Albums·Music Arooj Aftab’s heart-stoppingly gorgeous Night Reign June 4, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL finally finds something to melt into in Arooj Aftab's bewitching and sensuous new album, Night Reign. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Perfect Pitch May 30, 2024 Gary Steel Twenty-five years ago GARY STEEL met up with wayward Kiwi electronic duo Pitch Black for a nice chat. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings World’s Worst Records: Janelle Monae May 30, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY absolutely loved her previous album but Janelle Monae's latest sucks so bad that he can't help feel let down. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Jayrem โ The โnot Flying Nunโ 1980s Kiwi record label May 24, 2024 Gary Steel To celebrate NZ Music Month GARY STEEL digs up a rare 1986 interview with Wellington record label owner Jim Moss. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings World’s Worst Records – The Portsmouth Sinfonia May 23, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY writes about a record that is both diabolically awful and amazingly great and which everyone should get out there and hear. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·Recordings Mike Oldfield with bells on May 20, 2024 Gary Steel Mike Oldfieldโs Tubular Bells is over 50 years old but still sounds fresh. GARY STEEL chats with the man behind the upcoming Auckland performance Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music World’s Worst Records – Blackout Band May 17, 2024 Matthew Kelly 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #103: Blackout Band – Video Games (2007) MATT KELLY writes about the strange case of a Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Long lost stories: The Mockers 41 years ago May 14, 2024 Helen Collett HELEN COLLETT interviewed The Mockersโ main man Andrew Fagan as the band perched on the edge of chart success. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Aldous Harding: The lost interview May 2, 2024 Gary Steel Especially for New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL disinters a 10-year-old interview with Aldous Harding conducted at the time of her debut album. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music World’s Worst Records – The Small Faces April 30, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY is aghast at how far this formerly great band had fallen by the time of its reunion albums and explains their sad Read More
Albums·Concerts·Music·Recordings Icehouse, 40 years ago April 30, 2024 Gary Steel Itโs not often you get to interview Iva Davies (Icehouse) and Jo Camilleri (Jo Jo Zep) at the same time. GARY STEEL did way Read More
Gear·Hi-Fi·Music·Recordings·Sound and Vision Hi-Fi Show Report: AXPONA April 30, 2024 Guest Contributor OWEN HARRIS moseyed along to the largest hi-fi show in the USA and instead of just taking in endless rooms of product took time Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Random Vinyl Play: This 1969 debut is an unheralded classic April 24, 2024 Gary Steel In a new column, GARY STEEL dips into his vinyl racks. Today itโs the tasty debut by UK psychedelic band Caravan. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music 30 Years Ago: Michael Nyman’s unexpected chart success April 15, 2024 Gary Steel Michael Nyman is not a pop star. Yet his soundtrack to The Piano has landed him in the commercial marketplace, writes GARY STEEL Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Macho Man Randy Savage April 14, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY loves records by washed-up wrestlers but Randy Savage's attempt to musically spar with Hulk Hogan is an unmitigated disaster. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Hammond Gamble March 23, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL chats with Hammond Gamble about his Allstars Sing The Blues with Beaver. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #100: Metallica with Lou Reed – Lulu March 23, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY somehow manages to listen to 90 minutes of possibly the worst collaborative album by major rock figures ever made. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music Live Shows From Way Back โ The Chills March 21, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL revisits his short review of a Chills gig in a pub one dark night in Wellington back in 1984. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music Live Shows From Long Ago โ Radioactive Band Of The Year contest 1984 March 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL listened to the good, the bad and the ugly in an โalternativeโ battle of the bands, 1984-style. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Working With Walt March 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL digs up a story about a Dunedin band from way back in 1984 in which he interviews Jan Hellriegelโs bro, Rob. Read More