May 1996 – Page 4 – Lollipop Magazine

Jonny Polonsky – with Frank Black at the Paradise – Review

May 1, 1996

Polonsky makes power pop the way it ought to be, I thought – loud, hard, slightly intimidating, but at the same time, slightly nuts.

The Meices – Dirty Bird – Review

May 1, 1996

The Meices are unafraid to be melodic, even sensitive, but still retain the flip exuberance that makes the rough stuff fun.

Hagfish – at Pearl Street – Review

May 1, 1996

They kicked my sorry rear-end with a combination of punky bravado and sassy stage delivery when I saw them live.

The Goops – Lucky – Review

May 1, 1996

This disc is simply loaded with attitude, both lyrically and in terms of its delivery, due in no small part to the raspy, smart-ass vocals of Eleanor Whitledge.

A Few of My Favorite Things – Ten CDs You Can’t Live Without – Column

May 1, 1996

Black Flag, Bad Brains, and Dead Kennedys may be better known, but nobody captures the exuberance and sonic recklessness of hardcore like DC’s Minor Threat.

The Fixx – In Concert – Review

May 1, 1996

The Fixx play a set, perform all the songs they made videos for (plus some other ones), talk to the audience, the audience cheers, and everybody goes home.

A Few of My Favorite Things – Three Song Lyrics That Convey Tragedy At Its Finest – Column

May 1, 1996

“…and it was cold, and it rained, so I felt like an actor…” David Bowie, “Five Years”

The Drag – Satellites Beaming Back At You – Review

May 1, 1996

If Blur and Oasis were a) American, and b) infectious, spirited and hooky, they’d be The Drag. A collection of ambitious lyrics with tunes that stay with you.

Laika and the Cosmonauts – Zero Gravity – Review

May 1, 1996

Wooo-eeee! Grab the laughing gas and my NASA Bermuda shorts – I’m off to Venus in a cosmic Woody with my favorite Finnish wave-crashers.

Big Catholic Guilt – The Final Guilt Trip at The Rat – Review

May 1, 1996

BCG live is hit or miss. Sometimes the energy inspires you to release your own pent-up aggression, other times, you feel like you’re watching something on TV.