Nyburg: Consistency is often overrated
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through sheer force of will, bring to
the public's awareness great works
of art and entertainment that would
otherwise go unnoticed. Of course
this would be something akin to a sin
gle man knocking down the Pyramids
of Giza armed with nothing but a
spork and his own skull, i.e. not going
to happen in this lifetime, Charlie.
But I can still do my part. On that
note, I think I'll give a little rundown of
some of the music I have come
across that has, for whatever reason,
gone unmentioned in these pages
during my term of office, as well as a
few others that were mentioned but
ended up being about as popular as a
fart in a crowded elevator — unde
servedly so, in my opinion.
First off, let me make some amends
here by apologizing to the Secret Ma
chines, a New York City band whose
debut album, "Now Here is
Nowhere," was given a scathing re
view last summer by, well, me. I be
lieve the term "aural pain parade"
and accusations of intellectual prop
erty theft were bantered around, for
which I am sorry. Having given the al
bum a couple more spins later down
the road, I've decided it is not as
mindlessly boring as I first thought. In
fact, I rather enjoy it. So I recant my
earlier proclamations and now en
dorse this worthwhile effort.
Consistency is a load of bullcrap
anyway and not a worthwhile quality
when it concerns someone's
opinions. I'd rather be right than
consistent.
For something less embarrassing
to my sense of self, let us turn to my
new favorite band, the Mars Volta.
These Latin-tinged prog rockers have
given us two excellent albums,
"De-Loused in the Comatorium" and
"Frances the Mute," as well as a
smattering of EPs and live material.
Mars Volta is closest thing to a
modern day King Crimson, the real
thing excluded.
Here's a group all of you out there
can name-drop and sound cool when
no one knows who the hell you are
talking about: Seattle's The Purrs.
Spacey alt-country that doesn't make
you blanch. The Purrs' "No Particular
Bar, No Particular Town" EP has
been a recent favorite in the disco of
my mind. It is the tranced-out reinter
pretation of the Leaving Trains'
"Creeping Coastline of Lights" in par
ticular, what with the trance-inducing
organs and "Easy Rider" samples.
Here's one I've been hoping people
would pick up on, only to find myself
disappointed to no end. The Apple
seed Cast, a former emo band that
went all whacked-out-experimental
and then returned to make some of
the saddest pop music to ever come
out of Kansas, released "Two
Conversations" a couple of years
ago. Me and three other people in
town listened to it. I give copies of
this away as a cheap presentfor
any occasion.
Oh, while I'm at it, check out the
following local bands/performers:
Yeltsin, Mood Area 52, Eleven Eyes,
Botox, Tom Heinl, Cap Gun Suicide,
Ed Cole, the Sour Mash Hug Band,
The Ovulators and Scrambled Ape.
That should about do it for this week.
ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com
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