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MUSIC: Bands fight to save the legendary CBGB’s from impending doom MOVIE: “Emily Rose” frightens audience members, “The Man” delights MORE: Restaurant reviews, poetry nights, plus the latest entertainment news
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02 The Inside Buzz Concert Calendar 03 Movie Reviews 04 Special CBGB’s Feature 06 Restaurant Review Concert Review 07 Spo Spoken Word in the TSU Comedy Review 08 Album Review Titan Concert Preview ON THE COVER: Casey Royer of D.I. belts the band’s trademark songs “Richard Hung Himself” at the New York’s legendary CBGB as part of the “Save CBGB” concert series Saturday. (Photo Courtesy of teamgoon.com)
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8 MAINSTREAM Concert Sigur Ros steps closCalendar By MATT BALLINGER Daily Titan Cop Copyy Editor
Thurs, 09/22/05 8 p.m. Concert for Katrina Relief Tenacious D & Friends The Wiltern LG Los Angeles Thurs, 09/22/05 7:30 p.m. The 88 Troubadour West Hollywood Thurs, 9/22/05 7:30 p.m. Matisyahu House of Blues Hollywood Fri, 09/23/05 8 p.m. Keith Sweat Grove of Anaheim Fri, 09/23/05 8 p.m. Hall and Oates Los Angeles County Fair Pomona Sat, 09/24/05 7 p.m. Unwritten Law House of Blues Anaheim Sun, 09/25/05 5 p.m. Power 106’s Comedy Fiesta Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine Sun, 09/25/05 7 p.m. Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly The Grove of Anaheim Sun, 09/25/05 7:30 p.m. PlayStation DualPlay presents DJ Z-Trip with Black Sheep and Goldenchyld House of Blues Anaheim Sun, 09/25/05 8 p.m. Steve Winwood Wilshire Theatre Los Angeles Wed, 09/28/05 8:30 p.m. The Alkaholics Viper Room West Hollywood Thur, 09/29/05 8 p.m. Neil Diamond STAPLES Center Los Angeles Thur, 09/29/05 8 p.m. Less Than Jake Roxy Theatre Hollywood Thurs, 09/29/05 7:30 p.m. Scary Kids Scaring Kids Chain Reaction Anaheim
If members of Sigur Ros read the reviews posted on their Web site, they’re probably sick of comparisons to Iceland’s geography. And though there is something glacial, something volcanic, something fjordish about Sigur Ros, the geographic analogies to the band’s homeland always falter. Geography is, for the most part, static, stuck – though Iceland’s is made up of crawling glaciers, shaking fault lines and oozing volcanoes. But the band’s latest offering, Takk …, released Sept. 13, is more than an opportunity for writers to make stony comparisons. It’s a brilliant addition to a catalogue that’s fluid enough to redefine how we think about rock music. Previous releases – the ethereal and prohibitive Von, the hinting-at-mainstream Agaetis Byrjun, and the odd, sad, beautiful ( ), – have scratched at what Takk accomplishes. Sigur Rose sings in Icelandic on Takk, a departure from the invented language of Hopelandic heard on other albums. To the untrained ear, both are unintelligible. At it’s opening, Takk is cinematic,
but that bleeds quickly – and for the band, that often means four or five minutes; this time it’s under two – into the second track, “Glosoli.” The song builds with bass, synthesizer, glockenspiel and sampled vocals until the band cashes in on its signature: an eruption of sound and emotion. Notably perfect here is the album’s production quality –audible, growling bass despite heavy guitars and drums and noise. Sigur Ros finds new ways to erupt throughout the album. “Se Lest,” climaxes with an ultra-happy waltz of horns, music boxes, strings, snare and singer Jonsi Birgisson’s falsetto. Obsessive fans, even if they saw Merce Cunningham’s dance masterpiece “Split Sides,” have never heard anything like this from Sigur Ros. At 7 minutes, 38 seconds, the sixth track, “Saeglopur,” is not likely to get much airtime on commercial radio. Like the rest of the album, there is no verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus organization that we’ve been conditioned to believe is a necessary song structure. “Saeglopur” happens in three parts: a beautiful, if strained, opening of piano, bells and vocals; a heavy and subtly dark middle; and a swirling ending
with piano, strings, bowed electric guitar and impossible falsetto. Takk’s final highlight, “Heysatan,” closes the album with a collection gorgeous melodies and chord progressions punctuated by a creaking piano bench. The album is over, but for the green listener and the seasoned fan, it’s more of a beginning.