Pil’s Adventures – magical medieval madcap mayhem
GARY STEEL and his brood enjoy watching a film about a girl and her ravenous weasels set in medieval France.
The Death Of Co-Aklan – Cathal Coughlan, gone…
GEORGE HENDERSON pays tribute to former Microdisney and Fatima Mansions singer-songwriter Cathal Coughlin.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Grand Funk Railroad’s All The Girls In The World Beware
Do you want to hear the singer boast about the dark brown stains on his underwear? MATT KELLY sure as hell does not.
Automatic Static’s Time Before Time – an imagined sax and drum duel
Jazz duets aren't dead, they just smell weird, writes GARY STEEL about an odd sax/drums project.
Huawei Matepad T10 – great value and kid-friendly features
Excellent value, all the required features at reasonable specs as well as kid-friendly mode makes this tablet a winner, writes PAT PILCHER.
Technics EAH-A800 – cans that really can
The Bluetooth headphone competition is intense, but Technics' spiffing entrant is so good that PAT PILCHER gives it the ultimate honour.
Live shows from long ago… Wolfgang/Coup D’Etat
GARY STEEL's 1980 review of a gig by the Red Mole theatre troupe splinter band that was soon to become the hitmaking Coup D'Etat.
Logitech G413 SE – Affordable mechanical QWERTY goodness
PAT PILCHER gets his sticky hands on the brilliantly tactile polybutylene terephthalate keyboard of Logitech's nicely priced G413 SE.
Live shows from long ago… Gary Numan
When Gary Numan played in Wellington local punks spat on him, but his show was great according to GARY STEEL.
Live shows from long ago… Racey
In one of his first live review assignments, GARY STEEL was surprised to find that novelty act Racey wasn’t as cack as he’d thought
Ecovacs X1 Omni – Is this the most advanced robot vacuum ever?
PAT PILCHER has tested his share of great robot suckers but the Ecovacs X1 Omni is easily the most advanced he's ever put through
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Robert Plant’s Shaken And Stirred
MATT KELLY saw Robert Plant as someone to trust to always do the right thing. That is, until he released this piece of unmitigated
Oppo’s Find X5 Pro – wowza!
Oppo's new phone is as smart as it is gorgeous, with so much to recommend it that PAT PILCHER is just a little bit
JBL Flip 6 Portable Bluetooth Speaker – Small but mighty
Yearning for a portable Bluetooth speaker that prioritises good sound over extra (and unwanted?) features? PAT PILCHER at your service.
Boost Bikes Apache – An e-bike for the cool kids!
E-bikes have never been more popular, and PAT PILCHER was so taken by the Boost Bikes Apache that he bought it.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #18 – Echo by Gracious
Reunion albums often suck but they're rarely as godawful as this egg-on-face progressive rock travesty, writes MATT KELLY.
Huawei GT 3 Watch Review – top marks!
Huawei's new GT 3 watch gets a clean 10 out of 10 from PAT PILCHER for ticking all the boxes and sporting amazing battery
1001 Albums You Must Die Before Your Hear – Paul Lekakis’s Tattoo It
The 'Boom Boom Let's Go Back To My Room' guy didn't even have one entertaining album in him, MATT KELLY discovers.
Ragnarok’s 1970s NZ space-rock masterpiece reassessed
Kiwi space-rock band Ragnarok’s 1975 debut has been rediscovered and reissued. GARY STEEL with an in-depth assessment.
SurfaceBook Studio Laptop – a doozy for content creators
PAT PILCHER reviews a laptop that's created with the creative types of the new millennium in mind, and it's a doozy.
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