Music Quiz: Songs to Badly Drawn Musician
Welcome back to this week’s quiz. I had to prepare this post in advance as I’m on holiday, so at the time of writing it wasn’t clear who won last week. This week, your challenge is to link song titles…
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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.
Babies, If I Didn’t Have You by Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Great B-Sides
It’s challenging to write about Canadian sisters Kate & Anna McGarrigle without discussing their family connections. The nature of this B-side makes it impossible. Kate McGarrigle was married to singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright III, known for songs like ‘Dead Skunk’. The…
Nuggets: Spazz by The Elastik Band
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: Songs to Badly Drawn Musicians II
Another week, another quiz. The defender of the crown this week is JB Robichaud from , who scored 27/28 in last week’s albums by decade quiz. This week your challenge is to link songs to badly drawn renderings of the…
New Music Reviews: Cleo Sol, Squid, and Andy Partridge
Just over two years ago, I reviewed new releases by Cleo Sol, Squid, and XTC’s Andy Partridge. Coincidentally, Squid and Cleo Sol just released new albums. To complete the symmetry, I realised that I missed Partridge’s 2022 EP the first…
Nuggets: Sweet Young Thing by The Chocolate Watchband
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: 7 to 1 Albums by Decade
Congratulations to Pierce from ThePress, who seems to have scored the fastest time in last week’s quiz. This week, your challenge is to categorise albums by their decade of release. I thought there was one marginal inclusion – an album…
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…
Nuggets: Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock
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: Albums by Genre
Welcome back to this week’s music quiz. Congratulations to everyone who scored 28/28 last week. It looks like Rich Kamerman scored the fastest time! This week your challenge is to sort albums into genres. Even if you don’t know them,…
