January 2012
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THEE OH SEES at Whammy, Friday 27th January – Photos

Photos by Georgia Schofield

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Game of Thrones Season 2 teaser

Cheese on Toast is so so so excited about season two of Game of Thrones starting (in the US) on 1 April. Check out the teaser trailer below…

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GOLDEN AXE – Moon of Peaceful Planet

Golden Axe have released their latest music video – for the track Moon of Peaceful Planet from their amaze-balls album Liquid Bacon. Speaking of amaze-balls the clip is a hypnotic collection of golfing…

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THE DRESDEN DOLLS at Powerstation – photos

The Dresden Dolls played at Auckland’s Powerstation on Friday 27th January with Princess Chelsea as support. Photos by Georgia Schofield

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THE DRESDEN DOLLS ninja show – photos

The Dresden Dolls performed a ‘ninja show’ at Auckland Central Library at 2pm on Friday afternoon, ahead of their headline show at Powerstation that night. Photos by Georgia Schofield

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THE SADNUTS = THE DATSUNS – photos

The Datsuns played at Auckland’s Whammy Bar on Thursday with Imploder and The Dirty Sweets – but they kept it on the down-low by billing themselves as The Sadnuts. Word is that they…

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Technical difficulties at LANEWAY in Brisbane

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival have issued an apology to Brisbane attendees in respect of technical difficulties experienced causing the delay of the M83 set and consequential shortening of their set. They issued the…

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CAMP A LOW HUM – sold out

This year’s Camp A Low Hum has sold out – came the missive from Camp organizer Blink this afternoon!

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BLOOD ORANGE announced to support Florence and the Machine

Blood Orange (aka Devonte Hynes) is coming to Auckland to support Florence and the Machine at their Vector Arena show on Monday 28 May.

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Brand new DAVID APPLE remix EP – for FREE DOWNLOAD

David Apple is back. Both figuratively and physically (he was away from NZ, back in his homeland, the Uk for a few months).

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SLIEGH BELLS – Comeback Kid

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THE DAMNED w/ Doug Jerebine at Powerstation 25 January 2012 – PHOTOS

The Damned played at Auckland’s Powerstation last night, Thursday 25th January with support provided by Doug Jerebine. Cheese on Toast photographer Frances Carter managed to get these photos before an elbow or some…

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DRESDEN DOLLS free show at Auckland Central Library on Friday 2pm

Look what a little birdie told us to look at – CLICK HERE

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95bFM announce Summer Series date and new venue

95bFM have announced that this years Summer Series event will be on Saturday 10th March and will shift from the traditional home of Albert Park to the new water-side exciting space that is…

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ELBOW announces Auckland show

Elbow have been making music for twenty years, have sold millions of albums and won the UK’s Mercury Prize, and have never played New Zealand. That’s about to change. Playing Auckland’s Powerstation on…

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Watch our interview with PAIRS from Shanghai

Yesterday, Cheese on Toast met up with Pairs, from Shanghai, China who are in NZ touring. Watch the interview here Check them out live at JANUARY: 25th – HAMILTON – Static Bar (with…

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bFM Top Ten 25 Jan 2012

This week’s top ten from the mighty bFM…

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Listen to our interview with Erika M Anderson aka EMA

So, Cheese on Toast got to chat with the amazing Erika M Anderson just before Xmas. And then shi’ got hectic with turkey eating and Wire re-watching, that somehow, in a over-eating induced…

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DIE ANTWOORD, FATBOY SLIM and SKRILLEX in weird three-way

Check this shi’ out for weirdness of combinating (that’s not a typo, it’s a made up word)…

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EDDIE NUMBERS – Never Rap Again

The brand new song from Auckland hip-hop band Eddie Numbers is called Never Rap Again and it’s up on soundcloud for streaming and free download. Never Rap Again by Eddie Numbers On Soundcloud…

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SAINT ETIENNE – Tonight

The first new material from Saint Etienne since 2005 is a new song called Tonight, which is the first to be taken from their eighth album. They say, of the song, “Like the…

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84th Academy Awards nominations are announced

BEST PICTURE The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse DIRECTING The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants, Alexander Payne…

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Listen to clips of two new tracks from LANA DEL RAY

Man, the hype on this new Lana Del Ray album is building it up way too much, in my opinion. Talk about setting someone up to fall, shiiiiiiettt. Anyhoo – so the new…

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TIDBALL on bFM 24 Jan 2012

Here’s the playlist and podcast from last night’s show on 95bFM Scalper – One Friend ft Mau The Buzzcocks – Oh Shit! Xiu Xiu – Hi Childish Gambino – Heartbeat The Internet –…

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XIU XIU – Hi

Latest music video from Xiu Xiu – Hi, from the forthcoming album Always. Directed by David Horvitz & Jamie Stewart.

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KATE BUSH – Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe

Official animation to accompany a segment from the new Kate Bush track Lake Tahoe – “Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe” It’s way better than the Lotto dog who comes home and gets all…

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Listen to selected new album tracks by MIIKE SNOW

Miike Snow (not Mike Snow, he’s not just some guy; it’s a group Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt) are releasing their long-awaited new album Happy to You March 27th. You can…

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MAD MEN to return with fifth season in March

After contractual negotiations took the show off air in 2011, Mad Men’s fifth series begins in the US on March 25.

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Watch the new teaser clip for new DIE ANTWOORD album

Die Antwoord’s new album is due out 7 Feb, entitled Ten$ion. Wow.

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75 Newly Recorded Bob Dylan Songs by Over 80 Artists – Amnesty International

February 6th marks the international release of 4 CD’s of Bob Dylan cover songs entitled Chimes of Freedom as part of Amnesty International 50th Birthday celebrations. It even features NZ’s Pajama Club!

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