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Jolly Mon (psychedelic rock) at the
EMU Beer Gardens 4-7 p m Free
Lloyd Jones Struggle (blues) at
Good Times 9 30pm $5
Hammerbot AdlckdW Lincoln
Brigade (rock) at John Henry s 10 p m S8
Black Boses ireggae) at Taylor s 9 30pm S4
The Daddies/ Motorgoat iiunurocki at the WOW
Han 9 30 p m S6 advance, $7 door
Kronos Siring Quartet (unconventional chamber
music) at the Hutt Center 8pm Sit students.
$15-18 general
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The Terrapianes (Clues, rock) at Good
Times 9 30pm $4
The Prince and Princess Ball i benefit
tor Acorn House and MPowerment
Protect) at John Henry s 8pm $12
Maglck Circle (acoustic alternative) at Taylor s
9 30pm $4
Emily Fos and Debblt Oledrlch (original
acoustic) at Maude Kerns Art Center 8 p m $5
Oregon Country Fair Spring Fling (orgam/attorval
meeting, rnythm and blues w/ Mo Green) ai the
WOW Hall 6 30pm
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Unpluggad Series (new1) w/ Skip
• Jones, featuring Henry Vestme (lor
: merty ol Canned Heat) at Good Times
j 930 pm $1
Loose Tlot (btuegrass) at John
Henry s 7 30 pm $5
Pala Ju|a (world beat) at the WOW Hall 8 30
p m $7 advance $8 door
High Strati (acoustic rock) at Good
Times 9 30pm S2
Power Train (blues) at John Henry s
10 pm $3
Karaoke Night at Taylor s Free
Fegazi (legendary political punk rockers from
Washington, D C) at the WOW Han 8 30 p m $5
Oregon Composer's Forum (studem works)
Concert at Bean Concert Han 8pm Free
Songwriters' Circlet m the EMU Ben
Lmder Room 7-10 p m Free
Beal Farmer* Ladv Guardians of
American Morality (Roots Rock
Revival) at Good Times 9pm $10
KPaats/Flowen/Big Mecca at John Henry s 10
p m S3
High Street (rock) at Taylor s 9 30 p m S3
Kangaroo Moon (Australian folk) at the WOW
Han 8 30 p m $6 advance $7 door
Faculty Artist Series: Con Brio Chamber Playeit
(chamber music) at Bean Concert Hail 8 p.m S3
students, S5 general
Power Train (blues/rock) at Good
Times 9 30pm S3
Filler/The Big I AnvRo Sham Bo
(rock) at John Henry s 10 pm $3
International AaKonVYantra (local
alternative) at Taylor s 9 30pm S3
Jazz Combos I (jazz student concert) at Beall
Concert Hall 8 p m $2 students. $4 general
Los Lobes at the Eugene Hilton Ballroom 8pm
S13 50 students. $15 50 general
SOUND EXPANSION f
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Los Lobos
explores new
musical directions
in familiar
territory
or Los Lobos, breaking out ot
the bars Hid barrios was a
cine h i ompared to as* aping
the Mexit an-folk tag that lias
cast this East Los Angeles
band as more of u tori htmarer
than a groundhreoker.
Then c ame the album /usf
Another Hand From Fust
LA that sold store-to-store on
its own, followed over the
years by How Will The Wolf
Sonne. By The Lrg/it Of The
Moon, Li Pislola y el Com/on
and the soul-drenched 1990
album, T/ie Neighborhood Finally the emu s sat up ami r*« ognizeo lm
Lobos as musicians who could play anything, anywhere.
Since then they've been nominated for Crammys in several categories,
including Best Rock. Fop and Mexican-American Performance ns well as
Record of The Year. Los Lobos became part of the roots-rock brigade that
charger! out of LA in the early 80s. But with roots that go deeper
Formed almost 20 years ago to play at weddings and bars, Los Lobos is
now different things to different people. Rock *i roll band, champions of
acoustic Mexican-American music and chart-topping "Lu Bamba" heroes, it
is a band that refuses to be pigeonholed in any one style.
Now. the latest offering Kikn seems to be the extension of everything Los
Lobos has been about
A quirky yet emotionally gripping album. Kiko sets tales of hope and *
despair against rhythmic backdrops spiked with feedback, distortion and
other studio shenanigans that defy roots-rock tradition
From the bluesy clout of "That Train Don’t Stop Here" and the Beatles- .
influenced balladry of"’When the Circus Comes." to the haunting cabaret |
jazz of "Kiko and the Uvender Moon" and the festive waltz of "Rio de
Tenompa." Kiko finds these musicians expanding their sound by finding
~ Turn to LOS LOBOS, Page 1
Los Lobos haadllna a show with Llttla
Woman May 6 at tha Eugana Hilton.
Tracking the latest -
The Tragically Hip
Fully Completely
on MCA Records
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There is nothing tragic about
the new album from Canada's
Tragically Hip
fully Completely, the group's
third full-length album, contin
ues the band's record of strong,
forceful music heavily influ
enced by the late-sixties. early
seventies soul sounds of the
Rolling Stones and the Yard
birds.
The latest album coines on the
heels of two similarly strong
releases. 1089's Up to Here and
Hoad Apples, released in 1990.
Hoad Apples was a tour de forte
of Stones-reminiscent soul
melodies, pairing the band's
tight sound with intriguing
lyrics.
Fully Completely carries on
where Hood Apples left off. hut
the band has also indulged into
the current retro exploration of
folk rock, coming up with a
sound comparable to R.E.M if
Keith Richards. Ron Wood and
Bill Wyman were handling the
guitar and bus* duties. Laid
si rigor Gordon Down is‘a Stipe
like vocal stylo creates the
R.E.M. comparison.
Also like REM . the Tragi
cally Hip put a grunt dual of fo
cus on the words accompanying
the music. The fiend's lyrics nru
intelligent and insightful as they
explore the human psycho in a
consistently stark landscape
Unlike most hands the kids
seem to flock to theses days,
seeking a simple primordial re
lease of nervous (sexual) energy,
the Tragically Hip deal with
mature ideas about life after
you've passed through the need
Turn tc HIP, Pago 10