ARTS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 7 ----I HATE THE DELGADOS MANTRA By Andrew Jovanowski For the Daily While their 1997 debut, Domes- tiques, found the Delgados sound- ing like the Pixies, each album since has been a gradual shift away from soft-loud/stop-start indie rock to this intelligent pop master- piece. Hate fully realizes the Del- gados' potential adumbrated in 2000's Mercury Music Prize-nomi- nated The Great Eastern. The band sounds less like the Pixies and more like the lovechild of post- rockers Mogwai and Sigur R6s or Vonnegut if he were a bubblegum pop band lyricist. They make black-humored self-hatred stylish, fun and thought provoking. With songs "C h i 1 d ~ Killers" and "The Drown- ing Years," one might expect Hate to be an exer- cise in hatred and depres- despite its gloomy sub- ject matter, the overall feel of the album is almost uplifting, albeit disquiet- ingly. Much like the Kinks' Muswell Hillbillies, Hate com- bines satire with great musical tal- ent to present the troubled nature of our everyday world. The band succeeds in mollifying lugubrious songs with orchestral sweeps and enough infectious choruses and hooks to get them stuck in your head - but all without diluting their meaning. Hate sweeps gracefully from lullaby voices and beautiful orchestration to cacophonous dis- tortions and back again. On "If This Is a Plan" and "Favours" especially, the harmony of these disparate elements effectively highlights the simultaneous pleas- ure invoked by the perfect unity of rock and classical instruments and pain and self-loathing conjured up by the scintillating lyrics. The production of Dave Frid- mann (The Flaming Lips, Mog- wai) may seem, at times, a bit heavy-handed or over-orchestrat- ed. It is almost as if he tried too hard to fit the Delgados into his production scheme and thereby stifled the band's songwriting. But, as rumor has it, the band brought an cssentially complete album to Fridmann, who just pro- vided an outside ear and a little touch-up work. Regardless, songwriting has always been a strength of the Del- gados. Alun Woodward's slightly coarse voice sometimes seems out of place in the majesty of the music, yet he can still write amus- ing, frightening songs. His "All You Need Is Hate" perverts "All You Need Is Love" into three minutes of efferves- cently mor- dant pop goodness. Whereas Woodward's voice is wry and rough, co-vocalist Emma Pol- lock's is more poetic and melliflu- ous, but can be equally sardonic. "Woke from Dreaming" is delectable melancholic poesy, gracefully adorned with choir, subdued strings and piano. An album of contradictions, Hate is meant to provoke thought. Even though the songs are deliv- ered poppily enough to get stuck in your head, their dark social commentary will give you some- thing to think about long after the album has ended. The Delgados almost make the perfect pop record: Despite some arguable over production, Hate is virtually destitute of any trace of manufac- ture and fun to listen to, yet full of meaningful songs whose value appreciates with each listen. RATING: * * * * SHORT TAKES CROOKED FINGERS RED DiIL DAWN MERG~ E oRDs Eric Bachmann's throaty, infectious vocals and archaic guitar work with mid-90s indie icons Archers of Loaf has gone mostly overlooked since the band broke up, but his post- Archers solo project, Crooked Fingers, has garnered a fair amount of praise. Bachmann now employs mostly acoustic instruments, layering his alco- holic folk tunes with plucked guitars, violins and banjos. Red Devil Dawn remedies the homo-. geneous tempos and arrange- ments that plagued his previous release. The arrival of horns and nandolins spices up the mix, and Bachmann turns in his best lyrical performance yet, all sung through a Waits-ian, early-AM murmur. Slum-folk. *** -Andrew M Gaerig By Sarah Peterson Daily Arts Writer When people think of art, they typi- cally think of paint on canvas, or sculptured stone; and similarly, when people think of technology, they think of impersonal machines. Both genres have a strict stereotype surrounding them. Entity, the Ann Arbor Computer Artist coalition, howev- itself to the conference's incredible success. Over the years, immedia has attracted speakers and artists from over 30 different countries. Also, the event has gained support from such digital media companies as SGI, Apple Computers and NIQ. Trying to picture what technologi- cal art consists of might be slightly tough, but looking at groups that have er, has a completely dif- M n = Arts, technology unite in new exhibition *ferent view. This Friday, the 8th IMMED annual conference and A exhibition of digital and At the M electronic art, otherwise Opens Frid known