One of the key figures in German music’s Krautrock renaissance of the 1970s has died. GARY STEEL weeps all over his keyboard.
Albums
The Ones That Got Away #1
An occasional column in which GARY STEEL reviews a bunch of recordings that escaped his attention at the time of release, and finds them to be of merit.
No, You Don’t Like Music
Most people reckon they love music, and that it’s a soundtrack to their lives, but they never actually listen to it.
Hoax With The Most – IMMRAM Origins Revealed
Legendary prog rock reissue is a hoax. But an instructive one, claims Gary Steel
Infinity – Infinity ALBUM REVIEW (No Label)
It’s deeply unfashionable, it’s not even on a label, and it involves guitar solos. And GARY STEEL quite likes it.
Harry Styles – Harry Styles (Erskine/Columbia) ALBUM REVIEW
One Erection, did you say? Oh, the guy from One Direction! Old fart GARY STEEL grapples manfully with the debut Harry Styles solo album.
Don’t Give Up Your Day Job #1
In the first of an occasional new series, GARY STEEL gives the hard word to some aspiring musical artistes.
The Bads – Losing Heroes (no label) ALBUM REVIEW
GARY STEEL underestimated The Bads. He’s here now to pay penance with his review of their really, really good new album.
Peter Jefferies & Jono Lonie – At Swim 2 Birds (Flying Nun) LP VINYL REVIEW
A lost Flying Nun album finds its feet 30 years after its original release, writes GARY STEEL.
Bored Room Antics
Melodrama? Smell-O-Rama more like, according to GARY STEEL. Witchdoctor’s resident curmudgeon finds fault with Lorde’s ‘universally acclaimed’ second album.
Country Music With Sound Effects
GARY STEEL sends an open letter to Roger Waters on the occasion of his first album in 25 years, Is This The Life We Really Want?
Sgt Pooper
Is The Beatles’ much-celebrated 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band an overrated piece of junk?