Volume 124 Issue 69
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STAGE PRESENCE // HONEST COWBOY > Feel free to swoon.
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Contributed photo Musical Maturity: Honoo Cowboy's five members' individual musical backgrounds diversify the group, enriching its sound.
Honest Cowboy, a five-piece band from Kansas City, Mo., produces music with intricate orchestration and complex, eclectic lyricism. Each member has a unique musical history, which shows through the band's diverse sound.
"Honest Cowboy is indie rock and roll, and our sound comes from a youthful foundation in pursuit of musical maturity," says Jordan Thompson, vocalist and guitarist. This young
group has been making music together for a year and a half now and they find their influences from bands like Bon Iver, Arcade Fire and Thrice.
Currently, Honest Cowboy is writing and recording its first full-length album. So far, they've recorded at Surmount Studios in Lee's Summit, Mo., All Out Studios in Independence, Mo, and will be recording more tracks in Topeka at Rundown Studios, says Isak Anderson, backup vocalist and keyboardist.
The band is excited to release new music and Tyre Brown, bassist, says he believes they've "only just scratched the surface of each of our abilities."
Honest Cowboy is releasing its new full-length record, Motives, in early spring of 2012. For more information on the band and their upcoming shows, visit HonestCowboy. bandcamp.com.
DREW WILLE
MUSIC REVIEW // WAR ON DRUGS
>Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything in between
>Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything in between.
At one point during the War on Drugs show at the Jackpot on Nov. 1, my cohort and I excused ourselves to grab a breath of fresh air outside. After about 15 minutes, we reentered to find the front of house packed as four dudes from Pennsylvania started to set up. This story might be symbolic of Lawrence's reception to Philadelphia's War on Drugs, whose newest album, Slave Ambient, has been sending waves through indie record stores and music blogs. After several years as a musical entity, the group, led by singer and guitarist Adam Granduciel, has released a coherent, comprehensive record that captures his band's sound-dense yet shimmery, washing over the listener like a tide coming in.
The most important thing about Slave Ambient is that the band knows what its doing. The sound is thick, layered and atmospheric. What makes the music impressive is that there's a clear goal in mind. The songs have beginnings and ends; as easy as it would be for the band to jam on these tracks for all time, drummer Steven Urgo keeps things
grounded. This gives the songs the power of brevity.
It's a sound that fits the four-piece well. When performed live, songs come and go like bursts of static over a radio. The band members often swap instruments, moving between various 6 and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, organs and horns. Despite the variety of sounds, the band is out to explore, every song successfully sounds like a War on Drugs song.
BEN CHIPMAN
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SCENE AND HEARD // DISC GOLF COURSES
> New places, new faces.
There are two public disc golf courses in Lawrence and they have at least one thing in common: they're free.
Centennial park, located at 6th and Rockledge, and River Front park, located at the intersection of North 2nd and Highway 24, both feature 18-hole disc golf courses. Disc golf is the counter-culture alternative to golf, the sport that, because of the expenses associated with it, is inaccessible for many college students." It's the perfect sport for college students," says Lawrence resident James Jerde. Jerde has been playing disc golf for 10 years, and says he's been lucky enough to play many of the courses in Kansas. "Centennial is a great course," he says.
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The object of the game is to get your disc in the basket in as few throws as possible. It's a leisure sport that can be played alone or with others. And as with golf, part of the appeal comes from being able to spend time outdoors in scenic areas.
Of the the 3,000 courses listed in the United States, 87 percent have no walk-on fees, according to dgcourseviewcom. The only expense in disc golf, for the most part, is buying
discs. In Lawrence, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike has the widest selection. The price varies depending on the disc, but a beginners set of Innova discs, which includes a driver, a mid range disc, and a putting disc for close range shots lists at $23.
Xavier Garcia, an alumnus, began playing at Centennial park his freshman year. "Disc golf is great because it's so leisurely, and it's a lot less stressful than regular golf," he says. "It's fun to go out and just toss the disc around, and to just be out on the course."
Free Flying: Local disc golf courses give the Lawrence community a free place to play.
JEFF KARR
Stoops, to former South Florida coach Jim Leavitt — the list of candidates doesn't stop at Leach. And it certainly does not stop at the three aforementioned coaches.
Mike Leach was the best coach available this off-season, and for whatever reason it didn't work out. However, the opportunity to hire a coach Leach's ability without any of his baggage could be considered a victory. But as Kansas football fans now know all too well, games are won in the fall, not in press conferences in December.
It was rumored that Zenger had been setting up interviews earlier this week. It has been confirmed that on Wednesday he was not in Lawrence, said associate athletics director Jim Marchiony, and possibly out interviewing the candidates who remain on his wish list. With Zenger's background as a coach and his track record of hiring a football coach at Illinois State, combined with the bounty of good candidates still available, KU fans should not worry about who Zenger chooses for next season.
- Edited by Mandy Matney