On the momentous occasion of the release of Aldous Harding’s second album, Party, Gary Steel digs up a revealing interview from his heaving archives.
Albums
NZ Music Month – Shoes This High
GARY STEEL digs up his 1981 review of the first and only record by the now-legendary Shoes This High.
The High Resolution Musician
David Elias is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. He also happens to be an audiophile and high resolution music pioneer. DR RICHARD VAREY talks to him about this rare combination.
Murder Ballads, Dead Girls And Funerals
Fancy a spot of spelunking? GARY STEEL reassesses Nick Cave.
Records For Life
DR RICHARD VAREY takes a deep, quizzical look at the supposed vinyl revival, retro-mania and the new glut of merchandising around Record Store Day.
Unsung Legends Of NZ Music
ANDREW JOHNSTONE waxes lyrical about Graeme Downes (The Verlaines) and Matthew Bannister (Sneaky Feelings).
Future Islands – The Far Field (4AD/The Label)
Their fans will love it, but Future Islands’ fifth album sticks in GARY STEEL’s throat.
Daniel Brandt – Eternal Something (Erased Tapes/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW
GARY STEEL is seduced by a seductive and gently adventurous album. By a drummer, no less.
Methyl Ethel – Everything Is Forgotten (4AD/The Label) ALBUM REVIEW
GARY STEEL makes an indignant stand against a record that sounds like a C90 cassette tape that’s been thrown out of a car onto a gravel road and run over by 100 maniac lorries.
The Map Room – Weatherless (No Label) ALBUM REVIEW
GARY STEEL recommends this album to all those lost souls who find life just too harsh and edgy.
Van Morrison, Mike Nesmith And The Road To Enlightenment
Have you ever looked to musicians and their work as a pathway towards insight on life and transcendence? ANDREW JOHNSTONE on the two artists who influenced his search.
Soundgarden – Ultramega OK (Sub Pop) CD REVIEW
How did Soundgarden’s remixed and remastered album end up sounding so bad? GARY STEEL’s tinnitus screams his name.