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THE HARTFORD COURANT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1995 Weezer's Matt Sharp focusing at the. moment on Rentals' new album By ROGER CATLIN Courant Rock Critic art Sharp spent every penny he made from being in the band Weezer on a little non-Weezer recording he initially never iijpuijiu i i i immrm mini i mi, up, iinpjj if i The Rentals include Matt Sharp, left, and Cherielynn Westrich. Maverick Recording Co. Dec. 7 to round their purchases up to the next dollar, donating the change to LIFEbeat.

IN THE CLUBS Lisa Loeb headlines an unusual noontime acoustic concert at the Brickyard Cafe Dec. 8. The concert, a benefit sponsored by WTIC-FM (95.7) to collect toys for needy children, will also feature unplugged sets by Del Amitri, the Corrs and Dionne Farris. Tickets are available through station promotions in exchange for new, unwrapped toys. Heather Nova has been added to the lineup for a Jingle Bell Jam at the Sting Wednesday.

Besides that show, Eve's Plum will return to the Sting to open the Better Than Ezra show Dec. 11 in place of the previously scheduled Dambuilders. Calypso King Mighty Sparrow headlines a show at the West Indian Social Club in Hartford Saturday. The Jeff Healey Band plays Toad's Place in New Haven on Dec. 10.

Naked Blue returns to the Blue Star Cafe in Hartford Friday and the Hungry Tiger in Manchester Sunday. Matt "Guitar" Murphy plays the Blue Star Dec. 9 and the Hungry Tiger Jan. 14. James Montgomery plays the Blue Star Dec.

16 and the Hungry Tiger on Dec. 22. The Hungry Tiger also brings Monster Mike Welch Dec. 8 and Susan Tedeschi Dec. 17.

Debbie Davies plays the Maple Tree Cafe in Simsbury Friday. Seven Mary Three plays Tuxedo Junction in Danbury Dec. 7. Teen heartthrob Jamie Walters plays an all-ages show there Sunday. Don't forget Everclear, Ruth Ruth and Fig Dish there tonight.

1 Lydia Lunch and Exene Cervenka team up on a spoken word tour that plays the Iron Horse Music Hall Tuesday. New Haven's Big Bad Johns present the premiere of the new album "Plymouth Rock" (and its Christmas single) in a show Saturday at Yale's GPSCY Bar in a show with Gravel Pit and Joey Harris (listed as "late of the Beat The Johns will also play a memorial gig for the Beat Farmers' Country Dick Montana Monday at Tramps in New York. Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers play Black-Eyed Sally's in Hartford Saturday. meant to release. "It cost about 10 grand," Sharp says over the phone from Denver.

Even with the riches that came from the success of his main band's 2 million-selling debut, he says, "it was everything I had." Part of the problem, Sharp says, is "we got into this Jeff Lynne thing where more is more." And what was once a bare-bones punk-guitar album became a fun little New Wave keyboard album. "Return of the Rentals," released last month, brought back the sound of Gary Numan, the Cars and the old Moog synthesizer. And now the Rentals are out on their own tour. After a stint opening for Alanis Morris-sette, the band plays the Sting in New Britain Wednesday night as part of WMRQ-FM's (104.1) Jingle Bell Jam with the Toadies, Garbage, Eve's Plum and Letters to Cleo. "The No.

1 and 2 questions I get asked all the time," says Sharp, "are: 'Has Weezer broken And, 'What is a Weezer, whose drummer Pat Wilson also plays double duty on the Rentals album, has indeed not broken up. In fact the one criterion Sharp had for all the labels that were interested in signing his band is that the album be released in the fall so as not to interfere with Weezer's schedule. (The winning mogul was Madonna and her Maverick Records.) "We've already started recording the next record," Sharp says of Weezer. Because of the success of the Rentals (which includes on the road Cherielynne Westrich, Rod Cervera, Jim Richards, Myra Rudolph and Mike Fletcher), Sharp may have more input on future Weezer projects with Rivers Cuomo, the former Mansfield resident who heads the band. As for the Moog, of course, it's one of the first generation of synthesizers, developed by Robert Moog.

The Rentals are touring with four 1977 models of the Moog Source. Many who were introduced to the Rentals through their low-budget video for "Friends of may think the band is from Czechoslovakia with their nerdy suits, black-and-white footage and Eastern European subtitles an image repeated on the album cover art. But that look was chosen because it was a woods Jan. 12 and 13. Two unusual shows coming to Foxwoods next month include one designed for children, "Nickelodeon's Wild Crazy Kids Show," Dec.

16 (a different format from the Nickelodeon show that played the Meadows recently) and a show designed for the casino's many Chinese customers Dec. 17 featuring Roman Tam and Amanda Lee. Shut out of Saturday's Phish show at the New Haven Coliseum, which sold out in two hours? Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday for two shows at the Worcester Centrum Dec. 28 and 29.

