MATT KELLY listens to a collection of Elvis Presley’s worst songs and ends up finding it quite endearing, in a naff kind of way.
Albums
Easy listening art music – Darren Pickering’s Small Worlds
Sometimes musical contemplation is just what the doctor ordered and Small Worlds massaged GARY STEEL’s aural cavities in just the right way.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Shihad’s Beautiful Machine
MATT KELLY finally finds a Kiwi group to name and shame, and he reckons that this is easily the Wellington band’s worst record.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Joel’s Super Ghostbusters
Reviewing an album that makes him despair for humanity MATT KELLY has a fleeting affair with Joel.
Space is the place for Stinky Jim
GARY STEEL pronounces the second pleasing concoction by Kiwi dub connoisseur Stinky Jim in the space of a year a sensorial stunner.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Onision’s I Am Trash
Shock and horror! Onision keeps his trap shut and almost makes a good album, writes a visually shocked MATT KELLY.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Black Lace’s The Blue Album
MATT KELLY has finally met his match in an album that he declares to be the worst he’s ever heard… ever!
Margaret Urlich – 1989-style
As our wee tribute to Margaret Urlich (24 January 1965 – 22 August 2022) GARY STEEL revisits a piece he wrote around the release of her debut album.