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Thee Oh Sees have will be
heading to NZ in January for three
shows. Auckland, Wellington and
Wanganui audiences will be treated
to what will defnitely be three jaw-
dropping shows.
Dragon has been announced to
open for the one-off Roxette show in
February next year.
The Jim Beam Homegrown
festival has added another 17 acts to
the line-up.
Raggamuffn has added Sly &
Robbie, Arrested Development and J
Boog to their line-up.
The Village People have announced
a four date tour in March.
French hip-hop beatmaker Onra
has announced one show next week
in Auckland.
A fundraiser track for Haiti. Kenbe
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Six 60 and Mt Eden have announced a bunch of
shows throughout December and January. The two
bands will be hitting the more regional areas over
the summer break while they both celebrate the well
deserved international attention theyve received
this year. Kicking the tour off on Boxing Day, the
team-up will hit the Mangawhai Tavern, the Waihi
Beach Hotel, the Coroglen Tavern, the Opononi Hotel,
Mt Maunganui, Butlers Reef, Lower Hutt and the
Riwaka Tavern.
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Dan Deacon is no stranger to New Zealand shores.
The man cant keep away, and next time hes bringing
his fve piece backing band Ensemble along for the
ride. A Low Hum is bringing the electronica whizz in
February with support from Golden Axe. The bands
will play at Aucklands Whammy, San Fran Bath House
in Wellington, the Playhouse in Nelson, Christchurchs
Dux De Lux and Chicks Hotel in Dunedin.
sKY staR Jet setteRs
Rumours have been foating but now its offcial:
Guitar Wolf will be heading our way in December to
play fve shows around the country. Accompanied
by Transistors, the kings of Japanese rocknroll are a
sight to see live. Not since the King Brothers shows
several years ago have we been this excited to see
some classic jet-style rock goodness. Auckland,
Wellington, Dunedin and Hamilton will be treated
to the live spectacular that only the actors-slash-
rockers can perform. Theres even a free show down
in Christchurch.
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Theres an all-ages gig going down at Aucklands Mt
Eden Scout Hall later this month. The Scout Hall
Massacre will feature Rackets, Ghost Wave, Beach
Pigs, Nevernudes, High Society, Mean Girls and Sex
Pest for this one-off jam that will start sometime
in the afternoon and carry on into the night. Weve
heard talk of a barbeque as well. Tickets will be $10 on
the door for this show on Saturday 26 November.
tORO! tORO!
Ash and the Matadors are celebrating
their debut album An Evening Echo
with a south island tour. Following
their 2010 EP The Mansion Tapes,
the band are releasing their 11-track
LP this month and taking their new
songs on the road for two weeks as
they hit the likes of Milford Sound,
Greymouth, Dunedin and plenty more.
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Everything has been set in stone
for this years Art in the Dark. The
weekend festival of art, performance
and everything in between is all
go for Friday 11 and Saturday
12 November at Western Park in
Ponsonby. Last year saw everything
from interactive performances to
fashmobs, with the illuminating
backdrop of the Auckland City skyline.
We were lucky enough to get a sneak
peek at whats involved this year at
the weekend-long night show, and its
well worth your time.
Revival/Revisited
Creendence Clearwater Revisited (formerly
Creedence Clearwater Revival) will be heading to New
Zealand shores for six shows throughout January and
February. Appropriately the band will be playing at
winery and whatnot venues in Tauranga, Auckland,
New Plymouth, Wellington and Queenstown. Tickets
are on sale now from Ticketek, Ticket Direct and
Ticket Master.
classic hits
wiNeRY tOuR
The 2012 Classic Hits Winery Tour
has been announced. Now in its sixth
year, the 2012 incarnation will include
16 shows at 14 venues nationwide.
Auckland, Matakana Tutukaka,
Tauranga, Gisborne, Havelock North,
Martinborough, New Plymouth,
Hamilton, Upper Motuere, Waipara,
Dunedin and Cromwell are all on
the bill and will host Gin Wigmore,
Avalanche City and reformed Kiwi
legends The Muttonbirds.
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Celebrating his latest album The View Is Worth The
Climb, Tim Finn will be playing four shows around
the country with support from The Sami Sisters later
this year. Aucklands Mercury Theatre, the Clarence
St Theatre in Hamilton, Bodega in Wellington and the
Rangiora Town Hall in Christchurch will all play host
to Finn and the Samis from Wednesday 30 November.
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Its been months in the works and is
probably the biggest album release of the
week. The collaboration between Lou Reed
and Metallica was one that not many ever
thought about, let alone asked for. But when
two of the biggest acts in the last forty years
come together, its at least worth checking
out, right?
There are many ways to talk about Lulu, but
in any descriptive case youre looking at the
words concept album. The instrumentals
of Metallica in this collaboration cover
their range of styles over a 30 year career.
Accompany that with Lou Reeds spoken
word inspired by German expressionist writer
Frank Wedekind (telling the story of a young
abused dancers life and relationships) makes
for some strange and interesting lyrics. But
thats why Metallica is on board. To take such
abstract lyrics to a different level.
Dont go into the album looking for
anything familiar, but look for the familiarity
and maybe youll fnd it (in the role of a dewd-
rock YEORGH here and there). Any Lou
Reed and/or Metallica fan will appreciate
this collaboration, even if the populace
finds it aggressive.
Sam L. Jackson is offcially the highest
grossing actor ever. Mister L. Jackson has
appeared in over 100 movies which have
cumulatively raked in over US$7.4 billion.
Amy Winehouse died from a vodka binge
according to a coroners report. After a brief
stint of life in the sober lane, the singer
apparently drank herself to death and slipped
into a coma due to alcohol poisoning.
Damon Albarn, Flea from Red Hot Chili
Peppers and drummer Tony Allen have been
working together on a mostly instrumental
collab for several years, and now the project
has a name. Rocketjuice and the Moon is
what the band are calling themselves, for
some reason.
Radioheads Thom yorke and Jonny
Greenwood are teaming up with DOOM
on a yet-to-be-released-or-even-produced
track for the upcoming Lex Records 10 year
Favourite drink?
Sixteen-year-old old Lagavulin, straight.
Any vices?
Everything seems to turn itself into a vice for
me.
First gig played? When and where?
Lyttelton Main Primary School Talent Quest,
2002, played A Tisket, A Tasket on trumpet.
Poorly.
First gig in attendance?
Anika Moa with CSO at Christchurch Town Hall
in roughly 2003.
First album?
A John Travolta greatest hits album. Thank god
it wasnt the last.
Favourite current album?
John Grants (of The Czars) Queen Of Denmark.
Such a beautiful album of understated defeat.
When i grow up i wanna be?
Middle-aged, old, then dead.
First job?
Dairy in Lyttelton (still employed at said place
of work).
Guilty pleasures?
Japanese mayonnaise!
