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MUSIC Grungey college couple crank out the noise Sand Rubies Sand Rubies Polygram •— l/2 For a duo, the Sand Rubies sure can crank out a lot of noise. While the album breaks no new ground, David Slutes and Rich Hopkins really don’t write songs that fit into an exact musical mold. Their songs most frequently re semble muted college grunge. But a hint of folkiness creeps in every once in awhile, particularly later in the album. Slutes and Hopkins tackle the pro duction of a couple of songs themselves, and with help on other tracks from Waddy Wachtel (Keith Richards) and Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), the Sand Rubies have put together a genuinely solid effort. The duo also takes cate of the major ity of the songwriting, the only excep tion being Neil Young’s “Interstate.” Among the album’s stronger tracks are the two openers, the catchy Local rockers prove one of Chapel Hill's treasures Polvo Today’s Active Lifestyles Merge wwwww Chapel Hill has myriad trea sures. UNC. Dean Smith. Franklin Street. Polvo. Yes, that demure yet ingenious quar tet is undoubtedly one of this town’s most cherished entities. Although this may be obvious to those readers who had the good taste to purchase last summer’s brilliant debut LP Cor-crane Secret, it is once again neccessary to highlight this fact, as the fellows have The In-Store YARD SALE If you've seen one, you know. If you haven't, you should. Through May 9- University Square Chapel Hill 967*8935 album JENNIFER DIJTRHAJM “Goodbye” and “Santa Maria Street,” an electric nostalgia trip down a strip of road transformed by progress in Tuc son. Also impressive is “Interstate,” which, along with “Bar Room Light,” sounds eerily like Crazy Horse meets the Connells. The Sand Rubies really get going on “Drugged,” and it’s almost humanly impossible to crank into a higher gear than the band does on the ravaging “Hit the Brakes (at the Pearly Gates).” As an added bonus, Slutes and Hopkins throw in decent, often clever lyrics: “ Yeah me and Adam knew how to raise Cain, even got the Lord using my name in vain." The duo downshifts in the mando lin-laced “Guns in the Churchyard” and the final track, “Black Eyes and Broken Noses,” but less noise doesn’t reduce quality in the Sand Rubies’ case. One could, in fact, argue the oppo site. The major complaint to be made album GRANTTENNILLE just released their second full length effort, titled Today’s Active Lifestyles. Everything about this record, art work, song titles (e.g. “action vs. vibe”), even the fonts, reflect the absolutely impeccable taste of this band. Then, of course, there’s the most important as pect, the songs. Polvo’s writ ing ability grows tremen dously with each release, and this al bum is no exception, “thermal trea sure,” the album’s opener, features one of the swankest riffs to ever emerge from the triangle, and other tracks like “tilebreaker” and “time isn’t on my side” *fl v C t Who knew two people could be so loud? against Sand Rubies is excessive noise. But, in the age of Seattle’s prominent grunge scene propelled by the likes of Nirvana and Mudhoney, too much noise is not a complaint for some. Woe be unto the eardrums that meet contain hooks that should make other local popsters think about a career change. And that’s not from busboy to xerox dude. Not that there isn’t any of the angular meandering which is something of a trademark for them, there’s plenty, but it’s incorporation is even more clever than before. The eastern thing is still going strong, as evidenced by “lazy comet" and “my kimono”, and they’ve traded in their zylophone for a cheap keyboard, with no loss of coolness and a tip of the hat to Pavement. As for vocals, guitarist Dave Brylawski chimes in for a couple more than last time, which is welcome, and Ash Bowie is even more melancholic, f£ HftWliH by William Shakespeare April 21-May 16 Produced by Uj WCHL Radio, 1360 AM K ml Tickets: 962-PLAY Subscribe Now To Our 1993-94 Season! j Call the box office for details. S3 Paul Green Theatre Chapel Hill the Sand Rubies in a small club or a loud stereo. This pair is wired to kill. But don’t let that stop the rest of you from enjoying this album, at an appro priate decibel level. while only strengthening his reputa tion as one of the most creative guitar ists around. When Polvo entered the studio, they had a dearth of songs, and the result says a lot about the band. Of the 10 songs, a few are clearly somewhat hurried. How ever, instead of serving as weak links in a chain, the tunes merely add to the diversity of the album, making the 40- odd minutes of the album minutes that go by all to quickly. So reward yourself, for exams, or for just being alive. Check it out. In summary: Five Blobs. Count’em. Then square’em. And that’s not be cause their local. It’s because it, and they, truly deserve to be heard. Page 5 DTH • Omnibus • Thursday • April 22, 1993 WXYC 1. Polvo Chapel Hill rockers £• mauDei KOSG sweet voiced pop 3. Fatal* Guinian percussion group 4. Dlgable Planets jazzy hip hop 5. D’Gary Madagascar folk 6. New Bomb Tories punk rock 7. The Goats political rap 8. taaifcaa Haste CM countryish pop 9. Krooes Qoartet neo-classical string quartet 18. Jams Booker New Orleans pianist Singles 1. Saow Informer 2. Stt Freak Me 3. Dr. Dre NuthinßutA “G’Thang 4. Whttaay Hoastoa I Have Nothing 5. jmo Don’t Walk Away o. vanessa wramnsaaa Briaa RRcKaigtt Lovels 7. Ugly Kid Joe Cats In the Cradle 8. 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