Unknown Pleasures...
Thirty years have elapsed since the release of Joy Division’s seminal album ‘Unknown Pleasures’ and the untimely passing of lead singer Ian Curtis.To commemorate this event, legendary bass player and founder Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order, Monaco, Freebass) has put together a group of musicians and friends to play the hugely influential album sequentially and in its entirety – for the first time in NZ. Unknown Pleasures Live, Saturday 2 October at The Powerstation. Tickets from Ticketmaster, Marbecks & Real Groovy.
Gorillaz coming in December!
Live at Vector Arena on December 21. Featuring Damon Albarn along with the full Gorillaz entourage including Bashy, De La Soul, Mick Jones & Paul Simonon from The Clash, Kano, Little Dragon, Mos Def, National Orchestra for Arabic Music, Gruff Rhys, Shaun Ryder and Bobby Womack. Tickets go on sale from Ticketmaster on August 6.
The Chemical Brothers Return...
Chemical Brothers announce their 'Further' Auckland Concert on March 2nd 2011. The countdown has begun, so music fans unite! The world’s biggest bass thumping rockers and masters of dropping those block rockin’ beats are officially on their way. AUCKLAND, Vector Arena, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Tickets on sale at 9.00am THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 from Ticketmaster.
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I had no prior knowledge to receiving this record that Devendra Banhart was a musician as well as a visual artist. We studied his cryptic and very obscure paintings in art class and the album is covered in his weird and sometimes psychedelic creations...
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You would have to ask what type of pharmaceuticals the boys from The Flaming Lips are on after listening to “Embryonic”. Wayne Coyne and co have again produced a record full to the brim with psychedelic sound scapes, blatantly bubblegum pop and a truly disturbing piece of album cover to top it all off...
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All previous knowledge I have of the Twilight movies is that they are based on books, majority of teenage girls go weak at the knees for the main male lead and that Paramore featured predominantly on the last soundtrack...
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What happens when a blond bombshell Hollywood actress and a relatively well known singer-song writer team up and write a record? Well if listening to “Break Up” by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson is anything to go by than what is created is very good indeed...
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This is a tricky one to put my finger on. At times Muse are soaring high as grooving and brooding modern rock stompers while at others they are trying their very best to be the Queen of our generation and it leaves an utterly bitter taste in the mouth...
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