Frank Zappa – Zappa ’88: The Last US Show REVIEW
GARY STEEL reviews the latest release from the Zappa vaults and reveals both its strengths and weaknesses.
Random Play – Bill Bruford’s Odd Encounter
In '97 the former Yes/King Crimson drummer got together with a couple of jazzers to make one of his most endearing albums, writes GARY
Jason Vitelli’s Head Above Tide – Dynamic Ranger
RICHARD VAREY listens to Jason Vitelli’s latest album and quizzes the musician about his sound and artistic vision.
David Kilgour’s Bobbie’s A Girl Album – Mourning Has Broken
On his first album since 2014 David Kilgour floats in haunted suspension. GARY STEEL soaks up the grief
Pitch Black’s Third Light Album REVIEW
Renowned more for their reliability than adventurousness, NZ digital dub group Pitch Black try a few new tricks on their new album. Reviewed by
Burnt Friedman’s – Musical Traditions In Central Europe Album REVIEW
GARY STEEL renews his acquaintance with the music world of Burnt Friedman and finds it to be as exquisitely detailed as ever.
Record Roundup
GARY STEEL reviews ace albums by Myele Manzanza, Faye Webster and Aldous Harding along with a few real turds. Despite its sometimes-arch over-intellectualism,
Jan Hellriegel – Sportsman Of The Year REVIEW
Jan Hellriegel has just released the best album of her storied career, and it’s a book, too. GARY STEEL blathers about it.
Plum Green – Sound Recordings (independent) Album REVIEW
GARY STEEL tries hard to find promise in expat Kiwi Plum Green’s dark Melbourne post-grunge.
Snarky Puppy Album Review And Ticket Giveaway!
Snarky Puppy is a conglomeration of Grammy-winning musicians that brings vigour, life and dynamism to jazz-fusion, writes GARY STEEL
Liam Finn – Fomo (Liberation) Album Review
It’s certainly not Betchadupa. Liam Finn has grown up a lot in the few years between the partying-in-Daddy’s-toolbox schizophrenia of his first solo album,
Record Roundup: Recent Albums Reviewed & Rated
GARY STEEL actually listens all the way through a bunch of albums and has his say about them.
Don Brash’s Pakeha Nightmare Shows The Way Forward
Dudley Benson’s Zealandia starts and ends with the sound of crickets, but it’s what’s in between that really sends GARY STEEL
Finally, An Aussie Band That Sounds Nothing Like Cold Chisel
Not bad at all, writes GARY STEEL about the debut album by Aussie electronic duo Bad French, whose musical and lyrical sophistication surprises and
Lucky Dip – New Albums Reviewed
In which that old sourpuss GARY STEEL bends his tattered ears in the direction of his Dad-rock wind-up gramophone to assess a selection of
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
GARY STEEL has found just the album for those who like it dark: dark, hi-def electronica, that is.
The Ones That Got Away #5
Sometimes it takes that old fart GARY STEEL weeks, months or even years to get around to reviewing albums. From the sublime to the
When ‘Multi-Instrumentalist’ Means 20-Plus Musical Contraptions
This album is all instrumental, there are no solos, but 40 different instruments are plucked, bowed, blown or concussed. GARY STEEL is quietly charmed.
The Ones That Got Away #4 – Music Reviews
Sometimes it takes that old fart GARY STEEL weeks, months or even years to get around to reviewing albums. From the sublime to the
The Ones That Got Away #3
Sometimes it takes that old fart GARY STEEL weeks, months or even years to get around to reviewing albums. From the sublime to the
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