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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.
Steve Kimock Band,
Harmony Grove
The Elbow Room
October 24
9 p.m.
$15,18+
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