better buy those kottonmouth kings tickets now because they are HOT!!!!!!!!! m m n they look like dorks but they play rock people love, meet the promise ring, if you haven’t already, p.4A interview theater I out on a limb m usic I review s film I sweet november calendar 2A Thursday, February 22,2001 Daily Nexus SOUND- SOUNDSTYLE* 21st century. It is folk, rock, blues, spoken Radio” are over quickly. The other four core lyrics are accompanied perfectly by word, anything. It is an album of every­ songs reach out to you and get you the beats that come with Casio keyboards. thing and ends as a definition of Jim involved in the chaos before they pull the Topping it all off are the interludes. My White. [Collin Mitchell] rug out from under you. Your ass moves two favorites are “Accept This Here” and even as your mind thinks, and this is “Semour Butts.” They are essentially the essential for experimental rock ‘n’ roll to same, as both feature an Iconz member succeed. [DJ Fatkid’s ass moves, at least] smacking a girl on the ass during some good ol’ doggy-style sex. The interludes really add a lot to the album. If you need any more persuasion, just imagine cruising your local strip bumping this: “Ig o t a clique and we strapped ready for war / We prefer to ball then get bomb head from whores." I feel the same way, buddy. Jim White | No Such Place | Luaka Bop [Trey Clark] It’s not surprising that an album like this would be on a label founded by David Byrne. White and a collaboration of pro­ ducers have constructed a redefinition of The Hex | No C ar | Troubleman Unlimited how we listen to stories, folk and country. But regardless of these musical roots, Jim Ask John Fourtrack, and he’ll say White simply functions as himself, and he’s an experimenter and an artist. The lets his storytelling and eclectic music Hex, however, says nothing and then rips The Iconz | Street Money \ Slip V Slide define itself. your fucking ears off. No Such Place takes down-home story­ The liner notes are terse to the Oh damn. The Iconz are some crazy telling to a new level by combining spacey point of being deliberately vague; even the hard gangstaz from Florida, so you best slide guitars, gritty lyrics and atmospheric band photos are fuzzy and nearly generic. watch your step when your punk ass is sound to create country music in the city. The songs, likewise, maintain a dogged vacationing at Disney World! In “Corvair” the lyrics speak of emptiness simplicity, which belies the depth of the Five men and a token gangsta bitch and purposelessness in a metaphorical group’s structure. Most of the songs on make up the Iconz crew. They don’t have working man’s sense. But the music con­ this five-track EP have two or three parts a specified leader, but the guy with the Stephen Malkmus | Stephen Malkmus | Matador trasts with the simplicity of the words and total, but each part is essentially a whole coolest name is Tony Manshino (he has a brings the track to a feeling of urban dis­ new song, with a different key, atmos­ solo album called La Costra Nostra — and W hen Pavement officially called it satisfaction and hopeless existence. He phere, and tonal pattern. They borrow you thought the whole hip hop “Scarface” quits last fall after an illustrious decade- literally talks of murder and a lost child­ heavily from early ’80s no-wave and early fascination was over). Judging from the long career, thousands of lo-fi indie fans hood in “The Wound That Never Heals” ’90s touch-&.