Author: Aphoristical

Graham Fyfe is fascinated by pop music, and he may be the only blogger in the world to cover Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande.

Destroyer – Have We Met: New Music Review

Destroyer have the most misleading name in popular music. What you expect is death metal or perhaps a KISS tribute … Continue Reading Destroyer – Have We Met: New Music Review

Emma Paki was born in Whakatane, the New Zealand town closest to where White Island erupted in December 2019. She … Continue Reading System Virtue by Emma Paki: Iconic New Zealand Songs

We’re up to week 6 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 5 Total … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Artist by Popular Spotify Songs VI

English sophisti-pop band Prefab Sprout date back to 1970s art-rock; leader Paddy McAloon was sent a rejection letter by Brian … Continue Reading 10 Best Prefab Sprout Songs

‘La Bamba’ is a traditional Mexican folk song, from the state of Veracruz. Ritchie Valens, a 17 year old rising … Continue Reading La Bamba by Ritchie Valens: Great B-Sides

We’re up to week 5 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 4 Total … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Artist by Popular Spotify Songs V

The Red House Painters took their name from a Tennessee painting crew named The International League Of Revolutionary House Painters. … Continue Reading Red House Painters Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

Neil Finn joined the band Split Enz as a guitarist when he was still a teenager. His brother Tim was … Continue Reading Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House

Welcome back for week 4 of the Popular Spotify Song challenge. This is how the leaderboard looks: Participant Week 3 … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Artist by Popular Spotify Songs IV

Math-rock band Tricot formed in Kyoto in 2010, released their debut album in 2013. Their fourth studio album 真っ黒 (Japanese … Continue Reading Makkuro (真っ黒) – Tricot: New Music Review

It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll), and Australian hard rock band AC/DC spent … Continue Reading Carry Me Home by AC/DC: Great B-Sides

Welcome back to the third week of the Spotify quiz series. Eleven contestants have completed the first two week of … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Artist by Popular Spotify Songs III

In popular music, lyrics are less important than the music. Often the words of popular songs float past innocuously. Stringing … Continue Reading 10 Best Lyricists of All Time

Of all the b-sides that I’ve covered in this series, Elvis Presley’s cover of ‘Mystery Train’ is the most iconic. … Continue Reading Mystery Train by Elvis Presley: Great B-Sides

Welcome back to the Spotify quiz series. We had ten contestants in the first week of Spotify quizzes, and the … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Name the Spotify Artist II

I didn’t enjoy any single album from 2019 as much as I liked Mitski’s Be The Cowboy in 2018. Nevertheless … Continue Reading 16 Best Albums of 2019