Lollipop Magazine

Dandelion – Dyslexicon – Review

May 1, 1995

This is not the ’80s garage rock band I remember from last year. Evidently, they sold enough records to make a monstrous guitar album.

Cold Water Flat – Review

May 1, 1995

Their second album, produced by Sean Slade and Tim O’Heir, is simply titled Cold Water Flat, indicating that powerful pop tunes are their fate.

Clutch – Review

May 1, 1995

The album takes some time to grow on you, but when it does, it’ll stay with you. There are quotables enough to fill a review.

Chimera – The Day Star EP – Review

May 1, 1995

As the songs progress, the radio pop-ness wears off and the lingering effect is dreamy and beautiful.

Thingummy – The Riot Booooyz! Grrr! – Review

May 1, 1995

Amusing, loud and irreverent pop, meaty guitar, and sensitive vocals about toads. These guys are fun.

Catherine Wheel – Happy Days – Review

May 1, 1995

Happy Days is as mesmerizing and rolling as ocean waves and as subtly powerful as an undertow.

Brutality – When the Sky Turns Black – Review

May 1, 1995

Epic tune riff-o-rama. A talented bunch who can be likened to a death metal orchestra, and they include a cover of the Black Sabbath fave “Electric Funeral.”

Bruce McCulloch – Shame-Based Man – Review

May 1, 1995

Face it, he was the least funny on Kids in the Hall. Still, there are moments, like “Doors,” “Our Love,” and all the fake radio excerpts.

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black – The Anti-Naturalists – Review

May 1, 1995

Hear “vociferous,” “chlorophyll,” and “teutonic,” sung by a naked woman in blue body paint while a guitarist in a nurse’s outfit churns out old school rock.

Broken Hope – Repulsive Conception – Review

May 1, 1995

Brutal grindcore with few frills. Twisted lyrics, demon roars, mean guitars… the whole package. Their cover of Twisted Sister’s “Captain Howdy” is wild.