MATT KELLY attends the bloody crash scene at the messy end of a great band’s superfine career. It’s a crime.
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40 years ago: Wellington’s Tin Syndrome
It’s New Zealand Music Month and for the occasion, GARY STEEL digs up some musical skeletons from his past. Today it’s Tin Syndrome’s turn.
Forty years ago: the slow-cooked post-punk of Unrestful Movements
For NZ Music Month GARY STEEL dips once again into his archive of interviews. From May 1983, here are Unrestful Movements.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – William Shatner
MATT KELLY for once is completely taken with an album from the original Star Trek actor that’s at least as great as it is terrible.
Rucka Rucka’s Very Rucka Christmas – one of the very worst records ever!
Sometimes MATT KELLY enjoys listening to ‘bad’ records but Rucka Rucka Ali’s album is beyond that, way beyond. Just don’t go there.
The night Chicago died: a terrible twosome!
MATT KELLY endured two of the worst Chicago albums just so you would never have to. Below, he details the abject horror.
Space waltzing back in time
Musings on a week of listening, watching and the rest of it. This week GARY STEEL reads a couple of entertaining Kiwi music books.
The knows no bounds world of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto died a few days ago, though the world only learnt about it today. GARY STEEL with a personal appreciation.