ARTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 14, 1985 Page 5 ,. _ _ Youtt By Hobey Echlin F USING YOUTHFUL integrity and brashness with veteran talent and confidence, Crossed Wire awed a spar- se crowd at Todd's bar last Friday night with their nine-song set, drawing from "older" material (they've only been together 5 months) as well as some brand new material, all written by multi-talented lyricist/guitarist Chris Moore. After easing out pre-show jitters by mocking along to the funk throb of the PA behind them, Crossed Wire opened with their new "For the Moment," one of their strongest songs, featuring fan- tastic high-hat riding drumming from Bud Burcar and powerful vocal from Chris Moore. Despite some sound problems with mikes, the song came off well, leading into "Unfollowed Savior" a personal favorite of varying inten- sities, from soft vocals and high bass riffs to a crashing chorus. "Unfollowed Savior" is a song strongly characteristic of the band, with its spiritual theme and emotionalt vocals. Its soft opening and soon- frenzied chorus embody the dynamic- ness and emotional variance that so characterizes the band. Rob Mc- Culloch's guitar and Kurtis' bass providing a hearty exclamation point to Moore's emotional vocals, with Bud experience Burcar's drumming anchoring the Moore and a harsher guitar from Mc whole thing with its ordered chaos and Culloch, and featuring a sharply ascen power. ding and descending chorus, bounde "A Purpose to Wonder" followed, a by emotion, so perfectly characteristic testament of Crossed Wire's spon- of the post-adolescent pain an taneous and updating talent. Incor- frustration it conveys, both lyrically porating harmonic guitar riffs, up- and musically. dating the U2 style, answered by a Bud Burcar's somewhat dominan weighty bass line and solid drumming, drumming, echoing Keith Moon': made "A Purpose to Wonder" an in- brand of . disordered precision stant showvhighlight. especially on the show-climaxini Enough of dry reporting, now for the "Climb" shows his influence or band. All very easy-going and good- Crossed Wire's sound. Master of high natured, Crossed Wire's members are hat riding drumming (cf. U2's "Sun some of the most accessibile people I've day, Bloody Sunday"), Burcar' ever met. Bass player Kurtis, a sort of drumming provides the precision an( unintentional Bono look-alike, has an brashness that fuses with the varies immediately likable nature, a subtle guitar riffs, from the staccato chords o but omnipresent character that shows "Climb" to the R.E.M.-like not in his bass playing, as on "Unfollowed picking of "Sound Salvation." A sort o Savior": - mellow but integral. He Manson-esque-looking character, Bur names Amadeus his favorite film, more car sheds his laid-back mannerism out of awe of Mozart than anything else. and reveals a more intense and com Guitarist Rob McCulloch looks a bit mitted side in his drumming than hi more post-hardcore than the rest of the off-stage manner. But when you drur band with grown out bleached hair, but like he does, who has time for "laid again his cleaner, more exacted guitar back?" work, much more suited to his per- Lyricist and guitarist Chris Moore i sonality than the barking chords of his easily the most intriguing of Crosse Negative Approach days, provided an Wire's line-up. His extremely youthfu unintimidating but highly audible pun- appearance, earning him the nicknam cuation to Moore's lyrical drive and "Opie" (of "Andy Griffith" fame lighter riffs. This was especially seen belies a much deeper side. Moore' in "Crying Curtain," the slower, more lyrics reflect a spiritual commitmen melancholy side of Crossed Wire, with and overt talent in contributing t hauntingly emotional vocals from Crossed Wire's intensity that is onli c- d is ,d 'y t 's ,t g in h- n- 's A -d f f r- is a- is d al e ) s nt to y fused apparent from a deeper study. Titles like "Sound Salvation," "Un- followed Saviour" and the love nostalgia of "Soul We Share," a post- adolescent romp of honest spirit that I challenge any Prince of Frankie to match, show the religious quality Moore puts forth in his writing. What's more incredible is that over the last year and especially in the last five mon- ths, he has displaced the "drummer of Negative Approach" image he had with being the spiritual leader and creative impetus of Crossed Wire. The youthful voice, a sort of baritone, more. honest Gordon Gano, reminds me of an American Billy Bragg. Not bad for a nineteen-year-old. Moore avoids political themes in writing, though he admits political interpretation is possible, and instead draws from ex- periences with parents and friends. Its kind of pre-adulthood set to music-like the Violent Femmes without the sex. And so, after a fantastic hour-long set and about another hour backstage, Crossed Wire had proved to me that fusing personality and talent with in- novativeness, and spiritual commit- ment, and veteran experience with a youthful confidence was possible if not manifest in what they are doing. With plans in the making for a Halfway Inn show in Ann Arbor and another Todd's show April 19 with the Necros, they will keep on proving it. A netent treasures found A defense against cancer can be cooked up in your kitchen. Call us. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY By Neil Galanter H OGWOOD MAY have previously been an archeologist or an ar- chitect. But after becoming bored with those studies, he decided against, and now is a musician. I'm speaking of Christopher Hogwood and he's one of Britian's brightest conductors. Hogwood performs at Hill Auditorium -~tonight with The Academy of Ancient Music, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The Academy of Ancient Music is regarded as one of the finest ensembles anywhere that performs on original period instruments, which is exactly what they will be doing this evening. Hogwood will be assisted by soprano Emma Kirkby and bassist David Thomas in performances of the music of George Freidrich Handel. His celebrated Water Music and a seldom heard Cantata entitled Apollo and Daphne will be featured on tonight's program, in celebration of yet another birthday-Handel's 300th. Hogwood approaches performances of ancient music with understandable reasoning. Not only is he a conductor, but he has also earned himself an inter- national reputation as a harpsichordist of music of the 17th and 18th centuries, performing on original instruments _ usually relegated to musuems. His major interest is of authenticity in the presentation of baroque and classical music, though he has also been ex- tremely successful as a popular broad- caster on a wide range of musical topics. This year, Hogwood will be moving around at a hectic pace as a conductor. Two weeks each with major orchestras of Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, 'and New York will give him a chance to get to know the ensembles of these cities bet- ter, and he will also be priviledged with conducting some of his favorite music, the Berlin Opera's performance of Handel's Messiah. Hogwood is curren- tly on tour with the Academy of Ancient Music, travelling for three weeks to various cities in the United States and Canada. They will repeat this series of performances when they tour again later this year in Europe and then again in Japan. The philosophy of this man is that concerts should not bea stuffy thing. Hogwood would like to take all the car- dboard and starch out of a concert's atmosphere, and feels that at concerts which are smaller and more intimate "there's no reason why you shouldn't just talk to the audience." Program- ming different and unconventional combinations of pieces and music at a concert is a crafty device that Hogwood believes will help air things out. The atmosphere will be created in Hill Auditorium this evening at 8:30 p.m. when Hogwood walks on stage with Kirkby, Thomas, and all those origi'nal baroque music-making vehicles. Tickets, still available at Bur- ton Tower today during business hours or at the door, are priced between $8 and $18. Stuffy it should not be-at- mospheric with uniquity, yes! Call 665- 3717 to find out more. Photo by DIANE UEA Clockwise from top left: Rob McCulloch, Kurtis, Bud Burcar, and Chris Moore form Crossed Wire. ainS UNION BALLROOM 9:30p THURS. 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