Can you identify 12 albums by their final track? I identified them all in 31 seconds – can you beat my time? Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who finished the 1970 end-of-year chart quiz faster than Max. RIP to Midnight Oil’s…
During ten anarchic years, The Replacements recorded a ton of wonderful songs, self-sabotaged their career, and never achieved the mass success they promised. The Replacements started as part of the hardcore punk scene of the early 1980s, but they were…
It’s 2026 now, but I’m still working through some 2025 releases. New music reviews might be an overstatement here – Eddie Chacon released Lay Low last January, while Oklou’s had a baby since releasing Choke Enough. Eddie Chacon Lay Low…
The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up. The sequel covers the rest of the world since the first volume only chronicled the USA. Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 emerged in 2001.…
Last week we looked at 1990. This week, can you name all the year-end hot 25 singles of 1970? I certainly couldn’t – just like the last two weeks, I scored precisely 17 Congratulations to NostalgicItalian, who scored a…
Lists are always subjective, but songs are particularly so – there are way more to choose from. It’s also way easier to burn out on songs – twenty years ago I would have likely chosen popular tracks like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 3 Saint Paul by Shane Topped the NZ chart for 6 weeks from 26 September 1969. Shane Shane landed a gig hosting the NZ pop show C’mon. This led to a record contract with HMV.…
1973 featured the OPEC oil crisis, the Yom Kippur War, and the death of Salvador Allende. But it was also a great year for albums – I had no room for personal favourites like Tom Waits’ Closing Time, Paul Simon’s…
Last week we looked at 1980. This week, can you name all the year-end hot 25 singles of 1990? I certainly couldn’t – just like last week, I scored 17 Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who’s continuing to rack up consecutive…
When Uncle Tupelo split up after 1993’s Anodyne, guitarist and primary song-writer Jay Farrar seemed the best bet for a successful career with his new act Son Volt. But Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco with the remnants of Uncle Tupelo – bassist…
