Concerts·NZ music Live Shows From Way Back – Wellington 1983 July 31, 2024 Gary Steel Gary Steel sniffs out another mouldering review from another not-so-present era. Wellington Performers Collective Fundraiser, Rock Theatre, Friday/Saturday 27/28 May 1983 Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Forty years ago – Philbo keeps a low profile May 3, 2023 Gary Steel To celebrate New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL reaches far back into his archives for two pieces he wrote on musician Phil Bowering. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Forty years ago – This act ends with a bang May 2, 2023 Gary Steel GARY STEEL loves interviewing obscure and entertaining NZ bands. Back in 1983 Moving Targets had big plans. Where are they now? Read More
Concerts·Music·Thought Piece Sharon O’Neill & Jon Stevens, Wellington Town Hall, 1980 May 3, 2022 Gary Steel GARY STEEL wrote this review for the Evening Post back in March 1980. It's not something he's proud of. Read More
Concerts·Music Live shows from long ago… The Whizz Kids/The Steroids February 11, 2022 Gary Steel The Whizz Kids/The Steroids, Last Resort, Wellington, New Zealand In Touch, March 1980 Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Album Reviews A-Z – A 40-year repository of critiques June 14, 2021 Gary Steel This is the landing page for Gary Steel's complete A-Z of album (and a few EPs and singles) reviews. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings The Ultimate A To Z Of Album Reviews By Gary Steel – How It Works June 28, 2020 Gary Steel GARY STEEL - who has been flinging his controversial critiques at a disgruntled public for more than 40 years - gives the background to Read More
Albums·Concerts·Music·Recordings The Best Year Ever For Music? 1979 Of Course! February 13, 2019 Gary Steel In 40 YEARS IN 52 WEEKS, GARY STEEL trawls through his archives to celebrate a lifetime of writing about modern music, and pens some Read More
Albums·Life·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Lots And Lots Of Albums January 23, 2019 Gary Steel GARY STEEL stole a dead man’s job and kept doing it for 19 long years. Read More
Life Plumbing The Depths February 27, 2017 Gary Steel We're saving lives with fancy medical procedures. Meanwhile, writes Gary Steel, we can't even get our plumbing right. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings William Tyler – Modern Country (Merge/Southside) ALBUM REVIEW January 26, 2017 Gary Steel It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Bonfire Baby – Bonfire Baby (No Label) EP REVIEW January 17, 2017 Gary Steel It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic music writer’ Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Peter Posa – Plays The Hits Of The British Invasion (Sony) ALBUM REVIEW January 8, 2017 Gary Steel It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic critic’ listens Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Various Artists – Come & See Me (Frenzy) ALBUM REVIEW January 7, 2017 Gary Steel It’s Gazza’s Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic critic' gets Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings John Cale – Music For A New Society (Domino) ALBUM REVIEW January 7, 2017 Gary Steel It's Gazza's Big Ketchup, wherein GARY STEEL chips away at the massive review pile that accrued during 2016. Today, NZ's 'most acerbic' critic gets Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Public Service Broadcasting – Live At Brixton (Test Card/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW December 16, 2016 Gary Steel Gary Steel has one word (cribbed from the toddler) to say about this album: "YUCK!" Read More
Albums·Music·Recordings Corinne Bailey Rae – The Heart Speaks In Whispers (Virgin/Universal) ALBUM REVIEW December 15, 2016 Gary Steel Corrinne Bailey Rae turns Gary Steel into a beastly man with beastly thoughts. Read More
Albums·Life·Music·Recordings Don’t Give Me Culture November 5, 2016 Gary Steel Gary Steel has realised why his appreciation of music is different: he's just not cultural. Please, let him explain. Read More
Music·Thought Piece Alien Soundtracks August 5, 2015 Gary Steel Gary Steel tunes in to a transporting audio aberration that turns out to be a sonic solution. Read More
Music From The Archives: Smith’s Dream July 27, 2015 Gary Steel In his ongoing series of stories rescued from the dumpster of time, Gary Steel gifts us his August 1998 interview with Patti Smith, who Read More