Philadelphia uber-talent Todd Rundgren started his recorded career with The Nazz, acting as songwriter and guitarist. When The Nazz broke … Continue Reading Todd Rundgren’s Best Album: A Wizard, a True Star
Well done to Rich Kamerman, who scored full marks in last week’s quiz, driving like Jehu and imagining dragons. This … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Black Albums
John Flansburgh and John Linnell have been making nerdy pop music as They Might Be Giants since 1982. The Massachusetts … Continue Reading James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants: Great B-Sides
Bassist Ashley Hutchings and rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol formed Fairport Convention in 1967. They named the band after Nicol’s father’s … Continue Reading Fairport Convention’s Best Album: Liege and Lief
Congratulations to Geoff, who dominated last week’s piano quiz with a 20/28, clearly ahead of the rest of the field. … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Complete Sentence Bands
In New Music Review, I usually cover records released in the last few months, but I’ve been enjoying this 2018 … Continue Reading New Music Review: Soccer Mommy – Clean
Detroit based married couple Jack and Meg White started playing music as a duo in 1997. Jack White played bluesy … Continue Reading The White Stripes Best Album: Elephant
Here are the final results for the 6 week challenge – we had 10 contestants who participated every week. Average … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Aphoristic Mangles the Pop Classics
The chords underpinning a song are like the tune’s bones. Some genres, like country or punk, routinely have very simple … Continue Reading 10 Sophisticated Pop Songwriters
Townes Van Zandt was born into a prominent Texas family and had a high IQ, so his family groomed him … Continue Reading Townes Van Zandt’s Best Album: Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Welcome back to the last episode of the 6 week decade challenge. Let’s check the leader-board. Average Paul 61% Badfinger … Continue Reading Music Decades Quiz: Week 6, 1980s
Vampire Weekend’s first three records collided indie rock into African guitars. The New York four piece emerged with their debut … Continue Reading New Music Review: Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
The two main creative forces in Slint, vocalist/guitarist Brian McMahan and drummer/guitarist/vocalist Britt Walford, both played in the Louisville punk … Continue Reading Slint’s Best Album: Spiderland
The 1970s quiz last week threw out some divergent scores, and the leader board now looks like this: Average J … Continue Reading Music Decades Quiz: Week 5, 1990s
Little Richard emerged in the first wave of rock and roll in the 1950s, with hits like ‘Tutti Frutti’ and … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: I Don’t Know What You’ve Got But It’s Got Me (Part 2) by Little Richard
Before going solo, Peter Gabriel fronted the progressive rock band Genesis for six albums. His theatrical flair, croaky voice, and … Continue Reading Peter Gabriel’s Best Album: Peter Gabriel (1980)
