JONO MCCLEERY – THERE IS (Counter/Border) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel is tired of singers who fake their melancholia
Psyrok & Li’l Sister Jen – Calculus (Psylince) CD REVIEW
Local producer shows promise, but fails to bring home the bacon
New Age Steppers – Love Forever (On-U Sound/Southbound) CD REVIEW
It's Ari Up's last outing and Adrian Sherwood is aboard.
Julien Dyne – Glimpse (BBE/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel gets but a glimpse of Julien Dyne's talents
Bic Runga – Belle (Sony) CD REVIEW
Bic Runga's first album is six years half-ruined by the killing hand of pastiche
Soulware – Return To The Source (Optimus Gryme/Border) CD REVIEW
This hippy collective's work should come with a public health warning, reckons hardened disher of bile Gary Steel.
Wild Bill Ricketts – West Wind (Economy) CD REVIEW
Intriguing imaginary cinema from Phoenix Foundation percussionista.
Batucada Sound Machine – Don’t Keep Silent (Riot Music)
Local Latino groove merchants generate genuine excitement, says Gary Steel
Alan Brown – Between The Spaces (Ode/Rhythmethod)
Another fine jazz album from Auckland. What next?
Brian Eno – Drums Between The Bells (Warp/Border) CD REVIEW
Eno's latest doesn't torture, despite poetry
Kate Bush – Director’s Cut (Fish People/EMI) CD REVIEW
REWRITING YOUR own history is a tricky business, especially if that history is a recording, whether it be an album or a film. George
Funkommunity – Chequered Thoughts (FMG/Universal) CD REVIEW
Rancid grooves from close to home
Vorn – Down For It (Powertool) CD REVIEW
It's a bit Vorn around the edges but we like it
The Changing Same – The Changing Same (Powertool) CD REVIEW
Sneaky Feelings man with modest new project
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar – Together (World Village/Border) CD REVIEW
Indian music rocks, according to Gary Steel
Wet Wings – Glory Glory (Lil’ Chief) CD REVIEW
Sloppiness prevents these Wet Wings from taking flight
Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses – Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses (Dark Horse/Rhythmethod)
Misery loves company, and it's rarely sounded more bourbon-soaked
Factories – Operator’s Service Handbook (Monkey Records) CD REVIEW
Christchurch electronica duo fail to achieve take off
Cut Off Your Hands – Hollow (Speak ‘n Spell) CD REVIEW
Cut off your hands? Uh, no thanks.
The Horrors – Skying (XL/Border) CD REVIEW
The Horrors don't quite unleash the psychotropic masterpiece we require of them
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