Destroyer have the most misleading name in popular music. What you expect is death metal or perhaps a KISS tribute band. What you get is a man sardonically purring and bleating his twisted insights over smooth yacht rock. Like many…
Emma Paki was born in Whakatane, the New Zealand town closest to where White Island erupted in December 2019. She was born to a Maori heritage; and received her first guitar at the age of 8. Paki’s debut single was…
We’re up to week 6 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 5 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 99 Rich Kamerman 20 98 Tony 20 98 Geoff (1001) 19 97 John (2loud2old) 19 96 jprobichaud…
English sophisti-pop band Prefab Sprout date back to 1970s art-rock; leader Paddy McAloon was sent a rejection letter by Brian Eno’s record label in 1976. They didn’t release their debut album Swoon until 1984, by which time the lineup had…
‘La Bamba’ is a traditional Mexican folk song, from the state of Veracruz. Ritchie Valens, a 17 year old rising star, converted the tune to rock and roll. It’s one of the best known Spanish language tunes in the rock…
We’re up to week 5 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 4 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 79 Geoff (1001) 20 78 jprobichaud 20 78 Rich Kamerman 20 78 Tony 20 78 John (2loud2old)…
The Red House Painters took their name from a Tennessee painting crew named The International League Of Revolutionary House Painters. Leader Mark Kozelek came from Ohio, but formed the band in San Francisco. Kozelek was joined by drummer Anthony Koutsos,…
Neil Finn joined the band Split Enz as a guitarist when he was still a teenager. His brother Tim was the band’s leader, writing most of their material, but Neil Finn wrote many of the band’s successful singles in the…
Welcome back for week 4 of the Popular Spotify Song challenge. This is how the leaderboard looks: Participant Week 3 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 59 Geoff (1001) 20 58 jprobichaud 20 58 Rich Kamerman 20 58 Tony 20 58 John…
An Explanation I wanted to provide an explanation to my fellow bloggers who may have noticed that this blog has undergone a name change, and that I’ve had to un-follow and re-follow your blogs. A few weeks ago, I noticed that I…
