It’s an unusually rocking week – the microtonal art rock of Angine de Poitrine and the punk of Joyce Manor Angine de Poitrine Vol.II 2026, 8/10If Geese were the breakout indie act of 2025, Quebecois math-rock duo are 2026’s newly…
Credits 3 PATH THROUGH THE FOREST – The Factory (U.K.)(Rollings) PERSONNEL/JACK BRAND: bass, vocals * IAN OATES: guitar * BILL MacLEOD: drumsProduced by DAMON LYON-SHAW & BRIAN CARROLL for EDDIE TRE-VETT PRODUCTIONSRecorded in London, EnglandMGM single #1444 (1968) The Factory…
Can you link an image of a 1980s band to an iconic hit? I scored 19 Can you beat me and score the perfect 20? Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who has dominated this series. He beat Rich Kamerman by 3…
“These fingers of mine, they got brains in ’em. You don’t tell them what to do – they do it.” Jerry Lee Lewis Not every band features a keyboard player, so the talent pool is smaller than for other band…
The New Pornographers emerged in 2000, pooling talent from nationally successful Canadian bands like Zumpano, Destroyer, and Limblifter. While A.C. Newman is the group’s main creative force, the band spotlighted Neko Case’s warm, sumptuous voice and Dan Bejar’s offbeat songs…
Two albums inspired by darkness and turmoil this week. Courtney Marie Andrews reports that she wrote Valentine during “a dark period of the world”, while The New Pornographers’ music is also inspired by global chaos. The New Pornographers The Former…
Luckily, her breasts are small and humble so you don’t confuse them with mountains. Shakira Shakira Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, the daughter of a jeweller. She wrote her first poem, ‘La Rosa de Cristal’, when she was four. When…
Can you link an image of a 1980s artist to an iconic hit? I scored 21 I found it tougher than the previous editions, as I don’t know what Irene Cara and Richard Marx look like. Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover,…
It’s difficult to blame Lindsey Buckingham for having a chip on his shoulder. He’s the studio mastermind, the live spark, and the restless creator behind the imperious pop era of Fleetwood Mac. But Buckingham is little known by the general…
If you look at my favourite album per year list, both of these artists have already had a year’s best album this decade. The two albums this week are the sequels, and they’re both excellent. Avalon Emerson Written Into Changes…
