Pilate
      Gearing
      up
      to
      Get
      Down
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      Band
      Generally
      Better-Liked
      than
      Dude
      who
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Killed
      Jesus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Try
      talking
      about
      Pilate
      without
     
     
      referring
      to
      their
      influences.
      I
      can't,
     
     
      because
      it's
      three
      a.m.
      right
      now
     
     
      and
      I'm
      too
      lazy
      to
      attempt
      some-
     
     
      thing
      inventive,
      but
      just
      take
      a
      look
     
     
      at
      the
      wanted
      ad
      that
      frontman
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Todd
      Clark
      sent
      out
      to
      gif
      the
     
     
      started:
      “Needed:
      Bass
      alnver.
     
     
      Heavy
      influences:
      U2
      and
     
     
      Radiohead.'
      There's
      also
      the
      obvi-
     
     
      ous
      similarity
      between
      Clark's
     
     
      vocal
      style
      and
      Coldplay's
      Chris
     
     
      Martin-esque
      falsetto,
      a
      cheap
     
     
      comparison
      which
      most
      bands
      hate
     
     
      receiving,
      but
      hey,
      I'm
      an
      arsehole.
     
     
      Some
      of
      Clark's
      falsetto
      is
      likely
     
     
      due
      to
      his
      vocal
      training
      at
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Western
      Ontario,
      but
     
     
      the
      link
      between
      Pilate
      and
      their
     
     
      Brit-pop
      contemporaries
      can't
      be
     
     
      overlooked.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Not
      that
      this
      is
      a
      bad
      thing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pilate
      never
      really
      claimed
      to
      be
     
     
      breaking
      new
      ground,
      and
      the
      idea
     
     
      of
      bands
      taking
      from
      other
      bands
      —
     
     
      well,
      that's
      just
      how
      music
      works,
     
     
      isn't
      it?
      Nirvana
      ripped
      off
      the
     
     
      Pixies,
      and
      the
      Pixies
      did
      the
      same
     
     
      thing
      to
      the
      Stooges,
      who
      were
     
     
      basically
      a
      punk
      version
      of
      the
     
     
      Rolling
      Stones.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      band
      has
      a
      keen
      melodic
     
     
      grasp
      and
      a
      solid
      live
      show.
      Most
     
    
   
   
    
     
      know
      Pilate
      by
      their
      single
      "Into
     
     
      Your
      Hideout,"
      a
      song
      that
      was
     
     
      vital
      for
      their
      success.
      Chris
     
     
      Greenough's
      angular
      riff
      is
      central
     
     
      to
      the
      one
      song
      that
      gives
      Pilate's
     
     
      sound
      a
      nice
      schizophrenic
      quality
     
     
      —
      the
      remainder
      of
     
     
      their
      debut
      LP
     
     
      "Caught
      by
      the
     
     
      Window"
      is
      more
     
     
      indicative
      of
     
     
      Pilate's
      .
      sound,
     
     
      which
      has
      a
      struc-
     
     
      ture
      that
      relies
      on
     
     
      careful
      control
      of
     
     
      qlynamics.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Forming
      in
      1999,
      the
      band
      rode
      the
     
     
      success
      from
      their
      limited
      run
      of
     
     
      their
      basement-produced
      EP
      "All
     
     
      That's
      Given,
      Wasted"
      and
      got
     
     
      signed
      to
      Maple
      Music's
      independ-
     
     
      ent
      label
      as
      a
      result
      of
      their
      efforts.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pilate
      plays
      The
      Wave
      on
      Saturday
     
     
      October
      16th
      (wet/dry)
      with
     
     
      Nunavutian
      wunderkind
      BOY
     
     
      (who
      supposedly
      "grew
      up
      in
      an
     
     
      igloo
      made
      of
      ice
      from
      the
      river
     
     
      that
      provided
      for
      him”)
      and
      psych-
     
     
      pop
      band
      Memory
      Bank.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      it's
      that
      time
      of
      year
      again.
     
     
      No,
      I'm
      not
      speaking
      about
     
     
      midterms,
      or
      the
      nail-biting
      new
     
     
      season
      of
      The
      OC,
      I'm
      referring
      to
     
     
      the
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      Music
     
     
      Awards,
      or
      the
      PEIMA's
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Every
      year
      the
      island's
      cream
      of
      the
     
     
      crop
      battle
      it
      out
      for
      the
      prized
     
     
      Spuddies
      (as
      I've
      affectionately
     
     
      nicknamed
      them),
      and
      those
      select
     
     
      few
      who
      triumph
      are
      swept
      up
      in
      a
     
     
      whirlwind
      of
      press
      and
      glitter,
      and
     
     
      move
      towards
      greater
      things
      (or
      so
     
     
      I've
      heard).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      island
      music
      scene
      is
      a
      melt-
     
