
Blogging Community Question: Review Requests
Hi everyone! Occasionally my blog receives requests asking me to review albums from emerging artists. The rhythm of my blog … Continue Reading Blogging Community Question: Review Requests
Hi everyone! Occasionally my blog receives requests asking me to review albums from emerging artists. The rhythm of my blog … Continue Reading Blogging Community Question: Review Requests
Personal Music Review Blog
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at when bands peak – I’ve always enjoyed band’s later albums where they … Continue Reading When Do Bands Peak? (Part 2)
It’s easy to find lists of great debut albums, but personally I often prefer a band’s later records, where they … Continue Reading When Do Bands Peak?
The entire 50 year history of Fleetwood Mac has essentially been one long soap opera, but the group’s storied history … Continue Reading In Praise of Lindsey Buckingham
I’ve been recently reading about Rockism and Poptimism, two different schools of music criticism. It’s been interesting for me, both … Continue Reading Rockism and Poptimism: or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Carly Rae Jepsen
Happy Tuesday morning* (New Zealand time)! Often on Tuesday morning I feature an artist that I’ve recently added to the … Continue Reading Tuesday’s Top Tens
Neil Young has enjoyed a long and erratic music career. His first brush with fame came with Buffalo Springfield in … Continue Reading Neil Young: Five Best Albums
I was nominated by TurntabletalkĀ (thank you!) to do the shuffle music tag challenge. Here are the rules. THE RULES ⢠… Continue Reading The Shuffle the Music Tag
Prefab Sprout‘s terrific 1990 album, Jordan: The Comeback, features a song named ‘Wild Horses’. It’s about an older gentleman’s unsavoury … Continue Reading Wild Horses by Prefab Sprout
Congratulations to Rich, Geoff, and Tony for scoring perfect marks in last week’s quiz on Russian Dolls. I found this … Continue Reading Weekly Music Quiz – Unusual Instruments
English folk rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson’s career resembled a soap opera. Active as recording artists between 1974 and … Continue Reading Richard and Linda Thompson Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Congratulations to Tony (https://mumblingabout.com/) and Geoff (https://1001albumsin10years.wordpress.com/) who both scored 20/20 in last week’s food and drink quiz. This week’s … Continue Reading Weekly Music Quiz – Russian Dolls
Congratulations to J (https://resurrectionsongs.wordpress.com/) who scored 20/20 in 1:42 on naming rock albums from the 1990s. Rich and Geoff also … Continue Reading Weekly Music Quiz – Classic Rock Songs in Other Words
Congratulations to Stephen1001 (https://1001albumsin10years.wordpress.com) for scoring 19/20 in last week’s music quiz, and nailing the very cryptic clue for ‘Dear … Continue Reading Music Quiz – Name the 1990’s Album from the Back Cover
I’ve been covering Pavement’s albums over the last week or so – revisiting their five albums has helped me to … Continue Reading Pavement (by voting and webpoll)