Finn, Family And Friends For Summer Tour
Neil Finn will tour with his son Liam as well as family and friends in unusual NZ venues this summer.
The Wand Master Series TONEARM REVIEW
Simon Brown designs award-winning, New Zealand-made tonearms for record players. DR RICHARD VAREY is very taken with his latest.
How About Less Election Bullshittery In The Media?
PAT PILCHER is angry that – just out from an important election which will decide the immediate future for all of us – mass
Kill Me Quick
GARY STEEL grew up in the punk era when everyone wanted to die but few did, and wants to know why suicide is suddenly
Launches & Lunches: Oppo’s Stunning R11
Oppo has launched its premium ‘camera phone’ in NZ. GARY STEEL reports on the event, and the phone.
Free-to-air Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells Funny
How low can free-to-air television go? PAT PILCHER rails about the pointlessness of yet more pretend-current affairs and poo stink commercials.
Oppo R9s SMARTPHONE REVIEW
Watch out Apple and Samsung, Oppo is in the building, and is aggressively entering the NZ market with a premium device at a nice
Assertive New Play For Edifier In NZ
The Edifier speaker range gets boosted profile with a new NZ distributor.
Neil Watson – Studies In Tubular (Southbound)
Gary Steel is tired of NZ musicians making albums that are glorified calling cards rather than coherent musical statements.
Ray Columbus – Now You Shake (RPM) ALBUM REVIEW
Today, NZ’s ‘most acerbic music writer’ assesses a compilation tracing both the peaks and the lows of Ray Columbus in the '60s.
Bonfire Baby – Bonfire Baby (No Label) EP REVIEW
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’
Every Day In May – Day 8: Greg Malcolm
The idea? Every day in May, to mark NZ Music Month and 38 years of his own rancid opining and reportage, Gary Steel will
Mikey Jamieson – Totem (Tasman Records) ALBUM REVIEW
Local guitarist has all the ingredients for a great debut, but it comes out of the pan deeply flawed.
Alexis French – The Cut (Rattle/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW
Rattle is an exceptional label, but The Cut doesn't quite make it.
The Worst Interview – The Stones
Gary Steel’s nightmare interview with The Stones.
Blast From The Arse: THE CROCODILES 1980
GARY STEEL turns red in the presence of a Crocodile, Jenny Morris. Later, another Crocodile joins the conversation…
Radio Windy Homegrown Album Volume 1!
The first item Gary Steel ever had published in a "proper" rock rag: Rip It Up, 1979
Who WILL Stop The Rain?
Is Creedence Clearwater REVISITED really the ‘Summer event of 2012’? asks Gary Steel
Acclaimed Oppo Brand Gains NZ Distribution
International Dynamics has announced that it will be taking on the acclaimed Oppo brand.
Highway – Highway (Ode/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Genuine Kiwi obscurity rescued from the rot and restored. And it's a blinder.
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