Lollipop Magazine

Fluf – The Classic Years – Review

February 1, 1996

The fattest sound in distorted guitars and deep, heartfelt singing that make me feel like a child getting a big hug by St. Nick every time I listen to Fluf.

Fitz of Depression – Seemingly Vague – Review

February 1, 1996

Fitz of Depression is straight up punk rock. The music is non-offensive and likable. The song “2 Ripe” sounds like Descendents.

Farside – Review

February 1, 1996

The more aggressive stuff works pretty well, but doesn’t make enough of an impact to support the anticlimax of the two folky meanderings that wrap up this disc.

Everready – Fairplay – Review

February 1, 1996

Catchy, up-beat punk pop with snarly vocals, smells like Screeching Weasel. The ska sounds like Rancid. The harmonies sound like Fat Wreck Chords.

Spacemen 3 – Sound of Confusion – Review

February 1, 1996

Sound of Confusion, their ’86 debut, is first-embryonic Detroit-via-Rugby fuzz-drones that light up the firmament with incandescent bursts of beauteous fury.

Epperly – Review

February 1, 1996

Half the songs ooze through a relaxed Valium groove, while the other half cranks up the distortion for some happy pogoing and head bopping.

Swimming with Sharks – Review

February 1, 1996

Buddy Ackerman is a relentless, victimizing asshole, torturing and belittling Guy at every turn. Guy eventually has enough and takes revenge.

Whorgasm – Smothered – Interview

February 1, 1996

An interview with Jimmy Harry

State of Grace – Review

February 1, 1996

Phil Joanou’s real time fable of brotherly honor and betrayal is one the best mob films in a long, excluding Good Fellas and Miller’s Crossing.

Prick Up Your Ears – Review

February 1, 1996

In the late 1960s, one of the brightest young stars in British theatre, Joe Orton, was viciously bludgeoned to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell.