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Zine of the Week

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Staff Reporter

By Paul Lukas Available at Blackstar Books ABeer Frame is when all bowlers in a frame of ten-pin bowling get a strike except for one person. By tradition, the person who didn’t get a strike then has to buy everyone else a round of beer. Beer Frame is also a zine. Originating in Read more...

Work and Play

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

Orira to be performed at Blue Oyster Gallery, 6pm Thursday 3 April. I met Samin Son at the gallery on the Friday morning following the opening show from his performance series. Having heard much about him from a mutual friend, I had wanted to make his acquaintance, or at least see him Read more...

Interview: Marie Strauss

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Hannah Collier

I’ve realised, in the midst of my daily routines, that there seems to be this generalised idea that art and fashion coexist, and it has left me wondering – with fashion becoming the focus of an increasing number of exhibitions and shows (i.e. iD Fashion Week), is the distinct line that once Read more...

Download of the Week: Lontalius - The World Will Never Know About Us (NZ)

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Adrian Ng

Eddie Johnston is a prolific music prodigy based in Wellington, also known also for his project Race Banyon. The World Will Never Know About Us contains some of his most beautifully crafted, electronic pop songs. Lush and mesmerising. Available for free download at lontalius.bandcamp.com. Read more...

The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Peter McCall

“It always gets so hard to see right before the moon,” sings Adam Granduciel, songwriter for The War on Drugs, halfway through their latest LP. It’s a new take on the old cliché, “it’s always darkest before the dawn,” but one that reflects more accurately the 35-year-old’s true longing. Granduciel Read more...

New this Week

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Adrian Ng

The last few days I’ve been recovering from a devastating cold. That’s right, devastating. One rainy afternoon I sat in my room with my lights dimmed and a cup of diluted honey, listening to a playlist I had constructed titled “Sad Bastard Music.” It actually made being sick kind of a pleasant Read more...

Profile: Tiny Ruins

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Adrian Ng

Holly Fullbrook, the talented songwriter behind Tiny Ruins, talks to Adrian Ng about her upbringing and David Lynch. Your music gives me a strange sense of nostalgia. There’s quite a mystical, ancient quality to it. How do you interact with your music? Is there a certain mood you are trying Read more...

South Park: Stick of Truth

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Baz Macdonald

Rating: A Whatever you think of South Park, there is no denying that Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators, minds and voices behind the show, are geniuses. They created South Park 18 years ago in each other’s basements with craft paper. The show has gone on to become an undisputable Read more...

Lemonade Date Scones

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Sophie Edmonds

Every accomplished woman should know how to make a good batch of scones. Once mastered, you will be able to impress any future mother-in-law that comes your way. After all, isn’t that why us ladies attend university? To find a husband? Throw that old Edmonds recipe out the window. Who has Read more...

Stories We Tell

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Nick Ainge-Roy

Rating: C+ Stories We Tell is a documentary directed by Sarah Polley that chronicles the relationship of her parents, Michael and Diane Polley, with special attention paid to an extramarital affair of her mother’s that resulted in Sarah’s illegitimate birth. While technically a Read more...