Music Quiz: ‘L’ Names for Singers
Last week, we covered the Es of year-end top-100 artists. This week we’re up to L. Can you type all the first names? I scored 42 I missed one super obvious one with some poor spelling. But there were…
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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.
Five Best OK Go Music Videos
In Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki writes about how McDonald’s is actually a real estate business. They buy or lease land in prime locations, and lease it to the franchisees. Just like McDonald’s is a restaurant, OK Go is…
Airplanes by B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
‘Airplanes’ was just the beginning of B.o.B.’s interest in aeronautics. He later attempted to raise $1,000,000 for satellites and weather balloons to verify that Earth is flat. B.o.B. Bobby Ray Simmons is the son of a pastor and grew up…
Music Quiz: E Names for Singers
Can you supply the first names (starting with E) for these singers who have scored Billboard year-end Top 100 singles. I scored 31/39 – there were a few where I had no idea…. Can you beat my score? I…
New Music Reviews: Death Cab For Cutie, Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang
Death Cab For Cutie are back for their 11th album of anguished indie rock. Meanwhile, the pairing of percussionist Beibei Wang and keyboardist Hannah Peel is fresh and new. Death Cab For Cutie I Built You A Tower 2026, 8/10Washington…
Nuggets II: A Midsummer’s Night Scene by John’s Children
Every second Nuggets II track from the UK features a future star in an obscure band. This time it’s Marc “Bang a Gong” Bolan. Credits 3 A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT SCENE – John’s Children(Marc Bolan) PERSONNEL/ANDY ELLISON: vocals * MARC BOLAN:…
Music Quiz: Opening Lyrics II
Can you identify these famous opening lyrics? I found this much harder than the first set. I scored 15/19, and missed the country ones. Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who scored the fastest 19/19 last week. We recently had a…
New Zealand’s 2023 election in five songs
General elections are held every three years in New Zealand and they’re due soon. Our electoral system is known as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP for short). Everyone gets two votes – one for a party and one for an electorate…
New Music Reviews: My New Band Believe, Bill Orcutt and Mabe Fratti
It’s a week of remaking and remodelling. Former Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton goes (sort of) solo with My New Band Believe. Avant-garde musicians Bill Orcutt and Mabe Fratti collaborate on Almost Waking. My New Band Believe My New Band…
Poison by Bardot
New Zealand number-one hits don’t get much worse than this Australian reality-TV show product. Bardot Around the turn of the millennium, the Popstars TV franchise manufactured pop groups, auditioning contestants and winnowing them down to a successful pop quintet. The…
