10 Best Billy Joel Songs
Despite his talent, it took Billy Joel a long time to find success. He played piano on the Shangri-Las’ ‘Remember (Walking in the Sand)’ in 1964 as a teenager – although it’s unclear whether he appeared on a demo or…
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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.
Nuggets: You Burn Me Up and Down by We The People
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 from 1965-1968, and…
Music Quiz: 90s Rock Song By 5 Words
We have two weeks of Missing Musician Antonyms results to catch up with. Sheik Yerbouti had the fastest time with a perfect score a fortnight ago, while last week jprobichaud scored the fastest time and guessed the bonus answer. This…
10 Best Albums of 2020
I know it’s obligatory to insert a comment here about how terrible the year 2020 was. Down in New Zealand, however, we were well insulated from the coronavirus pandemic and life was relatively normal. From the list below, I’d only…
Music Quiz: Missing Musician Antonyms
It’s summer holidays in New Zealand – I’ll let you know who won last week’s quiz next week. This week we’re looking at the prequel to last week’s quiz – select the correct antonym to complete the band name: …
New Music Reviews: Ichiko Aoba, Poppy, and Jeff Rosenstock
It’s the last batch of reviews of 2020 releases. Ichiko Aoba dresses up her folk music in strings and synths, Poppy explores pop-metal, and Jeff Rosenstock pumps out another album of anxious punk. I meant to also review Mr. Bungle’s…
Nuggets: I Live in the Springtime by The Lemon Drops
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 from 1965-1968, and…
Music Quiz: Missing Musician Antonyms II
Everyone, and their monkey, bested me at last week’s Elvis picture quiz. Congratulations in particular to all the perfect scores – Rich Kamerman and Paul both somehow finished with only 2 seconds elapsed. This week you need to select the…
New Music Reviews: Natalia Lafourcade, Taylor Swift, and Gabriel Garzón-Montano
Natalia Lafourcade explores traditional Mexican music, Taylor Swift delivers a second surprise indie-folk album for 2020, and Gabriel Garzón-Montano plays arty and eclectic music inspired by his Colombian/French heritage. Natalia Lafourcade Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 Natalia Lafourcade has…
Nuggets: Mindrocker by Fenwyck
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 from 1965-1968, and…