As expected, Silverchair is not waiting for the Red Hot Chili Peppers tour to get back on track before it hits the road. The young Australian band plays a few U.S. cities through next month, including Roseland in New York Dec. 10 after playing "Saturday Night Live" Dec. 9.

As expected, Silverchair is not waiting for the Red Hot Chili Peppers tour to get back on track before it hits the road. The young Australian band plays a few U.S. cities through next month, including Roseland in New York Dec. 10 after playing "Saturday Night Live" Dec. 9.

Counter Aid, the main fund-raiser for LIFEbeat, the music industry organization fighting AIDS, brings stars to work cash registers at record stores in Los Angeles and New York. Strawberries Records Tapes is participating, though, by encouraging customers on World Aids Day Friday through low-budget approach for an already low-budget video; because of a quick need for cover art, a still was nabbed from the video, making some think it is a continuing Rentals look. On tour, the band wears regular clothes. Putting on those suits, Sharp says, "would be too hot." WHAT'S NEW Next year already looks bright for the indoor rock shows at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford. Ozzy Osbourne's tour stops there Jan.

2 1 the day after a rescheduled date at the Worcester Centrum. And on Feb. 10, Meat Loaf plays the capital city of his home state with a Meadows show. The stop, three weeks into Loafs new tour, comes after a weeklong stint at New York's Radio City Music Hall. His album "Welcome to the Neighborhood" has made its debut at No.

17, and its first single, "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" has crashed the Top 10. Carly Simon, who apparently doesn't like to sing night after night, returns to the Fox-woods Resort Casino for an unusual run of every-other-night shows Jan. 21, 23, 25 and 27. Tickets, which are $35, $75, $100 and 1 50, go on sale Monday. A three-CD boxed set of her work over the past 30 years, "Clouds in My Coffee, 1965-1995" is due out Tuesday.

Tickets go on sale Saturday for a George Jones and Tammy Wynette show at Fox- Write to Roger Catlin in care of Sound Check, The Hartford Courant, 285 Broad Hartford CT 06115. Please include a telephone number. This week's concerts are listed on Page 24. Below are some upcoming concerts for which tickets are on sale. Not all shows are listed.

Data Location Performer Date Location Performsr Garde Arts Center, New London Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford Foxwoods Casino, Masrif ntucket Springfield Symphony Hall Toad's Place, New Haven Toad's Place, New Haven The Sting, New Britain Foxwoods Casino, Maahantucket Toad's Place, New Haven Foxwoods Casino, Mtashantudcoi The Sting, New Britain Worcester Centrum Thursday, Dec 14 Saturday, Dec. 16 Saturday, Deal 6 Sunday, Dec. 17 Wednesday, Dec. 20 Thursday, Dec. 21 Friday, Dec 22 Dec 28-31 Friday, Dec.

29 1 Jan. 12-13 Saturday, Jan. 13 Saturday, Jan. 20 George Winston Natalie Merchant Nickelodeon Show Judy Collins GWAR Marion Meadows GWAR Daryl Hail, John Oatc-s Roomful of Blues, 8 to the Bar Georgv Jonesjaiwny Wynette George Carliq OzzyOobourne Thursday, Dec. Thursday, Dec 7 Friday, Dec ft Friday, Dec.

8 Friday, Dec. 8 Saturday, Dec. 9 Saturday, Dec 9 Dec 10 Monday, Dec. 11 Thursday. Dec.

14 O'Neill Center, Danbury Tuxedo Junction, Danbury Brickyard Cafe, Hartford Worcester Aud Hungry Tiger, Manchester Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket Jorgensen Auditorium, Storrs The Sting. New Britain Municipal Cafe, Hartford Td'i Place, New Ham The Sting, New Britain Toad's Place, New Haven Bob Dylan, Patti Smith Seven Mary Three Usa Ueb, (Home farm, Cam Bob Dylan Patti Smith Monster Mike Welch George Cariirt Paul Winter B.B. King Wayne Toups MKesSry Better Than Ezra Holmet, Skolston Key imirttiii Tuxedo Junction, Danbury, 748-2561 Ticketmaster, 525-4500 (Hartford) or 624-0033 (New Haven) Worcester Centrum, (508) 798-8888 ProBx, 422-0000 Springfield Symphony Hall, (413) 787-6600 The Sting, New Britain, 225-2154 Toad's Place, New Haven, 624-8623 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, 548-7370 Municipal Cafe, Hartford, 527-5044 Northampton Boxoffice, (800) THE-TICK Palace Theatre, New Haven, 789-2120 Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, 885-3352 Garde Arts Center, New London, 444-7373 Hungry Tiger Cafe, Manchester, 649-1 1 95 Jorgensen Auditorium, Storrs, 488-4226.

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