Thanks to everyone who played last week’s first album/last album quiz. Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who finished fastest, in less than a minute. This week you need to identify the artists behind some 1970s albums. The artists are pretty well-known,…
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 to 1968…
Jim couldn’t defend his crown – Tony took out last week’s setlist quiz with the only perfect score. This week you need to recognise a band (or solo artist) when shown a split image of their first and final albums.…
Three albums from female artists this week – the debut album from Mexican folk/jazz artist Silvana Estrada, the sophomore album from Australian dream-pop artist Hatchie, and the third album from Welsh electronic producer and vocalist Kelly Lee Owens. It’s a…
Aimee Mann scored her only hit single with her first attempt. She fronted Boston new wave band ‘Til Tuesday, whose debut single ‘Voices Carry’ reached #8 on the Billboard charts. Despite the immediate success of ‘Voices Carry’, it took a…
Canadian pop treasure Carly Rae Jepsen achieved peak cultural saturation in 2012 with the inescapable hit ‘Call Me Maybe’. ‘Call Me Maybe’ started as an acoustic song, but dressed up with some synth strings and endorsed by Justin Bieber, it was…
Congratulations again to Jim, who won this site’s Sporcle challenge for the second week running. The very first Sporcle challenge that I laid down on this website was Band by Setlist I – only two people entered, and both of…
Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire formed in Montreal in 2001. The band is centred around the husband-and-wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Butler’s brother Will was also a member until 2021. The current lineup, including touring members, has…
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 to 1968…
Congratulations to Music Enthusiast Jim, who scored the fastest time in last week’s Parentheses quiz. Last week it was parentheses, this week it’s exclamation marks! It’s pretty eclectic, with everything from Louis Armstrong to Bruno Mars. I had to…
