Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (2010s)
As even more logic would dictate, we’re now up to the 2010s Grammy winners. I found this one a bit easier than the 2000s one – it helps that “various artists” isn’t an answer, and that two artists are…
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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.
The 1975: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best
The members of The 1975 met at Wilmslow High School in their teens, playing at gigs organised by a local council worker. They started as a punk band, with Matt Healy, the son of two prominent actors, on drums. With…
New Music Reviews: The Beths and Anna Tivel
This week, we have confessional power pop from NZ’s The Beths and socially conscious folk from Portland’s Anna Tivel. Enjoy! The Beths Straight Line Was a Lie 2025, 8.5/10All of The Beths’ albums feel like therapy, but this one more…
Nuggets II: I’m Just A Mops by The Mops
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: Album of the Year Winners (2000s)
As logic would dictate, we’re now up to the 2000s Grammy winners. I suspect many of us will find the 21st-century quizzes tougher. I scored 8/10, although I think the 2002 one is tough. Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who…
10 Best Albums of 2021
I think it’s cheating to publish a best albums list during the year in question – like, what if the best album ever is released on the 15th of December? That wasn’t the case this year, but a lot of…
New Music Reviews: Jens Lekman, Margo Price, and Kerry Logan
Music from three different continents this week: Jens Lekman Songs for Other People’s Weddings 2025, 8.5/10 On my first album there was a song called If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding) which wasn’t really meant…
Love the Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna
Every New Zealand #1 single… 9 Love the Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna Topped the NZ chart for 4 weeks from 19 July 2010. Eminem Missouri-born rapper Eminem broke through to the mainstream with his alter ego, Slim…
Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (1990s)
Last week, we looked at 1980s Grammy winners. This week, it’s the 1990s’ turn. I scored 9 I missed the 1991 winner – didn’t really know about his solo career. Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who recorded the fastest time in…
10 Best Bic Runga Songs
Bic Runga was born in 1976, the youngest daughter of a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer and a Maori ex-serviceman. While still in her teens, major record labels entered into a bidding war for her signature. Bic Runga’s a New Zealand…
