This week’s reviews of 2019 albums covers indie releases. Indie is a nebulous word – technically it means releases from … Continue Reading New Music Reviews: Angel Olsen, Better Oblivion Community Center, Nilufer Yanya, The Japanese House and Sharon Van Etten
Patti Smith was one of the first punk artists to make a record. 1975’s Horses, produced by John Cale, was … Continue Reading Dancing Barefoot by U2 and Karen by The Go-Betweens: Great B-Sides
Congratulations to Max at https://powerpop.blog/ who achieved last week’s only perfect score in the duo quiz. This week you need … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Back the Block
So I don’t clog up your WordPress feeds, I’ve combined 2019 album reviews for three US artists into one post. … Continue Reading 2019 Mainstream Music Review Roundup – Kanye West, Maggie Rogers, and Miranda Lambert
Sir Elton John is one of pop’s biggest hit machines, churning out top forty singles through the 1970s, 1980s, and … Continue Reading Elton John’s Ten Best Songs
English folkie Richard Dawson is onto his sixth album and pushing forty, but he’s certainly not a household name. Instead, … Continue Reading Richard Dawson – 2020: New Music Review
It looks like John from https://2loud2oldmusic.com/ won last week’s challenge, scoring 20/20 with 2:37 remaining. Congratulations to John and all … Continue Reading Music Quiz: 7 to 1 Top 5 Hits By Duos
Chicago born poet and singer-songwriter Jamila Woods dedicated her second album to twelve of her heroes. Each of the tracks … Continue Reading Legacy! Legacy! – Jamila Woods: New Music Review
A guest article by Scott Floman I love lists, in fact it’s right there in the title of the book … Continue Reading 20 Rock Songs with Great Drumming
Born in a nomad camp, Niger’s Mdou Moctar first came to prominence after the release of his debut album, 2008’s … Continue Reading Mdou Moctar – Ilana (The Creator): New Music Review
Congratulations to new contestant getonmynick, who used a technique of looking at the last emoji to blitz the Christmas songs … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Which Band Member III?
Caroline Polachek grew up in Connecticut and was formerly the vocalist for the indie-pop duo Chairlift, who had a surprise … Continue Reading Caroline Polachek – Pang: New Music Review
The Cure have been around for more than forty years, with leader Robert Smith the only constant member. The band … Continue Reading The Exploding Boy by The Cure: Great B-Sides
Congratulations to VinylDaftDad J., who finished a couple of points clear of the field in last week’s sorting quiz. It’s … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Christmas Songs in Emojis
The saddest story in popular music this year probably belonged to David Berman. The former leader of Silver Jews had … Continue Reading Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains: New Music Review
The b-side is often a British commodity, but one American artist was the equal of any British artist with the … Continue Reading Another Lonely Christmas by Prince: Great B-Sides
