8PM, Racket, Free

tAke 28PM, BlackSalt Bar, $5

the winter cArnivAl lAunch pArtyAMI Auckland Netball Centre

top verS BottoM4:20


twAS the night Before chriStMASAscension Wine Estate

where it’S At10PM, 1885 Britomart, $10

wolfpAck, Bro 90 & SelectA SAM6PM, La Zeppa Kitchen


SuN 08AcouStic SundAyS ft. JAde pritchArd7PM, Neighbourhood

AcouStic SundAy SeSSion w/ eli guttenBiel3PM, La Zeppa Kitchen

AliceTAPAC, $15

hoMe Akl: Big dAy ArtAuckland Art Museum, $5

JAckAl, filth dog, hAlo of ASheS & uncertAin terMS8PM, Shadows, $5

lee grAy8PM, De Post

lil’ BAnd o’ gold8PM, Powerstation, $48.50 + BF

lokey5PM, The Britomart Country Club, Free

MAtt rAndoMplAy, iMAgine thiS & dAn Aux6PM, Snapdragon

MiSS niue AoteAroA pAgeAnt 2012Logan Campbell Centre

nAquAdAh & Bury the ordinAry 8PM, Masonic Tavern, $10


pick & Mix: the hypnoticSAotea Centre

rock A Billy & the reBelS: ‘50S nightHenderson RSA

SAndon JAMeS11PM, 1885 Basement, Free

SAndy BAy SociAl cluB9PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, $10

Sick diSco preSentS AniMAlS!6PM, Cassette Nine, $10

hoMe AklAuckland Art Museum, $5

the kA MuSic quiz7PM, The Kings Arms, Free

the MAgic chickenTown Hall, $15

Tue 03AliceTAPAC, $15


BeAtS, eAtS & coPonsonby Social Club




the kA quiz7PM, The Kings Arms, Free

open Mic night8PM, Windsor Castle

the MAgic chickenTown Hall, $15

the world’S greAteSt quiz nightChapel Bar & Bistro





Blend2PM, Merchant Bar

devonport chAMBer orcheStrA: vivAldiThe Depot

the gloriouS MudSlingerS4PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe


Jed & herA 8PM, Khuja Lounge, Free

lydiA cole & toM lArkBesos Latinos Restaurant


SundAy SeSSionChapel Bar & Bistro


MON 09AliceTAPAC, $15


cluB connoiSSeurSChapel Bar & Bistro

delAwArewolveS & AdvocAteS6PM, Zeal West, $10

aUcklanD GIG GUIDE

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WEllInGTOn GIG GUIDE

Wed 04All My SonSCirca Theatre, $46

cAliforniA youth SyMphonyCathedral of St Paul

cool cult10PM, San Fran Bath House, Free

down & dirty9PM, Boston on Blair, Free

hAnSel & gretAlGryphon Theatre, $10

iMMAculAte8PM, Gryphon Theatre, $25

the iMprov loungeThe Fringe Bar

independAnce dAy10PM, Mighty Mighty

kroon for your kAiThe Southern Cross

lil’ BAnd o’ gold7PM, Opera House, $50

the Mighty Mighty quizMighty Mighty

the nArkBettys

the new BrideSFast Eddie’s

the three BeArS... And goldilockSCirca Theatre, $10

poetry in MotionHeaven Pizza

the SeSSionMatterhorn

StAnd-up coMedyMeow

SunSet roAdCirca Theatre, $40

Thu 05All My SonSCirca Theatre, $46

BAttle of the BAndS: heAt 2Bodega

the BlueS BuffetHotel Bristol

chicAgo thurSdAy cABAretChicago Bar

chriS BryAntEl Horno

eden MulhollAnd dAncerS & JeSSe SheehAn10PM, Mighty Mighty, $10



lAte lounge: the trouBleSThe Dowse Art Museum

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MicAh, B-lo & kev freShBettys

