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Why you should always wear your heart on your sleeve. » When I like something, I like to tell the world. When I really love something; pretty much the whole wide world knows. But hey! Wearing your heart on ...
THE NON-STOP GIG! » 2010 is shaping up to be a pretty amazing concert-year. January, February! Oohhh don't even get started on March; dying in anticipation. If yo...
NICK JONAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION NEW ZEALAND ALBUM RELEASE DATE... » The debut album from NICK JONAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION will be released in New Zealand on February 8th 2010. The album 'Who I Am', was recorded in eig...
NICK JONAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION's debut performance... » We are currently busy compiling our best of lists of 2009. As well as a list of our most anticipated albums of 2010. Throughout various rounds...
CAGE THE ELEPHANT [ self-titled ] » A few seconds into CAGE THE ELEPHANT’s debut and self-titled album, and you already know exactly where you stand. It opens like something by...
JOHN MAYER - Battle Studies » I didn’t imagine I’d like JOHN MAYER’s new album, ‘Battle Studies’. ‘Your Body is a Wonderland’ kind of weirded me out, with its...
GIN WIGMORE and THE CARDINALS live at Nineteen42 » {slimbox images/partyfavours/ginwigmore-Nineteen42/ginwigmore1942-27nov2009-1-full.jpg, images/partyfavours/ginwigmore-Nineteen42/ginwigmore1942...
Born For This: PARAMORE are coming! » The cliché “When it rains, it pours”, has never been so true for New Zealand. March 2010 will see a musical downpour of massive proportions hit o...
JET hearts on fire - so come on, burn brighter. » JET. For serious. I must have caught Chris Cester in a philosophical mood. The Jet drummer hadn’t left his hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, for 24 ...
St Jerome's Auckland Laneway Festival FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT! » The first announcement of Auckland’s inaugural St. Jerome’s Laneway festival knocked those of other, more established events out of the park. (Ech...
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE interview

florence down the rabbit hole...

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE is a rare kind of character, actually living up to the fairy tale that precedes the fabled band's name. By day, frontwoman Florence Welch is an earnest Alice in conversation; transforming on-stage into an eminent hell-raiser by night...
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meet: GABE SAPORTA

vocals / frontman

COBRA STARSHIP frontman, Gabe Saporta. Vegetarian, attended Rutgers University, leaked Pete Wentz's e-mail address last year as revenge for Wentz leaking his cell phone number...
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meet: VICTORIA ASHER

KEYTAR!

Our favourite keytarist (sorry Pete Cafarella of Shy Child) VICKY-T, studied film at NYU, has worked with directors Michel Gondry & Terry Gilliam on music videos and commercials...
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meet: RYLAND BLACKINTON

guitar / synths

Lead guitarist Ryland Blackinton of Cobra Starship, is the second cousin of Westlife's Shane Filan, also has acting interests... and you may recognise a bit of Blackinton in BBC reporter Guy Ripley.
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meet: ALEX SUAREZ

bass guitar

Alejandro Francisco Suarez Virta Marquin Mercera attended the Florida Culinary Institute, former Midtown drummer Rob Hitt was once Suarez's neighbour, and Suarez has confirmed that he is engaged!
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meet: NATE NOVARRO

drums...

Former drum tech for Armor For Sleep, the youngest & shortest member of Cobra Starship uses SJC drums, loves to fish... & Novarro's car was stolen three days after his arrival in Brooklyn to join Cobra.
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OWL CITY is coming to New Zealand!

owl city. OWL CITY!

To celebrate Cobras & Owls breaking through to the mainstream, Auckland is having a celebration! OWL CITY ARE SUPPORTING COBRA STARSHIP FOR THE AUCKLAND DATE of their NZ tour.
Read HERE + more upcoming concerts
Imogen Heap NZ tour!
Nick Jonas And The Administration competition!

Event Calendar

COUP DE MAIN IS LISTENING TO...
OK GO - Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Contra
MARINA & THE DIAMONDS - The Family Jewels

COMING SOON ON COUP DE MAIN...
Interviews with:
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
THE HORRORS
THE DECEMBERISTS
PASSION PIT
THE TEMPER TRAP
KELLY BLATZ
LMFAO
MARINA & THE DIAMONDS
OK GO
YOU ME AT SIX
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
THE XX
LEELAND

The Ugly Truth competition
Couples Retreat competition
Coup De Main likes to blog!
COUP DE MAIN likes to blog! Dinosaurs, supermarket-ing, roadtrip adventures, beach dates, lazers, cute stuff, playlists, reading lists...
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