NOVEMBER 19, 2003 Double the power of your degree Work in the Global Village Project Management a 12-month post-graduate certificate. program in international development at Humber College Now you can study.for employment inthe growing field of International Development: Learn applied skills for writing international project proposals, cross-cultural communications, managing resources for overseas international development, and more. The program includes an 8-week field placement or applied research project which may be completed overseas or in North America. Call (416) 675-6622, ext 3226, . or e-mail pat.meek@humber.ca HUMBER The Business School www.bustiness.humber.cta >> Revis Places for Breathing 2003 Epic/Sony Revis is a new act recently signed to Sony’s Epic Label. The group had been together for a long time in their home town of Carbondale, Illinois, and were a -local legend. However, the band decided to give up local fame, and take the plunge and move West in the hopes of making it big. Of course, no one makes it big overnight, so Revis had to take a look at their material and evolve their sound in order to get noticed. Unfortunately, it seems that in order to, get. noticed, one has..to play the sort of generic crap’ that the record labels are already sell- ing. “Places for Breathing” is a good effort for a debut album. The music is well played, the vocals are sung on key, and all members in. the band are playing the same ‘song at the same time. Each song is a separate entity, with features specific to only that song, but there is nothing to make this album stand out above the rest. You can hear this same style of music on the radio everyday already. Revis may have changed their style to get noticed by the record executives, but their debut offers nothing new to attract the attention of an indifferent public. ki - Trevor >> The Coral Magic and Medicine 2003 Deltasonic British music that makes its way to North America is general- ly quite good. It would have to be, otherwise, no one would ever agree to pay the ridiculous amounts of money required to ship CDs from the UK. The Coral, one of the most recent bands to join the import list, are no excep- SR tion. Their debut album “Magic and Medicine” is completely unlike anything to be found amongst contemporary North American releases. The Coral has made the attempt to produce “music that they like to make, and the result is something that is orig- inal and entertaining, all at the same time. “Magic and Medicine” is one of the most retro albums that anyone is likely to have the pleasure of experiencing this year. There is a prevalent sixties/severities sound throughout the album, which is consistent across the different musical styles that the band has chosen to showcase. The songs range from organ-infused love ballads, to old-school country tunes. All of the multitude of dif- ferent instruments utilized on this album are well played, the melodies are interesting, and the vocals are incredible. The decision to use outdated equipment, like organs, gives an authentic feel to the album. “Magic and Medicine” is proof that a band doesn’t need outdated recording equipment to sound. retro, >> Gob Foot in Mouth Disease Nettwerk 2003 “Foot in Mouth Disease” is Gob’s fifth full-length release to date, and it demonstrates a huge difference between the band that Gob was and the band that Gob has become. Gone is the rough, angsty sound that characterized Gob’s earlier work. Instead, we have the polished. well-produced compilation that is “Foot in Mouth Disease”. Gob’s latest album has a dis- tinct pop sound to it that was not evident in days of yore. Whether this is good or bad can be left to fans to decide. The album is good for what it is, a fun pop-punk romp full of catchy guitar riffs and catch-phrase lyrics, but there will always be the malcontents who long for the good old days, when punk music was enjoyed by a select few. while Gob’s roots as a hard-hitting high-energy act are still noticeable, their latest release is a lot softer than their earlier works. If you want a good exam- ple of modern punk that the Sicnats To Nose 12 masses will enjoy; “Foot in Mouth Disease” is quite a bit better than most of the “punk” bands that Much Music is, trying to sell to the public. KKK -Dana >> Sugakane Year Zero Indie 2002 Sugakane is an independent Alberta band that formed in 2001, and spent the next year working on their debut, “Year Zero”. The band has since had the opportuni- ty to tour extensively, appearing with acts like vara W. K,, Wide Bachman. All’ this “tOuTInE? x has given the boys of Sugakane plen- ty of time to. practice their craft, and it shows. f “Year Zero” is a well-polished, solid effort that is not characteris- tic of most debut albums. Guitars are well played, and the vocals are harmonious. This is not your usual thrown together in a base- ment independent release. The rapidly advancing technology field is now making it possible for bands to skip signing their souls to record companies in return for . fame. While “Year Zero” is an impres- sive effort for an independent band, the creative level on this CD is a little bit low. There are not a lot of difference between Sugakane, and say, the fifty mil- lion other guitar-based bands that receive acclaims today. The fact that Nickelback seems to spend a lot of their spare time looking for sound-alike bands seems to have had an effect on the sort of mater- ial Sugakane chose to include on this album. It is rather unfortu- nate, because Sugakane seems to have the potential to be so much more than just another mass-pro- duced cash cow for some record company somewhere. ke - Quinn