Efterklang – Piramida (4AD/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Danish group's latest is ambitious and intoxicating, according to Gary Steel
Plum Green – Rushes (Independent) CD REVIEW
Plumb Green's got talent, but her debut album doesn't show it in the best light
Skyfall (Columbia Sony) FILM REVIEW
Gary Steel reckons Bond might be ailing, but he still rocks harder than the Stones
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable REVIEW
Andrew Baker reviews the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon turntable and judges it to be a fine example of the budget TT maker's art
Zaine Griff – Ashes & Diamonds; Figures (both Ode/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
NZ singer-songwriter Zaine Griff reissues his two English New Romantic-era releases.
Rick Wakeman, Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, Sunday October 7 REVIEW
Rick Wakeman tells tit jokes, and plays the piano like no other.
Micachu & The Shapes – Never (Rough Trade/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Micachu needs to do it proper to really engage.
Beatles On Vinyl… Finally
The Beatles make it back to vinyl.
Dead Can Dance – Anastasis (Pias/Liberator) CD REVIEW
The dead can still dance, maintains true believer Gary Steel.
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (EMI) DVD REVIEW
How does the frame-by-frame restoration of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine scrub up? Gary Steel has an opinion.
Vector Goes ‘Theatre Mode’
Gary Steel comes away from a tour of the new Vector Arena Theatre Mode with a warm fuzzy feeling, and the news of its
Yours Intimately, Rick Wakeman
Gary Steel gets personally acquainted with Rick Wakeman, keyboard whiz/wizzard and comic wag, on the eve of his one-man, one-piano, three-date NZ tour.
Blast From The Arse – A STATE OF MIND
Gary Steel interviewed XTC's Andy Partridge during the group's NZ tour in 1980, and heard about fear of flying and nervous breakdowns.
I Want A Refund! (A Story Of Humiliation & Heartbreak)
Gary Steel thought only other people were stupid enough to snap CDs in half.
Blast From The Arse: THE CROCODILES 1980
GARY STEEL turns red in the presence of a Crocodile, Jenny Morris. Later, another Crocodile joins the conversation…
Pin Group – Ambivalence (Flying Nun/Warner) CD REVIEW
Pin Group may have been the lucky first release by Flying Nun, but they're also possibly the worst.
PURITY RING – SHRINES (4AD/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
An autotuned Cocteau Twins?
COACH – FAMILY TREE (Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
This Coach takes its good time getting where it's going, but you never want to get off.
Bruce Vs. Apple
Bruce Willis takes on the might of Apple over what can only politely be described as utter bullshittery around his music collection
Age & The Auteur
Easy Rider, Head, Five Easy Pieces... Gary Steel has been mulling about an extraordinary time for the motion picture.
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