It’s an uncharacteristically rocking week. Ratboys play rootsy rock and roll, while Mandy, Indiana find the previously uncharted sweet spot between industrial rock and synth-pop. Ratboys Singin’ To An Empty Chair 2026, 8/10Chicago band Ratboys play rootsy, emotional rock and…
It’s become popular to rework classic songs with the lyrics to ‘Low’: “apple bottom jeans” and “boots with the fur”. Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard was born in Miami Gardens, Florida, and grew up with seven sisters. He joined the…
Can you identify album covers featuring robots? We’re here for a good time, not a long time this week, as there are only 8 questions. I messed up one with an iconic band mascot, so I only scored 7.…
My list of the ten worst songs of the 1980s has received thousands of visitors over the last couple of weeks. I’ve received comments accusing me of hating the 1980s, so I thought that I’d set the record straight with…
We’re stuck in the UK this week – the deadpan post-punk of Dry Cleaning, and Charli XCX’s Gothic literature soundtrack. Dry Cleaning Secret Love 2026, 8/10South London post-punk band Dry Cleaning expand their horizons on their third album. On their previous records,…
Credits 3 SLAVES TIME – The Slaves (Austria)(Paul Fischer) PERSONNEL/PAUL “PAULI” FISCHER: vocals * KARL “CHARLIE” RATZER: lead guitar * HANNES “JOHN” FISCHER: rhythm guitar * HEINRICH “LIPPI” BEHRENDS: bass * HERBERT “HEYKI” RADAKOVICS: drumsProduced by HANSREUDI JAGGIRecorded in Basel,…
Can you match a bunch of singers to the decade they were born in? I started well, but then missed the last three to finish with 5 Congratulations to Max, who finished with 18/20 in last week’s 1971 in…
I’ve already posted about my favourite five Van Morrison albums, but all five were released in the 1960s and 1970s. While he didn’t reach the level of his earlier peaks, Van Morrison continued to release fine albums in the 1980s.…
Illinois-born Michael Omartian is best known as a producer. He was the first person to produce number one hits in three different decades. His number ones include: He’s also notable as a session musican, playing on records by Steely Dan,…
My tenth favourite Simon and Garfunkel song topped the charts in New Zealand, but nowhere else. Simon and Garfunkel Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel started their recording career as Tom & Jerry in 1957, making teen-oriented Everly Brothers-style pop. After a temporary…
