Music Quiz: Hide Your N Albums
Even more album sorting. Can you match the songs to the albums starting with N? Can you tell your Nilsson from your Schmilsson? I made this quiz, so I’m not eligible to enter. Can you score full marks this…
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.
Ten worst pop stinkers ever – A Letter to the Editor
Ten worst pop stinkers ever I wrote this in response to a list published in a major New Zealand weekly magazine (The NZ Listener). It was published, despite its unusual format, in February 2002: Even though the enjoyment of a…
Nuggets II: Flight from Ashiya by Kaleidoscope
Peter Daltrey and Eddie Pumer met while working for ABC Television, and named this song after a Yul Brynner movie. Credits 4 FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA – Kaleidoscope(Peter Daltrey/Eddie Pumer) PERSONNEL/PETER DALTREY: vocals * EDDIE PUMER: guitar * STEVE CLARK: bass…
10 Best Songs by Gram Parsons
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die describes Gram Parsons as “Keith Richards’ citrus-heir drug-buddy”. Parsons blended rock and country into “Cosmic American Music”. I was initially taken aback by Parsons’ music. It’s not the commercially oriented country offered by…
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…
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,…
