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18 Features November 23, 2004 THE RETRIEVER By Noah Albro Music review corner Want to see your club in the paper? Well, now you can! It’s easy: just send your picture and/or a write up of A Simple Plan provides more your event, and become instant campus celebrities! Pictures must be in jpg/jpeg/tif.tiff format and have captions. The write-ups should bang for your buck than Eminem be 25 to 125 words, due by the Wednesday previous to the desired issue. send to [email protected] TRW reserves the rights to refuse any material. The highly anticipated Eminem Cd is finally out... but does it deliver? Eminem: Encore (in stores now) It can’t be denied that Eminem is a be really effective but the music and the pioneer of hip hop, but is there a certain beats are really lacking and don’t effec- point when even the greatest innovators tively back the message that those songs should take a break and stop putting out are trying to send. But the classic comical music? That was my problem with this Eminem shines through on the debut sin- newest album from The Slim Shady. gle from the album “Just Lose It” (an Don’t hear what I’m not saying though; over-the-top mockery of Michael this album has some really great songs on Jackson) and the segmented Paul skit it, but overall, it just doesn’t have the clas- tracks he does randomly throughout the sic Eminem feel to it. The majority of the album. I kind of enjoyed the album, but songs on this album just don’t feel as not nearly as much as I thought I would. poignant as all of his past albums I think one of the biggest reasons is real- (Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers ly because his music just isn’t backing up L.P.); it feels like he tried to make a state- the lyrics that make him Eminem. ment with certain songs like “Mosh” but Overall, this album is probably my least the others just don’t seem to grab you like favorite of all of his albums. I would sug- the old Eminem did. The song “Puke” is gest any of his other work before this one, quite reminiscent of the old Slim music but if you are a die-hard Eminem fan, go that a lot of us really were drawn too, but on and pick it up, and maybe you can then songs like “Toy Soldiers” and look past the fact that it just seems like “Yellow Brick Road” seem like they could Slim isn’t trying anymore. Oh Canada... you actually gave us some good music for once Movie Tickets...$0 Simple Plan: Still not getting any (in stores now) New CD’s...$0 Concert Tickets...$0 That’s right, the boys of Simple Plan through, improving on his vocals and song Rockstar Interviews...$0 are Canada natives, but I guess I won’t hold writing skills. Guitarists Jeff Stinco and that against them. This album is really solid Sebastien Lefebvre do a great job creating for the pop punk genre that these guys fit riffs that really convey the feeling of each Backstage Passes...$0 into snuggly. Their first CD, No Pads, No song; they really kick the drive of this Helmet…Just Balls, sold over a couple mil- album up a couple notches. Bassist David Writing for TRW Features... lion copies and the band is looking to beat Desrosiers puts down the bass with author- that record with this new release (and by ity, not really playing anything overly fancy the sounds of their new songs it looks like but exactly what the song calls for. Lastly, they may very well do that). The new single drummer Chuck Comeau provides well- “Welcome to My Life” is a really candid placed drum rolls and solid riffs that show- Priceless heartfelt look at the feelings of inadequacy case the band’s cumulative effort. Songs like that everyone feels; the song dives into the “Crazy” really display the whole bands indi- questions that everyone asks themselves vidual talents meshed together. There really about their life and provides a melodic aren’t any bad songs on this album, and if musical medium with which to do so. The you are looking for some good punk music music on this album is very well orchestrat- to jump around to, these guys are a good ed. Lead vocalist Pierre Bouvier shines choice. Write to [email protected] to get more information on living the life of a UMBC Features Reporter.