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A new campaign has been started for a new
student radio frequency for Hamilton. The
countrys fourth largest city has effectively
been without a high powered student radio
station for more than a decade, and now
the independent Broadcasting Community
(Hamilton) (Inc) (IBC), who have run the student
radio station Contact FM on a low powered
frequency since 2004, are spearheading the
campaign to have a high powered student
frequency allocated for the city.
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Next year sees the 30th anniversary of the
World of Music and Dance festival, more
commonly known as WOMAD. Over the years
the event has brought many diverse acts to
our shores, and next year is no different.
Artistic director Drew James was of
course very excited to be a part of the 30th
incarnation, saying, Once again we have
managed to secure a brilliant line-up for
WOMAD New Zealand with a particularly
strong African contingent... with another 15
countries represented, alongside a strong
New Zealand favour, WOMAD New Zealand
2012 will bring new sounds and experiences
from all over the world.
Adam Page, Amiria Grenell and band, Anda
Union, Batucada Sound Machine, Bombay
Royale, Chapelier Fou, Diego Guerrero
y El Solar de Artistas, Dobet Gnahore,
Groundation, Gurrumul yunupingu, Le Trio
Joubran, Lo Jo, Mad Professor, Mahala Rai
Banda, Mama Kin, Master Drummers of
Burundi, Minuit vs. Gamelan Taniwha Jaya,
Narasirato Pan Pipers, Pascals, Paul Ubana
Jones, Sharon Shannon Big Band, Shivkumar
Sharma, Sivouplait, Staff Benda Bilili, Te
Matarae i Orehu, The Black Seeds, The yoots,
The Nukes, Pajama Club and more have all
been announced to play.
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The Rhythm & Vines line-up has been confrmed
and the dates set. Last week organisers released
the timetable and more info concerning the
three day New Years Eve festival. Thursday
29 December sees Pendulum, Grandmaster
Flash, yuksek, Architecture in Helsinki,
zowie, Danny Byrd, Dick Johnson, The Ruby
Suns, Nick D, Chaos in The CBD and Phillipa;
Friday 30 December continues with Calvin
Harris, Erick Morillo, Cut Copy, [Link], Six60,
Foreign Beggars, DJ zinc, Busy P, 12th Planet,
Homebrew, Aural Trash, Scratch 22 and Earl
Gateshead; and Saturday 31 December rounds off
with Example and DJ Wire, Skream and Benga,
Tiga, Netsky, Jack Beats, Kids of 88, Electric
Wire Hustle, David Dallas, Ruby Frost, Recloose,
Jillionaire, Pikachunes, The Thomas Oliver Band,
Antix, Tim Richards and more.
Theres plenty of info online about the
festival for which you can either grab a three-
day pass or a ticket for a specifc day. As well
as the TePee camping deals (which is really as
luxurious as camping can get), theres another
sweet little ticket deal organisers are running
FilM News
Any Indiana Jones fans out there want some closure?
Well then open up your eyeholes and earballs for this
one. While talking to Empire about the possibility of a
ffth installment, Steven Spielberg fronted up about
number four, saying George is in charge of breaking
the stories. Hes done it on all four movies. Whether
I like the stories or not... I didnt want these things
to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But
I am loyal to my best friend. When he writes a story
he believes in even if I dont believe in it Im going
to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it. So
Spielberg is a good friend but still didnt admit fully
that Indy IV was abysmal. No real surprise, but thats
as much closure as youll ever get.
Eddie Murphy told rolling Stone that a fourth
Beverly Hills Cop wont happen, but hes trying to get
a television series in the works instead. Thats kind of
meh news, but whats really nice to hear is that hes
done with crappy family-friendly sequels. He says he
wants to focus on more edgy ficks (following Hong
Kong Phooey), otherwise hes content to play my
guitar all day.
After two episodes of The Walking Deads second
season, AMC has committed to producing a
third season.
Peter Jackson has said that after The Hobbit, he
will direct the second Tintin flm following the frst
incarnation of the franchise.
Mark Hamill is most famous for his career defning
(and ruining?) role as Luke Skywalker. His second most
popular role would have undoubtedly been as the
voice actor for most appearances of The Joker in any
given Batman cartoon or game. Thats over now as
well, as Hamill has hung up the purple suit. In saying
that, he recently said he would return given the
opportunity to voice the character if Alan Moores The
Killing Joke was produced.
with Stolen Rum called Club Stolen. You can
guess what that is when they say there
wont be an RTD in sight thanks to Stolen
Rums resident Rum Runners. Dont you love
it when a plan comes together?
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The Flying Nun anniversary celebrations kick off this
weekend. Aucklands Kings Arms sees New Nun Night
with Popstrangers, Grayson Gilmour, T54, Surf Friends
and Badd Energy, while down in Christchurch, F In
Math and Alphabethead play at the Dux De Lux with
support from Psych Tigers. Its all looking pretty great
for an opening night.
One of the accidentally funniest flms ever to grace
the screen has two viewings around the country this
week. Tommy Wiseaus infamous fick The room has
to be one of the most cringeworthy pieces of crap
ever. Luckily, both of these venues sell beers. Probably.
Dont get drunk, we dont condone that. You cant
prove anything.
The Festival for the Future kicks off this Friday and
aims to bring together young creatives, entrepreneurs
and inspiring young Kiwis and get them using their
talents in a way that betters their communities and
mankind instead of using their powers for evil. The
symposium runs through to Sunday at the NZ Film
Archive & NZ Film School.
The biggest band the country has managed to export
plays one show for the original audiences this week.
The Naked and Famous did some big things at some
big festivals while on their whirlwind worldwide tour,
and no doubt theyve picked up some performance
antics and tricks. As high school drama teachers
would say, stage presence.
UK oi! rockers The Business play four shows this week,
and Friday sees them wind up in the capital after their
Wednesday show in Dunedin and Thursdays show
in Christchurch. See the punk gems still crank out the
crazy before their fnal show at Aucklands Kings Arms
on Saturday.
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Ah, Gosling. This year has seen Americas next top
dreamhunk grow in popularity thanks to some good
flms (Blue Valentine), some great memes (Hey Girl)
and some interesting web clips (stopping a street
fght literally singlehandedly). Goslings latest hit
Drive was the big winner at Cannes this year and
deserves your attention.
Apparently William Shakespeare was a hack. He
couldnt write and some other guy gave him some
scripts to work with. And Shakespeare went along
with it because he was a fame-grabber. Side fact
this is the frst major full-length motion picture to
be shot with a specifc HD camera. Thats why its
weird-looking.
Sarah Jessica Parker stars as a woman who puts
business frst and relationships second. A charming
guy comes along and she starts second-guessing her
life, thinking maybe shes too busy with her work and
needs to change her ways. Actually, thats just a guess
synopsis going by the title. Whats the bet its accurate?
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Andrew Lloyd Webbers classic, flmed
at Londons Royal Albert Hall in HD,
is one of the most classic pieces of
cinematic opera lucky enough to
celebrate its record-breaking 25th
year in production.
Most people will know Steely Dan as
the kings of jazz-rock. Fewer people
will know Steely Dan from The Brak
Show where Dad calls a robot who
wants to fght Thundercleese Steely
Dan. Which are you?
