1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Uriah Heep’s Conquest
Conquest was a Heep album in name only writes MATT KELLY, who can't find a nice thing to say about their turn-of-the-decade excrescence.
The year The Doors released their best and worst albums
From the epochal genius of LA Woman to the sad drudge of Other Voices, both in 1971. “How the heck?” asks GARY STEEL.
RTR Countdown Magazine Best Albums Of ’89!
GARY STEEL's “countdown” of the 10 best albums of 1989 from the February 1990 issue of RTR Countdown. Oh-ho-ho!
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Pat Boone’s In A Metal Mood
In a rare move, MATT KELLY actually recommends smooth crooner Pat Boone's bizarre heavy metal monstrosity.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Stevie Wonder’s Characters
MATT KELLY on an album that offered up Stevie Wonder as a spent force whose dull songs sounded like offcuts and just went on
Summer of drugs
The psychedelic revolution flamed into the Summer Of Love in 1967 and Barry Miles was in the thick of it. GARY STEEL interviews the
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Killing Joke’s Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Killing Joke's striking early albums really meant something but this mid-'80s album is a synthpop washout, writes MATT KELLY.
Are these the two worst records ever made?
MATT KELLY thinks he might have found the very worst two records of all time, even though he's only setting out on his mammoth
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – A gruesome Jethro Tull twosome!
MATT KELLY finds it necessary and the right thing to do to dump on not one, but TWO albums by classic rockers Jethro Tull.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Diana, The Musical
With its hilariously off-colour and risible lyrics and crappy music backing, Diana The Musical easily makes MATT KELLY's infamous list.
Kate Bush was a figure of fun
She’s rock royalty with an old song riding high in the charts, but not so long ago Kate Bush was mercilessly ridiculed, writes GARY
Rebel smell – Time’s up for shock rockers
Is it time for rock and roll rebels to face the music? GARY STEEL fuses his 1990s Marilyn Manson interview with musings on shock
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Marilyn Manson’s Mechanical Animals
Even at his very best Marilyn Manson sucks the biscuit as far as MATT KELLY is concerned. Read on to find out why.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Walker Hayes’ Country Stuff
MATT KELLY puts a very sharp knife into a fat platter with thin ideas that may actually be the worst album of our year
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Mick Jagger’s She’s The Boss
MATT KELLY marvels at a shockingly bad album wherein Jagger uses 31 great session musicians for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Lea Maalfrid’s This Love – a master class in singer-songwriting
One of NZ’s most distinguished songwriters finally gets round to recording a career-spanning overview, and GARY STEEL is well impressed.
Lawnmaster’s Curable Romantic – Wellington’s self-proclaimed laziest band steps up
Self-deprecating, funny and deeply humanistic, this Wellington band’s latest deserves a hearing, reckons GARY STEEL.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – The Doors’ Full Circle
MATT KELLY casts his withering gaze at the second and final post-Jim Morrison album and isn't in the least bit impressed.
The Witchdoctor Q&A – Sandy Mill
Sandy Mill is one of Aotearoa's finest singers. To mark a rare performance in Auckland this weekend, we ask her some leading questions.
The Steroids and White Light Records
In 1980 In Touch magazine got all excited about Wellington post-punk band The Steroids and the launching of their independent record label.
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