GARY STEEL’s “countdown” of the 10 best albums of 1989 from the February 1990 issue of RTR Countdown. Oh-ho-ho!
NZ music
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.
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.
Live shows from long ago… The Crocodiles/The Whizz Kids
By late 1980 The Crocodiles lineup had splintered. GARY STEEL wrote this review of their Wellington gig at shortlived venue Billy D’Club.
Live shows from long ago… Wolfgang/Coup D’Etat
GARY STEEL’s 1980 review of a gig by the Red Mole theatre troupe splinter band that was soon to become the hitmaking Coup D’Etat.
Live shows from long ago… Mangaweka Viaduct Blues Band/The Gen
GARY STEEL wrote this gig up for In Touch magazine way back in May 1980. It wasn’t his (or their) finest hour.