Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Perfect Pitch May 30, 2024 Gary Steel Twenty-five years ago GARY STEEL met up with wayward Kiwi electronic duo Pitch Black for a nice chat. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Jayrem โ The โnot Flying Nunโ 1980s Kiwi record label May 24, 2024 Gary Steel To celebrate NZ Music Month GARY STEEL digs up a rare 1986 interview with Wellington record label owner Jim Moss. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Long lost stories: The Mockers 41 years ago May 14, 2024 Helen Collett HELEN COLLETT interviewed The Mockersโ main man Andrew Fagan as the band perched on the edge of chart success. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Aldous Harding: The lost interview May 2, 2024 Gary Steel Especially for New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL disinters a 10-year-old interview with Aldous Harding conducted at the time of her debut album. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Hammond Gamble March 23, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL chats with Hammond Gamble about his Allstars Sing The Blues with Beaver. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music Live Shows From Way Back โ The Chills March 21, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL revisits his short review of a Chills gig in a pub one dark night in Wellington back in 1984. Read More
Concerts·Music·NZ music Live Shows From Long Ago โ Radioactive Band Of The Year contest 1984 March 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL listened to the good, the bad and the ugly in an โalternativeโ battle of the bands, 1984-style. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Working With Walt March 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL digs up a story about a Dunedin band from way back in 1984 in which he interviews Jan Hellriegelโs bro, Rob. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings NZ music’s battle to be heard – 40 years ago, that is March 4, 2024 Gary Steel NZ music acts whining about how hard it is to make a mark in 2024 might find this piece about the struggle to make Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece 1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear: Wing March 4, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY's tribute to one of the best/worst singers ever to grace NZ stages and Southpark, a true classic of awful. RIP Wing. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Thereโs a riot goinโ on: Riot III January 16, 2024 Gary Steel Riot III's explosive and controversial music gets a respectful reissue 43 years later. GARY STEEL, who was there at the time, digs in. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings Riot 111: Wellingtonโs โterroristโ punk band December 13, 2023 Guest Contributor To celebrate the imminent release of a lovely vinyl platter capturing the key moments of Wellington's โterroristโ punk band Riot 111, hereโs a story Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Beat Rhythm Fashion โ two ancient interviews November 8, 2023 Gary Steel To honour recent interest in Wellingtonโs post-punk era GARY STEEL digs up two interview transcripts with Beat Rhythm Fashion. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings The Great Witchdoctor Q&A โ Phil Bowering November 6, 2023 Gary Steel Low Profileโs Elephunkinโ is one of the most fondly remembered Kiwi songs of the 1980s, but what has Phil Bowering been up to since Read More
Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Horny hip-hop September 12, 2023 Gary Steel GARY STEEL asks big band maestro Rodger Fox some questions about his album/tour collaboration with conscious hip-hopper King Kapisi. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Stephanie Acraman & Liam Wooding โ Life is a cabaret, old chum August 29, 2023 Gary Steel On the latest Rattle label release two Kiwis interpret the slyly witty cabaret songs of an obscure American songwriting duo. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Songs From The Front Lawn by Matthew Bannister August 25, 2023 Gary Steel Just in time for Don McGlashanโs latest tour comes a book about one of the singer-songwriterโs least-known projects. GARY STEEL reviews it. Read More
Albums·Music·NZ music·Recordings·Thought Piece Matthew Bannister goes to the movies August 19, 2023 Gary Steel GARY STEEL has a sneaky listen to Matthew Bannisterโs best album in years and declares it a qualified success. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Far Out โ tripping the light fantastic July 27, 2023 Gary Steel Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Trevor Reekie and Tom Ludvigson of Trip about their Pretty Cool album. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Forty years ago: Wellingtonโs legendary Primitive Art Group June 2, 2023 Gary Steel Anthony and Stuart of Primitive Art Group explain the complex simplicity of their groupโs explorative terrain to GARY STEEL. Read More