Thursday, December 23, 2004

Todd Latest

  • MARTY HUGHLEY of The Oregonian (19 December) has Liars as on of his albums of the year: - "Todd Rundgren, "Liars" (Sanctuary): "The truth is like chasing a phantom," Rundgren sings in the opening of this thematic song cycle. But with the veteran pop visionary delivering his most tuneful and cohesive album in years, even phantoms might find themselves drawn to this. Dishonesty -- emotional, political, intellectual, theological -- is his subject here, and he is by turns idealistic, righteously indignant and ruminative. The tracks update his Beatles- esque sound with techno, drum 'n' bass and R&B elements. But he's at his most affecting when he keeps the melodies at the fore and his judgmental eye turned inward".
  • Thad Brown has written a very useful article in Electronic Musician (Volume 20; Number 13) on how to use the internet to promote your music. the article concentrates on telling the reader "how audio is compressed, how to choose an appropriate compression format, and how to write the basic HTML code for adding audio to your Web page". Well worth a read and mentions Todd too.

2 comments:

Jim Marquis said...

Well, at least Martin Hughley and I had one favorite cd in common. The rest of my list consisted of the Killers, the Thrills, the Warren Zevon tribute, the Rush covers cd, West Indian Girl and the Shore.

Scott said...

as if by magic ... my top 10 of 2004 (get to cheat with sarah M as it came out in uk in 2004 even though i bought in 2003 via US release