Guitarist Brett Tauri bought some killer gear back to New Zealand and used it to shred on ‘No More Now’. Credits 4 NO MORE NOW – The Smoke (New Zealand)(Brett Tauri) PERSONNEL/RAY NIXON: vocals * BRETT TAURI: lead guitar *…
We’re almost through the entire alphabet – X, Y, and Z will be together (although I haven’t started making that one yet). Can you tell The Wall from The Rooftops? The Wave from the Wet Leg? I’m not eligible…
Joni Mitchell peaked in the 1970s with a terrific sequence of albums, particularly from 1971’s Blue to 1976’s Hejira. But she also released six studio albums in the 1980s and 1990s. None of these compositions would force their way into…
All female and all American this week – Suzanne Vega plays folk (with some punk). while two non-country artists make a country album together. Suzanne Vega Flying With Angels 2025, 8/10New York singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega produced one of the 1980s’…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 3 Crawl by Atlas Topped the NZ chart for 7 weeks from 12 March 2007 ‘Crawl’ is another unexpected mega chart-topper from New Zealand. After nu-metal and alt-rock was largely extinct, ‘Crawl’ topped the NZ…
Let’s take another break from sorting albums this week and guess which half of the decade songs belong to. Remember that 1975 is in the decade’s second half. I scored 42/50 – solid, but mildly disappointing. Can you beat…
The late John Martyn never enjoyed the mass acclaim that his immense talent deserved. Nonetheless, he delivered a string of great records in the 1970s and early 1980s. He started as a folk artist, emerging in the late 1960s alongside…
Alt-rock and prog rock this week. Blondshell’s refined her angsty alt-rock, while Neal Morse recruits a veteran band and gives them a hokey name. Blondshell If You Asked For A Picture 2025, 8.5/10Sabrina Teitelbaum took a while to find her…
Even though they were better at spelling, they weren’t as successful as America’s Byrds. Credits PERSONNEL/ALI McKENZIE: vocals * RON WOOD: lead guitar, vocals * TONY MUNROE: rhythm guitar, vocals * KIM GARDNER: bass, vocals * PETE McDANIELS: drumsProduced by…
We’re still sorting albums this week, and up to V. Can you tell the Violator from the Vulture Prince? I’m ineligible because I created the quiz. Congratulations to Tony, who scored 14/15 in last week’s quiz. Here’s ‘Ben Franklin’.…
