British pop maverick has enjoyed her most successful album release cycle yet with her eighth album Brat. It’s sold well in the UK and US and enjoyed critical acclaim. It’s even become part of the US political landscape – democratic…
In the year 33AD, a financial crisis hit Rome. In Greatest Hits XXXIII, you have another selection of 20 increasingly obscure artists to guess. Can you tell The Zombies from The Yardbirds? Connected to The Yardbirds, John Mayall passed…
Two notably prolific acts this week. Neil Young’s back with his 47th studio album, an archival project recorded in 1969. Sault have their 13th release, dating back to 2019’s 5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse Early Daze 2024, 8.5/10Neil Young…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled 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 a major influence on…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. We’re up to round 32 of greatest hits. Can you distinguish between Jimmy Somerville and Blake Shelton? I scored 16 I was confused by sixties star Sandie Shaw, who looked like a…
An insipid ballad from the bargain-basement Boyz II Men. I Swear The third quarter of 1994 may be the most toothless in the history of the New Zealand singles chart. Three stale songs topped the charts during the quarter: ‘End…
Singing drummer Andy Sturmer and keyboardist Roger Manning started playing together at high school in Pleasanton, California. They formed their own power-pop band in 1989. Jellyfish were never commercially successful and only lasted half a decade. But they’re the most…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. Can you link 20 (increasingly obscure) artists to their greatest hits albums? There seem to be increasing numbers of artists I don’t care about (sorry Gareth Gates) but I scrounged my way…
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled 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 a major influence on…
My nine-year-old daughter recently had a school assignment to write down her favourite similes in songs. It looked fun, so I’ve also taken on the challenge. Just to remind you, if you’ve forgotten since school, a simile is: a figure…
