Fri 6 9pm

JACOB PERKINS and the Nobody (US)

Peneloping

Ashes of August

SethFrightening

Sat 7

AUDIO EMPIRE " Combining elements of Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Breaking Benjamin, Incubus, Pearl Jam and various others, the sound is atypical of the standard New Zealand rock format. The end result is polished, professional and radio-friendly, with enough grit and integrity to keep heads bobbing and fists pumping. "

MERCURY CROWE / MOONLIGHT FLIT

Tues 10 - 8.30

JIM DENLEY - Aussie improv sax legend plays with....

Secretaries on Standby (A Donaldson, J Taylor, D Beban)

and

Hermione Johnson and Gerard Crewdson

Wed 11 8.30pm

JIM DENLEY (Aus) with

APLHABETHEAD / GERARD CREWDSON

and

THE ECSTASY TRIO - (J Henderson / T Callwood / C O'Connor)

Thurs 12 9pm

SMASHIN OFF / WASTELAND / STRANGERS - big night o touring rocknoisepunk

Fri 13

THE COMEDOWNS - Ak rockers

Sat 14

PUMICE - the one and only! and....

GROUPER (US)

"Vicky Sleeps with Dead People" Part 8: Vicky sleeps out in the woods with dead people but she always combs her hair in the morning. Her parents don't understand her. And she doesn't understand them. They try. She tries. The dead people try. They will all work it out someday.

http://www.myspace.com/grouperrepuorg

Tues 17 8.30pm

BUG EYES - new year new name BUG EYES is BUG EYES....anything could happen.

Wed 18 - 8.30pm

THE COLLINS

Thurs 19 8.30pm

HOLLY THROSBY - Australia

"Superb lyricism and subtly rich, oaky instrumentation, effortlessly veering from bright folk pop to spare, almost ambient acoustic laments."

http://www.myspace.com/hollythrosby

Fri 20 9pm

Oxfam Fundariaser night feat. COUGAR COUGAR

and

FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL

Sat 21, 9pm

Nikki Patin - Phat Grrl Revoution Tour - Auckland

Chicago-based Def Jam poet and member of the American National Slam Team Nikki Patin is heading to New Zealand on her Phat Grrrl Revolution Tour.

Sun 22 8pm

CAROLYN MARK (Canada)

"There's two kinds of women you let in your life/ Exciting new mistress and boring old wife," sings country throwback Carolyn Mark on her new album, Nothing Is Free. The line is indicative of Mark's straightforward style - she doesn't take shit and she's not afraid to let you know it. And, safe to say, Mark is not boring. She's good friends with fellow twangy siren Neko Case (the outspoken duo released an album together in 2000) and the Canadian songwriter has made a name for herself with five brassy albums over the last seven years.

Mark's music is so authentic in its back porch vibe, it seems to come with its own direct link to Loretta Lynn's '60s heyday - like her heroes, Mark is not afraid to rail against a man too drunk to understand his own fuck-ups. Not to say Mark is some kind of saint: Her gigs are known for their off-balance candor and ribald humor as much as the homespun tunes. Go for the music, stay for the dirty jokes.

http://www.carolynmark.com/

Tues 24 8.30pm

BUG EYES

Wed 25 8pm

MUSIC AND ARTISTS SOCIAL CLUB

Thurs 26

CONNAN MOCCASIN

Fri 27

UPPER HUTT POSSE

Sat 28

SHEBA WILLIAMS - eroticstatic video release

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