as immedia2003, 31. Run will open at the MediaFr Union. The conference En will highlight the blend- ing of art and technology. It will pres- ent "the sense of the power of the relationship between human beings and the electronic world, proving time and time again that the line drawn between technology and art is increas- ingly blurred." Immedia2003 is a completely stu- dent-run event. This fact only lends IA2003 edia Union day, January ns through uary 8. ntity come to this event before might shed some light. For instance, last year one of the featured artists was a group by the name of Fortune Cookie Dreams. This group adapted Frank Zappa's classic album Joe's Garage into a with performances, there were many exhibits that embodied the beautiful mix between art and technology that is immedia. This year highlights of the event include the Midwest Product perform- ance, the Kit Clayton lecture and installations and electronic music. In the words of Jean Tomaro, curator of the event, "immedia is evocative and interactive, an art exhibition that the viewer can actually participate in. There's something for everyone." This year, the group is expecting around 1,500 people for opening night, which is an increase over last year's attendance. As Tomaro makes sure to point out, the show would never have come together, though, if not for the hard work of a certain group of dedicated students. Friday promises to be a unique mar- riage between art and circuitry. In one place, students, and local and world artists will get together to showcase their creativity. Tomaro looks forward, saying, "Opening night will be a reflection of the outstanding art show- cased in the exhibition; intelligent, exciting and tons of fun." media melt style that combined modern dance, video, ani- mation and theatre to create a new and innovative performance. Golan Levin, a digital artist/performer, composed and presented the Dialtones Telesym- phony, which was a concert made up completely of the sounds of the chore- ographed ringing of the audience members' cell phones. Also, along NBC movie portrays other side of 'War' By Douglas Wernert Daily Arts Writer War is hell. There's just no other phrase for it. In Uzbekistan, where civil war has broken out and one side has al-Qaida backing them, the situation can get worse. "War Stories," an NBC movie event, follows around four journalists in their search for the "big story," and the subsequent events shed new light into the atmosphere of a country in conflict and the horrors that Lombard) is a fine secondary character who will do anything to get an exclusive interview or a lead story. A trip to a refugee camp reveals the hopeless- ness and despair of the people forced to live in a war-torn country. When the camp is unintentional- ly blown up by U.S. troops the next day, Ben and Nora find themselves with a breaking story. Pho- tographs Nora took show the possibility of tanks are just a part of life for anyone sur- rounded by war. The story revolves around Ben and Nora, a newly formed journalist-pho- tographer team who are sent from their respective newspapers to find out more about the militant Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. This group, with the supportt around the camp, which suggest that the IMU used the refugees as a human shield. The resulting conse- quences for Ben and Nora include questioning, kidnapping and the ter- rible aftermath of an ambush. The duo show the nerves of steel required to even step foot in a warzone, let alone stand in the line of fire. courtesy of NBC WAR STORIES Tonight at 8 p.m. NBC Faster, faster, must go faster. of al-Qaida, is trying to overthrow the government with the claim of government oppression. Ben (Jeff Goldblum) is a fearless, experienced, hard-working writer who is fully aware of the task at hand. Nora (Lake Bell) is a nerv- ous photographer who wants to learn why al-Qaida took the life of her sister on Sept. 11. The other jour- nalists in the area all vie for the same stories and enjoy the companionship of one another. Gayle (Louise The movie is extremely well-done. At the beginning, a tremendous collage of images of our times sets the tone and provides a nice lead- in for the following drama. Goldblum and Bell gen- erate genuine interest with quality performances and reactions. The script, with references to the chaos of Sept. 11 is thought-provoking and smooth. The plot does take an improbable and over-drama- tized turn near the end, but the raw elements of the show and the emotion one takes from this more than make up for it. "War Stories" stares its topic right in the face, and presents the cold, brutal, sometimes extreme truth. 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