Whatever happened to… Adeva
Whatever happened to the gutsy late 1980s/early 1990s soulful house diva Adeva? GARY STEEL, who interviewed her at the time, finds out. Retrospectively, over
Whatever happened to… The Christians
Whatever happened to UK million-selling 1980s neo-soul group The Christians? GARY STEEL, who interviewed them in 1990, finds out.
Solutions to the pressing issues of our times #1
In the first of a new series concentrating on positive ways to deal with vexatious issues, GARY STEEL suggests five solutions.
Jeff Beck’s porno guitar masterclass: Blow By Blow
Musician’s musician, guitarist’s guitarist Jeff Beck has left the building. GARY STEEL offers a sacrament to the genius player.
The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films this month
A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old
Dairy owners: change don’t blame
The government are not to blame for dairy owners’ crime woes, writes GARY STEEL.
Smelly Feet – The great Kiwi outsider finally gets an album
In 1981 “Smelly Feet” travelled the length and breadth of Aotearoa performing his confronting tunes to perplexed audiences and hawking his home-made singles. GARY
Flying Nun, definitively.
Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell a story properly, writes GARY STEEL. Here’s the definitive tale of the first eight years of the
The Best (And Worst) Streaming TV Shows & Films
A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new shows as
Arcona 40 MK2 speakers – Near-perfect all-round sound
Looking for a pair of really special standmount/bookshelf speakers for a small-to-medium room? GARY STEEL writes that you’d be remiss not to audition the
We want the world and we want it now! The counterculture in NZ
It was us against them and the dirty longhairs were going to overthrow (or at least throw up on) the establishment. GARY STEEL looks
Recent releases – April 1990
GARY STEEL was listening on an album-release conveyer belt back in 1990. Here are some mini-reviews he wrote for RTR Countdown magazine.
Technics to release new-gen multi-digital audio player
Looking for a source component that does it all and does it splendidly? The SL-G700M2 multi-digital audio player might just do the trick.
The holiday break that almost broke me
How to have big fun on your holiday break (not). Includes eye-gouging, projectile vomiting, Rainbow’s End and Costco. By GARY STEEL
Dumb Cluck: a World Vegetarian Day/Month special
Many years ago GARY STEEL wrote a piece detailing the compelling reasons for vegetarianism in the 21st century. In honour of World Vegetarian Month,
The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films this month
A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new shows as
Polytown – a polyrhythmic classic that improves with age
Musicianly wank or an effing great album by three musicians at the top of their game? Total classic, proclaims GARY STEEL.
Stick three musos in a hotel room and what do you get?
Stick three improvising musicians in a hotel room for some spontaneous action and what do you get? Something special, writes GARY STEEL.
Dreamscapes echoing to infinity
GARY STEEL falls in love with a surprising album of evocative dreamscapes from a musician famed for his more rootsy work in The Bads.
Fire Of Love’s magnificent magma
GARY STEEL is mesmerised by an explosive documentary about a pair of intrepid volcanologists living a "kamikaze existence".
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