Music Quiz: Greatest Hits XL
We’re up to greatest hits quiz 40. According to my maths, we had a five-way tie for first at 14/20 last week – congratulations to all the winners. It’s another tricky one this week. The 1960s male bands (as well…
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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.
New Music Reviews: Charly Bliss and Mdou Moctar
Stranded in Australia during the COVID pandemic. Stranded in the US after a coup in Niger. This week’s theme is dislocation, with the power pop of Charly Bliss and the guitar rock of Mdou Moctar both affected. Charly Bliss Forever…
Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
Every New Zealand #1 single… 4 Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) Topped the NZ chart: for 8 weeks from 29 June 2020. Historically, the top of the US charts has been rarefied air for NZ artists. Crowded House reached…
Music Quiz: Greatest Hits XXXIX
It’s spring here in New Zealand, which means insanely high winds most of the time. It’s lovely when the winds stop though. This is one of the tougher Greatest Hits quizzes, at least for me. There weren’t many artists I’m…
New Music Reviews: Porter Robinson and St. Vincent
Porter Robinson has added some swagger to his electro-pop. St. Vincent has added some industrial textures to her art-rock. Read on for details. Porter Robinson Smile! 😀 2024, 8.5/10Porter Robinson grew up in Chapel Hill, the same town in North…
Kate Bush Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Kate Bush exploded into popular music with her first single, 1978’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. The folk music from her Irish mother, the progressive rock that her older brothers listened to as teenagers, and radio-friendly pop like Elton John are all melded…
Nuggets: Don’t Look Back by The Remains
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. Released in 1972, the two-LP set covered American garage rock and psychedelia from the years 1965-1968 and was…
Music Quiz: Greatest Hits XXXVIII
Welcome to the future (if you’re reading this in the Americas). It’s already 29 August here, and it’s time for some quizzing. We’re up to #37 in this long-running series. This week you need to tell the difference between the…
Crowded House Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Neil Finn grew up in Te Awamutu, a provincial town in New Zealand. As a teenage guitarist, he joined his brother Tim in the art-rock band Split Enz. When the Enz switched gears to new wave pop, Neil provided their…
Black or White by Michael Jackson
Every New Zealand #1 single… 7 Black or White by Michael Jackson Topped the NZ chart: for 8 weeks from 24 November 1991. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson was the eighth of ten children, growing up on Jackson Street in Gary,…
