The Last Train To Chartsville
The two living members of The Monkees play their last ever dates this week in NZ. Ahead of this three-date tour of the so-called
The Great Witchdoctor Blindfold Test – SJD
In Witchdoctor’s famous BLINDFOLD TEST, we invite a musician into an audiophile sound lounge and play them a provocative record selection. This time, revered
Nathan Haines’ Slick Fusion – 2003 Revisited
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. In this piece, he
Jan Hellriegel – Sportsman Of The Year REVIEW
Jan Hellriegel has just released the best album of her storied career, and it’s a book, too. GARY STEEL blathers about it.
Getting Carter
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. To honour the publication
Plum Green – Sound Recordings (independent) Album REVIEW
GARY STEEL tries hard to find promise in expat Kiwi Plum Green’s dark Melbourne post-grunge.
Soundkeeper Recordings: A Completely Different Way Of Capturing Music
RICHARD VAREY has been radicalised. Rejecting the fake floss of current pop recording methods, he discovers a sound recording genius whose work brings music
Sphero Specdrums Let You Play Music With Colours
GARY STEEL meets Steven Dourmashkin, the young inventor behind the just-launched Specdrums children’s instrument.
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds Remaster
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. In this piece, he
Snarky Puppy – Powerstation Auckland REVIEW
GARY STEEL went to see extraordinary jazz-fusion concoction Snarky Puppy at Auckland’s The Powerstation. Here’s his brief assessment.
Good Sport: Jan Hellriegel’s Sportsman Of The Year
Jan Hellriegel is about to release the best album of her career. As if that’s not enough, it’s a superb book as well. She
Snarky Puppy Album Review And Ticket Giveaway!
Snarky Puppy is a conglomeration of Grammy-winning musicians that brings vigour, life and dynamism to jazz-fusion, writes GARY STEEL
From Trash To Treasure: A Guitar CD’s Odyssey
RICHARD VAREY finds genuine musical gems amongst the trash in opshops, and even tracks down the obscure artist behind one such discovery. Sandwiched between
Liam Finn – Fomo (Liberation) Album Review
It’s certainly not Betchadupa. Liam Finn has grown up a lot in the few years between the partying-in-Daddy’s-toolbox schizophrenia of his first solo album,
The Gordons/Fetus Productions Album Reviews
BLAST FROM THE ARSE – 1982: Fetus Productions/The Gordons Originally printed in IT magazine, April 1982: Fetus Productions – Fetus Productions (no label) This
Anthonie Tonnon: The Wicked Witchdoctor Q&A
Anthonie Tonnon’s is one of New Zealand’s most well-regarded singer-songwriters. In this long-form interview with GARY STEEL, he talks about his novel Rail Land
When Terry Riley’s In C Gets A Makeover
Sad that you missed the Auckland Arts Festival performance of Terry Riley's seminal In C by percussionists from the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Michael Jackson Killed My Magazine
In 1993, GARY STEEL was the editor of teen pop magazine RTR Countdown, which dared to suggest that Michael Jackson was guilty of deviant
Beat Rhythm Fashion: The Wicked Witchdoctor Q&A
Reactivated semi-mythical Wellington post-punk band Beat Rhythm Fashion return to their homeland for the first time in nearly 40 years this month for a
Why Spotify’s Crackdown On Ad Blockers Is Just Plain Stupid
PAT PILCHER gets riled over Spotify's threats to terminate accounts using ad blockers.
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