SpAce weAtherAdam Art Gallery


the AdelAide SAx pAck7PM, Meow, $2

the Big kuMArA quiz nightThe Big Kumara

the Brown ShowThe Fringe Bar


Fri 06All My SonSCirca Theatre, $46

BAttle of the BAndS: heAt 3Bodega

BellA cAJon10PM, The Southern Cross, Free

the chipotle gAngSandwiches

full Moon fiASco & MonoSonicMighty Mighty

ghetto red hot vol 5 releASeBar Medusa



MArek, B-lo & kev freShBettys


young And hungry 2012: flASh / gAMeplAn / cover Story6PM, BATS Theatre, $18

SaT 07All My SonSCirca Theatre, $46

BAttle-SkA gAlActicA9PM, The Southern Cross, Free

BreAthe...Te Papa



MeliSSA etheridgeMichael Fowler Centre

Mi cASA Su cASA9PM, Bettys, Free

pAquin, SiMon coMBer & wet wingS10PM, Mighty Mighty, $5


SuperModel & Sleeping dogSThe Frontroom

tAkAcS quArtetTown Hall

tAntruM deSire & StAte of MindSandwiches

the x-rAy cAtzThe Lido Cafe


SuN 08BreAthe...Te Papa

te rAdAr & friendSWhitireia Performance Centre

the iMproviSorS: theAtreSportSCirca Theatre

the BoptetThe Lido Cafe

the SundAy JAzz cluBPublic Bar & Eatery

MON 09hAnSel & gretAlGryphon Theatre, $10

rAw MeAt coMedyThe Fringe Bar


Tue 10hAnSel & gretAlGryphon Theatre, $10


live MuSicThe Library

Monking AroundThe Grand

poker nightThe Big Kumara



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WEllInGTOn GIG GUIDE

Wed 04in the next rooM or the viBrAtor plAy7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

plAStic7PM, Glue Gallery, Koha

Thu 05wAnAkA winter SeSSionS: eneiMint Bar, Wanaka

in the next rooM or the viBrAtor plAy7:30PM, Fortune Theatre, $40

Jinetero Mc diMe releASe tour10PM, Copa Bar, $5


Fri 06dJ dAhlSiM10 Bar



SaT 07cAdBury chocolAte fun dAyGolden Centre

cAliforniA youth SyMphonyOamaru Opera House


dunedin dArBy: Mid winter BrAwlEdgar Centre


Sound full: Sound in conteMporAry Art8PM, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, $10

wAnAkA winter SeSSionS: hoMe BrewMint Bar, Wanaka

wonky winter MASquerAde BAll9PM, Sammys, $10

SuN 08drive-in MovieVictoria Road Carpark



Sound full: Sound in conteMporAry Art8PM, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, $10

Tue 10cAdBury coutureForbury Sports Bar and Function Centre


vodkA cruiSer illuMinAte pAint pArty9PM, Edgar Centre

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Wed 04JAM SeSSionBecks Southern Alehouse

