Lollipop Magazine

Bad Trip – Buzzy – Review

September 1, 1995

Bad Trip wear their bleeding heart on their sleeve, with lyrics that address every social ill in the book. ou can tell the lyrics were written from the gut.

Punchbuggy – All Nite Christian Rollerskate – Review

September 1, 1995

This is what powerpop is all about. With 19 solid tracks, some punky pop, some kinda just dippy, upbeat pop; there are only good songs and great songs.

Asphyxia – Optimum Wound Profile – Review

September 1, 1995

Mix Hell Awaits-era Slayer with Nine Inch Nails and Neurosis, add potent doses of their own secret poison to the mix, and swallow it all in one huge gulp.

Psychic TV – Force The Hand of Chance – Review

September 1, 1995

I went to sleep with the TV on again. The world seems to expand into the sideways dimensions sliding into bisections of the standing perpendicular.

Antimony – Phantom Itch – Review

September 1, 1995

On Phantom Itch, they expand on the Circus Lupus form, and play rolling post punk in the style of the Holy Rollers and Fugazi. But Antimony is better.

Pere Ubu – Ray Gun Suitcase – Review

September 1, 1995

Pere Ubu used to be (c.1975) a collection of strange noises gathered under loose pop trappings. Ray Gun Suitcase is interesting pop with strange noises.

Paul Weller – Stanley Road – Review

September 1, 1995

I’ve always been impressed that the ex-frontman of mod punk legends, the Jam and Style Council, can wind up sounding like Eric Clapton and actually pull it off.

aMiniature – Murk Time Cruiser – Review

September 1, 1995

Clear and crisp, but not slick; roaring pop-punk, big on fuzzy, feedback-laden guitar and long on melody.

One Two Four Nine – TV Dog – Review

September 1, 1995

NYC trio that sounds like spored-out Weezer sans tunes, listless and drab even when it tries to bring the noise.

Not Rebecca – Twin City Obituary – Review

September 1, 1995

The playing is far from sloppy, and saying that they have energy is like saying The Great Wall of China is a bunch of rocks on top of each other.