Russell BaillieRussell Baillie

Russell Baillie writes about music and movies and has done for quite some time.

The Features: Nailing punk to the post

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Russell Baillie investigates The Features, the short-lived Auckland post-punk band whose 1979-1980 output has just been re-released. When it came to nailing the ‘post-‘ to punk, there was no shortage of New Zealand groups swinging the hammer. But among those banging that hyphen into place hardest and earliest were The Features. The Auckland band lasted … Read more

‘I wouldn’t have written this book if he hadn’t died’: Robert Forster on life with and without Grant McLennan

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On the eve of shows in Wellington and Auckland – his first in New Zealand since the death of his long-time musical partner Grant McLennan – songwriter Robert Forster talks to Russell Baillie about life in the Go-Betweens, and his new book, Grant & I. Most rock memoirs peter out at the end. The fun’s … Read more