Music·Recordings Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks (Polydor/Universal) CD REVIEW September 5, 2013 Peter Kearns Like The Cure with Huey Lewis on backing vocals? Peter Kearns on Trent Reznor's new opus. Read More
Music·Recordings The Last Skeptik – Thanks For Trying (BBE/Border) CD REVIEW September 5, 2013 Gary Steel If you like Diplo and that aesthetic, you'll probably like The Last Skeptik. Read More
Music·Recordings Grey Reverend – A Hero’s Lie (Motion Audio/Border) CD REVIEW September 5, 2013 Gary Steel Glum James Blunt or inheritor of the fluttering candle of Nick Drake's spirit? Gary Steel has made up his mind on this one. Read More
Music·Recordings The Doobie Brothers – Live At The Wolf Trap (Eagle Vision/Shock) DVD REVIEW September 5, 2013 Gary Steel A generous but middling 2004 performance by that perpetual good-time band. Read More
Music·Recordings Mike Keneally – You Must Be This Tall (Exowax) CD REVIEW September 5, 2013 Peter Kearns "In a world of land-bound cookie-cutter sound-alikes operating within a me-too culture, Mike Keneally’s music is an ocean," writes Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings David Lynch – The Big Dream (Sunday Best) CD REVIEW September 3, 2013 Peter Kearns Lynch's latest needed a T Bone Burnett at the controls to make it what it could have been, reckons Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings Kirin J Callinan – Embracism (Siberia/XL) CD REVIEW August 30, 2013 Peter Kearns Peter Kearns discusses a genuinely original singer-songwriter and his debut long player. Read More
Music·Recordings Olivier Libaux – Uncovered Queens Of The Stone Age (Cartell/Border) CD REVIEW August 28, 2013 Gary Steel It doesn't reveal much about Queens Of The Stone Age, but this album of cruisy covers is a very pleasant Gallic stroll. Read More
Music·Recordings Editors – The Weight Of Your Love (PIAS) CD REVIEW August 26, 2013 Gary Steel Editors' latest is a "long-lens out-of-focus view of a dark night of the soul", writes Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings Daughn Gibson – Me Moan (Sub Pop) CD REVIEW August 26, 2013 Peter Kearns Here's a 'country' album that's more Wall Of Voodoo than Willie Nelson, writes Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings Dennis O’Brien – Still In The Same Dream (Ode/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW August 23, 2013 Gary Steel One of NZ's great 'could have been' singer-songwriters finally gets his tunes out to a new generation of listeners. Read More
Music·Recordings Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven (Warp/Border) CD REVIEW August 21, 2013 Gary Steel Despite all the hype, Oneohtrix Point Never prove worth a listen. But Gary Steel has reservations (hasn't he always?) Read More
Music·Recordings Bilal – A Love Surreal (BBE/Border) CD REVIEW August 20, 2013 Gary Steel An album of sensual, jazz-tinged funk. Who could complain? Read More
Music·Recordings Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest (Warp/Border) CD REVIEW August 20, 2013 Gary Steel Boards Of Canada a real shitter, according to Gary Steel. Read More
Music·Recordings Sigur Rós – Kveikur (XL) CD REVIEW August 20, 2013 Gary Steel Have Sigur Rós got anything left to say? Gary Steel has his doubts. Read More
Music·Recordings Nightmares On Wax – Feelin Good (Warp/Border) CD REVIEW August 20, 2013 Gary Steel Gary Steel inhales some THC-infused grooves. Read More
Music·Recordings Jackson Scott – Melbourne (Fat Possum) CD REVIEW August 15, 2013 Peter Kearns Jackson Scott makes eerie lo-fi psychedelia that's worth checking out, according to Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings PVT – Homosapien (Create/Control) CD REVIEW August 15, 2013 Peter Kearns There's much unrealised potential in these Aussie electronicists, writes Peter Kearns. Read More
Music·Recordings Nektar – Down To Earth (Purple Pyramid) CD REVIEW – REISSUE August 7, 2013 Peter Kearns Peter Kearns acclaims a sadly neglected prog-rock gem, dug up and reissued. Read More
Music·Recordings Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum And Mad (Rough Trade) CD REVIEW August 7, 2013 Peter Kearns Peter Kearns would be happy to hear Nadine Shah sing the phone book. If there were still phone books. Read More