Kiwi audio ingenuity: Tex Tone’s Classic Mini Speakers
Our audiophile expert ANDY BAKER soaks in the sonic vibrations emitting from Kiwi rock music icon Tex Houston's new baby-sized speakers.
Flying Nun, definitively.
Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell a story properly, writes GARY STEEL. Here’s the definitive tale of the first eight years of the
Shayne Carter – Dead People I Have Known (Victoria University Press) BOOK REVIEW
Shayne Carter’s incredible memoir gives GARY STEEL a complex.
How To Release Your First Album In 29 Years And Make It Your Best Yet
After faffing around with dysfunctional digital files, GARY STEEL falls for the rather excellent real grown-up sound and songs of the new Sneaky Feelings
Peter Jefferies & Jono Lonie – At Swim 2 Birds (Flying Nun) LP VINYL REVIEW
A lost Flying Nun album finds its feet 30 years after its original release, writes GARY STEEL.
Every Day In May – Day 31: The Clean
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Every Day In May – Day 30: The Clean
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Every Day In May – Day 26: HDU
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Every Day In May – Day 25: The Dead C
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Every Day In May – Day 24: The Not-Great Lost Flying Nun Album
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Braunias On The Stones
In honour of NZ Music Month, Gary Steel climbs into the crumbling catacombs of his back catalogue, and disinters a different story Every Day
Pin Group – Ambivalence (Flying Nun/Warner) CD REVIEW
Pin Group may have been the lucky first release by Flying Nun, but they're also possibly the worst.
Looking up the flying nun’s habit
Gary Steel breaks wind on a couple of recent Flying Nun compilations
Chillblains
NZ's gifted but troubled songwriter and band leader, Martin Phillipps, in a candid and revealing exchange with Gary Steel
From The Archives – the wit and wisdom of Chris Knox
GARY STEEL celebrates New Zealand Music Month by selecting some choice quotes by Chris Knox, many of them previously unpublished.
FROM THE ARCHIVES – The Gordons
Gary Steel digs out possibly the first two articles ever written about NZ's seminal group, The Gordons.
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