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Nathan Haines & the Dream Band

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Devil’s Elbow Sand on Chrome

The debut album from Hawke’s Bay duo Devil’s Elbow is an absolute delight. Frontman and guitarist Alec Withers sings gritty, swaggering vocals, backed up by solid drumming and fine harmonies from former Garageland stickman Andrew Gladstone. The result is some very catchy desert rock with occasional cow-punk and even folk leanings…

The Expendables Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Randy Couture

How we laughed. I’m not a huge fan of Sly Stallone, half the time I can’t understand his lines and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone there. That said, he’s relatively articulate in this shit-kicker of an action film about a crack team of mercenaries.

The Expendables — with a name like that it’s as if they’re willing the mission to fail — are played by Stallone, Jason (The Transporter) Statham and a few others including…

Western Line Trio, Sunday at La Zeppa

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When it comes to phoned interviews, You can’t get any more real than talking to a Louisiana-born legend of swamp-pop. Warren Storm is 73 and has been playing drums and singing soulful vocals since the 1950s.

Back in 1958, his version of the old country tune “Prisoner’s Song” and its flip-side “Mama Mama Mama (Look What Your Little Boy’s Done)” met with chart success, selling a quarter of a million copies…

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