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By LARRY RYAN Pop HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Koko LONDON *** About halfway through their set Hercules and Love Affair really hit their stride and you could be forgiven for thinking that the last days of disco are a long way off. They play "Blind", their best- known song.

The Southland Times has a double pass to give away for the Big Day Out '08 in Auckland on January 18. That's $240 of tickets for what is arguably the country's premiere annual gig. We've also got a couple of CDs to give away to people who don't get the big prize.

By BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND CREAMFIELDS fans can pack their sun cream and bikinis as a heatwave has been predicted for this year's event.

By Kevin W. Smith, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Mar. 29--1) Modest Mouse, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" Modest Mouse singer and leader Isaac Brock always sounded like a man struggling to express himself but never truly comfortable with the outcome.