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I poked around the odd corners of four artists’ musical tastes and ended up with a few unexpectedly gentle discoveries. Call it a quick walk through the back rooms behind the stage lights—quieter, more reflective, and much more revealing than advertised.
Somewhere between awe and mild panic, you’ll wonder how anyone could track every year-end hit this precisely. In the first of three parts, Contributing Author and Chart Historian Ozmoe delivers a treasure trove of charts that makes you admire the effort and secretly hope you never have to do it yourself. This week: The 60s…
He scored five Top 40 hits and then pulled off the rarest trick in pop: vanishing so completely that even Google seems a little unsure about him. Contributing Author Music Historian gamely follows the breadcrumb trail of Dean Esposito, a man who briefly ruled the charts and then slipped into the witness protection program of 90s music trivia.
Not traditionally handsome. Not polished. And at first glance, entirely unforgettable: But Joey Ramone proved that charm isn’t a face, it’s a presence. Contributing Author Bill Bois dives into classic duets from Punk’s dorkiest hero, who still had everyone swooning from the hey, ho get-go..
The Artists Who Shaped My Sound
Every musician eventually traces their musical DNA, note by note, back to the ones who lit the spark. In a wide-ranging and personal reflection, Contributing Author Rollerboogie revisits the pianists who shaped his sound—from Jerry Lee’s chaos to Guaraldi’s calm—and finds that influence, like melody, is a living thing.
Northern Soul thrived on rare US soul records, all-nighter dance floors, and a working-class dedication to the subculture. From The Twisted Wheel to the Wigan Casino, Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds traces the DJs, venue rivalries, and athletic stompers that made Northern England a haven for obscure soul music.
Turns out not every “Cruisin’” collection album takes you down memory lane -some just drop you off at the corner of Cheap and Confusing.
In a cautionary joyride, Contributing Author Chuck Small discovers that when nostalgia gets re-recorded, it occasionally forgets the lyrics.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to October, 1995, when the most ridiculous named bands ruled the charts. It was a month of beer‑clinking energy and side-eye feminism – and one very awkward love song that probably should’ve come with a trigger warning.
A Perfect Playlist for An Autumnal Mood
It’s that peculiar time between summer nostalgia and winter dread: ideal for songs where heartbreak meets meteorology.
In this leaf-strewn roundup, Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds unpacks the peculiar charm of tunes best heard with a cup of something warm, and your expectations gently lowered.
Life Lessons From Behind The Mic
From dive-bar beginnings to an unexpected epiphany, this piece reminds us how music, memory, and middle age harmonize in strange and beautiful ways.
Contributing Author Rollerboogie turns a Thursday night pastime into something closer to grace.
In this deliriously detailed dispatch from the fall of ’85, we meet a-ha’s earnest dreamers, Kate Bush’s theatrical mysticism, and a Scottish feedback storm called The Jesus and Mary Chain.
It’s a pop history of sweat, synths, and sweet delusion from Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan.
Contributing Author and Music Historian Bill Bois is back with Part Two of stories of extraordinary musical reemergence..
Five more artists who vanished for decades, then reemerged as if no time had passed. Bill reminds us that in music, the long way back can be the most interesting road of all.
Late Career Dylan, Vol. 1
In a knowing and refreshingly unsentimental spin through Dylan’s oft-overlooked ’80s output, Contributing Author Stobgoppermakes the case that even Bob’s “wobbly years” had their diamonds.
The playlist is smart, sly, and a little bit reverent: Exactly the way you want it.