The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 7, 1992- Page 9 RECORDS Continued from page 5 recording, as is a great bulk of the other effects that Ride implemented into their earlier songs. More atten- tion has now been given to the virtues of a guitar, for whatever it may be worth. Take a listen, for ex- ample, to "Chrome Waves." Imagine Ride starting off a song with acous- tic guitars! Though the encompassing feed- back of past records is gone, don't worry - Ride's sound remains in- tact. It's amazing what things you'll. discover when a group's sound is not shrouded behind a curtain of haze and fuzz. Life exists after the psychedelic effects. Mark Gardener and Andrew Bell do an extremely competent job of singing and are placed in the spot- light much more on this album. The vocals are soft and somehow invit- ing, so soon, maybe even your youn- ger siblings will be humming along to Ride. But don't be misled. Ride is still biting enough, and still has plenty of razor-sharp riffs to at least temper this newfound "accessibility" and "friendliness." "Leave Them All Behind" and the beginning of "Mouse Trap" are distinctly the Ride that old fans remember. The rugged, powerful guitars have enough distor- tion to satisfy longtime followers and still present a nice front to new- comers. Going Blank Again grows on thi listener. Ride still has a way to go before they astound you on technical merit alone, but then again, this is"a band whose members were never ii any "real" bands before. Cut these guys some slack. In a very over- crowded guitar, grunge, "insert name of the week," scene, Ride is rising among the elites. They won't be cast aside anytime soon. -Nima Hodaei b might look innocent enough, but their new Albinicized album is dangerously noisy. Put these kids on by Scott Sterling On the surface, the Poster Children seem innocent enough. These four fresh faces from Champaign, Ill- inois, wouldn't look out of place in your 9 a.m. Psych lecture. But when this innocuous quartet gets a firm grip on their instruments, your best bet is to duck. Whipping out shards of dangerously melodic noiseworks, the Poster Children do the garage- grunge dance with dazzling dex- terity. Rick (guitar/vocals), Rose (bass), Jim (more guitar), and Bob (drums) have more than sufficiently captured their crunch-o-matic rhythms, lost- in-the-eye-of-the-storm vocals, and sing-along pop melodies on Daisy ..Chain Reaction. Produced by sonic soundmeister Steve Albini, Daisy Chain Reaction (The P.C.'s second album) is chock- full o' killer songs. From the head-. down speed-fest "Cancer," to the lurching, stop-start epic "Space Gun," the fun never stops. "We're really happy with how it came out," explains Rick, on the phone from Champaign. "Now we just have to get the thing out there." Unfortunately, DCR has become as hard to find as shrink-wrapped copy of Kiss Alive on 8-track. Twin/Tone Records, the band's la- bel, has been having major problems getting the disc on the racks, due to the demise of their distributor, Rough Trade. "It's a real drag to play a show, and have people come up to you saying they like your music, but can't find the record anywhere, even in cities like New York and L.A.," Rose muses. Happily, that will no longer be a problem, when the record is re-re- leased next month on the P-Kid's new home, Sire Records. "Sure, we're a little worried about the major label thing, but we're paranoid about pretty much everything," says Rick. Due to the Poster Children's tuneful approach to slam-bang rock, they find themselves constantly compared to contemporaries Sonic Youth, SuperChunk, and the Pixies. aposter "That's just because we have a female bass player," says Rick. Said bassist Rose has found an easy remedy to this phenom. "It's not a problem anymore, since I traded sexes with one of the guys in Bitch Magnet. I'm a boy now." THE POSTER CHILDREN play at the Blind Pig tonight . Tickets are $5. Doors open at 9 p.m. TOAD Continued from page 5 be, until recently, so widely ignored, almost seems like an injustice to this very young, talented band. Yet, Dinning stresses that even though the band is now on a major label and has come a long way since their California club days, the group's still the same. There don't seem to be any big changes in the way they approach their fans or their music. Will Toad become the next alternative breakthrough a la R.E.M.? "Well if it is, it won't be because we've changed anything, I think," he answers. "It seems like people who hear the band, like the band. It's like there's something about us that hits home with just about anybody. I have friends who listen to nothing but thrash, and Toad the Wet Sprocket. 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