-go punk. The bassist locks press photo, they enjoy rolling six deep, across the world held their breath. Sure, and lets his strained, flat voice ask the down a rolling, repetitive, Shellac-like acting tough and standing around at the there certainly were other purveyors of obvious questions of anger and revenge. line, backed by some amazing technical park. satisfying slacker rock, but none quite as White doesn’t sugarcoat this new rendi­ drumming. Jagged guitars and a barely in­ Judging from the lyrics on Street fun and unique as the boys who started tion of folk with sappy words and control singer round out the sound. Money, the Iconz made this album from out in a garage in Stockton. Thankfully, ambiguous themes, but leaves it up to the The Hex’s songs are short: all five are prison. When it comes down to jackin’, Stephen Malkmus, lead singer/songwriter lyrics to carry the weight of these songs. under three minutes. That way, even fail­ blastin’ and smokin’ on some greenery, and main genius behind the band, has No Such Place is storytelling for the ures like the painfully formless “Over the these fools don’t think twice. The hard­ ventured out on his own with results that m m m $ v tie p m “ The ZOO Thursday February M Thursday March 8th Donald Claude « m-tueivemiKw-pai hot ■» m e w r a - m p - sb misamicMU mmm hjW W pÌTlì^oT ' Ü 1 Ü Ü Kugwmftr O il \ $ 2 /1 * 2 0 3 / * $ 3/14» 1* ■Jmiooft, WY 3 /4 Santa Karfaora, CA 0/14 \ Vaertcouvwr, BC Mweew-»-» «SM-W-SB 2 /W -2 4 WÊM S C ra ^C A Ê p p l g i f O T i S o u * TW hilitO, C Ä ' f Z l e w t - w - M SCTs lofoit rateai«. 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We have the pretty damn good. same atonal experiments, insatiably MGB hails from Vancouver, Canada, catchy melodies, silly rhymes and chirpy the country that imported such fine musi­ guitars that trademarked its sound. The cal acts as Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan album picks up musically where and Paul Schaffer. All joking aside, Pavement’s last album, Terror Twilight, left off, concentrating on guitar exuber­ ance and quirky melodies while foregoing anything terribly experimental. While it is a satisfying listen, the sound might be too clean and conservatively mellow for some Slanted and Enchanted Pavement fans. Not a fan of being emotionally trans­ parent with its lyrics, Stephen Malkmus listens as a series of unconnected charac­ ter vignettes and armchair traveler fan­ tasies. On “The Hook,” Malkmus cele­ brates sailing the Mediterranean with “ Every rapper in the house, shut the fuck up!” » Aceyaione moves the crowd at the El Rey on Arab pirates, and on “Pink India,” he’s February 18. Photos by Jenny Kim. determined to be a man as he hops around Asia. Malkmus’ guitar work on the album is Beautiful Midnight is a worthy addition to intricate and beautiful — no one sounds alternative rock. The album is filled with quite like him. Further exploring his catchy melodies and soon-to-be hit songs. amazing knack for intoxicating melody, Good’s powerful, soaring vocals easily Malkmus proves that Pavement or not, switch from harder songs to slower and he’s way too talented to be ignored on his more emotional numbers. All this sounds own. [Andy “about to hit it with Kelly Martin" even better when matched with his well- Sywak] crafted lyrics. This album seems primarily geared to radio-friendly alternative rock. In fact, Matthew Good Band | Beautiful Midnight | when listening to this I often asked A tlantic myself “Haven’t I heard this already?” The answer is probably yes. The band’s singles Smart record execs know the impor­ “Hello Time Bomb” and “Load Me Up” tance of packaging a band, especially in have been receiving much airplay recent­ today’s image-conscious market. Bands ly. However, MGB separates itself from with names like Crazy Town or Dream let the mass of identical rock pop groups. today’s dim music consumers know exact­ Even if you don’t check out this album, ly what they’re getting. But relative rock expect to be hearing the songs on the newcomer Matthew Good Band differs radio soon. [John Syquia] Mike Reiss UCEN HUB March 1 Corwin Pavilion $12 STUDENT $15 GENERAL Tickets at A.S. Ticket office Tickets on sale at A S Ticket office. AS Ticket office- 893 2064 Hotline: 893-2833 www.as.ucsb.edu/aspb Tuesday, Feb- 26 Tuesday, Feb- 27 Reservoir Dogs -7:30 Goodfellas -10:00 12:00 noon $5 for both shows in Storke Plaza $3 for o n e 4A Thursday, February 22,2001 Daily Nexus HARD+IEADED THE PROMISE R NG TALKS ABOUT BRAIN TUMORS AND TOURING not hungry_rebecca pellman, kelly Stephens “My girlfriend said the only way I could come is if I lyric.” I’m not even that busy.