The Courier Mail (Australia) reviews the new EP from Emma and The Hungry Truth and comments "the opening tune here, Always The Last To Know, with its thumping piano that feels like a Todd Rundgren production circa 1980, a swirling string quartet and plenty of soul-baring in the lyrics."
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Meanwhile the Ventura County Star (California) has an intervierw with the DownTown All Starz, a blues/jazz outfit who've been treading the board a while. When asked if they had a dream gig with another artist they replied: "there’s two different realms. I really like Todd Rundgren but he’s way out of my league but for blues stuff, I love Buddy Guy."
Whilst the Decemberists have been around for a number of years, and a friend of mine is a big fan, I have to confess - a few tunes aside - they have never really made much of a splash with me. With their fifth album - 'The Hazards of Love' - a 17-track concept album that sort of tells a story about a fair maiden ravished by a shape-shifting demon (no, really) - however, I am suddenly find myself surprisingly won over. On some levels - like most concept albums - it is utter tosh, but with its repeating musical motifs and reprises, making you quickly think that actually there are only about five actual songs on the album - a clever trick. Like with all good concept albums this makes listening on shuffle not the ideal way to digest this album - especially as their are short 'interlude' pieces joining all the songs too. Added to all this the fact that the band seem to have a love for early 70's British folk/prog/heavy metal and this walks right up my street - and will ...
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