Aphoristic Album Reviews

Obsessively chronicling one person’s exploration of popular music

Welcome to Aphoristic Album Reviews, where I discuss highlights from the last sixty years of popular music. I write album reviews, highlight my favourite albumsblog regularly, and make lists.

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New Music Reviews: Ratboys and Mandy, Indiana

It’s an uncharacteristically rocking week. Ratboys play rootsy rock and...

Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)

Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Low by Flo Rida...

Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

Can you identify album covers featuring robots? https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bernerner63/robots-on-album-covers We’re here...

Recent blog posts

New Music Reviews: Ratboys and Mandy, Indiana

It’s an uncharacteristically rocking week. Ratboys play rootsy rock and...

Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)

Every New Zealand #1 single 4 Low by Flo Rida...

Music Quiz: Robots on Album Covers

Can you identify album covers featuring robots? https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bernerner63/robots-on-album-covers We’re here...

10 Best Hit Songs of the 1980s

My list of the ten worst songs of the 1980s...

New Music Reviews: Dry Cleaning and Charli XCX

We’re stuck in the UK this week – the deadpan...

Nuggets II: Slaves Time by The Slaves

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...

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Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...

Recent review pages

Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...

Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...

Hayley Williams Album Reviews

Hayley Williams is best known as the lead vocalist of...

Wolf Alice Album Reviews

Wolf Alice started in 2010 as an acoustic duo when...

The Go-Go’s Album Reviews

The Go-Go’s emerged from the late 1970s L.A. punk scene...

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Read about the discographies of musical acts from the 1960s to the present day. Browse this site's review archives or enjoy these random selections:

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Gob Nation Album Reviews (The Tubs, Joanna Gruesome,  Ex-Vöid et al)

Gob Nation are a South London-based group of musicians who...

The Last Dinner Party Album Reviews

The Last Dinner Party were the breakout UK stars of...

The Front Lawn Album Reviews

Growing up in Auckland’s North Shore, Don McGlashan and Harry...

Radiohead Album Reviews

Named after a Talking Heads song, Radiohead are the most...
Radiohead Kid A

Erika de Casier Album Reviews

Smooth R&B artist Erika de Casier was born in Portugal...

Suzanne Vega Album Reviews

Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California. At the...

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Sweet Stella Baby by Spirit: Great B-Sides

Emerging in the late 1960s from Los Angeles, Spirit were...
Van Morrison Veedon Fleece

Waterfall by 10cc: Great B-sides

The four members of 10cc were all veterans of the...

10 Best Songs by The Soft Boys

Robyn Hitchcock started his recording career as the frontman for the...

Child of the Moon by The Rolling Stones: Great B-Sides

In 1967, The Rolling Stones followed The Beatles into baroque...
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones

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