Can you identify these famous opening lyrics? I found this much harder than the first set. I scored 15/19, and missed the country ones. Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who scored the fastest 19/19 last week. We recently had a…
General elections are held every three years in New Zealand and they’re due soon. Our electoral system is known as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP for short). Everyone gets two votes – one for a party and one for an electorate…
It’s a week of remaking and remodelling. Former Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton goes (sort of) solo with My New Band Believe. Avant-garde musicians Bill Orcutt and Mabe Fratti collaborate on Almost Waking. My New Band Believe My New Band…
New Zealand number-one hits don’t get much worse than this Australian reality-TV show product. Bardot Around the turn of the millennium, the Popstars TV franchise manufactured pop groups, auditioning contestants and winnowing them down to a successful pop quintet. The…
Another Thursday (NZ time), another quiz. Can you identify these famous opening lyrics? They’re famous, yet eclectic. I scored 18/19 – I don’t know much about Nine Inch Nails, apart from the song that Johnny Cash covered. Can you…
Split Enz are still perhaps New Zealand’s best-loved band. In their early days, they were art-rockers, releasing the strange art-rock of Mental Notes. When a teenage Neil Finn replaced original songwriter/guitarist Phil Judd, they steered closer to new wave pop.…
Rob Freeman and Ian McLintock had a wide-ranging career in the 1960s, covering Bo Diddley, being managed by Brian Epstein, and playing with Deep Purple. Credits 3 LISTEN TO THE SKY – Sands (U.K.)(Ian McLintock/Pete Hammerton/Robert Freeman/Paul Stewart) PERSONNEL/PAUL STEWART:…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. Can you click 10 music artists born in the UK? If you click one of the 10 decoys, you’ll die trying. There’s a nice, eclectic range of artists. I scored 10/10 with…
I know it’s obligatory to insert a comment here about how terrible the year 2020 was. Down in New Zealand, however, we were well insulated from the coronavirus pandemic and life was relatively normal. From the list below, I’d only…
Two distinctive artistic visions this week. Enjoy the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach of British neo-soul singer Raye, and the arty precision of Wendy Eisenberg. Wendy Eisenberg Wendy Eisenberg 2026, 7.5/10Wendy Eisenberg combines country instrumentation like banjo and pedal steel with the precise…