10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 6, 1995 RECORDS Continued from page 9 Jawbreaker Dear You DGC Jawbreaker, the latest graduate of the Gilman Street San Francisco punk club joins Green Day and Rancid in the big leagues with its major label debut "Dear You." The band's signing to DGC, the hir- ing of Green Day's producer Rob Cavallo, and the softening up of their sound could easily be seen as a drastic sell-out move, which in fact it is. But "Dear You" is still a good record, and captures the band in fine form; with good production, good songs and a more refined style, Jawbreaker has taken ad- vantage of their major label status, go- ing all the way to produce a strong record. Even though the record is more fo- cused and a little less edgy than their three previous releases, in no way has Jawbreaker gone totally soft; maybe more mature, but not soft. Their blend of punk and hardcore with the famous Gilman Street British accent throws them in with more of the old school U.K. punk crowd like the Buzzcocks rather than to the mall punk of Green Day. With its fuzzy guitars and harsh rhythms, "Dear You" captures some of the hardest mainstream punk since the grunge revolution. The opening anthem "Save Your Generation" remains as political and relavent as the band has always been: "I have a present: it is the present / You have to learn to find it within you / If you can learn to love it / you just might like it." While tracks like "Chemistry" show Jawbreaker in finest form, the band explores a slower and more focused side on others like "Jet Black" and "Basilica." Chock full of good music and intelligent songs, "Dear You" shows who got the brains on Gilman. - Brian A. Gnatt Kepone Skin Quarterstick This second album from Kepone, frontedby former Gwarbassist Michael Bishop, is a definite evolution from their first album. While acceptable, the first album was a bit pedestrian. "Skin," on the other hand, moves along at a much improved pace. The songs seem tighter and more palatable. Depending on the song, Kepone is reminiscent ofeveryone from Megadeth to Alice in chains. Bishop's slit-chord vocals have more of that Dave Mustaine feel than is probably good for them, but so it goes. Musically, Kepone finds their niche in that dangerous area be- tween speed metal and indie rock. "Blue Devil" has certain timing elements that resemble a Queensryche ballad, but at the same time has discordant guitars and nearly monotone vocals which keep the band from actually sounding as if they belonged to any given genre. And songs like the instrumentals "Ed's Sad Party," a drum heavy (almost marching band so) journey into sound, and "Idiot Ball Drop," a piano instigated mood piece, prove the band's ability to go their own way. But Gwar fans should take note that this is not the Beefcake the Mighty you may remember. Gwar's singular en- ergy and humor aren't really foundhere. While still quite adept at their craft, Kepone bears little relation to their Gwar Tar no longer exists, but at least it looks like the members got to go to Italy. roots. It's different still pretty good. from that, but it's Ani DiFranco turns It up, on and out Seven albums in six years from her own label, Righteous Babe Records, and she's constantly on tour. Her short but potent set mesmerized the Hill at Folk Festival in January. Last April, she single-handedly sold out back-to-back nights at the Ark. Over the summer, she rocked out underneath the elements at other folk festivals from Minneapolis to New York City, mostly performing tracks from her latest CD, "Not A Pretty Girl." Now, after Rolling Stone reviewed her album and took her picture, alterna-folk-rock deity Ani DiFranco returns to Ann Arbor for an 8 p.m. show tonight at the Power Center. Tickets are $17.50 and $15.50 with $1.75 service charge apiece. All tickets available at the Union Ticket Office and Ticketmaster. Call 763-TKTS for more info. And get ready for anything from light-speed guitar work to impassioned vocals to percussion solos. Maybe even a Prince cover tune. - Ted Watts Tar Over and Out Touch and Go Alas! 'Tis the final Tar album. After seven years and a whole mess of spiffy hard, fast and high pitched Chicago- based modern noise, Tar decided to make this album their last. And they're not even touring it. Their time is gone. But the music lives on. "Over and Out" is quite possibly the best rendered of their work. It contains more subtlety in the construction of its songs than previous Tar works. The boys had al- ways seemed a little anxious in making their music chock full of energy and ended up sacrificing a little bit on inter- nal diversity. Not so here. "Building Taj Mahal," for instance, strikes a com- fortable posture between the wall of sound most traditionally indicative of the band and a more laid back construc- tion which removes it to an easier lis- tening plane. It's individual sections are still all intense, but not oppressively so. Most of the songs have learned this lesson. John Mohr's vocals are still their screaming best when they need to be, but are not as overwhelming any- more. "Q.V.C." is actually a completely soft song, something virtually unthink- able in most of Tar's discography. Maybe it's something about the nature of home shopping... Maybe it's just the band's old age, but they seem to have reached a matu- rity and finesse in their music on this after-death release that could only-re- ally be seen in glimpses before now. Tar's fans can be comforted by the band's last bow being extremely satis- fying.And if you never knew them, you can at the very least get this jewel of a CD. - Ted 'tatts Read the Daily Jawbreaker poisoned the photographer, who was keeling over when he took this. J I U ESTABLISHED 1983 IN CHARLESTON, ILL., TO AID STUDENTS G.PA. AND GENERAL DATING ABILITY "A COLLEGE CAREER WITH JIMMY JOHN S LEARN MY BUSI- NESS AND OWN YOUR OWN STORE. WORK 1 YEAR PART-TIME AND PROVE YOU RE THE B'EST. WE LOVE THE BEST. 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Australia's sole national orchestra will be joined by the celebrated hornist Barry Tuckwell. Tuckwell, hailed by many as a master of the French horn, left a coveted first chair position in the London Symphony in order to accomplish his goal of restoring the horn to solo status. The orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. Tickets range from $20 to $32, and student rush tickets are available for $10. For additional informa- tion, call the UMS Box Office at 764-2538. Keep reading the Daily. '1 The National Theatre of the Deaf presents h' CUaP a t A madcap comedy by Eugene Labiche & Marc-Michel You See and Hear Every Word! Wednesday, October 18th, 8:00 pm The Mendelssohn Theatre Tickets are available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets Charge by phone, 763-TKTS or (810) 645-6666 Find us on the Internet at http://www.umich.edu/-mevents A U-M Office of Major EventslDiWsion of Student Affairs & The Hearing Impaired Student Coaltion Presentation I II