Category: Song of the Week

Waiting for Your Love by Toto

1982’s Toto IV was the best known record by collective of LA studio musicians known as Toto. The record spawned … Continue Reading Waiting for Your Love by Toto

I was originally planning to feature Elton John’s Christmas themed B-side, ‘Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d Be A Turkey At Christmas)’, … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: This Christmas by Shoes

Despite their short career, Joy Division were one of the best known bands from the post-punk era. The Manchester quartet … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Dead Souls by Joy Division

For this b-side series, I’m only counting material that wasn’t released on studio albums. For instance, ‘Black Water’ by The … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Rain by The Beatles

Joni Mitchell paid her dues playing folk clubs in the mid 1960s, and she wrote songs for other folk artists … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Urge For Going by Joni Mitchell

English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has created cult records all the way back to his days in The Soft Boys in … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Tell Me About Your Drugs by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

The early Byrds albums are best known for their cover versions – their take on Dylan’s ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ launched … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: She Don’t Care About Time by The Byrds

Growing up in a white middle class neighbourhood, The Clash were an important gateway band for me. Buying Clash albums … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Justice Tonight / Kick it Over by The Clash

Most rock bands are remembered for their albums, but British pop-punk quartet Buzzcocks are most loved for their compilation Singles … 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 Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam: Great B-Sides

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

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

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