ahf Daily Oar Deri MUSIC REVIEWS BELLAFEA CAVALCADE POST-PUNK Uncertainty permeates Cavalcade, Bellafea's long-awaited follow-up to 2004s Family Tree EP. “Punish me with the crudest summer/Terrify me with silence/ Make me desperate/Let me wake alone/Make me cry rivers,* front woman Heather McEntire pleads on “Telling The Hour," her exas perated voice carried by a minimal drum beat, haunting choral voices and piercing strings. It's a moment as tender as a just picked scab, oozing and throbbing with a pain that is entirely palpable. Musically, the record is filled with moments of cable-thick tension. McEntire's guitar leads the charge as drummer Nathan Buchanan and new bassist Eddie Sanchez pulse along with her. veer ing into surprising territories, cir cling back again and winding up someplace new entirely. With the added backing of Sanchez and a stockade of musi cal contributors, Caialcade shows a fuller, more voluminous Bcllafea than on Family Tree. But the bigger sound doesn't make the record safe. It makes it more moving, more exciting and more dangerous. •Bryan Reed THE STRUGGLERS THE LATEST RIGHTS COUNTRY/EOIK irkiri r In a way that is vaguely reminis cent of stretching your arms and wiping the sleep from your eves just as the sun begins to peak through the bedroom window, The Latent Rights is the type of record that grows steadily from front to back. Beginning with the pleasant groove of “Morningside Heights,’ Randy Bickford’s soft baritone offers a warm, familiar handshake from an old friend before a perfectly placed fiddle adds anew layer of lament. As the record struts slowly but confidently through its nine tracks. Bickford’s voice and rich lyrics pro vide the strength, while the appropri ately minimal arrangements make sure those strengths receive the amount of attention they deserve. The Latest Rights is a Sunday Take 15/501 South towards Prttsboro Curt Marfcat St. / Southern ViUay STREET KINGS I 1304:15-7:15*40 LEATHERHEADS _122&87AM NllfS ISLAND i .MdMSMOtS HORTON HEARSAWHOUSOO7OHio 21 IS taMlfr7:lM:4s iwyiiw ciwoiKusofwuwuL wwgaa>wii> AOv Til on SjN IRON MAN (PG-13)* AOy Tii on SH CHRONICLES OF NARNIA PRINCE CASPIAN (PC) * PROM NKSMT (PG-13) (145*351730 UNDER TOE SAME MOON (PG-13) (140*201720 NBTS ISLAND (PG) (135410)705 LEATHERHEADS (PG-13) (150430)710 21 (PG-13) (130415)700 THE RUMS (R)-10 REDD (155*251725 “A BRISK OTWCOBC^r tSBSMjRSrfSf^ Sail | 9:2o7sAT SUN 4:40 | 7:10, 9:30. SAT SUN 2:10, 4:30 THE BAND’S VISIT 7:00, 9:10, SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:30 MARRIED UFfe 7:20. SAT-SUN 2:20 morning record. The type of country record that is built on ultra-personal reflection and subtle guitar strums. And as the day begins, and Bickford continues, it builds to the end, offering a clear view' of a day that is offered without the dregs of sleep and with the experience of a life well lived. -Jamie Williams R.E.M. ACCELERATE ROCK irtckirfc No one would argue the merits of R.E.M. But, it is easy to say that the band began to lose its way several years ago. releasing a few albums not deserving a spot on the same shelf as Murmur or Automatic for the People. Well, that phase is over. Accelerate, to put it quite simply, is a return to form. It sounds like the R.E.M. that took the college rock scene by storm in the ‘Bos. There is urgency, there is passion, and there is a sense of timelessness that the band's most recent releases have lacked. The album's single. “Supernatural Superserious," is the highlight, mix ing Michael Stipe's subtle political musings on acceptance with a pop styled guitar riff and well-placed backing vocals. “Everybody here comes from somewhere/But they would just as soon forget and disguise." Stipe sings. And while there is plenty of room for heavy-handed commentary, it doesn't seem appropriate, because its just a rock song. Its not hurtful, its not combative, it’s just fun. And that characterizes the entirety of the record until the final track, “I’m Gonna DJ," closes with its kitschy hook, “It’s pretty final/ I’m collecting vinyl/I’m gonna DJ at the end of the world." But don’t let that dreadful lyric distract from the quality of the rest of the record. And after the band's most recent output, it is allowed at least one stinker on an otherwise stellar LP. -Jamie Williams V 300 EMain Street • Carrboro a : : - : ) ' .