The Show Me Shorts festival hits
Auckland this week at Capitol
Cinemas, Bridgeway and Waiheke
Community Cinema all screen this
week as well as Matakana Cinema and
The Internationalist in Rothesay Bay.
Psych-rockers The Blue Onesies
head to Dunedin for a gig with
Brown and The Something Quartet
before playing in Christchurch on
Saturday at Darkroom with The Grand
Chancellors and Ed Muzik.
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The New Nun Night makes its way down to
Wellingtons San Fran Bath House with the line-up
of Popstrangers, Grayson Gilmour, T54, Surf Friends
and Badd Energy on the bill. Down in Dunedin at the
Chicks Hotel F in Math, Alphabethead, Two Cartoons,
Idiot Prayer, Killmore Girls and Murderbike play the
Tribute Night presented by A Low Hum.
When stardomes and/or planetariums have a Pink
Floyd laser light show, it usually means one thing.
Fun. Completely sober fun. Not narcotics-induced
fun. Because we all know that nobody gets high and
goes to listen to Pink Floyd and watch a laser light
show. That scenario has never been referenced in
movies and television shows.
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The Laughing Samoans bring their Greatest Hits
showcase to Aucklands North Shore this weekend.
Taking the most popular skits that the comedy duo of
Eteuati Ete and Tofga Fepuleai have performed since
they started nearly a decade ago, The Greatest Hits
has been a room-fller internationally and probably
will be again.
Katchafre, Kids of 88, Ladi6, Salmonella Dub, DJ
Mikel, Optimus Gryme, House of Shem, The Thomas
Oliver Band, Tomorrow People, Phil Edwards Band,
Sweet Mix Kids, DJ Huntah, One2, Spindo, Jordan
Vandermade and plenty more take to Napiers
Pettigrew Arena for the huge day of Spring Break.
Insert ambiguous reference: Say goodbye to these,
Michael. Spring break! Weow!
Its the second-to-last show of the last tour of the
year for the metallers of the year. The specially-made
Hallertau Beastwars India Pale Ale goes on the road
with the band as they play at 4:20 on K Rd before
winding up the tour next week in Wellington and
heading back into the studio.
What kind of trick are these guys trying to pull here?
You cant just have guided walks and call it a festival. A
festival has bands and people on unicycles breathing
fre. This isnt a walking festival. Its just old people
walking. Three geriatrics walking does not a festival
make. (Overheard on the Waiheke ferry.)
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Markets are a great way to spend a Saturday. Especially
niche markets, because theres less chance of running
into your aunt while youre really hung over (and still
kind of buzzed) and with some random stranger who
you clearly slept with last night. That kind of scenario is
fne at a place like The Mighty Mighty Market.
Heath Franklin brings his Hard Bastards Guide to Life
tour to New Zealand. Kicking off this Tuesday down
in Tauranga, the comedian will go on to perform in
Taupo, Wellington, New Plymouth, Rotorua, Hamilton,
Christchurch, Auckland, Hastings, Gisborne, Nelson,
Blenheim, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill throughout
the rest of the month.
Our favourite tattooed blonde popstress with that
love-it-or-hate-it voice fnishes off her tour this
weekend down in Tauranga. Celebrating her new
album Gravel & Wine which hits stores Monday 07
November, Gin has been playing around the country
to more intimate crowds as well as packed audiences
for the rugby. Check her out this weekend.
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ITS MID-AFTERNOON CALIFORNIAN time when I put in a call to
Jose Pasillas, percussionist and founding member of the multi-platinum
selling alt/funk rockers Incubus. Theyve just returned from a full on
two months around States and are repacking for another 30 days in
Europe before heading Down Under. The band, formed in 1991 and
hitting out with tracks like Drive, Pardon Me, Wish You Were Here,
Are You In?, and Dig are planning gigs in New Zealand this coming
summer in support of their latest studio effort If Not Now, When?. The
album, released in July and featuring the single Promises, Promises,
is their frst collective effort in nearly fve years, though lead singer
Brandon Boyd made a solo album whilst studying and the others turned
their efforts to family and social duties. According to Boyd, the albums
title stems from his constant reassessment of life and he references his
addiction to the news and the constant bombardment of important,
catastrophic and beautiful events constantly hitting the headlines. The
title also refers to a quote from Hillel, the rabbi of the Mishnah, who
declared, If I am not for myself, who will be? And when I am for myself,
what am I? And if not now, when?
That third question, notes Pasillas, is like an admonition not to
postpone any duties to take responsibility for yourself and others.
Pressing further he adds, Its an appropriate name (for the album).
Weve been in the mood for taking risk, making a leap and taking
chances so this album is a little darker and slower than the others. But
theres plenty of variety, different styles and eclectic elements.
Its that eclecticism thats contributed to the energy and variety of the
bands live shows. We like to mix it up, says Pasillas. We also try not
to duplicate what we do in the studio on stage too closely, add a little
improvisation here and there.
The USA leg of their current tour kicked off with a sell-out show at the
famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the location of their 2004 Live DVD.
Defnitely one of the more fun shows, says Pasillas when asked if it was
one of their most memorable. Great audience vibe. We love the natural
outdoor setting, its a beautiful location. [Although] the best place to date
was The Gorge [a 20,000 seat outdoor venue, located above the Columbia
River in George, Washington]. It has an amazing canyon backdrop. We
love playing out in the natural surroundings, out of the cities.
Speaking of locations, Incubus will play Auckland and Wellington
in Jan/Feb next year, their fourth tour here. Pasillas reminds me that
theyre great surfng fans and hope to fnd a little time for a couple of
curls. Theyve also jumped off the Sky Tower twice. But pressed for
details of the most insane extracurricular activity theyve undertaken
on this tour, he illustrates a stint last week in Vegas fying small fbrolite
acrobatic planes. Three of us went up and we few over the desert with
an instructor, he says, but then we took control and started shooting at
each other. Its like laser tag with micros. When you hit someone theres
fake smoke billowing out of the tail or wings.
Its full on dog fghts, with barrel rolls and other maneuvers. Some
people would get like sick, woozy. It was pretty cool, though.
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Flying Nun turns 30
WRITTEN BY JOHN BRINKMAN
ROGER SHEPHERD WAS a Christchurch record shop manager who
happened to be so passionate about the local alternative music scene that
he decided to start his own small label to give up and coming bands a
means to get themselves heard.
Shepherd had been to see the Enemy a few years earlier fronted by
Chris Knox and recalls, it was the frst time Id ever been to Dunedin,
and I drove down in my Morris 1100, which was not a car built to do
that sort of trip... it was a whole group of us, we drove to Dunedin
because wed heard how bloody amazing this band was, and we saw
them in the Benefciaries Hall and The Clean supported them... they
were the real deal!
The Enemy were not to last much longer morphing into Toy Love
and then disbanding after an unhappy foray across the ditch but The
Clean, together with Chris Knox and Doug Hood (an Enemy/Toy Love
roadie) were to become an integral and essential part of Shepherds
early efforts. The thing with the Clean was... the fact they were so
creative and dynamic... they were really primitive, really rough, but
very interesting.
