6A - Monday, November 12, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6A - Monday, November 12, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Cody Chesnutt's novelty wears off on new album s r co In droppe album piece in Io-fi im ing qua the albi the coc er," th. Americ was rec Seed," graphic rock 'n' Pitch chum, able re written the t of oulful artist release, offers this advice to Chesnutt: "... Cody, I have to say retreats into it, you are one misogynistic piece of shit. I get the feeling it's just nventionality a big joke to you, but I'd be lax in my liberal guilt if I didn't say By RAY MALO something about it. Grow up." DailyArts Writer Still, Masterpiece was widely celebrated as a wholly origi- 2002, Cody Chesnutt nal offering to the mostly d his ambitious double dull spectrum of turn-of-the- The Headphone Master- century soul and rock 'n' roll, our laps, treating us to 36 praise Chesnutt deserved. His aginings of wildly vary- was crude stuff, to be sure, but lity. Among its finest are the gimmick was compelling. um's most difficult tracks: Expectations for a sophomore ky "Look Good In Leath- release were high, perhaps e obnoxious "Boylife in too much so, yet Chesnutt was a" and biggest hit (once it largely absent in the decade that orded by the Roots) "The followed his debut. which presents a rather And so, when I begin to listen metaphor about birthing to full-length follow up Landing roll. on a Hundred, it was with a ten- afork writer Rob Mit- tative excitement. I have been in in an otherwise favor- Cody's corner from the begin- view ning, and I'm anxious to see at First seen on what 10 years seemingly out of ime the game have done to the man. the --the filter From the clarity of the opening guitar riff on*lead track "Till I Met Thee" to the bright horns and sweeping strings that intro- duce its first verse, it's imme- diately apparent that Hundred intends to be a more convention- al-sounding soul record than its four-track equipped predeces- sor. One constant, thankfully, is Chesnutt's silky smooth voice, which beams through much more clearly on the new record. A deeper listen suggests that Chesnutt has taken Mitchum's advice. The subject matter is more worldly and relatable this time around, and while Cody maintains his trademark swag- ger, he's content in the realm of confidence versus the arrogance of his debut. On standout track "I've Been Life," he takes the headstrong line, "Since my birth I've been the greatest / Attraction on the Earth" and applies it to his pride for the nations of the Afri- can continent. Over a "Crazy in Love"-style horn arrangement, the line, and the song, kill. Ultimately though, it's mostly unsatisfying to hear a conven- tional follow-up to one of the least conventional pop records of the last decade. The album is sonically pleas- ing from front to back, a trait I rarely have a problem with, but the beauty of Cody Chesnutt's previous work comes from its abrasiveness. Tracks like "Love is More Than a Wedding Day" indeed sound like the work of a wedding band. Even when Chesnutt takes a chance, especially on "Under the Spell of the Handout," a cabaret- style call and response number, it's far from thrilling. 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But once I actually got con played some songs from to the Magic Stick, it became his newest album, America, and clear that would not be the case then it was time for some more - Dan Deacon would never let audience friend-making. We that happen. were told to turn to the center of The show kicked off with the room and put our hands on "Bohemian Rhapsody" blaring the head of the people in front on the speakers, which served of us and close our eyes. I rested as a nice way to gauge approxi- my hands on unidentified slimy mately how drunk the crowd strings of hair in front of me, was. Deacon arrived on stage closing my eyes and becoming donned in a purple and orange particularly aware of the sweat sparkly hat, his semi-iconic drops beelining down my face. glasses and a metal box explod- Dan asked us to consider that ing with tangles of multicolored everything we do affects at least wires in his hands. one other person. Then the audience got in a massive circle encompassing the entire upstairs of the Magic * Participation Stick - all the way to the bar - and one person was designated took concert to run clockwise, high-fiving us all to "Guilford Avenue Bridge" to w nole from America. He pulled a per- son in, and that person pulled new level, a person in and so on, until the room was a cycling mass of frolicking bodies. I acciden- tally stepped on a girl's shoelace He began the show with a though, so "Guildford Avenue request: Raise your left hand, Bridge" will now always remind get down on your knees and me of the time I almost killed point. More specifically, point someone at a Dan Deacon con- at the rustiest, filthiest, carci- cert. nogenic-est nail on the ceiling But of course, this particular that you can find - the one most tour is for America, and though covered with dusty dead skin these dancing/sprinting/point- cells of past bands. This episode ing at nails exercises were fun of "I Spy" was just the warmup as hell, it wasn't until the end to a night of bizarre audience of the concert when things participation. really got American..Displayed After an unusual amount of on a giant screen behind Dea- talking time, Deacon kicked off con were images of the West, with "Of the Mountains" from of American flags spliced into his 2009 album, Bromst. Next, what looked like family pho- he delivered "The Crystal Cat," tos and the faces of President a hyperactive jam I expected Barack Obama and Mitt Rom- to come out as an encore. There ney zooming toward the audi- was a decent amount of hopping ence until it was just their eyes. around in the crowd, but Deacon, Dan played "True Thrush" apparently not satisfied, paused - his giddiest track off Ameri- the music and commanded the ca - then added one last group crowdto forma circle. activity for the night. Every- * He ordered a man in a mustard one who had a smartphone costume and a woman dressed as was instructed to open the a cat (Dan Deacon fans, man) to Dan Deacon app. All the lights get in the middle of the circle and in the room were shut off, and dance for 10 seconds, after which the phones began lighting up in they were to pick new people to different colors, their L.E.D.s join the circle, and so on. It was strobing and their speakers surprisingly not awkward to competing against the blaring watch at all, and I found myself live music. wanting to be dragged into the Before the last song, there circle even though minutes ear- was a delay due to technical dif- lier my movement had been lim- ficulties, so Dan killed time by ited to stiff shuffling. playing "Ohio," a demo he rare- Deacon cued an end to the ly performs live that was goofy dance circle, after which every- and strange, even for Dan Dea- one somehow knew to sponta- con. The set ended with Acts I, neously rush the center. The III and IV from "USA." To con- floors of the Magic Stick were tinue the theme of his tour, Dan practically bowing beneath our added at one point, "I don't care weight, and before I knew it who you voted for. I'm just glad S was amid a moshing frenzy, if you fucking did." But to call struggling to keep my glass- this concert patriotic wouldn't es from being accidentally be completely accurate. That elbowed into my eyeballs. night, Dan Deacon brought Deacon continued to slaugh- us together in the upstairs of ter our eardrums (in a good the Majestic - made us dance, way!) for a few more minutes, touch each other's heads and then decided to try a new exer- point at a nail together - and cise. The crowd was divided left partisanship off the dance in half. Each half was given a floor. leader (one - The original version of this of them Fitseen on article was published online on Dan's The Filter, the Daily Arts blog, on brother), -the filter Nov.10.