Lollipop Magazine

Smegma – The Mad Excitement… – Review

June 1, 1996

Record loops, free-floating rhythms, and other random elements make this something that requires repeated listening (if you can handle it).

Sluts For Hire – The Happiest Band on Earth – Review

June 1, 1996

Do you like rollicking, superfast songs that give you the fuzzies? No? Then FUCK YOU!

Shonen Knife – The Birds and the B-Sides – Review

June 1, 1996

This compilation is a “froot roop” dream come true. A lot of the songs are rare and unreleased with some live tracks and covers.

Sham 69 – The Game – Review

June 1, 1996

They attempted to sound like their earlier recordings, but the production was too slick for its own good, and they were losing their trademark innocence.

Sham 69 – That’s Life – Review

June 1, 1996

Sham’s two 1978 releases, That’s Life and Tell Us The Truth, show them at their rawest.

Sham 69 – Tell Us The Truth – Review

June 1, 1996

Split down the middle between studio recordings and live material. The sound quality is surprisingly clear and their rapport with the audience is excellent.

Only Living Witness – Innocents – Interview

June 1, 1996

An interview with vocalist Jonah Jenkins

Sham 69 – The Adventures of Hersham Boys – Review

June 1, 1996

Songs that rivaled those of Never Mind The Bollocks and X-Ray Spex’s Germ Free Adolescents as definitive documentation of that particular time and place.

The Third Eye – Column

June 1, 1996

The two-hour long program promises to “help you overcome your fear of death” and “understand what the after-death reality is really like.” Hmmm…

Helium – at The Loud Music Festival – Review

June 1, 1996

Despite the snags, frontwoman Mary Timony proved herself to be a talented guitarist through creative use of feedback and harmonics.