May 1996 – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

Edge of Sanity – Review

May 1, 1996

Crimson is death metal, but with more creative lyrical composition and inventive, if not completely amazing, songsmithing.

Invasion of the Indie Snatchers – Review

May 1, 1996

24 songs by 24 bands. They have no relation to one another stylistically or thematically. I’m not sure why they’re all crammed together on the same CD.

Neutral Milk Hotel – On Every Island – Review

May 1, 1996

Their acoustic/electric, fuzz-heavy, ramshackle sound combined with a great sense of melody recalls none other than the mighty Flaming Lips.

Times Square – Review

May 1, 1996

It hasn’t quite reached cult-level status, even with cool “new wave” bands such as XTC, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Ramones, and the Pretenders.

Mortiis – Emperor of a Dimension Unknown – Review

May 1, 1996

Looking for the perfect music to listen to while role-playing? If you are, Mortiis’ fourth album, regally entitled Emperor of a Dimension Unknown, is for you.

The Decline… of Western Civilization – Review

May 1, 1996

SoCal circa ’79 was a scene as vital in its way as London or the Bowery were a couple of years before, and Spheeris captures it all.

Mineral – The Power of Failing – Review

May 1, 1996

Mineral mines moody, earnest, accessible power pop territory and delivers it with passionate intensity.

Suburbia – Review

May 1, 1996

Spheeris proved her heavy mettle in the p-rock socio-exploitation genre. Imagine if Decline… had been all about Eugene, and you’ve pretty much got Suburbia.

Memento Mori – La Danse Macabre – Review

May 1, 1996

Imagine an Yngwie student chopping up those scales to a sterile progressive power metal wank littered with meaty guitar hooks and dickless warbling vocals.

Repo Man – Review

May 1, 1996

What makes Repo Man such an unbridled kick is its outsider’s view of America, and its dazzling display of verbal and visual gags, layered and stuffed.