Shepherd remembers clearly the excitement of the times. The Clean
embarked on a North Island tour, and determined to record them, he did
something purely on impulse: I thought Id come up to Auckland, Id do
this really extravagant thing, buy an airline ticket, come up and see them,
because... they were that good. He successfully persuaded the band to
cut a single for his new label. When they came back down they recorded
Tally Ho at Arnies [Arnold van Bussell, Nightshift studios] for ffty
dollars, and I discovered that when you pay ffty dollars for something it
means they use the tape again a couple of weeks later for something else!
Against all predictions, Tally Ho spent seven weeks in the charts, and
the new label was up and running. The Clean ventured north again in
September of 1981 and this time Knox and Hood were lying in wait with
a recently acquired TEAC four-track. In an old hall in Bond St, one of
New Zealands classic recordings was made: The Cleans Boodle, Boodle,
Boodle EP, which all up cost $750 to make, and as if to decry its humble
beginnings spent the next six months in the charts.
The Clean changed the original idea behind the whole label,
Shepherd recalls. Everything before that was selling records, trying to
sell three hundred records just to make enough to keep recording, and
then we had this situation on our hands where we could barely keep up
with the sales. Things were happening on quite a commercial level.
From there the label became home to some of the most infuential
and idiosyncratic bands this country has ever seen, all with one
thing in common: the desire to create and record original music with
uncompromising artistic values subject, of course, to the ever-
fuctuating vagaries of Flying Nun fnances. The lo-f approach to
recording worked superbly well for the raw, early music in Shepherds
words, it really suited where the bands were at. What some of us
would regard as landmark recordings The Dunedin Double EP, The
Cleans Great Sounds Great EP, Louis Likes his Daily Dip by the Tall
Dwarfs, The Chills Rolling Moon EP, and Beatin Hearts by the Bilders
were all recorded on the TEAC four-track in peoples houses rather than
in a professional studio. After all this time, the results still speak for
themselves. Following in their wake came a procession of many of New
Zealands best and most original bands in any generation: The Skeptics,
High Dependency Unit, The Able Tasmans, The Bats, Bird Nest Roys,
The 3Ds, The Verlaines, JPSE, Straightjacket Fits, Headless Chickens,
Bailter Space and many many more.
Roger Shepherd sold a shareholding in the company to Mushroom
Records in the mid 90s, and then in 1999 handed over completely when
he went to live in England. Upon his return, he was asked to work on
compiling a back catalogue for Flying Nun, and in doing so discovered
music hed near forgotten about. The task was lengthy, but reacquainting
himself with the material got him thinking. The process was good, it
reacquainted me with all sorts of things actually good memories, a lot
of people, faces, just really reconnecting with the label and the whole
musical history, really, he says. Then I just started running into the
people that were in those bands, and I guess reconnecting with old
friends and then I started thinking about trying to buy it back.
Really I underestimated the amount of work that needed to go into it
to sort the whole thing out. But it was the right thing to do and its gotta
be done its gotta be done.
But hes realistic about the demands of a new generation: It cant just
be a reissue thing. An important part will always be that, but the thing
that drives it forward is signing new artists, making new recordings and
fnding the best way of selling those.

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WRITTEN BY JUSTIN FOWLER
IT SEEMS THEYRE on the cusp of bigger things perhaps one of
NZs best kept musical secrets within the rock genre. Thats what Groove
Guide had to say when Decortica frst came through the press and theyre
sure to remind you of it. Two years of relentless self-promotion has
certainly changed their best-kept secret status. The prog-rock band were
recently hunted down by EMI who signed their second album Love Hotel,
and are about to embark on a tour of Japan.
Matthew Bosher originally started Decortica with his brother. It was
really forged out of the guitar and percussive-oriented rock that was
pretty prevalent in the 90s and so on, he says. Thats when I learnt to
play guitar actually, and also started writing songs in that vein, and Ive
always enjoyed the dynamics of a three-piece. This year has seen a lot
of development for the Decortica enterprise, if you like, and were now
signed to Mushroom Music Publishing and EMI.
The band is fascinated by Japan, a source of inspiration for their
recent album. Bosher says, Love Hotel is a concept based against the
backdrop of Tokyo or Japanese urban nightlife. Love hotels themselves
are pay-by-the-half-hour fantastical dens where people can have sexual
encounters in weird and wonderful ways.
The band was intrigued by the interesting social function of the love
hotel. It became a really interesting theatre stage on which to place some
interesting characters and to write a rock album about, says Bosher.
And now to be touring and playing those songs in Japan its exciting. A
thematic homecoming perhaps?
Asked further about the theatrical aspects, Bosher said Decortica
are fairly transparent. People get a good insight into the thoughts and
feelings of the band and around touring and recording, he says. We
created a blog around the time that we recorded Love Hotel so people
could get an insight into what it all meant. That said, the lyrics themself,
like the music, are fairly dense but entirely observational. Theres no
sort of didactic message whatsoever its just a sense of theatre really, a
narrative, lots of interesting characters coming and going very much
just a collage of the weird and wonderful activities in that setting. We try
and show people what were all about, but at the same time people can
take what they will.
Decortica are a sonically edgy act with a dark atmosphere about
them. Bassist Antoinette Lee says, I dont think we set out to be dark
and heavy, we go about writing music that we like to play and that
we ourselves would like to listen to. Each time we start writing more
tracks or when we start working on the next album, itll be more about
exploring new tones and textures and seeing what else we can do with
what we know.
Drummer Tory Staples adds, Its about challenging ourselves as well.
Just watching Matt work hell come up with a riff, then hell rethink
what hes just played and then strip it back and put it back together. So
its a challenge, sort of stepping up, every time.
Bosher says the most important thing for Decortica is to be interesting.
I think thats our goal more than anything, he says. So whether that
takes us down a darker route or whether it will be more uplifting, its
neither here nor there. Thats the guiding.