     
      ing-pot
      for
      many
      different
      styles
     
     
      and
      genres.
      Whether
      you
      play
      a
     
     
      guitar,
      a
      mandolin,
      or
      a
      fiddle,
      there
     
     
      is
      support
      for
      your
      art.
      Each
      year,
     
     
      new
      artists
      emerge
      and
      blossom
     
     
      onto
      the
      local
      scene,
      and
      thanks
      to
     
     
      establishments
      such
      as
      The
      Wave,
     
     
      Baba's
      Lounge
      and
      Brennan's,
     
     
      young
      bands
      can
      showcase
      their
     
     
      original
      songs
      to
      an
      enthusiastic
     
     
      audience.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nowhere
      is
      the
      island's
      talent
      more
     
     
      astutely
      evaluated
      than
      at
      the
     
     
      PEIMA's.
      Wait....
      no
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      process
      for
      choosing
      the
      nomi-
     
     
      nees
      for
      over
      75%
      of
      the
      awards
      is
     
     
      akin
      to
      that
      of
      a
      junior
      high
      student
     
     
      council
      election,
      whereby
      anyone
     
     
      who
      wants
      to
      can
      submit
      a
      voting
     
     
      form.
      Nevertheless,
      this
      all
      sounds
     
    
   
   
    
     
      OK.
      The
      people
      can
      make
      the
      right
     
    
   
   
    
     
      choice!
      This
      is
      an
      unbiased
      system,
     
     
      and
      democracy
      works
      dammit!
      I'm
     
     
      sure
      that
      many
      impartial
      people
      go
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      October
      12,
      2004
      page
      6UPEI
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      PEI
      MUSIC
      AWARDS:
      KEEPING
      GOOD
      MUSIC
      DOWN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      the
      trouble
      of
      tracking
      down
      vot-
     
     
      ing
      forms
      to
      vote
      for
      their
      favorites.
     
     
      Let's
      let
      last
      years
      results
      speak
      for
     
     
      themselves.
      I'm
      sure
      that
      the
      major-
     
     
      ity
      of
      us
      would
      have
      voted
      for
     
     
      Patricia
      Murray
      or
      Janet
      McGarry
     
     
      for
      female
      vocalist
      of
      the
      year,
      and
     
     
      Nathan
      Condon
      or
      Arnold
      and
      Judi
     
     
      Wagner
      in
      the
      best
      new
      artist
      cate-
     
     
      gory.
      Better
      yet,
      album
      of
      the
      year
      —
     
     
      obviously
      goes
      to
      the
      toe-tapping
     
     
      fiddling
      powerhouse
      "A
      Feeling
     
     
      Comes
      Over
      Me"
      by
      Nathan
     
     
      Condon.
      Also,
      any
      half-wit
      knows
     
     
      that
      Neil
      Matthews
      is
      the
     
     
      Entertainer
      of
      the
      Year.
      Nevermind
     
     
      Nathan
      Wiley
      or
      Eyes_
      for
     
     
      Telescopes,
      those
      guys
      are
      all
     
     
      hacks.
      Hacks!
      The
      sad
      truth
      is
      that
     
     
      unless
      you
      frequent
      traditional
     
     
      music
      shows,
      or
      the
      town
      ceilidh,
     
     
      you
      will
      not
      have
      even
      heard
      of
      the
     
     
      majority
      of
      the
      nominees
      from
      last
     
     
      year’s
      awards
      gala.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Every
      year
      I
      hear
      another
      story
      of
     
     
      groups
      and
      artists
      assimilating
     
     
      mass
      amounts
      of
      forms
      from
      their
     
     
      relatives
      and
      their
      relative's
      friends
     
     
      and
      their
      friends'
      relatives
      and
      their
     
     
      friends'
      friends'
      relatives
      in
      hopes
     
     
      of
      taking
      home
      their
      share
      of
     
     
      Spuddies.
      I
      think
      next
      year
      I'm
     
     
      going
      to
      record
      myself
      banging
      on
     
     
      a
      trash
      can
      for
      30
      minutes,
      and
      then
     
     
      get
      200
      people
      to
      vote
      for
      me
      for
     
     
      every
      award.
      I
      probably
      won't
      win
     
     
      but
      at
      least
      they'll
      read
      "Andy
     
     
      bangs
      can"
      over
      and
      over
      at
      the
     
     
      awards
      ceremony.
      Then
      again,
      if
     
     
      my
      pals
      pay
      $10
      to
      join
      the
      PEIMA
      |
     
     
      Association
      and
      vote
      for
      me,
      I
     
     
      COULD
      win.
      That
      way
      I
      can
      put
      .
     
     
      PEIMA
      award
      winner
      on
      all
      my
     
     
      albums
      to
      come.
      Democracy
      has
     
     
      never
      sounded
      so
      sweet.