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Page 4 The Banner February 19,1998 Features Pearl Jam, Goldie deliver with two new releases By Andrew Pearson Staff Writer After rwo cryptic and sloppy al bums, canceled tours, and a heavily publicized defeat at the hands of Ticketmaster, Seattle’sonly remain ing supergroup Pearl Jam have re turned to produce “Yield,” the year’s most anticipated release. Drum and bass monarch Goldie’s latest release “Saturnz Return,” solidifies his status as a major player in the electronic music genre. The album, like its predecessors, con tinues to spurn alternative rock fans frothing at the mouth for a sequel to the band’s seminal album “Ten.” It is not to say that “Yield” fails to deliver the larger-than-life rock pieces that comprised the band’s first three albums. Radio friendly anthems “Faithfijl,” COURTESY OF SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 1997 Academy Award Nominees The 70th Annual Academy Awards will air on March 23. Best Actor: Peter Fonda (“Ulee’s Gold”) Robert Duvall (“The Apostle”) Matt Damon (“Good Will Hunting”) Jack Nicholson (“As Good As It Gets”) Dustin Hoffman (“Wag the Dog”) Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter (“The Wings of the Dove”) Julie Christie (“Afterglow”) Judi Dench (“Mrs. Brown”) Kate Winslet (“Titanic”) Helen Hunt (“As Good As It Gets”) Best Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds (“Boogie Nights”) Robin Williams (“Good Will Hunting”) Anthony Hopkins (“Amistad”) Greg Kinnear (“As Cjood As It Gets”) Robert Forster (“Jackie Brown”) Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger (“L.A. C onfidential”) Gloria Stuart (“Titanic”) , Julianne Moore (“Boogie Nights”) ' Joan Cusack (“In & Out”) Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting”) Best Director: James Cameron (“Titanic”) Curtis Hanson (“L.A. Confidential”) Gus Van Sant (“Good Will Hunting”) Peter Cattaneo (“The Full Monty”) Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”) Best Picture; “Titanic” “L.A. Confidential” “Good Will Hunting” “As Good As It Gets” “The Full Monty” “In Hiding,” and the album’s first single, “Given To Fly,” should ap pease fans who bought “Ten” and “Vs.” However, the rest of the album owes more to the quiet meditation begun on the band’s 1996 experi mental album, “No Code” than the band’s period as grunge poster boys. “Wish List” finds lead singer Eddie Vedder ratding off one-line fantasies before guitarist Mike McCready un leashes a mesmerizing guitar solo to bring the track full circle. Chaos ensues on “Push Me Pull Me,” a sonic assault anchored by Jeff Ament’s throbbing bass lines, that beg a u n iversal q uestion, “The oceans made ;ne, but who made love?” Despite his usual rants and com mentaries on society (“Do the Evolu tion”), Vedder sounds unusually up beat, and the band’s guitar work on punky numbers like “Brain of J.” show that the band has not sacrificed passion for maturity. On “No Way,” Vedder’s voice leaps from his trademark mumbling to a desperate cry of resignation: “I’ll stop trying to make a difference/ I’m not trying to make a difference.” Like the late Kurt Cobain, Vedder manages to exhume a wide gamut of emotions from indistinguishable mumbles and makes whispers ring out as intense pleas for help. As the Beatlesque closing track “All Those Yesterdays” fades out, the band promises that-“It’s no crime to es cape.” Until the bands press shyness ends and rumors of a long-awaited tour become reality. Pearl Jam fans have the band’s best album yet to help weigh the validity of that statement. Although “Saturnz Return” will not surpass I997’s Chemical Brothers “Dig Your Own Hole,” or Prodigy’s “Fat of the Land” in sales, the new . double album proves to be brilliant. Disc one of “Saturnz Return” begins with an hour-long opus entitled “Mother.” Conceived as a tribute to his mother, who put him in foster care at age three, Goldie combines a 30-piece string section, ethereal vocals, .and resounding beats to convey his love and subsequent loss. Given the simple fact that “Mother” comprises the entire first disc, it’s tempting to label the art piece self- indulgent at best. However, like Radiohead’s “OK Computer,” the tiny nuances and unearthly noises noticed on each lis ten keep “Mother” from becoming a pretentious bore. Disc two, “Saturn,” exemplifies the energetic, furious jungle beats that have made Goldie one of England’s most successful DJs and record pro ducers. In addition to his own skills, Goldie employs an all-star cast to round out the album. Oasis’s Noel Gallagher’s reverb- heavy guitar playing on “Temper, Temper” recalls the feedback theat- ricsofjimi Hendrix. Along with Goldie’s nasal, vitriolic delivery, Gallagher’s abusive fretwork createsanevil twin to Prodigy’s wildly successful 1997 hit, “Firestarter.” Rapper KRS-One weighs in on “Digital,” thealbum’sstandout track. Matching one of hip-hop’s best MCs with Goldie’s thumping beats, “Digi tal” begs the question: where has pure hip-hop like this gone in an era domi nated by slick, sample-dependent art ists? Timeless’ singer Diane Charlemagne’s smooth vocals aug ment tracks such as “I Believe” and give the listener a refreshing break from Goldie’s angry outbursts. COURTESY OF POLYGRAM RECORDS “I’ll Be There For You” showcases Goldie’s knack for weaving sophisti cated rhythm tracks out of clouds of synthesized sound. Thoughtful and complex from be ginning to end, “Saturnz Return” provides all the evidence needed to proclaim Goldie one of music’s best. “Yield is now available jrom Sony Music Entertainment, and “Saturnz Return "from Polygram Records. 30th Anniversary Tour The National Theatre of the Deaf A Life Lost and Found in Two Acts llillliPipliBilliHllilliliiilii*. ' “You’ll see and hc;ir every word” of this Henrik Ibsen play— actors using Americ.in Si^^n Langua.ue and Spoken words, Pilobolus Dancers, larger-than'life pupi'^els, and music that you can ''ee and hear. February 24-25 • 8 p.m. Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place Tickets available at the UNCA Highsmith Center. $5 UNCA students, $13 UNCA faculty, staff, College for Seniors members and alumni. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For information and to charge tickets by phone, call 704/251-6584. 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