Decorticas explorative structures make them an accessible band for
anyone who lends their own ears to rock. Their album is out now so be sure
to get in on NZs best kept prog-rock secret before Japan snaps it all up.
no love lost
ALBUM OUT NOW: DEcorTicA LOVE HOTEL
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thu 17 nov The Strawberry
Tree, Kaikoura
Sat 19 nov XII Below, Dunedin
aUCKlanD international
tattoo Convention
Sat 26 nov ASB Showgrounds,
Auckland
BeaStWarS
Fri 04 nov Biddy Mulligans, Hamilton
Sat 05 nov 4:20, Auckland
Sat 12 nov Bodega, Wellington
BeirUt (US)
Sat 14 jan San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Mon 16 jan Powerstation, Auckland
BeYonD the BlaCK nYe
Sat 31 dec Trentham
Racecourse, Upper Hutt
BiC rUnGa
thu 17 nov Central Baptist
Church, Whangarei
Fri 18 nov Holy Trinity, Tauranga
Sat 18 nov Chapel Of Christ
The King, Hamilton
Mon 21 nov Franklin Baptist
Church, Pukekohe
tue 22 nov Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Auckland
wed 23 nov Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Auckland
Fri 25 nov St Johns Cathedral, Napier
Sat 26 nov All Saints Church,
Palmerston North
Mon 28 nov St Matthews
Anglican Church
tue 29 nov Wellington
Cathedral, Wellington
wed 30 nov Wellington
Cathedral, Wellington
Fri 02 dec St Michael & All
Angels, Christchurch
Sat 03 dec St Michael & All
Angels, Christchurch
Mon 05 dec St Marys Church, Timaru
tue 06 dec Knox Church, Dunedin
wed 07 dec Knox Church, Dunedin
thu 08 dec First Presbyterian
Church, Invercargill
BiG DaY oUt 2012
Fri 20 jan Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
BlaCK Joe leWiS & the
honeYBearS
wed 09 nov Powersation, Auckland
BlaCK lipS (US)
tue 28 Feb Powerstation, Auckland
the BUSineSS (UK)
wed 02 nov Dunedin
Musicians Club, Dunedin
thu 03 nov The Venue, Christchurch
Fri 04 nov Bodega, Wellington
Sat 05 nov The Kings Arms, Auckland
Camp a loW hUm
thu 09 Feb - Mon 13 Feb 203 Coast
Road, RD 1, Wainuiomata
the CheCKS
Fri 11 nov Zeal, Wellington (All Ages)
Fri 11 nov Bodega, Wellington
Sat 12 nov The Royal,
Palmerston North
thu 17 nov Cabana, Napier
Fri 18 nov Butlers Reef, New Plymouth
Sat 19 nov The Shed, Rotorua
Fri 25 nov Flow Bar, Hamilton
Sat 26 nov Powerstation, Auckland
thu 01 dec PBC, Gisborne
Fri 02 dec Illuminati, Tauranga
Sat 03 dec Onewhero
Rugby Club, Onewhero
Sat 07 dec Yot Club, Raglan
Chopper
tue 08 nov Baycourt Community
Arts Theatre, Tauranga
thu 10 nov Great Lake Centre, Taupo
Sat 12 nov The Opera
House, Wellington
Sun 13 nov TSB Showplace,
New Plymouth
tue 15 nov Civic Theatre, Rotorua
wed 16 nov Founders
Theatre, Hamilton
thu 17 nov Aurora Theatre,
Christchurch
Fri 18 nov SKYCITY Theatre, Auckland
Sat 19 nov Hawkes Bay
Opera House, Hastings
Sun 20 nov War Memorial
Centre, Gisborne
tue 22 nov Nelson School
Of Music, Nelson
wed 23 nov Marlborough
Civic Theatre, Blenheim
thu 24 nov Theatre Royal, Timaru
Fri 25 nov Regent Theatre, Dunedin
Sat 26 nov Civic Theatre, Invercargill
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Fri 25 nov Happy, Wellington
Sat 26 nov Star Tavern, Westport
Sun 27 nov Cook Saddle
Cafe, Fox Glacier
tue 29 nov Blue Ice Cafe, Franz Josef
wed 30 nov Chicks hotel, Dunedin
thu 01 dec The Penguin Club, Oamaru
Fri 02 dec The Brewery, Christchurch
maDeleine peYroUx (US)
tue 06 Mar Town Hall, Auckland
manGaWhai nYe partY
Sat 31 dec Mangawhai
Tavern, Mangawhai
the mooDY BlUeS (UK)
Sat 26 nov Michael Fowler
Centre, Wellington
Sun 27 nov The Civic Theatre, Auckland
more fm SUmmer
vineYarD toUr
Fri 03 Feb Sileni Estates, Hawkes Bay
Sat 04 Feb Brooklands
Lawn, New Plymouth
Sun 05 Feb Daisy Bank
Farm, Martinborough
Mon 06 Feb Claudelands
Green, Hamilton
wed 08 Feb Trafalgar Park, Nelson
thu 09 Feb Peregrine
Winery, Queenstown
Fri 10 Feb Pegasus Town, Christchurch
Sat 11 Feb Turanga Creek, Auckland
mUlatU aStatKe (et)
Fri 25 nov Powerstation, Auckland
naDia reiD
thu 03 nov Happy Bar, Wellington
Fri 04 nov Happy Bar, Wellington
the naKeD anD famoUS
Fri 04 nov Town Hall, Auckland
northern liGhtS feStival
Fri 30 dec - Mon 02 Jan
Pakiri Beach, Pakiri
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Sat 03 dec Whammy Bar &
Wine Cellar, Auckland
Sat 10 dec The Venue, Christchurch
paJama ClUB
Sat 03 dec San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Sun 04 dec The Kings Arms, Auckland
phoenix foUnDation
Sat 03 dec Wine & Food
Festival, Christchurch
Sat 12 nov Dux Live, Christchurch
wed 16 nov San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
thu 17 nov The Kings Arms, Auckland
Fri 18 nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch
Fri 18 nov Sammys, Dunedin
Fri 18 nov San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Sat 19 nov The Kings Arms, Auckland
Sat 19 nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch
Sat 19 nov San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Sat 19 nov Sammys, Dunedin
wed 23 nov Sammys, Dunedin
thu 24 nov The Kings Arms, Auckland
Fri 25 nov The Kings Arms, Auckland
Fri 25 nov San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Fri 25 nov Dux Live, Christchurch
Sat 26 nov Dux De Lux, Christchurch
foo fiGhterS (US) W/
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tue 13 dec Western Springs, Auckland
freaKY meat
thu 10 nov Rising Sun, Auckland
thu 17 nov The Pig and Whistle
Historic Pub, Rotorua
Fri 18 nov Perretts Corner
Cafe and Bar, Wellington
Sat 19 nov Baby Gs, Nelson
Sat 19 nov Interislander
Ferry, Wellington - Picton
wed 23 nov Playhouse Cafe, Mapua
thu 24 nov The Roots
Bar, Takaka, Nelson
Fri 25 nov Le Cafe, Picton
Sat 26 nov Interislander
Ferry, Picton - Wellington
the GaSlamp Killer (US)
Fri 18 nov Be Club, Auckland
Sat 19 nov Sandwiches, Wellington
Gin WiGmore
Sat 05 nov Brewers Bar, Tauranga
Grooveman Spot (Jp) &
the tUrnaroUnD
Fri 02 dec Bacco Room, Auckland
GUitar Wolf (Jp)
Mon 12 dec Dux De Lux, Christchurch
tue 13 dec TBA, Dunedin
wed 14 dec Bodega,
Wellington at Bodega
thu 15 dec Static, Hamilton at Static
Fri 16 dec Cassette Nine, Auckland
hall & oateS (US)
Sat 28 jan Church Road Winery, Napier
