Music·Recordings Various Artists – Deutsche Elektronic Musik (Soul Jazz/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW October 8, 2014 Gary Steel Gary Steel reviews a compilation of electronic music from Germany - Various Artists – Deutsche Elektronische Musik and finds it to be delicious Read More
Music·Recordings Shihad – The Meanest Hits (Warner Music) CD REVIEW October 8, 2014 Gary Steel Gary Steel has a secret head bang to the first ever compilation from our national hard rock heroes Read More
Music·Recordings Bernie Griffen And The Thin Men – Salvation ALBUM REVIEW October 7, 2014 Andrew Baker Andrew Baker is impressed by the ragged glory of local alt-country singing/songwriting hero Bernie Griffen and his new band. Read More
Uncategorized Samsung Galaxy K Zoom REVIEW September 1, 2014 Pat Pilcher It's a real chubber, but Pat Pilcher finds that Samsung's smartphone/camera combo has genuine user benefits. Read More
Dyson Digital Slim DC59 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner REVIEW August 25, 2014 Gary Steel Gary Steel reviews Dyson's Digital Slim DC59 cordless vacuum cleaner. Read More
Music·Recordings Gert-Jan Prins – Noise Capture (X-OR) ALBUM REVIEW August 24, 2014 Gary Steel In this series, Unknown Pleasures, Gary Steel makes his case for worthy but under-recognised albums and artists. Gert-Jan Prins is reasonably well-known in the Read More
Concerts·Music Totem – Cirque du Soleil, Alexandra Park, Auckland REVIEW August 24, 2014 Gary Steel Gary Steel is an arthritic slug, and is deeply envious of beautiful, flexible acrobats. Read More
Audio Visual·Sound and Vision·Thought Piece Samsung Curved 65-inch UHD TV REVIEW August 22, 2014 Pat Pilcher Samsung’s big brute bares beaut curves and a picture that some would die for, says our man on the TV battlefield, Pat Pilcher. Read More
Uncategorized LG G Watch REVIEW August 14, 2014 Pat Pilcher Pat Pilcher travels the world with LG's new smart-watch clamped to his wrist, and it saves his bacon in sticky situations. Read More
Uncategorized Nokia Lumia 930 Smartphone REVIEW August 12, 2014 Gary Steel Pat Pilcher puts Nokia's new flagship Lumia 930 smartphone through its paces, and likes more than its attractive trim. Read More
Music·Recordings Anathema – Distant Satellites (Kscope) ALBUM REVIEW August 7, 2014 Gary Steel Sometimes, enough is enough, okay? Gary Steel blows a fuse. Read More
Music·Recordings Great North – Up In Smoke (Dirty/Dawn Raid) ALBUM REVIEW August 7, 2014 Gary Steel Great North’s latest takes big gesture rock into an insular space, and it has a certain grace, without being totally ace. Or so says Read More
Music·Recordings Various Artists – Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding Together (Rhino/Warners) CD REVIEW August 5, 2014 Gary Steel Double CD by the greats gets assessed by Cold Blue Steel. Read More
Amplifiers·Gear·Sound and Vision Sony UDA1S USB DAC Amplifier REVIEW August 5, 2014 Gary Steel Sony’s wee ‘high resolution’ amplifier punches well above its bantamweight, according to Steel. Read More
Music·Recordings Luluc – Passerby (Sub Pop) ALBUM REVIEW August 5, 2014 Gary Steel An album to enjoy but not critically engage with, or give up your first-born for, writes Steel. Read More
Music·Recordings Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear (Inertia) ALBUM REVIEW August 5, 2014 Gary Steel Would you like some tongue with that song, Sir? Gary Steel gets hung up on Sia's singing style. Read More
Death Vessel – Island Intervals (Sub Pop) Album Review July 23, 2014 Gary Steel There are elves. And a chap with a very high voice. Unfeasibly high. Oh, and glockenspiel. Sound a bit twee? Gary Steel reviews Death Read More
Music·Recordings Buckshot & P-Money – BackPack Travels (Dirty/Dawn Raid) ALBUM REVIEW July 23, 2014 Gary Steel This old-school hip-hop collaboration is tired and thin-sounding, reckons Gary Steel. Read More
Music·Recordings Various Artists – What Did You Do In The Beat Era… Daddy!!! (Frenzy Music/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW July 17, 2014 Gary Steel It's not all great, but here's an indispensable compilation of beat-era Kiwi pop/rock that's bursting with the sniff of freedom of a dawning era. Read More
Music·Recordings Mikey Jamieson – Totem (Tasman Records) ALBUM REVIEW July 16, 2014 Gary Steel Local guitarist has all the ingredients for a great debut, but it comes out of the pan deeply flawed. Read More