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November 13, 2004
mick says: koshie to move to australian idol!
In a very average interview in the Sydney Morning Herald, I leant today of a band that I have not heard of called Evermore. This trio from New Zealand have been in Australia for sometime now since thier recording of Dreams, off which comes a mainstream track It's too late. This track featured on the US TV show OC.
The only thing that I wanted to really comment on is a section of the article, by George Pathalingal, is a reference to an up-and-coming music critic, David Koch. 'Koshie', morning anchor of Network 7's breakfast show, Sunrise, allegedly spoke of the band having a sound similar to that of Groove Armada and another direct quote was that they sound like "Coldplay mixed with Groove Armada".
As I mentioned before, I have not heard this alleged 'musical blend' from this band, but Evermore are quoted as saying that 'Kochie is a good fan to have'. I have my suspicions. Although, I speculate, we may see David move networks, from 7 (Sunrise) to 10 and from am TV to pm as a judge for the next round of Australian Idol.
A closing quote from the article author "Listening to Evermore's epic, ambitious and fine debut album, Dreams, it's fair to presume the Sunrise host has never heard a Groove Armada record. But he's not far off with the Coldplay call."
Another priceless excerpt from the article was "We like the Finn brothers," 17 year old drummer Dann Hume (one of the 3 Hume brothers that are Evermore) says after nearly bringing up his porridge at the mention of Hanson. "Um, you know what? I've got a soft side for the Bee Gees - amazing songwriters. I just wish somebody at some point said, 'Hey, that high-voice thing you do? Nah.'" - this is music literature GOLD I say!
I think that both the SMH and Sunrise should stick to their specialities and leave the real musical critics have the final call of a band that are being dubbed as 'NZ answer to the Bee Gee's" - Give me strength! If you want quality reviews, I suggest you tune in to us here at onetonnemusic!
Imagine some sort of standard disclaimer here about the above article being opinion, and that by reading it you consent to having your house given to us, and losing the right to sue us. Imagine that eh?!
-mikinoz
Posted by funnelbc at November 13, 2004 12:56 PM
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