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MOVIES
'ELIZABETHTOWN'
It's like 'Garden State.' Only
without the Prozac, page 10
ALBUMS •
LIGHTNING BOLT
Album proves lightning strikes
as much as it wants to. page 9
TRAPT
This album makes for the most
metal coaster ever, page 10
CONCERTS 1 •
POUR ME ANOTHER TOUR
This was like dead homies, just
lifeless and boring, page 9
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
Chapel Hill gets a taste of the
next big thing, page 10
dive recommends
['CURSE OF THE KOMODO']
In this flick, a group of fleeing
criminals lands on an island where
military research is conducted and
genetically engineered komodo
dragons rule the land. At one point,
actors shoot at the komodo from
point blank range for six minutes.
No blood. The dragon doesn’t move.
Just keeps screaming. And you turn
into a komodo man if it bites you.
['PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE']
Bad props, bad acting, and Bela
Lugosi replaced by Ed Wood’s chi
ropractor make this film campy
Halloween fun. It might not be
scary, but it sure is fimny.
['SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE ll']
Boobs, babes and blood that’s
the reason they’re called B-movies.
When five foxy coeds find a bargain
for anew sorority house they decide
to spend the night there. But— as
the Ouija board points out things
are not what they seem.
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Pour Me Another serves bitter brew
BY TANNER SLAYDEN
ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Something is missing on the
Pour Me Another Tour.
And few cared for seconds after
it came to Cat’s Cradle on Oct. 19.
Opener P.O.S. and headliner
Atmosphere seemed as bored as
the crowd. And the only redeem
ing quality of the concert was the
middle act, Blueprint.
The performers, who all sound
impressive on their respective
albums, represented the record
label Rhymesayers Entertainment.
They didn’t live up to either part of
the name.
Loud beats muffled the witty
lyrics. A lackluster confusion
seemed to creep across the audi
ence as people crossed their arms
on potentially catchy singles.
Not to say everyone had a bad
time just the sober ones.
These guys probably aren’t used
to playing for the Carrboro and
Chapel Hill crowd which more
often sees acts like Jump, Little
Children and John Vanderslice.
P. 0.5., the rookie rapper on the
label, took the stage first. He had
a soft-spoken demeanor that made
some of his freestyles seem seam
less. His songs were also unique
enough for a beginning rapper who
just released his first LP, Ipecac
Neat, last year.
But his constant pleas turned
him to a joke: He kept asking audi
ence members to put their hands
up and look like they were having
a good time.
Blueprint was the only one to
break through the crowd’s glazed
over stares. Not only did he rap
over Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,”
but songs like “Big Girls Need Love
Too” made the audience finally get
comfortable enough to dance at the
hip-hop show.
After his set, the fun continued.
Blueprint’s beat master, DJ Rare
Groove, supplied hits from Dr. Dre
and Rakim the hip-hop atmo
sphere arrived before the headliner
took the stage.
But another atmosphere settled
in to close out this rap show, and it
wasn’t body-moving hip-hop.
Atmosphere is composed of DJ
Ant and rapper Slug, and the duo
just released their new album, You
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Slug, the frontman for Atmosphere, performs while a band member
makes him a drink. The Cat's Cradle show left much to be desired.
CONCERT
POUR ME ANOTHER TOUR
CAT'S CRADLE
MONDAY, OCT. 24
★★
Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re
Having, earlier this month.
The LP’s name doesn’t speak
much for their live show, and the only
person dancing was some drunk girl
who kept crawling on the stage.
Atmosphere and their rock band
sounded more like Limp Bizkit than
themselves. On the duo’s albums,
they sound like a legit rap group.
Slug can be whiny at times, but he
still has a unique blend of sarcasm
and reality in his rhymes.
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But during the live performance,
audience members couldn’t hear his
lyrics over the metal guitar. Even
groovy .songs like “Good Times (Sick
Pimpin’)” and “Get Fly” sounded too
heavy for their own good.
Slug also didn’t move enough for
a man who proclaims an interest in
hip-hop and break dancing.
The concert also cost S2O, the
same as lawn seats at the Coldplay
concert and more expensive than
most performances at the Cradle.
Overall, the concert was like the
last two sips of a 40-ounce beer
—and who would pay that much
money for that?
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005
Lightning Bolt unleashes
hyper noise-rock assault
BY BEN PITTARD
ASSISTANT ARTS 8i ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Adjectives are bandied around
everywhere today. My band can be
spectacular, crucial, mind-blowing
or whatever hyperbole one feels is
fit to use.
But at the end of the day, one
adjective has a certain exclusivity
to its application. Righteousness.
Not everyone can be righteous;
not just any band can reach that
pinnacle of rock and roll. But make
no mistake about it, Lightning Bolt
rocks with a violent and righteous
fury.
The Providence, R. 1., noise-rock
duo has unleashed what is possibly
its most accessible album to date
with Hypermagic Mountain.
However, accessible is the opera
tive term at least for a Lightning
Bolt album. Characterized by fre
netic bass work and frenzied drum
ming, the band combines the best
influences from noise, metal and
post-rock.
It’s as if Death from Above 1979
united itself with Napalm Death,
moved into the Boredoms’ house
and decided to make a record.
The album explodes into high
gear as soon as it begins on “2
Morro Morro Land” with a huge
riff from Brian Gibson’s bass
as Brian Chippendale furiously
pounds away at the drums like they
wronged his mother.
Hypermagic Mountain is a full
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The epic “Dead Cowboy” stretch
es itself out during the course
of seven magnificent minutes of
wailing guitar solos and maddened
drumming. Chippendale’s vocals
are so garbled and distorted that
they move beyond accompaniment
and add yet another disturbed layer
to the frenzy.
Following the stampeding “Dead
Cowboy” the band dives headfirst
into “Bizarro Zarro Land” and an
intricate hyperkinetic guitar solo
from Gibson.
The songs serve as contradic
tions of themselves, incorporating
both structure and chaos into the
arrangements.
The fact that that feat is accom
plished by two members on only
bass and drums is astounding. It
also is humbling that there is little
to no studio manipulation of the
sound.
But it’s the way they can rock you
so hard your mother feels it that
makes them the most righteous
band on the planet right now.
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