September 1996 – Page 12 – Lollipop Magazine

Perpetua – Irational – Review

September 1, 1996

While much of the songwriting is bare-bones brutality, and that which isn’t is a rather juvenile stab at aggressive electronic music, I have faith in Perpetua.

Perfume Tree – A Lifetime Away – Review

September 1, 1996

A Lifetime Away is a wonderful blend of cultures, sounds from across the planet nestled comfortably next to each other in the channel of the backbeat.

Patti Smith – Gone Again – Review

September 1, 1996

Patti Smith must have been playing “Opposites Day” when she titled this album Gone Again, ’cause she is back. Praise goddess, Patti Smith has come back to us.

Peaceful Meadows – Maximum Party – Review

September 1, 1996

A very clean and strong brand of fast punk; snare on the upbeat; neither sound nor pace varying often.

Synthetic Pleasures – Review

September 1, 1996

Filmed on location from Tokyo to Detroit to cyberspace, Pleasures samples from a staggeringly ambitious menu of cutting-edge technologies.

River’s Edge – Review

September 1, 1996

The murdered girl is as resonant a portrait of femininity fragility as Ophelia, except she didn’t drown and Ophelia didn’t spend all of Hamlet lying naked.

Ninja Scroll – Review

September 1, 1996

If you are interested in Japanimation, this is a good one to get; it is a solid and entertaining piece of work. It is not the very best, but it holds its own.

Snap-Her – It Smells It Burns It Stings – Interview

September 1, 1996

My Own Private Idaho – Review

September 1, 1996

Gus Van Sant took the story of Henry IV to the streets of Portland, Oregon, where the trashy flesh-peddlers and addicts roam on a pilgrimage into the void.

Robyn Hitchcock – Moss Elixir – Interview

September 1, 1996

An interview with Robyn Hitchcock