Soundgarden – Ultramega OK (Sub Pop) CD REVIEW
How did Soundgarden’s remixed and remastered album end up sounding so bad? GARY STEEL’s tinnitus screams his name.
Sinkane – Life & Livin’ It (City Slang) CD REVIEW
Forget those monomaniacal one-genre grinders, here's something that basks in a multi-hued excitation of genres. GARY STEEL is kind of smitten with Sinkane.
Chinese whisper, or careless whispers?
Vinyl is taking over, didn’t you know it? DR. RICHARD VAREY has his own theories.
Neil Watson – Studies In Tubular (Southbound)
Gary Steel is tired of NZ musicians making albums that are glorified calling cards rather than coherent musical statements.
William Tyler – Modern Country (Merge/Southside) ALBUM REVIEW
It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016.
Ray Columbus – Now You Shake (RPM) ALBUM REVIEW
Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic music writer’ assesses a compilation tracing both the peaks and the lows of Ray Columbus in the '60s.
Bonfire Baby – Bonfire Baby (No Label) EP REVIEW
It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic music writer’
Peter Posa – Plays The Hits Of The British Invasion (Sony) ALBUM REVIEW
It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic critic’ listens
Various Artists – Come & See Me (Frenzy) ALBUM REVIEW
It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic critic' gets
John Cale – Music For A New Society (Domino) ALBUM REVIEW
It's Gazza's Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ's 'most acerbic' critic gets
Public Service Broadcasting – Live At Brixton (Test Card/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel has one word (cribbed from the toddler) to say about this album: "YUCK!"
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Heart Speaks In Whispers (Virgin/Universal) ALBUM REVIEW
Corrinne Bailey Rae turns Gary Steel into a beastly man with beastly thoughts.
Don’t Give Me Culture
Gary Steel has realised why his appreciation of music is different: he's just not cultural. Please, let him explain.
Crowded Release Schedule
Crowded House are to reissue deluxe versions of album catalogue.
Christian & The 2120s – Moments (Independent) CD REVIEW
Peter Kearns realizes that plywood cacti won't do the acting for you.
Adele – 25 (XL) ALBUM REVIEW
For some unknown reason, my Adele review was never published by the magazine I submitted it to. So, here it is, a little late
M83 – Junk (Naive) ALBUM REVIEW
French group's homage to '80s nostalgia in poor taste.
Liima – ii (4AD) ALBUM REVIEW
Efterklang plus one makes Liima, a band of real-time electronic performers with a sonic joie de vivre worth plugging into.
Beastwars – The Death Of All Things (Destroy/Universal) ALBUM REVIEW
The final Beastwars album is a monster.
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Island/Universal) ALBUM REVIEW
Top marks for attempting an album that's compassionate and politically engaged, pity about the result.
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