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.
Music
Don’t Give Up Your Day Job #2
In the second of an occasional series, GARY STEEL gives the hard word to some aspiring musical artistes.
How To Deep Clean Your Vinyl And Extract A Shiny New Sound
DR RICHARD VAREY reports on his long and vigorous examination of a miscellany of record cleaning devices and methodologies.
Punk It Up Returns To Doomed Kings Arms Venue
Original Kiwi punk legends Proud Scum and many others to appear in February death knell for Auckland’s iconic Kings Arms venue. Witchdoctor readers are more known for their sophisticated high def ears than their punk credentials, but some of us know when to leave our ‘hi-fi’ at the door for […]
New U2 Album Hopefully Won’t Be Foisted On Hapless Apple Owners
U2 have announced their new album for release on December 1.
Finn, Family And Friends For Summer Tour
Neil Finn will tour with his son Liam as well as family and friends in unusual NZ venues this summer.
Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke To Perform In NZ
Legendary punk poet John Cooper Clarke performing here next April.
Björk’s New Album Out November 24
Icelandic music queen releases her ninth album, Utopia.
How To Release Your First Album In 29 Years And Make It Your Best Yet
After faffing around with dysfunctional digital files, GARY STEEL falls for the rather excellent real grown-up sound and songs of the new Sneaky Feelings album.
Kraftwerk – 3-D BLU-RAY DISC REVIEW (Parlophone/Warners)
Seminal German group Kraftwerk has released 3D Blu-ray discs of live performances of their eight most popular albums. GARY STEEL has a thing or two to say about that.
Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett – The Witchdoctor Q&A
Peter Garrett gave GARY STEEL a piece of his voluminous mind as the revived Midnight Oil prepared for the world tour that brings the group to NZ for two dates this weekend. Peter Garrett – How are you mate? Gary – I’m good. The cicadas are screeching so loudly […]
German Music Genius Holger Czukay Dies
One of the key figures in German music’s Krautrock renaissance of the 1970s has died. GARY STEEL weeps all over his keyboard.