1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – William Hung x 3 May 25, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY traces the mercifully brief career over just three abysmal albums of former American Idol star William Hung. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Mrs Miller’s Greatest Hits May 24, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY finds himself actually enjoying this awful album, and siding with the masses who put it on the charts in the '60s. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings The Death Of Co-Aklan – Cathal Coughlan, gone… May 24, 2022 Guest Contributor GEORGE HENDERSON pays tribute to former Microdisney and Fatima Mansions singer-songwriter Cathal Coughlin. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music·Thought Piece Live shows from long ago… The Crocodiles/The Whizz Kids May 23, 2022 Gary Steel By late 1980 The Crocodiles lineup had splintered. GARY STEEL wrote this review of their Wellington gig at shortlived venue Billy D'Club. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Grand Funk Railroad’s All The Girls In The World Beware May 23, 2022 Matthew Kelly Do you want to hear the singer boast about the dark brown stains on his underwear? MATT KELLY sure as hell does not. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Ancient Album Review Columns #3: Pity the critic May 21, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL suffers a complete breakdown while attempting to review all the shit that came out in December 1987. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Automatic Static’s Time Before Time – an imagined sax and drum duel May 19, 2022 Gary Steel Jazz duets aren't dead, they just smell weird, writes GARY STEEL about an odd sax/drums project. Read More
Music·Thought Piece The Opshop Critique – unbearable music icons and celebrities, ’90s-style May 18, 2022 Guest Contributor Guest columnist GEORGE HENDERSON is shocked by a book of 1990s interviews with more than a few repugnant personalities. Read More
Gear·Music·Smartphones·Thought Piece The iPod is history – but is that such a big deal? May 17, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL reflects on Apple's announcement on the demise of the iPod and our relationship to the iconic music player. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music·Thought Piece Live shows from long ago… Wolfgang/Coup D’Etat May 16, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL's 1980 review of a gig by the Red Mole theatre troupe splinter band that was soon to become the hitmaking Coup D'Etat. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music·Thought Piece Live shows from long ago… Mangaweka Viaduct Blues Band/The Gen May 11, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL wrote this gig up for In Touch magazine way back in May 1980. It wasn't his (or their) finest hour. Read More
Concerts·Music·Thought Piece Live shows from long ago… Gary Numan May 9, 2022 Gary Steel When Gary Numan played in Wellington local punks spat on him, but his show was great according to GARY STEEL. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Flight X7 – An NZ Music Month 1980 archive special May 7, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL had great expectations of NZ new wave band Flight X7 in this 1980 feature on the band. History had other plans… If Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music·Thought Piece Live shows from long ago… Split Enz 1980 (Second Coming) May 6, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL wrote this review of the homecoming heroes' second 1980 Welly gig in the first edition of In Touch magazine. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – ELO Part 2’s Moment Of Truth May 6, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY has his sights on a record made by most of ELO (but minus Jeff Lynn) and he's in a vicious mood. What Read More
Concerts·Music Live shows from long ago… Racey May 5, 2022 Gary Steel In one of his first live review assignments, GARY STEEL was surprised to find that novelty act Racey wasn’t as cack as he’d thought Read More
Concerts·Music·Thought Piece Sharon O’Neill & Jon Stevens, Wellington Town Hall, 1980 May 3, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL wrote this review for the Evening Post back in March 1980. It's not something he's proud of. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Robert Plant’s Shaken And Stirred May 3, 2022 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY saw Robert Plant as someone to trust to always do the right thing. That is, until he released this piece of unmitigated Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece An awful record that’s also great, and why: Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds May 1, 2022 Gary Steel Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds stubbornly remains as bad as it is beautiful, writes GARY STEEL, who reveals its magic formula. Read More
Audio Visual·Gear·Head-Fi·Hi-Fi·Recordings·Sound and Vision·Vinyl This Melbourne hi-fi show is worth a trip across the Tasman May 1, 2022 Gary Steel Delayed for a couple of years by the dreaded Covid, the StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV show in June is a must for Kiwi audiophiles. Read More