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Oregon Daily Emerald Thursday, March 31, 2005 “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs. ’’ Salvador Dali | Artist mJtk a I band Eleven Eyes combines a wide range of music, from jazz to hip-hop to funk, to create its n\A/n inrl infectious compositions that overwhelm the limitations of any single genre. Even the CD player in their tour bus defies the trappings of a defining style, shuffling everything from classical jazz to death metal. "We're sponges, we just soak everything in," said trumpet player and founderTim McLaughlin, who describes the band's sound as "mind-alter ing electro funk jazz." As their new album receives finishing touches, one of the area's more eclectic k and promising young bands is setto play #\ back-to-back concerts beginning with an all-ages show 8:30 p.m. tonight at the WOW • Hall, opening for Boulder, Colo.,-based band The Motet. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 atthe door. Eleven Eyes will followthat performance with a show Friday at Luna, at 30 E. Broadway. The show starts at 9 p.m. and costs $7. McLaughlin originally assembled the band in 2002 for his senior trumpet recital atthe Universi ty. Hoping to show his professors the range of mu sic he'd been experimenting with outside of school, he composed music forturntables, horns, ■ In my opinion AMY LICHTY POP ROCKS Spring changes offer exciting opportunities BY AMY LICHTY SENIOR PULSE REPORTER From a new barista at Starbucks who doesn't make the coffee quite as good as the last one, to a new time slot for your favorite show, to dealing with the loss of a close loved one, change can be extremely difficult to deal with. At the same time, change can be incredi bly liberating and exciting, like quitting that job you hate, moving into a new apartment or cut ting your hair. No matter how you feel about it, change is essential in life. I've been growing out my hair for more than two years. At its longest point, it was about six inches from my tush, and I was always getting compliments about how long and pretty it was. LICHTY, page 12 drums. Gigs at local jazz clubs followed, along with a performance atthe Eugene Cele bration. The band never looked back. "It was just going to be a recital," said JD Monroe, who handles turntables and electronics forthe band. "It just kind of evolved from there." Along with McLaughlin and Mon roe, the current lineup includes Matt Calkins on saxophone, Mike Pardew on guitar, Steve Weems on drums and Dave Trenkel on bass and keys, b The band was barely togetherfor a year and had just gone through a pair of lineup changes when it released its first album, "Depth Perception," in the summer of 2003. McLaughlin said the band has toured relent lessly since then, allowing it MUSIC, page 11 I PULSEMUSIC PULSEMUSIC Queens of the Stone Age, "Lullabies to Paralyze": Having jettisoned what seemed to be vital group members, Queens of the Stone Age once again proves the durability of front man Josh Homme's musical direction with "Lullabies to Paralyze." The album keeps a so far solid year for rock chugging along and might end up being one of the better albums of the year. Opening with low-key, acoustic "This Lullaby," the album soon kicks into high gear with "Medication," laying down the hypnotic rhythms and mind-scrapping repetition that have defined the group since its stoner rock beginnings. Along with bassist Nick Oliveri, Homme also dumped the annoying faux radio announcements from the band's 2002 breakthrough LP, "Songs for the Death." Stripped of this, "Lullabies" sounds straight-forward and clean-cut compared to its predecessor, though the con sistency of the two albums is about the same. Both hold their share of extended tracks where the ceaseless repeti tion bores into the listener's skull rather unpleasantly. But like "Deaf," "Lullabies" more than offsets any deficits with a collection of simply solid songs. The lock-step groove of "Burn the Witch," the twistedly catchy rock of "Little Sister" and the almost offsetting slide guitar intro of "Tangled Up in Plaid" make the album more than worthwhile. So while QOTSA don't seem to be getting any better, they certainly haven't slipped from the high point they reached years ago. — Ryan Nyburg INSIDE PULSE Us Magazine's new book on Check out the latest The Wetlands Brew Pub offers Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston installment of Cat Baldwin's good food and drinks at fails to say anything new. "Heads up Penny." affordable prices. Thursday 80's Night John Henry's 10p.m.,$3 The smooth veneer of 80's Friday April Fool's day DJ dance party WOW Hall 8 p.m.,$10 Northwest DJs Saturday Taj Mahal McDonald Theatre 7 p.m.,$30 to$35 Contemporary blue Sunday Sting McArthur Court 7 p.m., $31.75 to $59.75 Pop rock TOP 5 MOVIES 1: "Guess Who” 2: "Miss Congeniality 2" 3: "The Ring Two" 4: "Robots" 5: "The Pacifer" NEWYORKTIMES BEST-SELLERS 1:Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, "The Broker" 2: James Patterson and Howard Roughan, "Honeymoon" 3: Dan Brown, "The Da Vinci Code" 4: John Grisham, "The Broker" 5: Danielle Steel, "Impossible" BILLBOARDTOP 5 1:50 Cent, "The Massacre" 2: Various Artists, "Now 18" 3: Jack Johnson, "In Between Dreams" 4: Green Day, "American Idiot" 5: The Game, "The Documentary"
