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CD REVIEW Incubus exudes cosmic vibe MORNING VIEW Incubus Released Tuesday, Oct. 23 ★★★★ out of BY WILLIAM MILLS THE GAMECOCK Incubus has gone far beyond its metal beginnings. Grouping it anywhere near bands such as Staind or Crazy Town would be doing the band a great injustice. Incubus has once again proven it’s possible to break free of stereotypes with its new album, Morning View. The album’s calming, tranquil cover encompasses everything about it Released Tuesday, Morning View reaffirms that the band are Zen-like masters of cosmic rock. The feeling of floating in space that surrounded its last release, Make Yourself, is mirrored in Morning View. Columbia was given a taste of Incubus’ unique rock style last month at the annual Fall Out festival. Songs such as the album’s first “Nice to Know You,” make your mind run wild with images of the cosmos. Lines such as, “Better than witnessing newborn Nebulas in bloom” express this cosmic outlook. The use of eclectic instruments augments the album’s spacey feel. Although the band is a regular rock foursome with a DJ on the turntables, it brought in various stringed instruments on this album to add to the affect. Violins, violas and a cello are used in “Mexico,” a song that shows the band’s willingness to experiment and grow outside the bounds of average rock. These stringed instruments create an Asian sound on the last track, “Aqueous Transmission.” The strings act as a medium through which listeners may contact a higher plain as they drift in the depths of outer space. All of the instruments used on the album fall in line with the lead singer. Using his powerful voice, Brandon Boyd is the Pied Piper, leading the band to fame. Boyd often treats his voice as if it were an instrument as easily manipulated as a bass guitar. His voice fluctuates as if he were reading a poem, the lyrics of which are so descriptive, one line can set the mood for an entire song. In the title track, Boyd sings “I dig my toes into the sand.” These simple words immediately conjure up images of the beach. The band seems to hold nothing back with its imagery. Incubus’ earlier albums inaugurated it into the metal arena. But, with each new release, the band moves closer to a genre all its own, a region only Buddha himself has known until now. For concert information, check out Incubus at www.enjoyincubus.com. Get to know underrated guitarist BY AUBREY FOGLE THE GAMECOCK Steve Kimock is regarded as one of the finest guitar players in the nation, an improvisational master and one of the greatest un derground musicians of all time. Never heard of him? He’s been called “quite possi bly, one of the hottest improv gui tar players to hold supremacy on the stages where he plays” by the Cu-Denver Advocate. He’s been praised in a similar manner by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Reno Gazette Journal, the Boston Globe, the Pacific Sun, The Denver Post, The Times, the Anchorage Press, and Relix Magazine. Guitar Player Magazine also dubbed him the “unknown great guitar player” of the late 1980s, and Jerry Garcia has called him his “favorite unknown guitar player.” He’s won the respect of all of his peers, and critics all over can’t help but praise him. Still not ring ing any bells? He’s also played in bands such as Ghost with former Grateful Dead members Keith and Donna Godchaux, as well as The Other Ones with all the surviving Grateful Dead members, taking Garcia’s place on lead guitar, and Zero and KVHW, Kimock’s pet projects. As Neil Baron of the Reno Gazette Journal said, “Guitarist Steve Kimock has played with some of the world’s greatest bands the past 25 years.” He’s the hidden piece in musi cal history. He’s jammed every where and he’s jammed with everybody, and now it’s your chance to see him. He’s touring the country with former Santana Band drummer Rodney Holmes, former Hermanators lead singer and gui tarist Mitch Stein, and bassist Richard Hammond. Says Kimock: “You know, I’ve played with many different line ups, all of which I love. But this most recent incarnation of this thing in our continuing quest to make it really happen is really, re ally, very happening.” The Steve Kimock Band will play at the Elbow Room tonight at 10. Harmony Grove will play an opening set on the back deck at 9 p.m. Copies of the band’s newest CD, Live on the West Coast, will be available. For more information about the band, visit www.kimock.com. 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