■/*£, ’ *-: * : mr SS Vbrotons Ama*ei/s'" Pjjla lb. 1 •;sa A.CAioe^iwwe-.vecr*- Sponger kf* > J,‘er : yc'eos;• A~ ... Un !>gDvSetefsA , ote , Vec*Ofona T he,ove(, j .ovetes Were- :oev*ra C-asr \ ll r,:: 12: XSL :Si‘ A Vvrx: Ve 24 50f,. A 8000, Bae - I E "A r- J-V .. •'CUP 1 •, )• TS. -IOOIKOI Vo-t ? oie ,;• ' A/-*, • .jw •■ •* •• H fex ciecm cora OfOen 001919-o*7-0053 Diversions CLOUD CULT FEEL GOOD GHOSTS fTEA PARTYING THROUGH TORNADOES) INDIE POP itkittrCr There’s no way to know what to expect on Cloud Cult’s Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes). The forces of nature that influ ence the group an* probably guilty of causing the congenial chaos and calmness that ensues. The LP could be used as a teaching mechanism for what to do when encountered with an eco logical predicament. Strings, keys and effects dominate the bulk of the album that includes a volcanos will and a survival guide to fire and hurricanes. And like a painter practicing his craft, “The Tornado Lessons" is taken at whirling dervish pace and accentuated by mousey squeaks and pounding drums like the con trast of delicate and broad brush strokes against a canvas. Feel Good Ghosts amounts to a tutorial on the bedlam and tran quility nature can create, which Cloud Cult has the ability to express through the means of classical infused, experimental pop tunes. -Benn Wineka Spring Luau with the tFNC Cheerleaders! Don your eras* kirts and tacky Hawaiian Rhirt and come take everything half off. All drinks half price! UNC’s Ladies’ Night Ladies 21 * get in FREE with UNC ID Ladies 18* get in Half Price with UNC ID Q/Cti. -a 1c Cu/ J Don’t Search for the Holy Grail Anymore! Find it at Flayers for $5 • Coors Lite $2 Must be 18 to hang out and 21 to drink [http; //www myspace com/playerschapelhrll] Always available for private parties - 929-0101 SHAKERMAKER SHAKERMAKER INDIE POP irkirCrk One word summation of Shakermaker’s self-titled LP: agreeable. The Chapel Hill quartet creates indie pop tracks that wash over the listener and elevate them with an air of affability . A cut such as “Sunday Ladies" employs the vintage short-play sin gles format, cashing out at just shy of two-and-a-half minutes, but is potent enough to lead it to become a memorable experience on every listening. Shakermaker never compli cates arrangements, allowing the musical elements such as the occasional pedal steel guitar to dictate the varying influence on each song. The often overlooked quality of country and Brit-pop inspired tracks keeps the album fresh from song to song. The band seems content when making music, which leaves Shakermaker with an easygoing, homey* feeling. But the band could become that much better by stepping beyond the bounds of its —and its listen ers' comfort zones. -Benn Wineka IT WAS GREAT, NO LYE WStezdSiF I*' 1 *' .a DTH/JOROAN LAWRENCE Guitarist Josh Bauman of Saint Louis’ Lye By Mistake works through a complicated line as his band per formed Thursday at Cat’s Cradle. The band had an energetic sense of proggv fun that was refreshing to see in a metal band as it opened for N.C. bands Giant and BTBAM. Saturday. April 19 th Koka Booth Ampitheatre fll food festive Cary Over 150 Wines & 1 5 North Carolina Wineries B Over 50 Unique Artists and Crafters | Gourmet Live! Cooking Wine Demos ■ Continuous Live Music \% J SAVE 52-BITT TICKETS IN ADVANCE^^>j§_J_^K I’nli mint! .uni gloss offilc 518 Advance j 520 Onsite *-™cure I $lO Duagnmod Driver ZZLTZT • V FREE Kids 12 and under Tickets are available Online ww w. uncorkthefun. com cagb* £S| sg£§ m TIME WARNER CABLE W North Carolina Vr . 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