Sun 29 jan Villa Maria Estate, Auckland
hollie Smith
thu 17 nov Sale St, Auckland
Fri 18 nov Bodega, Wellington
hoW to DreSS Well (US)
Sat 08 dec Third & Social, Auckland
inCUBUS (US)
tue 31 jan Vector Arena, Auckland
wed 01 Feb TSB Bank
Arena, Wellington
John WaterS (US): thiS
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wed 02 nov The Civic, Auckland
JUlia DeanS
Sat 05 nov Masonic Tavern, Auckland
Sat 12 nov The Garden
Club, Wellington
JUlian temple
wed 02 nov The Wine Cellar, Auckland
KaiKoUra rootS feStival
Sat 14 jan Old Beach Road, Kaikoura
Sun 15 jan Old Beach Road, Kaikoura
KUrt vile (US)
thu 01 dec The Kings Arms, Auckland
la De Da feStival
Fri 30 dec Dry River Road,
Martinborough
Sat 31 dec Dry River Road,
Martinborough
laDi6
Mon 26 dec The Station Village
Complex, Lower Hutt
wed 28 dec Butlers Reef, Mangawhai
Mon 02 jan Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi
tue 03 jan Brewers Field,
Mt Maunganui
laneWaY feStival 2012
Mon 30 jan Silo Park, Auckland
lamB of GoD (US)
wed 07 Mar Studio, Auckland
liSa CraWleY
thu 17 nov Montecristo
Room, Auckland
thu 24 nov San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Fri 25 nov Chicks Hotel, Dunedin
Sat 26 nov The Brewery, Christchurch
Fri 09 dec Sawmill Cafe, Leigh
lUCKleSS & BonD Street
BriDGe
Sat 19 nov Leigh Sawmill, Leigh
wed 23 nov The Yot Club
Raglan, Raglan
thu 24 nov Cabana Bar, Napier
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tue 08 nov Stardome Observatory
& Planetarium, Auckland
tue 22 nov Stardome Observatory
& Planetarium, Auckland
tue 13 dec Stardome Observatory
& Planetarium, Auckland
portiSheaD (UK)
thu 10 nov Vector Arena, Auckland
raGGamUffin 2012
Sat 28 jan Rotorua International
Stadium, Rotorua
rhYthm & alpS
wed 28 dec Terrance Downs, Mt Hutt
thu 29 dec Terrance Downs, Mt Hutt
rhYthm & vineS 2011-2012
thu 29 dec - Sat 31 dec
Waiohika Estate, Gisborne
rippon feStival
Sat 04 Feb Rippon Vineyard,
Lake Wanaka
roGer WaterS: the Wall
(US)
Sat 18 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland
Mon 20 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland
wed 22 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland
thu 23 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland
roKY eriCKSon (US)
wed 07 Mar Powerstation, Auckland
rootS feStival
Sat 03 dec Town Hall, Auckland
roxette (Se)
Sat 11 Feb Vector Arena, Auckland
Salmonella DUB
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Vineyard, Matakana
Mon 02 jan Riwaka Hotel, Motueka
Fri 06 jan Brewers Field, Tauranga
Sat 07 jan Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi
the SiSterS of merCY (UK)
wed 22 Feb Powerstation, Auckland
Six60
Fri 11 nov Powerstation, Auckland
Sat 12 nov Powerstation, Auckland
Mon 26 dec Outdoor Marquee,
Mangawhai Tavern
tue 27 dec Outdoor Marquee,
Waihi Beach Hotel
wed 28 dec Outdoor Marquee,
Coroglen Tavern
Mon 02 jan Opononi Hotel, Opononi
wed 04 jan Brewers Field,
Mt Maunganui
thu 05 jan Outdoor
Marquee, Butlers Reef
Fri 06 jan Station Village
Complex, Lower Hutt
Sat 07 jan Outdoor Marquee,
Riwaka Tavern
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Fri 17 Feb - Sun 19 Feb Tapapakanga
Regional Park, Auckland
SprinG BreaK
thu 05 nov The Pettigrew
Green Arena, Napier
SteelY Dan (US) & Steve
WinWooD (UK)
Fri 04 nov Vector Arena, Auckland
taYlor SWift (US)
Fri 16 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland
Sat 17 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland
Sun 18 Mar Vector Arena, Auckland
thee oh SeeS (US)
Fri 27 jan Whammy Bar, Auckland
Sat 28 jan Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Sun 29 jan ARC Theatre, Wanganui
tim finn
wed 30 nov Mercury
Theatre, Auckland
thu 01 dec Clarence St
Theatre, Hamilton
Fri 02 dec Bodega, Wellington
Sun 04 dec Rangiora Town
Hall, Christchurch
tUBorG SUmmer SUnDaY
Sun 29 jan Matakana Music
Mountain, Matakana
tUne-YarDS (US)
thu 12 jan The Kings Arms, Auckland
UnKnoWn mortal
orCheStra
Fri 16 dec San Fran Bath
House, Wellington
Sat 17 dec The Kings Arms, Auckland
vortex triBe (US)
Mon 21 nov Bruce Mason
Centre, Auckland
Fri 25 nov Opera House, Wellington
Sat 26 nov Theatre Royal,
New Plymouth
Sun 27 nov Opera House, Hastings
Mon 28 nov Baycourt, Tauranga
tue 28 nov Clarence St, Hamilton
WaKe leSS
Fri 11 nov - Sat 19 nov BATS
Theatre, Wellington
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Fri 04 nov Mighty Mighty, Wellington
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Fri 16 Mar TSB Bowl of
Brooklands, New Plymouth
Sat 17 Mar TSB Bowl of
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attending the playstation
event last week was also a
good excuse to get to see the
puma Social club before it was
dismantled. Im glad (and not
surprised) to say that both did
not disappoint.
The highly anticipated
unchartered 3 fronted the
showcase. I managed to get
a fair bit of time on the PS3
version, equipped with my
fancy 3D glasses. The new
technology of this device
assists the game in achieving
some stunning visuals (but
more on that later). With or
without the glasses, theres
little doubt that this game will
continue the
fne tradition of
the unchartered
franchise and be
a star for Sony.
Many other
games were on
offer, as well as
music from Che
Fu, King Kapisi
and Annah Mac,
beers from
Burger Fuel and
copious other drinks. But there
were two showstoppers for me
at the event that look sure to lead
the way in personal gaming.
Firstly, arise the PS vita
taking the crown from the PSP.
With front and rear touchpads,
a high-res OLED screen, SIXAXIS
motion sensor technology, dual
analog sticks and front and rear
cameras which can incorporate
augmented reality gaming, this
neat little package has set the
bar. It scores bonus points for
coming in your choice of Wif
or 3G/Wif models, for being
lighter than an iPhone and for
having a bigger screen. Mega
bonus point for the simple idea
of being able to remotely save
playstation shoWCase
a look at upcoMing goodieS For SonyS pS3
your game. Without a doubt it
will be a small matter of time
until smartphone technology is
bundled in with it as well.
