Hot tip: Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter (from left) vocalist P Digsss, drummer Redford Grenell, guitarist-samples-synths Sam Trevethick, saxophonist-keyboardist-synths Devin Abrams and bass player-synths Nick Robinson play new sounds at the Lake Hawea Hotel on December 29.
Shapeshifter (from left) vocalist P Digsss, drummer Redford Grenell, guitarist-samples-synths Sam Trevethick, saxophonist-keyboardist-synths Devin Abrams and bass player-synths Nick Robinson play new sounds at the Lake Hawea Hotel on December 29.
Live favourite Shapeshifter will see out 2009 when it plays at the Lake Hawea Hotel, as part of its summer tour, on December 29.

The Christchurch collective will be unveiling new songs from its next studio album, The System is a Vampire, which is to be released this week.

Shapeshifter's master sound engineer, Tiki Taane, will be performing an acoustic set, including the huge hit Always On My Mind.

Queenstown's own Sunshine Soundsystem and British reggae act JStar will get the party started.

Tickets are $55 plus booking fee and available from Ticketmaster.