Luscious Jackson -- with its featured single in last

year's hit movie Clueless, and its virtually unshakable association with

New York punk rapping Beastie Boys -- has as of yet pretty much staked out its

home in the encyclopedia of U.S. pop culture somewhere under "teen

icon.

Thus, at 10:20 P.M. this past Saturday night, when the (undeniably

cute) four-woman band leapt onto stage at the Great American Music Hall in San

Francisco, California (from where, by the way, the show was Netcast by

MediaCast),

to the high-pitched cheers of

a young, anxious primarily female crowd, I was not sure what to expect.

Composed primarily of teenage girls true to the Drew Barrymore/Alicia

Silverstone tradition, there was no shortage of nose-rings, barrettes, mini-T's

or thigh highs in the room.

The youthful energy of the crowd painted a

picture that stood in strong contrast to the antique Victorian flavor of the

600-capacity venue. The Great American Music Hall -- with its burgundy pillars

that hold up high ceiling, its gold color moldings that wind their way around

the balcony railings and down the mirror-laced walls, and with its the large

wooded dance floor and marble-looking tables -- creates nothing short of a

retro feel.

Nonetheless, by the time the band had hit its third chord and

sung its first few bars, it became more than clear that the tenor of this

concert had a lot more to do with the mature and polished setting than it had

to do with the young and naive audience. Indeed, four and a half years after

releasing their first LP, Looking for Manny" Luscious Jackson, with its

current concert in promotion of the band's forthcoming third CD, Fever In,

Fever Out, can finally cast the teen-queen image. As Saturday night's show

clearly demonstrated, LJ is growing up.

After saluting the

audience...

[Please use "Continued" icon for rest of this review.]