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Page 10 ARTS & LIFE The Clarion I October 6, 2006 Indigo Girls strike a chord at Brevard Concert Review; by Jamie Michaels Opinion Editor Saturday, Sept. 30 brought the Indigo Girls to McCormick Field inAsheviile. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, true to form, played a spectacular show. Tile acoustic duo, whose new album. Despite our Differ ences. is reviewed in this issue and now available in stores, played a strong mix of great new songs and old favorites. The Wetrpies, another up-and- coming acoustic duo, opened for the Indigo Girls, While vocally not as strong as the main stage group, 'Pie Weepies, who consist of Deb Talan and Steve Tannan, brought a unique sound and were a great in troduction for the Cirls. Think of a n>ore upbeat, folksy Elliot Smith. If you like the Indigo Giris, Dar Williams, and Ani Difranco's calm, not-tjuite-so-angry stuff, you'll love the Weepies. Highlights from the Girls' per formance included :he obligatory classic "Closer to Fine" and u new song, “Little Perennials," which has been featured lately on oui very own WNCW. Other crowd- pleasers were '‘Land of Canaan," Irom the band’s original 1989 self titled album, Emily Saliers’ .“looth- ing acoustic solo, and a rousing rendition of “Galileo,” originally found on the 2000 album Retro spective. The venue {McCormick Field) was an interesting change of scen ery from the typical concert hall. The outdoor atmosphere was per fect for the at-home feel the Girls generally try to inspire. For this fan, it couldn't have gotten much better Concert Review: Truckers play rock euphoria Zack Harding Arts & Life Editor The Drive By Truckers played Saturday. Sept. 30'*' to a not .so sold out crowd in the Thomas Wolfe Auditnriam. However, those who were Ihere experienced a true event of Rock n’ Roll euphoria. The Tnickers are essentially a southern rock band with some material leaning toward country and some material leaning toward bare bones hard rock. They have often been compared to Lynyrd Skynyrd; while some aspects of the bands, such as having a ihree guitar attaok, are similar, the Drive By Tnickers have something that neither Lynyrd Skynyrd nor very many other bands throughout rock history have had: threefrontmen. Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, and Jason Isbell each play lead guitar, write songs, and sing lead on those songs which they write. This seems as though it would lead to combating egos and "artistic diftm«nce,s.’' but the Truckers must be cotnrnCTded on their ability to make an cxtr«nely cohesive and fluid group that features three band leaders i^'ho take turns, never stepping on each other’s feet. All three songwriters have \'ery gravelly voices which don’t really sound similar to anyone else out therfr—Cooley, in particular, has a very deep and gruff beliow. Speaking of songwriters, these boys are some of the best out there at the moment. There is not a lot of flash to the sound of the band, but the quality of their songs and the lyrics in them are far above almost any other current band. Of course, the Truckers tend to have a.southeiT] flavor in much of their writing—but not in the stereotypi cal pop-country sense: rather, a rough and experienced take on southern life. The entire night saw the band switching lead duties on every single song; rarely did one of the three perform two of his own songs in a row. This really says a lot considering fet diey played at Ica.st thirty five songs, including new tunes such as the beautiful ‘'February 14*^' and “Gravity’s Cone" off of their latest album A Blessing And A Curse. Of Course, the Truckers also touched on clas sic live staples such as "Sinkhole,” “Decoration Day," and “Let Their Be Rock.” Rounding out the group wa.s drummer Brad Morgan and bass ist Shonna Tucker, both of which fit perfectly to creatc the Truckcr’s sound. The unofTicial 6* member of the band, John Nctf, played some fantastic steel guitar, before switching to dec trie on the last two songs. After about five minutes of what hud to be tlic best crowd-produced cncore cheer ever, the band emerged to do one encore, and then another, and another. The Truck ers played a six song encore in which every song, from soft bal lads to gut-busting rockers, would have been a perfect closer. The Drive By Truckers played the best concert that I have ever been to. Period. CD Review: by BJ Wank nd Staff Writer iririri-'ir Despite our Differences The Indigo Grrls (Hollywood Records, 2006) The Indigo ( iris have returned, bringing more :»reai music to our lives. Their hist release, 2004’s All That H'e L I Jn, wasn't their best songwriimg overall.Now, their first albui.t with Hollywood Records, Despi 'e Our Differences, is here. Unlike Ml That We Let In, it showcaf. s their best songwriting evrr Gtrms like "Pen dulum Swinge' ' to “Lay My Head Down*’ and “1 i.ree County High way" make thi: album, quite pos sibly, their best ;eLThere are some cool bonuses !i at you won’t get if you only spring for the I CD set—and one t'Onus in particular that could only be obtained by preordering thi. album. The 2*CD set has the album on one CD, and features 6 alti rnate versions of songs on the st :ond di.sk. Acous tic versions oi "Last Tears" and "Fly Away," a well as live ver sions of “M-'ney Made You Mean/'“Little l^erennials,"‘'Pen dulum Swingi;r," and '"Three County Highw ay" are probably the best 6 sornis on the album. Then there’s the preorder bonus: a brand new li\ pert'omiance ver sion of ‘Close to Fine," one of their best songi! If you want this bimus, e-ii ail me at wanlunjw@brt'i'ard.edu with the subject line ot Indigo Girls Bo nus Track," an ’ I'll try to get it to you.All in all. ^his is tme of the Indigo Girls’ 'lest albums yet. Despite Our Differences gets a re sounding 5 stars.
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