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February
2004
Arts
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Entertainment
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Music
Reviews
byiNathan
Kelly
Arrrr
Matey
Coheed
and
Cambria
In
Keeping
Secrets
of
Silent
Earth:
3
Equal
Vision
Records
Coheed
and
Cambria
play
a
type
of
music
that
is
extremely
hard
to
categorize;
they,
along
with
the
Mars
Volta,
are
the
spearhead
of
a
new
musical
genre:
prog-punk.
The
band
is
extremely
talented
with
their
respective
instruments
and
play
compositions
that
are
by
turn
complex,
ferocious,
experimental
and
beautiful.
This
is
an
album
that
feels
like
an
epic,
each
song
is
filled
with
musical
twists
and
turns
that
make
the
listener
marvel
at
the
creative
minds
at
work
in
the
band.
The
amazing
thing
is
that
none
of
the
twists
feel
forced
or
contrived;
they
all
fit
very
nicely
into
the
structure
of
the
songs.
Guitarist
and
front
man,
Claudio
Sanchez,
uses
his
lyrics
to
weave
an
incredibly
intricate
story
of
love,
war
and
re-birth,
most
of
which
I
didn't
understand
at
all.
But
that's
the
beauty
of
this
album;
with
each
listen,
a
new
layer
in
the
music
or
lyrics
is
revealed.
This
is
music
that
is
truly
on
the
cutting
edge,
and
if
you
consider
yourself
a
music
fan,
I
cannot
recommend
this
album
enough.
Rating:
55
If
you
like
this
try:
The
Mars
Volta
De-loused
in
the
Comatorium
-
-
Universal
Music
The
Desert
Sessions
Volume
9&
10
Ipecac
Recordings
I
dare
you
to
listen
to
the
Desert
Sessions
Volume
9
&
10
and
not
find
a
song
that
you
like.
The
songs
range
from
the
heaviest
of
metal
(Covered
in
Punk's
Blood)
to
goofy
campfire
sing-a-longs
(Shepard's
Pie),
from
creepy
proto-grunge
love
songs
(Dead
in
Love)
to
stoner
rock
anthems
(In
My
Head
,
,
,
or
Something),
Joshua
Homme
(Queens
of
the
Stone
Age,
Kyuss,
The
Eagles
of
Death
Metal,
Mondo
Generator)
once
again
leads
an
ensemble
musical
cast
through
a
rock
and
roll
version
of
"Who's
Line
is
it
Anyway."
That
is
not
to
say
that
some
unfunny,
balding,
fat
guy
behind
a
desk
harasses
them,
but
rather
that
all
of
the
music
on
this
CD
was
improvised
and
made-up
on
the
spot.
This
makes
the
songs
on
this
album
even
more
amazing
as
they
were
all
written
and
recorded
in
14
days
at
a
recording
studio
out
in
the
middle
of
the
desert.
CD:
It's
the
piratey
scale
of
CD
gooditude:
5-
Better
than
finding
out
Clay
Aiken
is
your
new
cabin
boy,
if
you
catch
my
drift-wood
4-
Yo
Ho
Ho
and
a
bottle
of
Rum!
3-
Yo
Ho
Ho!
2-
Worse
than
that
nasty
itch
you
caught
last
time
you
were
at
port
1-
Worse
than
finding
out
your
peg
leg
used
to
be
Rosie
O'Donnell's
special
friend
on
lonely
nights
Kevfucious
say:
Man
who
stand
on
toilet
high
on
pot.
It
is
hard
to
find
words
to
describe
the
best
songs
on
the
Wanna
Make
It
Wit
Chu
is
possibly
the
catchiest
tune
I
have
ever
heard
in
my
life.
It's
like
syphilis
but
for
your
ears
not
your
groin,
Powdered
Wig
Machine
can
best
be
described
as
evil-German-techno-disco
but
in
a
good
way,
and
Crawl
Home
has
some
of
the
best
back
and
forth
vocals
in
recent
memory
(provided
by
Mr.
J
Ho
and
the
lovely
P.J.
Harvey)
and
a
throbbing
baseline
that
just
won't
quit.
Homme
has
managed
to
assemble
an
impressive
list
of
collaborators
that
includes
the
aforementioned
Harvey,
Twiggy
Ramirez
(Marilyn
Manson),
Josh
Freeze
(A
Perfect
Circle),
Troy
Van
Leeuwen
(Queens
of
the
Stone
Age,
A
Perfect
Circle,
Zwan),
Chris
Goss
(Masters
of
Reality)
and
many
more
talented
individuals.
Not
every
song
is
perfect,
There
Will
Never
Be
a
Better
Time
features
Harvey
wailing
the
title
over
and
over
again
to
acoustic
guitar,
but
what
CD
these
days
offers
you
12
great
songs
out
of
14?
Not
many.
And
12
good
songs
out
of
14
is
a
hell
of
a
lot
better
than
3
out
of
11
(I'm
looking
at
you
Metallica).
This
album
makes
me
hope
that
more
people
get
stranded
out
in
the
blistering
heat
of
the
desert.
Rating:
45
If
you
like
this
try:
Queens
of
the
Stone
Age
Rated
R
Interscope
Records