Music Quiz: Click, Click, BOOM! II
Again, this week’s challenge is sudden death – if you get one wrong, the quiz stops. Also, it’s not possible to skip questions. It starts easy, but gets harder. I scored 12/12 with 2:43 remaining – can you beat…
Aphoristical
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.
Sault Albums Ranked from Worst to Best
British soul collective Sault have broken almost every rule of album-making during their brief career. Debuting in 2019, they’ve already released 12 studio albums. Yet they’ve only played live once and have never given an interview. Their already sizeable catalogue…
New Music Reviews: Sudan Archives, Westerman, and Rosalía
Rosalía delivers on the year’s most ambitious album. Westerman delivers another album of exquisite 1980s-soaked melancholy, while Sudan Archives is inconsistent but sometimes great. Rosalía Lux 2025, 9/10Rosalia Vila Tobella deserves kudos for making four entirely different albums. She started…
Gangnam Style by Psy
Every New Zealand #1 single… 7 Gangnam Style by Psy Topped the NZ chart for 6 (non-consecutive) weeks from 24 September 2012. Psy He doesn’t fit the standard K-pop idol image of being incredibly young, good-looking, and able to carry…
Music Quiz: Click, Click, BOOM!
This week’s challenge is sudden death – if you get one wrong, the quiz stops. Also, it’s not possible to skip questions. It starts easy, but gets harder. I scored 12/12 with 3:16 remaining – can you beat my…
10 Best Rage Against the Machine Songs
Rage Against the Machine’s debut album was a slow-burn success. Their debut single ‘Killing in the Name’ was initially released in 1992, and became the Christmas #1 single in the UK in 2009. Parent album Rage Against the Machine didn’t…
New Music Reviews: The Last Dinner Party, Cate Le Bon, and Brìghde Chaimbeul
Arty fare from three different parts of the UK – Wales’ Cate Le Bon, Scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul, and theatrical London band The Last Dinner Party. The Last Dinner Party From the Pyre 2025, 7.5/10The Last Dinner Party were breakout…
Nuggets II: The Madman Running Through The Fields by Dantalian’s Chariot
The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up. The sequel covers the rest of the world since the first volume only chronicled the USA. Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 emerged in 2001.…
Music Quiz: Missing Word Band Songs
Can you complete song titles with the word “band” in them. I scored 14/14 – can you beat my time? I had 3:30 remaining. Congratulations to Tony and Max, who both scored full marks in last week’s quiz. I’ve…
10 Best Talking Heads Songs
Talking Heads emerged from the mid-1970s CBGB scene, along with Blondie, The Ramones, and Television. Neurotic frontman David Byrne formed the band with drummer Chris Frantz. When the new band was unable to find a bass player, Frantz’s girlfriend Tina…
