Russell Baillie

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

Music
Dec 7, 2016

The Features: Nailing punk to the post

Russell Baillie investigates The Features, the short-lived Auckland post-punk band whose 1979-1980 output has just been re-released.

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Music
Nov 9, 2016

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

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.

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