_9_•_0_CT_O_BE_R_5...__20_0_7______.:....__ __ arcade ·A mediocre blast from the past ｾ ｨ ･ .Kingd.om: in their heyday. The jumping may seem confus- interesting music than most out there today. c I n em at Ic I00 k at MI dd Ie Eastern Devenda Banhart ｩ ｮ ｧ ｾ but each style is an entertaining listen, and f 1· t h t ·t If · h f Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon Banhart has a unique voice. This album contin- Download This: "Seahorse" con I c s 00 s I se In t e oot. XL Records ues his experimentation with the electric guitar, Bottom Line. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Can- Continued from page 7 rock/folli: B+ an instrument he only recently employed on his yon is an enjoyable disc, documenting an artist ｾ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ Ｍ ｾ last release. Cripple Crow. This time. however. playfully hopping around different genres and a number of lackluster perfonnanc- stead of the dark and almost twisted the sounds soar to new heights. The track "Sea- cultures, with a 40 year-old dust covering the es fron:i a talented cast. Don't ex- music, the score features powerful Michael Drohan horse" seems to bring it all together, with the newly crafted tunes. pect Jamie Foxx to be winning any pieces with electronic twists. Un- sta/Jll'riter first half of the eight-minute song done awards for this role. Jennifer Gar- fortunately, only the final piece ex- in his traditional style before erupting ner could irrigate the Gobi with her tends past the five-minute mark, so Even if the year is 2007. Devendra Banhart into an enthusiastic solo. It sounds like water works but sadly doesn't kick there isn't much of a chance to truly seems to to think it's the Summer of Love. the background music from a 60s drug much ass. taste Elfrnan's work. However, the Though unfortunately titled. Smokey Rolls exploitation movie. Jason Bateman wins the award limited background music does a Dov.n Thunder Canyon allows Banhart to ex- To be honest, even with all of this for the most pointless role, though. good job of instigating mood. His plore some of the principal sounds of this period genre-jumping, Banhart is not the most playing Adam Leavitt. a supposed use of guitar chords and drumbeats by bringing together his soft, playful ballads prolific persona in indie rock today. He intelligence analyst. Nothing about coupled with electronica can make with his new-found love of the electric guitar. may appear to be a new-age hippie with his character is intelligent. He de- an already intense scene, piss-your- The result is an impressive mish mash of faux- his tall skinny frame and long. dark livers a few droll lines and nothing pants intense. vintage tunes and electric. folks tunes. hair, but most of his songwriting comes else. His character and one of the The great soundtrack cannot Banhart seems to exist in this vintage-washed across as more shallow than his contem- others should have been made into save the sloppy acting, difficult dia- space above the masses where a haze clouds poraries. This characteristic shouldn't one because it would have worked logue and pedestrian plot. Berg's his sounds. making him sound foreign to both be construed as superficial, fake or neg- just as well. Chris Cooper ade- two weeks of researching the mov- this country and the world. He jumps genres ative though; his lyrii;s and melodies quately plays the relaxed. old guy ie topic did pay off, however. The frequently. softly singing an acoustic. Spanish- just don't hit as hard as guys like Conor whose talents are obscured by his movie genuinely felt dry, bombas- language ballad before going to something like Oberst or Sufjan Stevens. Furthermore, senility. tic and uninspired. ''Shabop Shalom." a fun. shuffling 50s-inspired it might be easy for some to cast him Darmy Elfinan. the man behind love tune. Just when you think you have him as inauthentic and incapable of finding the soundtrack of "The Nightmare Bottom Line: It's ironic that only pegged, he'll jump to something like the track a direction for himself, but really. this Before Christmas," deviates from the suicide bombings keep "The ''Lover." which is reminiscent of The Jackson 5 should not matter. Banhart makes more COL RTESY OF XL RLCORDS his norm in "The Kingdom." In- Kingdom " alive. Teenager, not wasteland of being a teenager. Even though the songs cana honky tonk. but Deasy's accent in- The Thrills tend to run into each other at times, Teen- terferes with the southern twang. Still, Teenager ager is still a strong and enjoyable album. it's an uplifting number about love and Virgin Records Conor Deasy's pained. whispery voice honesty. '"Should've Known Better" gets rock/pop lends itself to the wistful tone ofthe album, them out of being in the shoes of a teen- A- and The Thrills show of their Irish heritage ager and looks at youth from the outside. with flashes of mandolin over their tra- wishing they had lived their lives with Jaya Saxena ditional rock quintet. They start off with "sufficient recklessness" at the time. The staffwriter "The Midnight Choir.'' a dramatic ballad idea of once having big dreams. growing about growing up and proving yourself. up and losing them will probably pull To understand the mood of Teenager, It emphasizes the balance between getting the heartstrings of any pending graduate. the third studio album from The Thrills. older and staying young and passionate at and the clap-along rhythm will make lis- one needs to only look at the cover. Posters heart. a theme which the entire album em- teners sway with slow thoughtfulness. of horses and stuffed animals surround a braces. Those teenage emotions get stirred It's easy to lump The Thrills in with twin-size bed as T-shirt-clad kids make out up in "Restaurant,·· which is a perfect de- the myriad indie outfits that seem to pour on the messy sheets. It's a nostalgic look scription of unrequited love. or maybe an out of the UK,. but this album definitely at the careless emotions of adolescence unrequited life. The beauty of good songs deserves more of a chance than most will - the time in your life when y ou ask, "But is that they can be interpreted different probably give it. what does fate have in store for me?" ways. The whole album seems to catch The Of course the album isn't only anthems Download This; "'Restaurant" Thrills 'in a time warp, remembering the for the sexua\\y blooming. "No More Bottom Line· A olidpop-rock record for feelings, the dilemmas and the sex drive Empty Words" is an experiment in Ameri- any teenager at heart. 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