14A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 14, 1996 Luscious ladies hit Detroit By Victoria Salipande For the Daily With their own unique blend of hip- hop, jazz, rock, pop and almost any other genre imaginable, the members of Luscious Jackson are back with their second full-length release "Fever In Fever Out." Those only familiar with their contribution to the "Clueless" soundtrack (the disco tune "Here") might be surprised how much more there is to the band besides disco diva- ism. In fact, one of Luscious Jackson's main strengths lies in their inability to get categorized into one musical genre. "We like to mix everything up," explained Luscious Jackson vocalist / bassist Jill Cunniff in an interview with The Michigan Daily. Like the title "Fever In Fever Out" suggests, the new album starts off feverishly with the infectious and irre- *ABOVE AVERAGE PAY *CONCESSION SALES COMMISSION *HEALTH BENEF S *RETIREMENT PLAN (401k) *TUITION $$$ FOR COLLEGE *TRAINING IN MONEY HANDLING, SUGGESTIVE SELLING & CUSTOMER SERVICE sistible groove of Luscious Jackson's current single, "Naked Eye," and ends on a calmer, laid back note with guitar- based tracks like "Faith" and "Stardust." The band strays even further from the straight-forward hip-hop beats of 1993's "In Search of Manny" EP and goes for a more sophisticated, almost trip-hop sound at times. Tracks like "Under Your Skin," "Take A Ride" and "Water Your Garden" have a live and multi-layered ethereal feel to them not seen on "In Search of Manny" and barely seen on 1994's "Natural Ingredients" thanks to the help of new producer .Daniel Lanois (U2, Peter Luscious Jackson Gabriel). "We played mostly live on this live shows, fans record. There's a few loops. We worked Jackson with R.E. really hard on the live sound and spent of the more into a lot of time on it. So, (it was) kind of a Luscious Jacksor totally different approach," Cunniff said members of the a of the differences in recording "Fever In Fever Out" and PREVIEW the group's other works. Luscious Jackson Between the Sunday, doors open at 7:30 p.m. release of "Natural St. Andrew's Hall Ingredients" and Tickets: $10 the recording of "Fever In Fever Out," the band had the "You know, we chance to work on that live sound by few times lately opening for R.E.M. on their arena rock bothers me is tha tour. Unfortunately, as an opening band, able. Sometimes Luscious wasn't given much time to up to you and it's perform. special or anythi "We actually had a little longer than are hugging you half an hour. We had enough time to get and it's a little strn through it. By the fifth song, you're each night if we warmed up and then you get off the idea," Cunniff sai stage. That's kind of how it was," dition. Cunniff explained. "It's a lot of fur Known for their excellent headlining are really in you STAR GRATIOT THEATRE GRPTIOT NVENUE RT 15 MILE RORD STAR JOHN R THEATRE JOHN R SOUTH OF 14 MIfLE WEST OF JOHN R ROAD STAR LICOLN1 PARK SOUTHFIELD hT DIX~ ROA~DS STAR ROCHESTER HILLS HAMPTON CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER STAR TAYLOR BURLINGTON SQ SHOPPING CENTER ISPRING RFAf'97 STAR WINCHESTCR WINCHESTER MALL F1i[ movf FREE Parties i FREE Meals FREE Activities Student ExpressInc. 1.800.SURFS.UP eJ 0 RERDSGA R E/____________ Ar Ar of".nmom phone: 663.5800 1140 south university (above goodtime chadeys), AA "- mon.-thurs.: 9:00a-10:OOP sundays i fri. & sat.: 9:00,9-1 1:00p 1 1 00a-8o 00 0 4-, U S* I }^ " s r E -- 1 _ j:Ilk .w - FI-00 41 5 sr 0 c - >~ O~ O~ II ARF:JHER-S of LOAF A LL THE ?mITliP:iNH 1 0 Peter White Carava oJDreas Smooth jaz and A & B grooves from one ot the hottest guitarists today. Featuring special guests Marc Antone, Basia, Rick Braun and Boney James. ivt - -~ k I 90 __ JA3I" N 'z" F! X s 9 yesyt' y as'e ra er T- ve_1______e________ 7nin9 I I