Downloader Stung For More Than $800K
RIAA sends 20-something downloader to the poorhouse forever. Thanks a bunch.
Steely Dan Man To Issue Forth
Steely Dan man to release fourth solo album.
Third Beatles Movie Restored
The Beatles' madcap Magical Mystery Tour remastered and out on DVD and Blu-ray in October.
DRM Pisses Me Off
Our resident grumpy old man, Pat Pilcher, takes aim at DRM
It Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Bunch Of People
Pat Pilcher discovers that RIAA has a wee fiscal situation and gets all misty eyed
Carol King – Music (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label) VINYL LP REVIEW
Carol King's platinum follow-up to Tapestry reviewed on audiophile vinyl.
Deep Sea Arcade – Outlands
Aussie group are just on the right side of the wrong influences.
Rodriguez – Searching For Sugar Man (Sony) CD REVIEW
The great lost Dylan-inspired Rodriguez got a film and now a compilation/soundtrack. But is his belated discovery and rehabilitation really warranted?
Bum Deal For Music Lovers
Gary Steel looks at all those great albums that never did get remastered, and wonders why the hell not?
Beach Boys Remastered… Again
New hits compilations and remasters announced for Beach Boys catalogue.
Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label) VINYL LP REVIEW
Rickie Lee Jones exquisite 1981 release, The Pirate, sounds just right on virgin vinyl.
This film is a killer
Music and movies really don't get better than Stroszek, reckons Gary Steel
Time Takes Time
Gary Steel talks to the best band in the world: The Necks
Through the past, starkly
Grandpaw Steel remembers what it was really like back in the day…
Rhinestone cowgirl
Tami Neilson just won Best NZ Country Album with her album the Kitchen Table Sessions Vol. 2. Gary Steel interviewed her at the time
Apocalypso
“Apocalypse, now!” chants a feverish Gary Steel
Intentionally Irrelevant
An occasional series in which Gary Steel, for no rational reason, selects a relic from the history of recorded music history for a critical
The Trouble With Live Music Venues In NZ
Gary Has A Grumble: Number 1 in an occasional series
The Best Music Video Ever?
Is this the best music video ever made? Ashley Kramer thinks so.
Radio Windy Homegrown Album Volume 1!
The first item Gary Steel ever had published in a "proper" rock rag: Rip It Up, 1979
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