In 40 YEARS IN 52 WEEKS, GARY STEEL trawls through his archives and selective memory banks to celebrate a lifetime of writing about modern music, and pens some new perspectives to mark the occasion. The subject of today’s piece: aural agony.
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The Best Year Ever For Music? 1979 Of Course!
In 40 YEARS IN 52 WEEKS, GARY STEEL trawls through his archives to celebrate a lifetime of writing about modern music, and pens some new perspectives to mark the occasion. The subject of today’s piece: 1979.
Twenty Years Ago – Dirty Three
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Warren Ellis of so-called post-rock trio Dirty Three.
Twenty Years Ago – Soundproof & Pitchblack
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, GARY STEEL dredges up a bunch of old stories and interviews. Today, his 1998 interview with the post-Unitone HiFi duo project of Stinky Jim and Angus McNaughton, Soundproof, as well as a chat with Pitchblack’s Mike Hodgson.
Twenty Years Ago – Burnt Friedman/Nonplace Urban Field
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed German electronic legend Burnt Friedman.
Thirty Years Ago: Michael Jackson, 1988
In 1988 Witchdoctor’s GARY STEEL was editing teen pop magazine RTR Countdown and in February of that year he jetted off to New York with five competition winners to catch Michael Jackson at Madison Square Garden.
Thirty years ago: Spectacle Great, Music Not
In the final instalment of our three part Pink Floyd retrospective, GARY STEEL reviews the band’s 1988 concert at Auckland’s Western Springs.
Max Wants To Put You To Sleep
Celebrated British composer Max Richter performs two of his works this weekend as part of the Auckland Festival. GARY STEEL had a wee chat with the man behind the epic Sleep and Vivaldi Recomposed.