Alex Chilton was already a star when he joined forces with the Icewater. Icewater’s members – singer/guitarist Chris Bell, bassist Andy Hummel, and drummer Jody Stephens – had been playing in Memphis garage-rock bands. Despite the city’s heritage of blues…
It’s like we’re back in the 1990s this week, with excellent albums from Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada and English singer-songwriter Beth Orton. Boards of Canada Inferno 2026, 8.5/10Brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin have been together in Boards…
Thankfully, they changed their name from the Chord U Roys …. Credits PERSONNEL/BRUCE WALKER: vocals * TERRY KENNY: lead guitar, vocals * GEORGE JOHNS: rhythm guitar * ROLAND “TERMITE” BLAQUIRE: bass * KEN HORDICHUCK: drumsProduced by DARRYL BURLINGHAM & CHUCK…
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…
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’ 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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
