Mr Hayday – Miscellaneous Expenses (Mole/Border) VINYL SINGLE/DOWNLOAD EP REVIEW
Crunchy, funny, perfectly edible insect funk from local lad
The Sami Sisters – Happy Heartbreak! (Parrot Diva Grump/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
In a world of mental illness masquerading as love songs, the Sami Sisters are required as an antidote
Hanna Grace – Concrete & Roses (Isaac Music) CD REVIEW
A local record that should have been nipped in the bud
Bonjah – Go Go Chaos (Shock) CD REVIEW
Bonjah are from Tauranga. What next?
Seun Kuti – From Africa With Fury: Rise (Because/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel bends his ear to some roiling African funk.
Amon Tobin – Isam (Ninja Tune/Border) CD REVIEW
State-of-the-art sound design that simply astounds
Various Artists – Watch The Closing Doors Vol. 1 (Year Zero/Southbound) CD REVIEW
Fascinating survey of New York's musical heritage proves a lumpy listen
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Smoking In Heaven (Sunday Best/Shock) CD REVIEW
Negative album review alert. This record made Gary Steel really grumpy.
Bond Street Bridge – Spring Summer Awesome Winter (Banished From The Universe/Monkey Records) CD REVIEW
Modest gem from Auckland singer-songwriter gets the thumbs up.
Mulholland – Eugene Told Me You Were Dead (Frequency Media Group) CD REVIEW
Mulholland's debut drive is just okay, despite the precocious talent on offer
Dave Alvin – Eleven Eleven (YepRoc/Southbound) CD REVIEW
Roots music never sounded so good, contends Gary Steel
Pitch Black – Rarities & Remixes (Remote/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel attempts to get to grips with Pitch Black's remix project
Neil Young – A Treasure (Reprise/Warner) CD REVIEW
More from the vaults Neil Young, and it's another one for hardcore fans only
Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins – A Scarcity Of Miracles (DGM/Southbound) CD REVIEW
Robert Fripp's best album in years doesn't sound at all like King Crimson
F In Math – Couch EP (Flying Nun/Warner) CD REVIEW
Another release by a former Mint Chick shows promise
Beatchild – Something Forever (BBE/Border) CD REVIEW
Beatchild channels Marvin Gaye into a contemporary context, and Steelio likes its sensuous grooves
Fink – Perfect Darkness (Ninja Tune/Border) CD REVIEW
Fink's a singer-songwriter with a DJ background, and revitalises the genre with a sonically superior production
The New Fuse Box – The Wakem/Nielson Project (LGW/Rhythmethod) CD Review
A rather good jazz album from Auckland
Simon Comber – The Right To Talk To Strangers (Carpathian) CD Review
Gary Steel dips his toes into Simon Comber's new EP
Various Artists – Fania Records 1964-1980 (Strut/Border) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel encounters some fecund dance rhythms
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