1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Tougher Than Nails
MATT KELLY instantly regrets listening to an album that easily blows away previous front runners for worst album of the decade.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #83: Donald J Trump & The J6 Prison Choir
MATT KELLY is back with one of the more unusual items of an unusual column. But can it be real? You decide!
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #82: Chevy Chase
MATT KELLY rues the day they inflicted the self-titled Chevy Chase album on the populace. It really is a shocker!
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – a really terrible rap record
MATT KELLY checks out a recent rap album and after intense and bewildering sessions, pronounces dead in the water terrrible.
Stephanie Acraman & Liam Wooding – Life is a cabaret, old chum
On the latest Rattle label release two Kiwis interpret the slyly witty cabaret songs of an obscure American songwriting duo.
Songs From The Front Lawn by Matthew Bannister
Just in time for Don McGlashan’s latest tour comes a book about one of the singer-songwriter’s least-known projects. GARY STEEL reviews it.
Stinky Jim’s remix epic – from spatial to social
GARY STEEL gets a psychoactive adjustment listening to an epic remix project based on Stinky Jim's Spatial Awareness album.
Matthew Bannister goes to the movies
GARY STEEL has a sneaky listen to Matthew Bannister’s best album in years and declares it a qualified success.
50 Years Later: Tim Buckley’s Sefronia is a gem ripe for reassessment
They say it’s a dud but GARY STEEL reckons Tim Buckley’s Sefronia album is a jewel that deserves another spin.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Crazy Frog
MATT KELLY progressively loses his shit as he faces up to the monumental stupidity of the three Crazy Frog albums. Number 1 in NZ,
Far Out – tripping the light fantastic
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Trevor Reekie and Tom Ludvigson of Trip about their Pretty Cool album.
The fascinating ins and outs of a piano – Tania Giannouli’s Solo
GARY STEEL waxes passionately about a rather extraordinary release that is much, much more than just another solo piano album.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Avril Lavigne’s Hello Kitty
MATT KELLY doesn't mind Avril Lavigne but makes an exception for this 2013 album on which she is pointedly annoying.
Jillian Hall’s combined wrestling and Xmas album: Gah!
MATT KELLY has heard it all but this insane coupling of wrestling novelty and Christmas album takes the mouldy cake.
40 years ago: Grammar Boys
It’s still NZ Music Month so GARY STEEL continues the excavation of his mouldering story scrapbook. Today's travesty: Grammar Boys.
1001 albums you must die before you hear: The Clash crap out
MATT KELLY attends the bloody crash scene at the messy end of a great band's superfine career. It's a crime.
40 years ago: Wellington’s Tin Syndrome
It’s New Zealand Music Month and for the occasion, GARY STEEL digs up some musical skeletons from his past. Today it’s Tin Syndrome’s turn.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear: Pornhub’s lamentable long play
MATT KELLY actually listens to the Pornhub XXXmas Album all the way through and instantly regrets it with all his heart.
Forty years ago – Philbo keeps a low profile
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL reaches far back into his archives for two pieces he wrote on musician Phil Bowering.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – William Shatner
MATT KELLY for once is completely taken with an album from the original Star Trek actor that's at least as great as it is
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