kArAokeSandridge Hotel

pAquin w/ SiMon coMBer, the reSponSe & MAgic eye8PM, Dux Live

quiz nightPhoenix Bar

Thu 05kArAokeQuarry Bar & Bistro

kArAoke w/ dJ chickPierside Cafe and Bar

Mel pArSonSShawtys Bar, Twizel

pAquin w/ SiMon coMBer, the golden orAnge & zen MAntrA10PM, Wunderbar

pureeChristchurch Casino

SAlSA on thurSdAySSalsa Latina Dance Studio

the ShAMeleSS twoPhoenix Bar

Fri 06BeAch BreAkS & the retro record requeStPierside Cafe and Bar

cAliforniA youth SyMphonyMiddleton Grange School

cAptAin JAckFerrymead Speights Ale House

d’SendAntzBecks Southern Alehouse

delgirl whirlwind winter JAunt8PM, Nor’Wester Cafe, $25

dJ Mike tJDV Restaurant and Bar

the everSonS w/ Sleepy Age & t548PM, Dux Live

kArAokePhoenix Bar

Mel pArSonSThe Blue Pub, Methven

SMooth tAlkSandridge Hotel

SpArrowSAshburton Trust Event Centre

Stevi dChristchurch Casino

totAl controlPhoenix Bar

WaIkaTO GIG GUIDE

ShiT WOrTh dOiNG

SaT 07cAn out ft. the flying SorcererS, t54, lupuS lunA & the helpfulDux Live

the cAncer Society grAnde BAllCBS Canterbury Arena

d n d ShowBAndBecks Southern Alehouse

dJ Mike tThe Monday Room

Jinetero Mc diMe releASe tour8PM, Alvarados Mexican Cantina, Free

the Johnny poSSuM BAnd7PM, Naval Point Yacht Club, $20

Mel pArSonSCastle Hill Village Community Centre

Mike kingSandridge Hotel

reckleSS duoPhoenix Bar

Short SuMMer Naval Point Yacht Club

Soul cAgeChristchurch Casino

SpArrowSAshburton Trust Event Centre

the BrotherS griMMPierside Cafe and Bar

the unfAithful wAyS9PM, The Darkroom, Free

MON 09quiz nightBealey’s Speights Ale House

quiz nightFerrymead Speights Ale House

quiz nightPierside Cafe and Bar

wintering: hulA hope, Merlin weBSter, JereMy deSMondDux Live

Tue 10JAMeSonS JAM SeSSionSBealey’s Speight’s Ale House

quiz nightPegasus Arms Restaurant & Bar

tAkAcS quArtetMiddleton Grange School

winterlude cluBS night MArketUniversity of Canterbury

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Wed 04AtonAl heArtGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

kA hAo te rAngAtAhiThe Meteor, Hamilton, $15

oliver7:30PM, Founders Theatre, Hamilton

Thu 05AtonAl heArtGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

frequently ASked queStionSGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, $35

kA hAo te rAngAtAhiThe Meteor, Hamilton, $15

lydiA cole & toM lArkThe YOT Club, Raglan


StAndStill7PM, The Meteor, Hamilton, $35

tAkAcS quArtetGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton

Fri 06corAl By lAMplight3PM, Biddy Mulligans, Hamilton

douBle portrAit: finding frAnceS hodgkinS7:30PM, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, $35

John MichAelz & the uSuAl7PM, No. 1 The Strand, Tauranga, $12

the l’il BAnd o’goldClarence St Theatre, Hamilton



SaT 07cool cult9PM, Space Monster, Wanganui, $5

the dirty SweetS, illicit wAh wAhz & rAdio therApyThe YOT Club, Raglan

douBle portrAit: finding frAnceS hodgkinS7:30PM, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, $35

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There’s something to do every night of the week at The Claddagh. Monday pool nights, darts competitions on Tuesdays, pub quiz Wednesdays, karaoke Thursdays and fresh, live music every Friday and Saturday. Come Sunday there’s no better place for a roast meal for you and your friends or that stranger you took home who you think you’ve got at least one more round with.

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Club Connoisseurs is the name of the game at Ponsonby’s Chapel Bar & Bistro on Monday nights from 6:30 to 10:30. When you’re back at work feeling sorry for yourself, Chapel’s helping you get back on the good foot with DJs spinning their treasured collection of funk, reggae, soul, jazz and more so you can get on up through the rest of the week.

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Whether you prefer Panic Tuesdays to get your twisting shoes scrunching the dance floor; Teenage Kicks on Wednesdays to help you relive your indie yoof; DJ favourites at Cassette Allstars on Thursdays; the always popular MUM clubnights every Friday; or some of the finest talent the Cassette crew can muster every Saturday for the Sick Disco line-ups, Cassette’s got you covered when you need some party shelter.

