Last week’s quiz produced a tie between 2loud2oldmusic and Geoff Stephen. This week we’re continuing the theme of less-than-blockbuster hit songs. Your challenge is to identify artists by the their three biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 that failed…
Still working through a few more records from 2023 that I hadn’t got to yet. This week we feature two very different Brooklyn-based musicians. Hotline TNT offer indie rock inspired by 1990s shoegaze. L’Rain serves up beautiful moments among her…
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. Kingclover won last week’s quiz, a tough challenge of 1980s small hits. This week, we’re dealing with more minor hits. Can you match 20 artists with 20 songs for twenty #20 hits? I found it tough –…
Cleveland, Ohio, has a rich musical history. It has a celebrated orchestra and it hosts the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It also birthed Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, the Raspberries, and Joe Walsh’s James Gang. It still seems an unlikely birthplace…
Maybe I’m no fun. But I have an intolerance to the Eurodance of The Vengaboys. The Vengaboys Danski and Delmundo were Danish DJs in the early 1990s, and named their project The Vengaboys. In 1997 they used the name for a…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who schooled the rest of us on famous drummers. Although Deke also scored a credible 27 out of 30. This week, your challenge is to identify an act by three songs that failed to make the…
It’s my fifth year of ranking albums annually on this site. It feels like the weakest year to date. The top of the list is weaker than usual. The top-rated album is more a subtle pleasure than a blockbuster. On…
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…
I still have a few 2023 releases to get through, but I’m hoping to get my 10 Best Albums of 2023 up later this week. I’ve covered the final major contender here, so I can publish my list. There’s also…
