It’s deeply unfashionable, it’s not even on a label, and it involves guitar solos. And GARY STEEL quite likes it.
Tag: album
New Zealand Music Month: Aldous Harding Interview
On the momentous occasion of the release of Aldous Harding’s second album, Party, Gary Steel digs up a revealing interview from his heaving archives.
Daniel Brandt – Eternal Something (Erased Tapes/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW
GARY STEEL is seduced by a seductive and gently adventurous album. By a drummer, no less.
Saddle Of Southern Darkness – Saddle Of Southern Darkness (Camper Recordings) CD REVIEW
Finally, a record to creep out the 49-year-old child in Peter Kearns.
Tomas Doncker – The Mess We Made (True Groove) CD REVIEW
Peter Kearns is wowed by a record that (wait for it!) has something to say. What a change from the me-me-me generation.
Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys (PIAS) ALBUM REVIEW
It’s not so much Róisín Murphy’s singing or songwriting that distinguishes her latest, writes Gary Steel, but the sophisticated noir-electronica backing.
F.F.S – F.F.S (Domino/EMI) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel reckons there’s loads of wit and irony to chuckle at, and heaps of imagination on the smart collaboration between Sparks and Franz Ferdinand.
Juju Jukebox
A nearly new regular column in which freaky Peter Kearns casts a spell on a bunch of new album releases! You’ll wake up screaming!