TomTom’s Music Watch
New TomTom watch lets you listen to your favourite happy house anthems while working out. Hands in the air, everybody!
New Sony Xperia Smartphone Boasts 4K Screen
Sony's premium smartphone features world's first 4K smartphone screen.
Philips Gets Switched On
They're calling it the reinvention of the light switch, but it's so much more.
New Version Of Legendary Wand Tonearm
A new, 10.3-inch version of the legendary Wand tonearm is being released, and it's said to provide two-thirds of the distortion of the 12-inch
Dawson Down Under
Acclaimed English guitar troubadour to charm New Zealand audiences in October.
Samsung So Soon: Galaxy S6 Edge+ Plus Note 5
It seems like yesterday that Samsung released its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. But they're back already with two more premium phones.
New From Cambridge: CXU Universal Player
Cambridge Audio's new Universal player will hit NZ shores in September.
Alien Soundtracks
Gary Steel tunes in to a transporting audio aberration that turns out to be a sonic solution.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – In Spite Of All The Danger
Does The Beatles’ “lost” material point a way forward for 21st century groups whose each and every fart and chunder ends up polluting the
From The Archives: Smith’s Dream
In his ongoing series of stories rescued from the dumpster of time, Gary Steel gifts us his August 1998 interview with Patti Smith, who
Poor Sound Forever
So THAT’s Why Young People Don’t Care About Good Sound… It’s not because they’ve grown up listening to shitty quality downloads, writes Gary Steel.
From The Archives: MUSE In 2004
In the flush of first success and on their first trip to New Zealand in January 2004, Gary Steel met up with two thirds
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – The Invention of Underwear
Enough with you and your puny opinions about the death or dearth of music, writes Peter Kearns, he knows that It Came From Beneath,
The HillBenders – Tommy (Compass/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW
A bluegrass version of The Who's rock opera Tommy? What will Gary Steel make of that?
Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa (World Circuit/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW
At last, a space-age African hybrid that rivals or even supercedes Adrian Sherwood's 1980s productions.
Daby Touré – Amonafi (Cumbancha/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel reviews a sophisticated slice of well-marketed world music product that will probably background many barbecues this summer.
Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys (PIAS) ALBUM REVIEW
It's not so much Róisín Murphy's singing or songwriting that distinguishes her latest, writes Gary Steel, but the sophisticated noir-electronica backing.
Why Symphonic Pop Still Sucks (Mostly)
Strings with your crackle and pop, Sir? Gary Steel explains why most of the time, adding an orchestra just doesn’t work.
Frank Zappa – Dance Me This (Zappa) ALBUM REVIEW
Frank Zappa's final album arrives a mere 22 years after the composer's untimely death. Gary Steel reckons he must have been on drugs.
F.F.S – F.F.S (Domino/EMI) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel reckons there's loads of wit and irony to chuckle at, and heaps of imagination on the smart collaboration between Sparks and Franz
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