The other out-there
experience was the HMZ-T1
Personal 3D viewer. This is a
headset that reminded me
of the virtual reality ones
of old, but rolling with the
high demands of modern day
gamers (such as having your
own adjustable straps and
headphones built in). When
it hits the market, it will be
able to offer 3D home cinema
experiences as well as 3D games.
While I tried out a 3D game on
offer and ended up grinning like
a little kid, that
same little kid
was bummed
that no one else
could see that I
just came frst.
But the pros
of this device
certainly round
it off so that
virtual reality is
greater than my
childlike ego.
Another cool demo was the
dual-view 3D. This gives you the
possibility of playing a game on
the same TV and seeing different
images without having to do
split screen. Id only heard about
this technology before, and now
having experienced it its safe
to say that it has the potential
to redefne how we play against
each other on the same screen.
These new interactive
products arent on the shelves
yet, but theyre defnitely things
well be talking more about
when they hit stores in February.
WRITTEN BY JON SNOW
GamING
aLbum rEvIEWs
ive always liked janes
addiction. Their artsy take on
punk rock was fresh once and
they were cool. This album
is Janes Addiction through
and through. Your ears prick
up in the frst ten seconds of
Underground with an okay,
cool, Ive heard this before,
reaction. Thats the rap sheet
right there really they
still sound the same. A lot of
established bands get a bit of
fak from their more protective
fans for change and Id be
surprised if that crowd draws
rapiers here. The only new thing
is the addition of TV On The
Radios Dave Sitek, which on
refection occasionally shows
through in a stronger rhythm.
The great escape slips nicely
into the back catalogue, much
nicer than Farrell and Navarros
shenanigans in the last few
years do at any rate. A fantastic
metaphysics-bending foaty trip
to space out to after a rough
night at the cloudy mind circus.
WRIITEN BY JUSTIN FOWLER
JaneS
aDDiCtion
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the great eScape
lou reed and Metallica
collaborating isnt something
youd expect, ever. Lulu is the
musical love child of Metallica
and Reeds performance of Velvet
Underground tracks back at the
25th anniversary of the Rock n
Roll hall of fame in 2009. Reed took
a walk on the wild side and I really
want to like it.
There is a lot that goes in
the albums favour; to start
with, Reeds song writing is
always elaborate and poetic.
Its layered with aggressive
spoken word vocals intertwined
with Metallicas flthy sound,
making for interesting listening.
The testosterone overload is
regulated by frst person female
song characters, most notably in
the opener Brandenburg Gate. At
times, though, Reed overburdens
himself by trying to carry his
voice along with the riot that is
Metallica.
Its a quirky and dark amble into
Reeds always shocking mind-
mystery, and it just so happens
Metallica came along for the ride.
WRIITEN BY JUSTIN FOWLER
new Zealands Miss duet and
nudie-airplane-ads of 2009 gin
wigmore returns with second
album Gravel & Wine. Written
in the States, this album is an
exploration of vice, naughtiness
and difference pretty awesome
really. Its an upbeat fusion of
blues and motown. Kill Of The
Night gets the bass thumping,
with particularly frightful
lyrics about man hunting and
blood-tasting. Catchy hooks and
stompy beats characterise most
of this album; fun drips from it
everywhere. Wigmore shows
a softer, more emotional side
in motowny piano-led ballad
If Only and violin tearjerker
Saturday Smile. That husky
voice is as strong as ever and
you just know a hatchback full
of girls is going to drive past in
the near future with Dirty Love
breaking the speakers while
they sing like her. Sweet Hell
reeks of Edward Sharpes Home.
Its a genuinely likeable album
cant really argue with that.
WRITTEN BY JUSTIN FOWLER
hard-working auckland
noisemongers rule of thieves
freshly released ep Silhouette
has been highly anticipated.
The frst thing that hits you is
the sheer presence of their sonic
assault. Multi-layered guitars
howl and scratch an erratic
rhythm as singer Rory Hart does
some howling of his own. Over
the course of this four-track
EP, chunky menacing riffs are
stacked haphazardly on top of
each other threatening to spill
over. First song Champagne
hits hard like Deftones at their
heavy best while Dead Awake
taps into a more ethereal vein.
Paper Envy stands on the
precipice of full-blown screamo
before retreating back into
serenity. The album is heavy
but carefree like so many great
hard rock acts of the late 90s
and early 2000s. Rule Of Thieves
have come a long way from their
humble bedroom beginnings,
and Silhouette is likely only a
taste of grander things to come.
WRIITEN BY RICARDO KERR
theres tons of press already out
on this, yet few seem to have
made the connection on the title:
this is clearly adams phoenix
rising. The obsessive-compulsive
composer quit The Cardinals,
and indeed all music in 2009 due
to complications with Mnires
disease (a disorder of the inner ear
affecting hearing and balance).
But with encouragement from
his new wife Mandy Moore, hes
begun a steady recovery.
Previously, his best work
focused on the post-break-up
blues, but here Adams seems more
content to play with the inner
workings of a living relationship,
as evident on the tender ode to
loyalty Come Back Home (ft.
Moore and Norah Jones on BV),
and the soulful Kindness. Chains
Of Love inspects the ties that keep
couples connected through the
rough patches. This album proves
that love is suiting Adams well; its
the kind of focused masterpiece
that we all hold out for, unplugged
treasures to play over and over,
forever. Amen.
WRITTEN BY TIM GRUAR
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shit Worth WatChing
British tv comedies have a
disappointing pedigree when
stretched to big-screen length.
Harry Enfelds kevin & Perry go
large was 90 minutes too large,
Rik Mayalls much-loved bottom
became fabby beyond belief,
and ali g indahouse really should
have stayed there.
Sitcoms rely on simple,
claustrophobic situations,
neither a complete clanger nor
a lost classic, tom hollands
1985 vampire-next-door fick is
the latest inexplicable entry on
hollywoods recycling list. Set
in a Las Vegas housing estate
of such crushing uniformity
it could use a little vamping
up, Craig Gillespies snazzy 3D
update begins with local kids
going missing from school.
Charlie (Yelchin), his girlfriend,
Amy (Poots), and nerdy tag-along
Ed (Mintz-Plasse) suspect its
something to do with Charlies
neighbour, Jerry (Farrell). Thats
a terrible name for a vampire,
says Charlie sagely, but can he
stop Mr Creepy from shagging
his mum (Collette) or worse?
First and foremost among
fright night 2011s assets are
its talented players, most of
Found-footage horrors tend
to elicit groans from me, the
allure to producers seemingly
only due to low costs and
misplaced ideas about their
coolness. With Paranormal
activity 3, though, this stylistic
conceit is a given, although
shifting the setting to the 80s
and replacing shitty digital
cameras with VHS seemed
at frst to be an unnecessary
stretch. Then again, this is a
prequel and it actually ends up
being a relief that we dont have
to spend another 90 minutes
with the same small cast of
actors. Not that theres a hell
of a lot of tinkering with the
formula, with the bulk of the
flm taking place in a house with
scary shit happening to a few
key people.
them foriegners pretending to
be American. Yelchin (Russian)
has an engaging outsider charm,
Poots (English) has balls to spare
and when Mintz-Plasse takes
a (literal) early bath the flm
really misses him. Farrell (Irish),
meanwhile, enjoys himself as a
preening sex-pest gibbering on
about how ripe Amy is. Its not
a scary performance, but you
defnitely wouldnt want him
dating your sister.
