Life’s A Riot With Pussy Riot
RENEE JONES catches the Auckland Fringe performance of Pussy Riot's show, Riot Days, and comes away richer for the experience.
Fear Of Music
In 40 YEARS IN 52 WEEKS, GARY STEEL trawls through his archives and selective memory banks to celebrate a lifetime of writing about modern
The Best Year Ever For Music? 1979 Of Course!
In 40 YEARS IN 52 WEEKS, GARY STEEL trawls through his archives to celebrate a lifetime of writing about modern music, and pens some
The Story Of A Record Store In The Tron
Hamilton's Tron Records' store manager Grant Petersen and owner Kerry (Rocky) O'Rourke sat down to discuss the store's beginnings, future, customers and plenty more
Lots And Lots Of Albums
GARY STEEL stole a dead man’s job and kept doing it for 19 long years.
The Great Witchdoctor Blindfold Test – TOM BAILEY
In Witchdoctor’s famous BLINDFOLD TEST, we invite a musician into an audiophile sound lounge and play them a provocative record selection. This week, former
Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
GARY STEEL remembers what it was like to be an adolescent obsessed with dead rock stars.
Record-filing Blues And The Loss Of The Man-cave
GARY STEEL has a mid-to-late-life crisis as he loses his man-cave and pontificates the importance of exactitude in the filing of record collections, and
Getting Down And Dirty With My Records
Have you tried a Spin Clean with The Groovinator? Or L’Art du Son? RICHARD VAREY has, and it's not only given new life to
Faust Are The Best Group Ever
So says GARY STEEL, who interviewed Hans Joachim Irmler of the Krautrock legends in 2006. Presented as part of an ongoing series, Flashes From
Music For Walking Across A Bridge
GARY STEEL enthuses over an album that reverberates with soothing trumpet, atmospheric ‘found’ sounds and imaginative evocation.
An Amazing Artisanal Turntable From Dunedin
RICHARD VAREY gives his first impressions of Simon Brown’s first turntable, The Wand 14-4.
Record Roundup: Recent Albums Reviewed & Rated
GARY STEEL actually listens all the way through a bunch of albums and has his say about them.
Concept Album Tells Story Of Settlers To NZ
Devin Abrams’ last album as Pacific Heights won him the electronic music category at the NZ Music Awards. Its follow-up is a – wait
King Of Doom
From the archives of oblivion: Every week GARY STEEL rescues a story from his bulging back pages. This week it’s the turn of the
The Victory Of The Musical Magpie
Don’t worry, it’s the 21st Century, it’s okay to like pop music and weird shit too, writes GARY STEEL.
Then He Saw Your Face, Now Robert Wyatt’s A Believer
In his ongoing series From The Archives Of Oblivion, GARY STEEL digs up old stuff and reanimates it just because he can. Here's the
Don Brash’s Pakeha Nightmare Shows The Way Forward
Dudley Benson’s Zealandia starts and ends with the sound of crickets, but it’s what’s in between that really sends GARY STEEL
Finally, An Aussie Band That Sounds Nothing Like Cold Chisel
Not bad at all, writes GARY STEEL about the debut album by Aussie electronic duo Bad French, whose musical and lyrical sophistication surprises and
Sumiko Goes With Sound Group In NZ
Soundgroup has announced that it is to distribute Sumiko cartridges in New Zealand.
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