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The Lyttelton favourite is back in business. And by favourite, we mean favourite. Ask just about any band or solo act that has performed at the venue and odds are they’ll say that it’s their favourite place to play. Whether it’s the intimacy, the general vibe or all of the magical pixie dust that’s structurally holding the place together, there’s something about the place that always makes it worth your while.

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rufus WaiNWrighTfri 21 Sep Civic Theatre, Auckland

shapeshifTerSat 14 Jul The Bedford, Christchurch

sherpafri 13 Jul Snake Pit, Auckland

slashfri 17 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

smashiNg pumpkiNsSat 04 Aug Vector Arena, Auckland

suNkeN seaswed 11 Jul San Fran Bath House, Wellingtonfri 13 Jul Wunderbar, LyttletonSat 14 Jul Chicks Hotel, Port ChalmersSat 28 Jul Space Monster, Whanganuifri 04 Aug Whammy Bar, Aucklandwed 11 Aug Bad Cave, Palmerston North

Terrortue 17 Jul Void, Hamiltonwed 18 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

Tim & eriCSat 06 oct Powerstation, Auckland

Tommy emmaNuelthu 16 Aug Bruce Mason Theatre, AucklandSat 18 Aug Founders Theatre, HamiltonSun 19 Aug Memorial Hall, Waikanae

lil’ baNd o’ goldwed 04 Jul Opera House, Wellingtonthu 05 Jul Municipal Theatre, Napierfri 06 Jul Clarence St Theatre, HamiltonSat 07 Jul Powerstation, Auckland

luger boathu 26 Jul Bodega, Wellingtonfri 27 Jul Brewers Bar, TaurangaSat 28 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

lydia Cole & Tom larkthu 05 Jul The YOT Club, RaglanSun 08 Jul Besos Latinos (Elliot Stables), Aucklandwed 11 Jul Major Toms, Taurangathu 12 Jul Mighty Mighty, WellingtonSat 14 Jul Interislander Ferry, Cook StraitSat 14 Jul The Secret Garden Cafe, BlenheimSun 15 Jul Dux Live, Christchurchtue 17 Jul Arthur St Cafe, Timaruwed 18 Jul The Church Cafe, Dunedinthu 19 Jul Fairfield House, Nelsonfri 20 Jul Interislander Ferry, Cook Straitfri 20 Jul OE Cafe, Palmerston NorthSat 21 Jul Whanganui Musicians club, Whanganuifri 27 Jul Milk & Honey, Hamilton

mark gardeNerthu 09 Aug Mighty Mighty, Wellingtonfri 10 Aug The Kings Arms, AucklandSat 11 Aug Wunderbar, Lyttelton

missy higgiNsMon 06 Aug Q Theatre, Aucklandtue 07 Aug Q Theatre, Auckland

mumford & soNsfri 02 nov Vector Arena, AucklandSun 04 nov Town Hall, Wellingtontue 06 nov CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch

Nasum (se)thu 28 Aug The Kings Arms, Auckland

NZ iNTerNaTioNal film fesTivalSun 19 Jul - Sun 05 Aug Multiple Venues, Aucklandfri 27 Jul - Sun 12 Aug Multiple Venues, Wellingtonfri 27 Jul - Sun 12 Aug Multiple Venues, Dunedinthu 09 Aug - Sun 26 Aug Hoyts Northlands, Christchurch

The perfeCT sTormfri 13 Jul The Foundry, Christchurch

radiohead (uk)tue 06 nov Vector Arena, Auckland

bill baileyfri 28 Sep Michael Fowler Centre, WellingtonSat 29 Sep Michael Fowler Centre, WellingtonMon 01 oct CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurchwed 03 oct ASB Theatre, Aucklandthu 04 oct ASB Theatre, Auckland

