1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Having Fun With Elvis On Stage November 11, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY actually really likes the Elvis Presley album on which Elvis Presley doesn't, uh... sing. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Pete Townshend’s The Iron Man November 9, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY is aghast at how a genius rocker like Pete Townshend could make such a complete turd. But he did. Read More
Albums·Interviews·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Flying Nun, definitively. November 7, 2022 Gary Steel Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell a story properly, writes GARY STEEL. Hereโs the definitive tale of the first eight years of the Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – The Daft Side Of The Moon November 1, 2022 Matthew Kelly The Who drummer Moon's solo album should have been a good chance to bang his drums, writes MATT KELLY. Instead, it's a drunken shambles. Read More
Life·Music·NZ music·Thought Piece We want the world and we want it now! The counterculture in NZ October 30, 2022 Gary Steel It was us against them and the dirty longhairs were going to overthrow (or at least throw up on) the establishment. GARY STEEL looks Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Recent releases โ April 1990 October 25, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL was listening on an album-release conveyer belt back in 1990. Here are some mini-reviews he wrote for RTR Countdown magazine. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Doug Walker October 18, 2022 Matthew Kelly Walker's pathetic demolition of Pink Floyd's The Wall is on many "worst album" lists, but MATT KELLY thinks otherwise. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Lil’ Dicky’s post-coital brain-farts September 29, 2022 Matthew Kelly Comedy rapper Lil' Dicky's limp jokes make for an album that's not just awful. Worst still, it's forgettable writes MATT KELLY. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Polytown โ a polyrhythmic classic that improves with age September 27, 2022 Gary Steel Musicianly wank or an effing great album by three musicians at the top of their game? Total classic, proclaims GARY STEEL. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Stick three musos in a hotel room and what do you get? September 26, 2022 Gary Steel Stick three improvising musicians in a hotel room for some spontaneous action and what do you get? Something special, writes GARY STEEL. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Dreamscapes echoing to infinity September 23, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL falls in love with a surprising album of evocative dreamscapes from a musician famed for his more rootsy work in The Bads. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Run DMC’s awful comeback September 21, 2022 Matthew Kelly Does hip hop get any worse than the execrable comeback album by Run DMC? MATT KELLY thinks not and explains why. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – eyes wide shut September 21, 2022 Matthew Kelly Widely considered their worst album, MAT KELLY somehow manages to listen to all 74 bloated minutes of the Yes album that nobody likes. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe September 16, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY somehow manages to get all the way through the very worst of Yes and the answer is a definitive 'No!' Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Elvis’ Greatest Shit September 8, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY listens to a collection of Elvis Presley's worst songs and ends up finding it quite endearing, in a naff kind of way. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Easy listening art music โ Darren Pickeringโs Small Worlds September 1, 2022 Gary Steel Sometimes musical contemplation is just what the doctor ordered and Small Worlds massaged GARY STEELโs aural cavities in just the right way. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Shihad’s Beautiful Machine August 31, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY finally finds a Kiwi group to name and shame, and he reckons that this is easily the Wellington band's worst record. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Joel’s Super Ghostbusters August 30, 2022 Matthew Kelly Reviewing an album that makes him despair for humanity MATT KELLY has a fleeting affair with Joel. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Space is the place for Stinky Jim August 30, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL pronounces the second pleasing concoction by Kiwi dub connoisseur Stinky Jim in the space of a year a sensorial stunner. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Onision’s I Am Trash August 27, 2022 Matthew Kelly Shock and horror! Onision keeps his trap shut and almost makes a good album, writes a visually shocked MATT KELLY. Read More