Stick three improvising musicians in a hotel room for some spontaneous action and what do you get? Something special, writes GARY STEEL.
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Dreamscapes echoing to infinity
GARY STEEL falls in love with a surprising album of evocative dreamscapes from a musician famed for his more rootsy work in The Bads.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Run DMC’s awful comeback
Does hip hop get any worse than the execrable comeback album by Run DMC? MATT KELLY thinks not and explains why.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – eyes wide shut
Widely considered their worst album, MAT KELLY somehow manages to listen to all 74 bloated minutes of the Yes album that nobody likes.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
MATT KELLY somehow manages to get all the way through the very worst of Yes and the answer is a definitive ‘No!’
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Elvis’ Greatest Shit
MATT KELLY listens to a collection of Elvis Presley’s worst songs and ends up finding it quite endearing, in a naff kind of way.
Easy listening art music – Darren Pickering’s Small Worlds
Sometimes musical contemplation is just what the doctor ordered and Small Worlds massaged GARY STEEL’s aural cavities in just the right way.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Shihad’s Beautiful Machine
MATT KELLY finally finds a Kiwi group to name and shame, and he reckons that this is easily the Wellington band’s worst record.