blaCk CoNfeTTiwed 11 Jul - Sat 21 Jul Herald Theatre, Auckland

blaCk keysSat 03 nov Vector Arena, AucklandMon 05 nov TSB Bank Arena, Wellington

ColdplaySat 10 nov Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

CollapsiNg CiTiesfri 20 Jul The Kings Arms, Auckland

dame edNa everageSat 11 Aug The Civic, AucklandSun 12 Aug The Civic, AucklandMon 13 Aug The Civic, Aucklandtue 14 Aug The Civic, Auckland

ddubfri 29 Jun Players Entertainment Venue, InvercargillSat 30 Jun Mint Bar, WanakaSun 01 Jul Winter Festival Mardigra, Queenstown

devo, simple miNds & The ChurChSat 15 dec Villa Maria Estate, Auckland

die! die! die!thu 12 Jul Static, Hamiltonfri 13 Jul Winchester, AucklandSat 14 Jul Taurangawed 25 Jul Crown Hotel, Dunedinfri 27 Jul Chicks Hotel, Port ChalmersSat 28 Jul Dux Live, Christchurchfri 03 Aug Bodega, Wellington

The eNglish beaTthu 23 Aug Powerstation, Auckland

exodusSat 31 dec Te Tumu Kaituna Reserve, Papamoa Beach

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What prompted the choice of moniker Lawrence Arabia? It was probably seven years ago – it was just a moment of weakness. I used to front this band, The Reduction Agents, and I just decided I wanted an outrageous alter ego. I used to dress in robes and I think the Reduction Agents was meant to be a lot wilder than I’ve ended up becoming. So basically Lawrence Arabia was the frontman of that band and then Lawrence Arabia went solo... and here he is today.

How did you start out? I learnt the piano when I was a child and my parents liked The Beatles. My dad used to play guitar at home and I was in the choir at school, the chapel choir.

So basically the all-round musical experience growing up? Yeah, pretty much. I was always interested in music and then I joined The Brunettes when I was 21. I was doing a postgrad degree in politics at the time.

How far do you think you’ve come musically as Lawrence Arabia? I think a lot. I hope. I’ve devoted my whole life to it, to a certain degree. I’ve certainly had to manage a lot of different roles and I’ve produced a lot of my own music and played a lot of the instruments. I’ve had to learn how to play instruments along the way and have gotten better at those instruments while doing it. I wouldn’t profess to be a master at any particular instrument or anything, but as far as learning different skills – from the point where I started – I think I’ve come a long way, definitely.

The Sparrow, your new album, seems to be taking a new alternative path – it’s diverting from what you were doing prior? I think probably every record I’ll do will naturally want to be different. It’s not like I’m a multi-platinum-selling artist by any stretch of the imagination, so there’s no one I’ve got to let down really.

Oh, I don’t know. There’s a pretty big community that is hanging on your every tune. Yeah, but I hope that the small number of people that are into my music are adventurous enough to follow my music in different directions. And I just think I’ve decided to make something different to keep myself interested and to challenge myself in different ways.

So tell me more about this new pathway you’re taking. Well, the last album [Chant Darling] did well… in certain ways. But it was a difficult process to make it and I was basically doing it as a one-man band. I had other musicians on it, but predominantly I did it all myself. I drove myself a bit mad during the production of it because I was doing everything myself , so I had infinite opportunities to play different bass lines or choose different instruments and I didn’t have any limitations. I had the entire history of music to draw upon and influence me... I basically just set up limitations for myself with this record because I didn’t want to go mad like that. I wanted to set up an environment in which I could create something that had a little bit more atmosphere, I guess. Like that the atmosphere of a moment, rather then an anal-retentive home producer trying to do everything perfectly.

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Oh yeah, well, we have too much of that anyway. Well yeah, it’s the most common thing in music these days. I think with the opportunity to use digital recording everyone can obsess over it.

