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      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      December
      2008
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CAMPUS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PANTHER
      POST
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Roberts
      sets
      end-of-semester
      pub
      aflame
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Musician
      Sam
      Roberts
      sat
      down
      with
      entertainment
      reporter
      Whitney
      Bysterveldt
      to
     
     
      talk
      about
      his
      new
      record
      and
      the
      state
      of
      music
      today
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Whitney
      Bysterveldt
     
     
      Panther
      Post
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sam
      Roberts
      and
      company
     
     
      rebound
      from
      the
      sombre
     
     
      tone
      of
      Chemical
      City
      to
      pay
     
     
      homage
      to
      the
      roots
      of
      rock
     
     
      and
      roll
      with
      their
      fourth
      full
     
     
      length
      album
      Love
      At
      the
     
     
      End
      of
      the
      World.
      A
      throw-
     
     
      back
      to
      the
      simplicity
      in-
     
     
      herent
      of
      rhythm
      and
      blues,
     
     
      Roberts
      reaffirms
      his
      place
     
     
      in
      the
      upper
      echelons
      of
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      music
      industry.
      A
     
     
      strange
      juxtaposition
      con-
     
     
      sidering
      the
      major
      theme
      of
     
     
      this
      latest
      album
      is
      a
      critical
     
     
      contrast
      to
      the
      very
      industry
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      Sam
      Roberts
      band
      pre-
     
     
      vails
      in.
     
    

    
     
      The
      first
      single
      “Them
     
     
      Kids”
      presents
      that
      resis-
     
     
      tance
      with
      a
      catchy
      critique
      of
     
     
      the
      modern
      age
      taking
      shots
     
     
      at
      youth
      culture,
      technology
     
     
      and
      the
      ostentatious
      clout
      of
     
     
      the
      music
      industry.
      The
      self-
     
     
      proclaimed
      “keepers
      of
      the
     
     
      backbeat”
      voice
      their
      refusal
     
     
      to
      reconcile
      their
      music
      style
     
     
      with
      the
      modern
      industry’s
     
     
      expectations.
     
    

    
     
      “IT
      can’t
      sell
      my
      songs
      so
     
     
      I’m
      gonna
      have
      to
      give
      ‘em
     
     
      away”
      says
      everything.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      Roberts
      was
      only
     
     
      asked
      to
      have
      a
      few
      words
     
     
      with
      the
      Post
      he
      proved
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      have
      a
      wealth
      of
      them
      to
      im-
     
     
      part
      when
      questioned
      about
     
     
      his
      new
      album:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      the
      first
      single
      being
     
     
      “Them
      Kids”
      you
      made
     
     
      your
      frustration
      with
      the
     
     
      nature
      of
      today’s
      music
      ob-
     
     
      vious.
      What
      do
      you
      think
     
     
      is
      the
      problem
      with
      mod-
     
     
      ern
      music
      if
      any?
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      just
      a
      raw
      outpouring
     
     
      of
      emotion.
      Trying
      to
      express
     
     
      your
      frustration
      with
      some-
     
     
      thing,
      in
      this
      case
      music
      and
     
     
      the
      direction
      its
      headed.
     
    

    
     
      The
      bastardization
      of
      some-
     
     
      thing
      that
      was
      and
      is
      meant
     
     
      to
      be
      pure
      but
      then
      I
      realize
     
     
      this
      is
      as
      much
      an
      expression
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      my
      own
      fears
      and
      para-
     
     
      noia
      as
      it
      is
      an
      actual
      state-
     
     
      ment
      about
      where
      music
      is
      at
     
     
      today.
      }
     
    

    
     
      The
      thing
      is
      music
      changes
     
     
      constantly,
      people’s
      tastes
     
     
      play
      constantly
      it’s
      like
      an
     
     
      Olympic
      torch
      being
      passed
     
     
      from
      one
      generation
      to
      the
     
     
      next
      and
      there’s
      always
      that
     
     
      friction.
      During
      the
      passing
     
     
      of
      the
      torch
      there’s
      a
      period
     
     
      when
      the
      previous
      genera-
     
     
      tion
      feels
      that
      the
      new
      crop,
     
     
      or
      breed,
      doesn’t
      really
      have
     
     
      their
      head
      around
      the
      prin-
     
     
      ciples
      that
      made
      it
      great
      to
     
     
      begin
      with.
      That’s
      what
      this
     
     
      is
      about
      and
      it
      will
      continue
     
     
      to
      evolve.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      will
      continue
      to
      change
     
     
      and
      at
      some
      point
      you
      have
     
     
      to
      recognize
      the
      fact
      that
      the
     
     
      way
      you
      see
      it
      isn’t
      neces-
     
     
      sarily
      the
      way
      it’s
      going
      to
     
     
      be
      forever
      and
      that
      applies
      to
     
     
      many
      different
      things
      in
      life
     
     
      not
      just
      music
      so
      I
      start
      to
      re-
     
     
      alize
      that
      this
      song
      is
      about
     
     
      a
      lot
      of
      things
      but
      more
      than
     
     
      anything
      it’s
      just
      about
      rec-
     
     
      ognizing
      your
      own
      place
      in
     
     
      a
      world
      and
      how
      it’s
      always
     
     
      going
      to
      be
      a
      precarious
      one
     
     
      and
      that
      the
      ground
      under-
     
     
      neath
      you
      just
      shifts
      con-
     
     
      stantly
      and
      you
      have
      to
      be
     
     
      adaptable
      to
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      See
      ‘Roberts’-
      Page
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
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