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 albums, blog regularly, and make lists.

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New Music Reviews: Angine de Poitrine and Joyce Manor

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It’s an unusually rocking week – the microtonal art rock...
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Nuggets II: Path Through The Forest by The Factory

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Pick a 1980s Music Band By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1980s band to...
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Recent blog posts

New Music Reviews: Angine de Poitrine and Joyce Manor

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It’s an unusually rocking week – the microtonal art rock...
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Nuggets II: Path Through The Forest by The Factory

The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up...
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Music Quiz: Pick a 1980s Music Band By Hit

Can you link an image of a 1980s band to...
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Ten Favourite Keyboard Players

“These fingers of mine, they got brains in ’em. You...
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The New Pornographers' Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

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The New Pornographers emerged in 2000, pooling talent from nationally...
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New Music Reviews: The New Pornographers and Courtney Marie Andrews

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Two albums inspired by darkness and turmoil this week. Courtney...
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Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
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Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
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Recent review pages

Waxahatchee Album Reviews

Katie Crutchfield started playing music in high school with her...
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Dina Ögon Album Reviews

Dina Ögon are a smooth Swedish supergroup. Lead vocalist Anna...
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Flock of Dimes Album Reviews

Jenn Wassner is talented and prolific. She’s a member of...
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Tears For Fears Album Reviews

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both members of the...
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Michael Omartian Album Reviews

Michael Omartian has a vast resume as a producer and...
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Midnight Oil Album Reviews

Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed Farm in Sydney in...
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Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he’s been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.

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Elvis Costello Album Reviews

Of all the musicians who emerged in the wake of...
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The dB’s Album Reviews

The members of The dB’s are all from Winston-Salem, North...
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Ben Folds (Five) Album Reviews

Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also the...
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Lorde Album Reviews

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Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor was born in Auckland, New Zealand...
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The Cars Album Reviews

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Boston quintet The Cars were arguably the quintessential New Wave...
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James Taylor Album Reviews

With his warm voice, pretty guitar-picking, and introspective songwriting, James Vernon...
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10 Best Songs by The Byrds

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The Byrds were one of the most significant American bands...
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10 Best Kraftwerk Songs

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Musicians used synthesizers before Kraftwerk. Karlheinz Stockhausen experimented with them...
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The 10 Best Pet Shop Boys Songs

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Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met in a hi-fi shop...
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The Velvet Underground: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

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The Velvet Underground began as a collaboration between frustrated songwriter Lou...
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10 Best Songs by The Zombies

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Hertfordshire band The Zombies endured a somewhat erratic career in...
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Sweetest Thing by U2: Great B-Sides

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Irish rock band U2 peaked with their 1987 album The...
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