1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Morbid Angel’s remix disc
MATT KELLY doffs his hat to a record he describes as "a monumental tower of shit" and one of the funniest records ever.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #82: Chevy Chase
MATT KELLY rues the day they inflicted the self-titled Chevy Chase album on the populace. It really is a shocker!
Stinky Jim’s remix epic – from spatial to social
GARY STEEL gets a psychoactive adjustment listening to an epic remix project based on Stinky Jim's Spatial Awareness album.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Diplopantics
Pretentious, inane and so bad that it makes Florence Foster Jenkins seem super-talented. That's Diplopantics, writes an appalled MATT KELLY.
Matthew Bannister goes to the movies
GARY STEEL has a sneaky listen to Matthew Bannister’s best album in years and declares it a qualified success.
50 Years Later: Tim Buckley’s Sefronia is a gem ripe for reassessment
They say it’s a dud but GARY STEEL reckons Tim Buckley’s Sefronia album is a jewel that deserves another spin.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Hulk Hogan
Witchdoctor's doyen of bad taste MATT KELLY wrestles with one of the very best of the worst and actually likes this really terrible album.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #54: Sonic In Sydney
MATT KELLY knows a turkey when he hears one, and unsurprisingly, its perpetrators have tried to bury this shocking '90s disaster.
Stick three musos in a hotel room and what do you get?
Stick three improvising musicians in a hotel room for some spontaneous action and what do you get? Something special, writes GARY STEEL.
Lea Maalfrid’s This Love – a master class in singer-songwriting
One of NZ’s most distinguished songwriters finally gets round to recording a career-spanning overview, and GARY STEEL is well impressed.
Lawnmaster’s Curable Romantic – Wellington’s self-proclaimed laziest band steps up
Self-deprecating, funny and deeply humanistic, this Wellington band’s latest deserves a hearing, reckons GARY STEEL.
Ancient Album Review Columns #3: Pity the critic
GARY STEEL suffers a complete breakdown while attempting to review all the shit that came out in December 1987.
Automatic Static’s Time Before Time – an imagined sax and drum duel
Jazz duets aren't dead, they just smell weird, writes GARY STEEL about an odd sax/drums project.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #18 – Echo by Gracious
Reunion albums often suck but they're rarely as godawful as this egg-on-face progressive rock travesty, writes MATT KELLY.
Oddly alluring outing for former Muttonbirds guitarist
You can hear his music in Peter Jackson’s movies and he once played guitar for The Muttonbirds. GARY STEEL reviews David Long’s new album.
A shot in the arm just when we really need it – Die! Die! Die!
GARY STEEL raves like a lunatic about a group whose new album is a real shot in the arm just when we need it.
Recordings reassessed: AGF – Words Are Missing (2008)
Every week GARY STEEL pulls another random album from his bulging shelves to cast a critical eye over. It's your turn, AGF!
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #5
MATT KELLY continues his epic new series with his review of an album that's been dividing critics since its release in 1968.
There’s no bloom without rain and DIRT
It’s seen a long gestation – what with Malcolm Black’s death and then Covid getting in the way. But this week sees the release
John Hanlon – Naked Truths (Ode) – Simple songs for complex times
'Damn The Dam' man John Hanlon has a new album and as the title suggests it's full of naked truths. GARY STEEL takes a
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