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Jucifer album
shows ferocity
Amber Valentine sings for emo duo. photo special to the gamecock
Power evident
in release from
emo rock band
BY WILLIAM MILLS
THK GAMECOCK
One of the East Coast’s newest
rock duos is revolutionizing
emotiorial rock. Athens, Ga., na
tives Jucifer are reducing their
peers to drivel. The ferocity and
simplicity of its music, embod
ied in its latest release, “The
Lambs” EP, indicates the band
would give spectacular live per
formances. Jucifer, with its er
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lead singer’s shrieks, is visually
active as well as musically pow
erful.
Though the group still seems
to be searching for its sound, it
might have stumbled upon some
thing good. The spastic drum
beats and distortion blend in an
awkward yet appealing way, and
the fluctuating vocals of Amber
Valentine conjure up images of
Courtney Love and L7. Valentine
is the vocalist and guitarist, and
Edgar Livengood, her boyfriend,
plays drums. Jucifer’s 2000 de
but album, “Calling All Cars On
The Vegas Strip,” is quite differ
ent from “The Lambs.” The use
of violin, horns and hip-hop style
scratch techniques give the first
album an eclectic feel. Since
then, Jucifer’s style modification
has led it down the road of dis
tortion and screams. At times,
however, melodic vocals spring
up, and a piano can be heard in
the first track, “Lambs.”
Throughout the album, Amber
frequently brings her voice to a
beautiful whisper to contrast
with her hardcore yells.
If ever there were a true fe
male figure in rock ‘n’ roll,
Amber Valentine is it. She takes
on the same role as Jack White
of the White Stripes, another ris
ing rock duo (though he
wouldn’t look half as good in a
skirt!). Amber has the look, the
power. She is hardcore to the
max, and she even has the word
rock written across her knuck
les. Her power-chord serenade is
fueled by an intricate multi
amp/cabinet setup that allows
her guitar work to be almost
deafening.
This powerful duo needs a
good opening act, and no one in
town rocks better than locals
Rockefeller Horsecollar. It was
the opening act for The Strokes a
few months ago and set an awe
some mood for the entire show.
Friday night should be no differ
ent. If rocking out were a pre
requisite at USC, we would all be
required to attend this concert.
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CALENDAR
Friday
January 18
EDGEWISE: Free. 10 p.m.
Sundance Grill, 902 Gervais St.
EKOOSTIK HOOKAH: The Cock
Pit, 805 Harden St.
“JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE
BACK”: Free. 8 p.m. RH Theater.
Saturday
January 19
FSU WITH GROUNDED ZERO,
ZERO BLANK 56: $6.7 p.m.
Uncle Doctor’s, 1734 Mobile
Ave.
Burns Out Bright with Dade
County Resistance, Last 2
Know. Early show at 6 p.m.
Fling with Page 3. Late show at
11p.m.
New Brookland Tavern, 122
State St.
BLUE DOGS: Sundance Grill,
902 Gervais St.
Sunday
January 20
CAPTAIN EASY: Jillian’s, 800
Gervais St.
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA OF
LONDON: $30 adult, $28 student.
7:30 p.m. Roger Center for the
Arts.
Cello
String project gives
universities $10,000
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instrument of their choice plus a
secondary string instrument. In
addition to their regular music
education courses, they take
pedagogical methods and
technique course. Their training
as teachers extends to recruiting
students, writing lesson plans,
giving report cards and keeping
records.
Each university hosting a
string project is granted $10,000.
This money is then matched by
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the host university and used to
hire a master teacher and pay for
assistantships.
Balfe, a native of Sunnydale,
Calif., studied at the New
England Conservatory and also
under Larry Lester and Irene
Sharp. In 2000, she won the
Grand Prize at the ASTA’s
National Competition. Other
awards credited to Balfe include
the International Cassado Cello
Competition, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic’s Bronislaw Kaper
Young Artist’s Competition, the
Pacific Musical Society
Competition and the Vamos
Competition.
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