Music Quiz: Hide Your M Albums
More album sorting. Can you match the songs to the albums starting with M? Can you tell smoke on the water and madmen across the water apart? I made this quiz, so I’m not eligible to enter. Can you…
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.
New Music Reviews: Fievel is Glauque, Ela Minus, Anna B Savage
It’s another eclectic week of new reviews with: All three records are highly recommended. Read on for details. Fievel is Glauque Rong Weicknes 2024, 8/10I’ve never ventured into the world of Zach Phillips before. The San Diego-born musician is prolific.…
Locomotion by Ritz
Sometimes it’s embarrassing to be a New Zealander. We’ve held the world record for the lowest test cricket score since 1955. We have one of the worst rates of child abuse in the developed world. And somehow, a generic disco…
Music Quiz: Hide Your L Albums
We’re back into album sorting this week. Can you match the songs to the albums starting with L? I made this quiz, so I’m not eligible to enter. Can you score full marks this week? Congratulations to Tony and…
Nuggets II: Here Come the Nice by The Small Faces
The Small Faces are one of the best-known bands on Nuggets II, although I’d never heard this ode to their drug dealer. Credits 4 HERE COME THE NICE – The Small Faces(Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane) PERSONNEL/STEVE MARRIOTT: vocals, guitar * IAN…
The Ten Best Songs by The Jam
The Jam formed in 1972 in Woking, a satellite town 20 miles from London. Leader Paul Weller formed a three-piece band with bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler. The trio were indebted to the 1960s. Weller played a Rickenbacker,…
Music Quiz: D music images
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. I thought we’d take a break from album sorting. Your challenge this week is to name the albums, musical terms, artists, and other ephemera starting with D. I scored 16/20, although I…
New Music Reviews: The Weather Station, Dina Ögon, and Bad Bunny
As a music reviewer, 2025 started quickly. Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny dropped a wide-reaching album in 2025’s first week. Canadian sophisti-pop act The Weather Station released Humanhood in mid-January. Meanwhile, I’m still catching up with 2024, hence the smooth…
Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
According to Gary Barlow, Leona Lewis was probably fifty times better than any other contestant Simon Cowell ever had. Leona Lewis Leona Lewis was born in London. She attended BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, the same school as…
Music Quiz: Hide Your K Albums
Can you identify the albums starting with K? As before I had to make this one myself. There aren’t as many albums beginning with K, so there are fewer questions than usual. I’m ineligible to enter this week. Congratulations…
