Category: Song of the Week

Great B-Sides: Oh Shit! by Buzzcocks

Most rock bands are remembered in terms of albums, but British pop-punk quartet Buzzcocks are most loved for their compilation … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Oh Shit! by Buzzcocks

Detroit power-pop maestro Marshall Crenshaw isn’t a household name. But his tuneful, often exuberant, 1982 debut album sometimes sneaks onto … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: You’re My Favourite Waste of Time by Marshall Crenshaw

During sessions for their debut album Ten, bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Mike McCready, and vocalist Eddie Vedder improvised a song … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam

The Jam are arguably the most British band ever, with all the telltale traits. They started young, never made it … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: The Butterfly Collector by The Jam

Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours was a sales behemoth, jam packed with hits written by the group’s three songwriters, Stevie … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac

I think that, regardless of our musical differences, we can all agree that the current decade has been tough for … Continue Reading Shark Attack by Split Enz

Spring is my favourite time of the year in New Zealand – the days get longer and sunnier. I don’t … Continue Reading These Are Days by 10,000 Maniacs

It’s difficult to not pick favourite members in a band like The Moody Blues; during their “Core Seven” albums, between … Continue Reading I Never Thought I’d Live To Be A Hundred by The Moody Blues

A few months ago we discussed a curious incident at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand, when an intruder broke into the … Continue Reading Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixies

I’ve been tremendously under the weather this week, and one of the best parts of being sick is the hallucinatory … Continue Reading Interviewing Randy Newman by Glenn Tilbrook

For some reason, hosting a birthday slumber party for my seven year old daughter on Friday reminded me of this … Continue Reading Up All Night by The Records

1970s progressive rock is one of my favourite eras of music – bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Gentle … Continue Reading The Whirlwind: XII. Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (reprise) by Transatlantic

The prodigiously talented Jeff Buckley only made one studio album, 1994’s Grace, before his accidental drowning in the Mississippi River … Continue Reading All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun by Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser

In New Zealand, this week has witnessed the beginning of sprinter. The daffodils are flowering, and the washing is drying … Continue Reading We Gathered in Spring – Midlake

It’s a fair bet that Queen’s Brian May is the only person to have achieved a number one pop song … Continue Reading ‘39 by Queen

Rickie Lee Jones is a one hit wonder in the eyes of the public; she charted with the jazzy, breezy … Continue Reading The Horses by Rickie Lee Jones