Music Quiz: Self-Titled Albums
Congratulations to Jim and Tony, who both scored 25/25 in last week’s guitarist quiz. This week you need to match the self-titled album images to the artists. I scored 22/24 – can you beat me and get 100%?
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.
When Do Bands Peak?
It’s easy to find lists of great debut albums, but personally I often prefer a band’s later records, where they stretch their wings, becoming more diverse and more comfortable in the studio. Bands’ debut albums are often the most pure,…
The Whirlwind: XII. Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (reprise) by Transatlantic
1970s progressive rock is one of my favourite eras of music – bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant produced adventurous sonic tapestries. If you broaden the definition of progressive rock outside of symphonic rock acts, you can…
Music Quiz: Ranker's 25 Greatest Guitarists
Congratulations to Rich, Steve, and Aaron who scored full marks in last week’s Rolling Stones quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to name the top 25 guitarists from Ranker’s list of best guitarists, with the help of some song titles.…
All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun by Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser
The prodigiously talented Jeff Buckley only made one studio album, 1994’s Grace, before his accidental drowning in the Mississippi River in 1997. \His estate has continued to release a wealth of posthumous material. These range from top notch material like…
Music Quiz: 50 Years of The Rolling Stones
Congratulations to jprobichaud and Tony, who both top scored 14/15 in last week’s quiz. This week’s challenge is a rare single artist quiz, where you need to name 24 Rolling Stones albums. I scored 21/24, although I was confused by one…
We Gathered in Spring – Midlake
In New Zealand, this week has witnessed the beginning of sprinter. The daffodils are flowering, and the washing is drying in the sunny breeze. In New Zealand and Australia, some weather scientists have attempted to change our weather paradigm to…
Music Quiz: Minimalist Portraits
Congratulations to Geoff () who scored 100% in last week’s intensive quiz. And a shout out to Rich, who was 1 point off the perfect score. This week’s quiz requires you to identify notable musicians from their minimalist portraits. …
The F***YouCrew
Years ago, in the infancy of the mainstream internet, I used to be interested in the goings on over at the F***YouCrew. Essentially the F***YouCrew was a live journal community of musical elitists. To join the community, you needed to…
‘39 by Queen
It’s a fair bet that Queen’s Brian May is the only person to have achieved a number one pop song and a PhD in Astrophysics. He combined these two skill-sets in ”39′, an album track from 1975’s A Night At…
