Canadian power-pop band The Pursuit of Happiness scored a surprise top 40 hit in 1986 with their independent single ‘I’m … Continue Reading Let My People Go by The Pursuit of Happiness: Great B-Sides
Congratulations to Jim S and Tony, who were the only 100% entries in last week’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ challenge, both finishing … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Finish the Band Name
Genre: Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter New Zealand is presently enjoying a very strong crop of female asinger-songwriters. Along with Hollie Fullbrook of … Continue Reading Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls: New Music Review
I’ve been using Last.fm to track my music plays for more than a decade. This week I hit the landmark … Continue Reading 200,000 Plays on Last.fm: Top Ten Tracks
Congratulations to Tony who scored 18 out of 20 in 1990s one hit wonders quiz, and shoutouts to Geoff and … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Cover the Alphabet – Bohemian Rhapsody
The role of a music producer can be difficult to define as it can vary widely. Some are limited to … Continue Reading Ten Favourite Music Producers
The Kinks formed in Muswell Hill, London, in 1964. They launched their career with hard-driving rock and roll like ‘You … Continue Reading I’m Not Like Everybody Else by The Kinks: Great B-Sides
No-one scored full marks last week, but we had three contenders who fell agonisingly close at 17/18. Congratulations to Rich … Continue Reading Music Quiz: One Hit Wonders of the 1990s
The New Pornographers are successors to vintage pop/rock acts like The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Zombies. All of … Continue Reading The New Pornographers – In The Morse Code of Brake Lights: New Album Reviews
In The Beatles, George Harrison often suffered the indignity of being limited to two songs per LP. It worked fine … Continue Reading Genetic by Sonic Youth: Great B-Sides
It turns out that lots of people were ready to rock last week. Congratulations to Tony, who scored 25/25. This … Continue Reading Music Quiz: First One, Last One
Indie-folk band Big Thief started recording Two Hands five days after completing U.F.O.F. (released in May 2019). U.F.O.F. was recorded … Continue Reading Big Thief – Two Hands: New Album Review
Bread struck AM gold in the early 1970s, with a sentimental string of soft-rock hits written by David Gates. David … Continue Reading Bread: Ten Best Songs
Congratulations to Rich Kamer(man I feel like a woman) who beat other perfect scorers Jim and Geoff1001 for the fastest … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Are You Ready to Rock?
In 1985, four male country superstars – Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson – teamed up to … Continue Reading The Highwomen by The Highwomen
The Blue Nile are famous for their lack of productivity. The Glasgow-based group were formed in 1981 and effectively broke … Continue Reading The Blue Nile’s Best Album: Hats
