Lollipop Magazine

The Wives – Ask Me How – Review

December 1, 1995

These girls rampage through simple and balls-out tunes with great lyrics. Metaphors and curb-side story-telling abound, loving set to furious beats.

The Rugburns – Taking The World By Donkey – Review

December 1, 1995

I wrote with a black grease pencil in a crabbed and illegible script the lyrics to the first three songs I heard. It filled both sides of the sheet.

The Bottle Rockets – The Brooklyn Side – Review

December 1, 1995

The Bottle Rockets may sound a little too reminiscent of middle-aged mom heartthrob rock, e.g., the Bruces Hornsby and Springsteen. Look a little deeper.

Swank – The Swill of it All – Review

December 1, 1995

If you put Black Sabbath, L7, and Smashing Pumpkins in a blender, you’d have a good idea of this trio’s sound.

Space Needle – “Sun Doesn’t Love Me” – Review

December 1, 1995

Space Needle are not boring pop. They’re one of the most satisfying and challenging bands around, and if the pop’s there, it’s anything but ostentatious.

Skyclad – The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea – Review

December 1, 1995

Aren’t we progressive with the violin, samples, and more interludes, segues, and tangents than I care to go into. I’m impressed. No, I don’t like your band.

Skunk Anansie – Paranoid & Sunburnt – Review

December 1, 1995

They brought us Sabbath, Priest, Motörhead, but have been relatively silent in the metal category recently. It took a black lesbian skinhead to stand apart.

Shawn Colvin – Live ’88 – Review

December 1, 1995

During an unpleasant portion of my life, I used to go to pretentious coffeehouses, clapping politely to the latest Dylan wanna-be singing “sensitive” songs.

Sharkboy – The Valentine Singles – Review

December 1, 1995

Like a large jewelry box, The Valentine Singles contains four 45s. Woozy from umbrella-topped drinks but not tipsy enough to falter from perfect elegance feel.

Self – Subliminal Plastic Motives – Review

December 1, 1995

All 12 songs meld big ’90s guitarrorism, organic samples, and an obsessive-compulsive attention to detail with bright harmonies and indelible choruses.