September by Earth, Wind & Fire
It’s already Easter Sunday in New Zealand today, so it seems appropriate to cover a piece of music that I associate with Church. As soon as Church is over each Sunday, the vicar likes to hook his phone up to…
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.
Music Quiz: Finish The Beatles lyrics
Congratulations to Rich (), who scored the only 100% in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete famous lines from Beatles’ songs. I scored 28/28 – can you join me on 100%?
Man Without Ties by Paul Westerberg
The Replacements are one of my favourite bands of all time, with their rough and ready bar band sound contrasting with Westerberg’s sensitive insightful lyrics, and creating some terrific college rock. After making one of my favourite trios of albums…
Music Quiz: Which Band Released Which Songs?
Last week’s unusual quiz format threw a few people, and we had a lot less entries than usual. Congratulations to Geoff and Aaron who were able to figure the format out, correctly guess the first three songs from U2’s The…
Piano Concerto, Op. 42, by Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg had a controversial career – he was a modernist who embraced the 12 tone scale, and the Nazis labelled his music as degenerate. There are plenty of famous deaths in 20th century music; Buddy Holly’s plane…
Weekly Music Quiz: Mystery Songs, Mystery Album
Congratulations to Tony () who scored the sole 100% in last week’s Metallica and Wiggles quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to randomly guess words, figure out what three songs they’re from, and finally guess the album and artist that…
Paul Simon Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Paul Simon has enjoyed a long, worthwhile solo career since Simon and Garfunkel‘s breakup in 1970. A musical chameleon, he launched his post-duo career with an acoustic record that fitted into the singer-songwriter movement of 1972, then moved into jazz-inflected…
Guess I’m Dumb by Glen Campbell
In late 1964, Brian Wilson quit touring with The Beach Boys so that he could focus on composing and arranging their records. His replacement for the first few months, covering his bass and falsetto, was the talented Glen Campbell. Campbell…
Music Quiz: Metallica or The Wiggles?
Last week’s history quiz produced a wide range of scores, but congratulation to the three players who were all tied on 23/25 – boppin, Jim, and Tony. This week’s quiz requires you to tell Sporcle if a song was recorded…
The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists 1960-2016 by Scott Floman
When I first started this website, almost twenty years ago, I was an obscure part of a community of amateur music review websites. Some only lasted a while, while some like www.markprindle.com gained notoriety. But in hindsight, the best site…
