March 1996 – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Fourball – #2 – Review

March 1, 1996

This is a fun little ‘zine packed with the usual features: Reviews, interviews (The Laurels, Ashley Von Hurter, and the Haters) plus poetry, letters, cartoons.

Resolve – Jack – Review

March 1, 1996

Resolve are from upstate New York, but I would have sworn it was Minneapolis. Their sound owes a huge debt to the Replacements, Soul Asylum, and Hüsker Dü.

Pretty Mary Sunshine – Bird Medicine – Review

March 1, 1996

Lost and not caring, I wander aimlessly through endless hallways, drifting, slow and spacey. A softly swirling, iridescent mist envelops me.

Ant – #1 and #2 – Review

March 1, 1996

Long live rock ‘n’ roll! This music ‘zine is devoted to the rock/metal/glam that was in vogue in the mid-to-late ’80s and keeps rockin’ in the mid-’90s.

Paradise Lost – Draconian Times – Review

March 1, 1996

Where Shades and Icon were a bit more unrelenting, Draconian Times has a slight commercial lean in comparison.

Angry Thoreauan – #12 – Review

March 1, 1996

It seems that a man (his name is Randall Tin-Ear. Draw your own conclusions) is as bitter, pissed, and arrogant as only a prolific writer can be.

Pansy Division – Wish I’d Taken Pictures – Review

March 1, 1996

The flaming princes of queercore are back! Jon Ginoli has taken singing lessons, or has been smoking a lot. I love this music, and I’m not ashamed of it.

Billy Goat – Black and White – Review

March 1, 1996

Part Urban Dance Squad, part War, part Chili Peppers, Billy Goat enters the “live rap” arena and emerges, if not victorious, at least mostly unscathed.

Belmez – Siechtum – Review

March 1, 1996

The singer could be singing “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and it would still sound like he was chewing on a live rattlesnake, spitting bile at you.

Pansy Division – Valentine’s Day – Review

March 1, 1996

The queer punk kingpins remind us, on red vinyl, why Valentine’s Day is the holiday from Hell.