8A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 21, 2002 ART S JACKASS: THE.MOVIE COLLEGE.SCREENING. . DAILY ARTS HAS YOUR FREE PA.SS TO SEE MTV'SNEW ,. 'JACKASS: THE. OVIE. THE SCREENING IS THURS. OCT. 24 7:30 P.m AT SHOWCASE CINEMA'S ANN.ARBOR LOCATION. FI RST, DAILY ARTS WAS YOU R 'SWIMFAN' HEADQUARTERS,. AND.NOW, TO NO ONE'S.SURPRISE WE CAN SAY WE ARE YOUR 'JACKASS: TH.E MOVIE' HEADQUARTERS TOO. SWAG YOURSELVES AT. 420 MAYNARD ST. DUST ALLERGY SUFFERERS WANTED FOR RESEARCH STUDY! Slowcore Low fill silences By Joseph Genden For the Daily Aging Counting Crows too reliable? By Laurence J. Freedman Daily Arts Writer Courtesy of Rough Trade Records Duluth's very own Low." Midway through Low's ance at Ferndale's Magic Bag night, one audience membe another across the room unexceptional for any other formance, the intrusion visib ed the rest of the crow crawling, whispered, mini enveloped the audiencei silences, and any distraction ply unwelcome. The Duluth trio tookt unassumingly enough forr notice; it wasn't until the fir ful guitar notes of "(That's Sing) Amazing Grace" fr recent album, Trust rang out that the crowd fell silent. Low played with a meditative determina- tion accented by the occasional subdued freak-out. Guitarist/vocalist Alan Sparhawk alternat- ed between gently thumbing his telecaster and on the strings, while bassist and drummer/vocalist Mimi up solid landmarks between pauses. Sparhawk and Parke perform- g Saturday " austere vocal harmonies translated r yelled to perfectly to the stage, where the two . Though voices seemed to cling to each other rock per- for warmth over the chill of the instru- )ly offend- mentation. Despite the occasional d. Low's ambient noise, the venue's sound was nal dirges pristine and well mixed, -with only in fragile Parker's drums sometimes lacking the was sim- power of the studio recordings. Low took most of the concert's the stage material from Trust, filling out the set no one to with a contemplative cover of Pink rst mourn- Floyd's "Fearless" along with a brief How You detour into Prince's "Purple Rain" rom their during "Over the Ocean" from Low's 1996 album The Cur- m tain Hits the Cast. The set was well designed, Low moving between muted extremes: quiet to At the Magic Bag (kinda) loud, slow to Saturday Oct. 19, 8 p.m. (relatively) fast, somber to (remotely) happy. Clear Channel The new material even found the band explor- pounding ing new styles, including a lo-fi rock- Zak Sally er complete with fuzz bass in Parker set "Canada," and a campfire sing along the tense featuring three-part harmonies in "La r's fragile, La La Song". The Counting Crows are one of the more reliable bands in rock. Their cult following of sensitive high-schoolers, "huge" music fans also growing up on Dave Matthews and appreciative nostalgic adults have evolved to expect a satisfying compilation of jangly and morose finds the band continuing to do what it does best. But have Counting Crows gotten too reliable? The sold-out crowd at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Friday night found the Crows in good, ener- getic form. Even though they are promoting a new album they rolled though a set of greatest hits like "Mr. Jones," "Round Here" and "A Long December." One of the things that has made Counting Crows a critically tunes on record coupledv Duritz's interpretive versions of the tunes in concert. They embrace the self-revealing rock troubadour act of Duritz. 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