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The queue of people wanting to work with May will be longer than the one outside her favourite chipper Fusco's on Meath Street on a Saturday night.
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Hail to indeed.
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Maiden are still determined to out-epic their previous epics and go at it with the same hunger as those striped trouser-wearing young fellas of three decades ago.
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Have you heard they've created a monster in the sunny south-east?
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This odyssey through wonder years, things lost and gained feels like it could be one of those hand-me-down records for future generations.
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A wide boy who wised up, Green's as cocky and cheeky as any kid down the back of a bus. Thankfully, there's talent behind the guff and the potential to deliver a lot more.
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A whole career away from the hits and knicker-dodging which he's built his legend upon, 'Praise & Blame' finds Jones reborn as a spit and sawdust blues man and testifier.
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The Illinois native dips in and out of blues, country and folk, but 'Catching a Tiger' roars loudest when she conjures up the magic of 1970s West Coast rock and 1960s pop.
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Gary Lightbody's 'Jim'll Fix It' project deserves another run out in the future.
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They may have lost some of their hearing but, 20 years in, Rowlands and Simons have lost none of their hunger.
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His solo debut has more satisfying electro forays than Bloc Party's last album 'Intimacy' and showcases a restless talent who wants to mix up as many influences as possible.
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Theirs is a joyous sound that offers as many opportunities for hip wiggling as head banging.
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Opportunities for hearing Ian McKellen booming about "sparkling theatres of excess" and "sexual gladiators" in the middle of clubbing tracks don't come along too often.
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Tom Waits' quote about his compositions being either grim reapers or grim weepers comes to mind while listening to Ann Scott's third album.
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The spirit of old rock 'n' roll and the blues and some of the most come hither bass lines this side of Chic.
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