Although the murky visuals
stop the 3D scenes zinging off
the screen, theres a whizzy
car chase and some well-
choreographed kills enough to
complement the performances
and put this among the more
entertaining reworkings of
recent years.
WRITTEN BY MATT GLASBY, [Link]
This time the directors of
catfsh are calling the shots
and do a great job of replicating
the spatial awareness and
repetition of its predecessors.
These are critical elements of all
three flms infusing an anxiety
level that primes the audience
for some pretty simple scares
and heightens their impact.
catfsh showed that these guys
can assemble a story from
a bunch of ordinary-looking
footage and here they do just
that. Getting the simple things
right each year is working for
this franchise, rather than
becoming ever more elaborate.
Unless you count bolting a
camera to an oscillating fan
base so it can pan left and right.
Nice one, MacGyver.
WRITTEN BY STEVE NEWALL, [Link]
the inBetWeeners
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so when writers dream up
outlandish, fsh-out-of-water
plots to fll time theyre more
far-fetched and less funny. TV-
trained directors, meanwhile,
often try so hard to be
cinematic that they burst the
bubble of believability.
Based on tales of schoolyard
mortifcation and sexual
misadventure in suburban
FURTHER INFO
DIRECTED BY
HENRY JOOST, ARIEL SCHULMAN
STARRING
CHLOE CSENGERY, JESSICA TYLER BROWN
AND CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS SMITH
FURTHER INFO
DIRECTED BY
CRAIG GILLESPIE
STARRING
ANTON YELCHIN, COLIN FARRELL,
CHRISTOPHER AND MINTZ-PLASSE
London, The inbetweeners makes
all of these mistakes and more in
its expanded format, but scrapes by
on past glories. A bubble-burstingly
expensive helicopter/crane shot
quickly introduces the gang
uptight Will (Bird), lovelorn Simon
(Thomas), braggart Jay (Buckley)
and dimwit Neil (Harrison) before
theyre whipped off to Malia, Crete,
for some fsh-out-of-water lads
shenanigans.
Mostly this involves them
incompetently romancing a group
of inexplicably beguiled girls,
slapdash plotting and endless shots
of extras dancing, although there
are enough cringe-making knob
gags to hold the attention. Neils
sexual encounters with a lady of
advancing years are a highlight,
and kudos to Theo Barklem-Biggs
for nearly stealing the show as a
brain-fried club casualty.
Though it was hardly subtle to
begin with, there was something
alluringly intimate about the TV
show that evaporates in the Malia
sun. As a standalone six-pack
fick The inbetweeners movie is
fne, but as the epilogue to one of
the best British sitcoms ever it is,
perhaps inevitably, a letdown.
WRITTEN BY MATT GLASBY, [Link]
FURTHER INFO
DIRECTED BY
BEN PALMER
STARRING
JAMES BUCKLEY, SIMON BIRD ,BLAKE
HARRISON AND JOE THOMAS
Finding the CoWl
ON scrEEN
BatMan: year one review
him get into fghts before he
dons the mask and cape is fun
(especially when a very young
prostitute stabs him). Its also
interesting to see another voice
actor take up the role, as the
infamous Kevin Conroy is absent
in this fick.
But year one is almost more
of Jim Gordons story. A hero cop
who has been transferred to
Gotham, Lieutenant Jim Gordon
has a baby on the way and
cant believe his luck when hes
stuck in the corrupt, criminal
city. Voiced by none other than
Bryan Cranston (breaking bad),
Jim shines as the hero and
protagonist much
more so than the
titular character.
His is the struggle
we follow. His
fghts are the ones
we root for. His
failures are the ones
we forgive. With
a running time of
around 60 minutes,
the storytelling
has neither been
squashed nor
squandered.
Its a mixed tale
with a collective of short stories
that make up everything that you
would want to see in Batmans
frst year discovering who he
is. Theres no super-powered
element its just a crime story.
An original crime story that
doubles as an origin story. Frank
Millers comic was a hit, and its
great to see that the animated
version has delivered so well.
Best of all you dont need to be
familiar with the characters to
enjoy the story, which is the
make of any good flm.
WRITTEN BY SUMMER THERNOMME
the geek-con that is
armageddon brings out the
pale-faces and other unfair
stereotypes that we give to the
subculture of comic readers,
gamers, cosplayers and other
nerdy, geeky con-goers. The
convention has its ups and
downs every year. One of the
ups of this years had to have
been the premiere screening of
batman: year one.
The story is lifted pretty
much directly from Frank
Millers comic of the same
name. Even the layman may
recognise Millers name on the
creator credits of Sin city or
300 as well as his
directorial debut
with The Spirit.
While some of those
are hit and miss,
the writer knows
comics as a medium
much better than
anything else hes
dabbled in. He
wasnt the director
of the animated
adaptation of
batman: year one,
but his story is still
there and has been
lifted extremely well.
The premise of year one
is simple. Bruce Wayne has
fnished his years of training
under Shaolin Monks and gurus
and whatnot, and has returned
to his home city of Gotham
wondering what to do next. He
doesnt yet know he will take up
the mantle of the bat, and hes
struggling to fnd his place in
this dark world with all of the
physical and mental talents he
now possesses. Its a fantastic
insight to see him discover how
he fnds the cowl and instils fear
in the hearts of criminals. Seeing
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STARRING
BRYAN CRANSTON, BEN MCKENZIE, ELIZA
DUSHKU, JON POLITO, ALEX ROCCO
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four days of the year?
2. arent there some quite racist
terms for types of freworks?
3. whats going to happen to
The cloud now?
4. do you care?
5. do you regret that tattoo you
got yet?
6. Thoughts on the new
walking dead?
7. what was that 90s show that
was like Transformers but
was different?
8. how did typing that into
google end up fnding angela
anaconda?
9. why does wearing make-
up in all black face differ from
blackface?
10. Space cowboy or cowboy
dracula?
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the Stanley BrotherS
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hank williaMS iii
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connie FranciS
5. lay down in The Tall grass
tiMBer tiBre
6. i dont Remember a Thing
paul kelly and uncle Bill
7. im So depressed
delaney davidSon
8. So Sad (To watch good love
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dillard and clark
9. hold ya head
Biggie SMallS/BoB Marley
10. behold my koolstyle
daM native
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Juice TVs Alternative Broadcast.
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evil twinS
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M83
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Slow cluB
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FaBulouS/araBia
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unknown Mortal
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teeth
10. youre not invited
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Florence and the
Machine
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Mayer hawthorne
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gin wigMore
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Bjork
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cairo kniFe Fight
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white lieS
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2. The inbetweeners
3. one day
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5. midnight in Paris
6. beautiful lies
7. fright night
8. The orator
9. The Trip
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