Lollipop Magazine

Cast – All Change – Review

August 1, 1996

The ghost of Herman’s Hermits has possessed Cast. Not quite as lovely as Radiohead, but preferable to Oasis’ pissy antics.

Carcass – Swansong – Review

August 1, 1996

Heartwork makes Swansong look like a limp dick. Carcass chose not to further their technical abilities, but to rehash every Maiden and Priest riff available.

By the Grace of God – For the Love of Indie Rock – Review

August 1, 1996

A sort of supergroup to redefine the fun and edge of hardcore. The result is eight songs of straight-forward, energetic, uplifting hardcore for the kids.

Bile – with Neon Jesus at Mama Kin – Review

August 1, 1996

The noise was hypnotic. It sounded almost orchestral. The drums sounding like trumpets. Krz and Brett, their hair sweaty & stringy, looked like swamp creatures.

Bush Chemists – Dub Outernational – Review

August 1, 1996

These Londoners play what one could nearly term “fundamentalist” dub reggae, in the tradition of King Tubby and Scientist.

Liquor Lecture – Rum – Column

August 1, 1996

I’ve never really gotten into the Bacardi 151, it’s always tasted to much like gasoline. It loses it’s mellow warmth, becomes too abrasive.

The Consumer – Review

August 1, 1996

Michael Gira’s themes are enormous and unambiguous, yet his mastery is such that the most fetid scenes are somehow pure and beautifully described.

Skin Trade – #8 – Review

August 1, 1996

If editor Floyd Hardwick’s views and comments are intended as sarcasm, then I’m amused. His article about “High Maintenance Women” made me cackle.

Idle Chatter – Column

August 1, 1996

Exclusive cover story in this fortnight’s Rolling Stone: The Secret Life of Jerry Garcia. The secret: Jerry took drugs.

King Ink – Review

August 1, 1996

King Ink, a compendium of lyrics, prose and playlets, is a testament to Cave’s progression from crazed Dionysian splatter-poet to classicist Bard of the Bleak.