Let’s hear about the touring plans. It’s quite ambitious I think. On the record there’s the string arrangements and horn arrangements. And because it’s a different sounding record, reasonably early on I decided to try and portray that live. Rather than just doing another rock show in a pub, I want to try and do something that’s more of an event. I don’t play that often anyway, so I figured I might as well make it even more special and go all out and play these theatres. So with a little bit of help I’ve been able to book the Auckland Town Hall, the Opera House in Wellington, Sammy’s in Dunedin and St Michaels Church in Christchurch, which are all rooms with high ceilings. I always enjoy playing live, but it’s a totally different experience keeping the whole idea of live entertainment fresh. I hope people are attracted to the idea of seeing something other then just a band trying to impress. Just rocking out. I mean, I like seeing bands rocking out, but I just wanted to try and do something different this time round.

Now a personal question… why did you shave the moustache? It was god-like. [Laughs] Well, it’s very nice of you to say. I just got sick of it. People look at you differently when you have a moustache.

With respect and awe. And admiration. I don’t really always like drawing attention to myself in that way, and I just felt like maybe it was time to abandon facial hair. At least for the next decade.

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What are some of the similarities between you and Kenneth? I tend to be a people-pleaser and I always try to be good at my job, but I would love to think I’m not nearly as annoying as Kenneth. But I don’t know, maybe my co-workers could say otherwise.

Kenneth’s age and past are a bit of a mystery – is that hard to work with? Honestly wish I knew more. I do love, every now and then, when I get these random… like… crazy flashbacks. I’m like, what the hell, who is this person? Where did he come from? But it’s always a nice little treat every time you open a script and see something in there… maybe there’s just a carbon monoxide leak at NBC. I am a group hallucination. I think the very end of the series is like the end of The Shining, you push in on a picture of the pages from 1932 and there among the other pages is Kenneth. And Jack Nicholson.

Is Kenneth a genius or an idiot? I swear to God if I knew the answer – I mean, I’d love to think that he has some idea of what he’s doing. There’s an episode in season one, I believe, where he had the opportunity to pitch a game show to NBC. And you know he was low-balling them but then he threw a curve ball in there too, so I’d love to think that he has a few tricks up his sleeve, but sometimes at the end of the day I’m like, ‘Oh my, poor Kenneth’. The whole series is basically the moral education of Kenneth Parcell.

Who is Kenneth Parcell modelled on? Between Rose Nylund from Golden Girls and a little bit of Barney Fife from Andy Griffith, I think you’ve got some of that in there. But no, I think Rose Nylund – that kind of hits the nail on the head. It’s just out of the writer’s heads and so I just show up and put on the suit and smile real big. I hope I’m cutting close to what they’re aiming for. I think he also raises people to his level. Everyone improves a little bit and he gets a little bit worse, that’s the story.

Are there any true life inspirations for Kenneth Parcell? There are always tiny little things, like either little bits or little lines or something. It’s no secret that Jack McBrayer enjoys eating chick peas out of a can with a plastic spoon because it’s quick and to the point. No waste, no mess, no muss, no fuss. No dignity. But I do know that everything that the writers, even stories that we’re just telling at lunch and stuff, every now and then they will make their way into the scripts. So you’ve got to be careful.

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“The writing was probably the easiest bit [of making the album] and quite a helpful process for me,” Cole says. “Writing a song about something crap or painful helps give me control.”

Me & Moon is a tribute to love and loss. From the initial stages of meeting someone, to the closing track ‘Blind Boy’ – a very descriptive and straightforward message about how it ended – it’s as if you are there, watching and listening to their relationship play out.

It’s also difficult not to get a sense of connection with Cole. But while one might perceive her as a dark, brooding individual, she swears it’s just not the case.

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“But it was good to do that for me. It feels a lot different now. I’m trying to make it fresh for me.”

Baring her soul night after night to her fans isn’t as hard as when she was recording the album, and Cole hopes the music comes across as relatable, rather than emotional.

“A lot of my songs are about loss and losing someone, and sometimes I will get a personal message from a fan and how it has moved them,” she says.

“It’s a real privilege. The last thing I want to do is make anyone sad. I hope, like me, if they hear a song that resonates, it makes them realise they are not alone.”

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