October 1996 – Page 4 – Lollipop Magazine

Orange 9mm – Tragic – Review

October 1, 1996

From the grinding groove opener “Fire in the Hole,” it’s obvious that this band hasn’t lost any of their potent hardcore crossover sound.

Los Hornets – “Barrymore” – Review

October 1, 1996

The A-Side is instrumental, and if you don’t listen carefully, you’ll think it’s badly executed surf, not the abstract art statement that it is.

Nerf Herder – Review

October 1, 1996

Clean-cut guys in touch with their Rush-listening, feathered-hair days, and apologetic about not having been in hardcore bands since they could draw an X.

Metal Molly – Surgery For Zebra – Review

October 1, 1996

They demand their inalienable right to levity and they pursue it with crazed creativity far beyond the bounds of decency.

Melvins – Stag – Review

October 1, 1996

Stag documents the moment Melvins decided their Atlantic deal was not worth the trouble. It’s funny, annoying, and, once in a while, downright brilliant.

Like Wow – Like Wow / Bliss Blood split – Review

October 1, 1996

Any 7″ that celebrates drinking is fine with us here in the office. Even better if the songs are sort of psychobilly. Well, drunk psychobilly.

Komeda – The Genius of… – Review

October 1, 1996

A retro-tinged pop sound that seems innocent enough, but is insidiously laced with a hypnotic undertow that Franz Mesmer would call “manipulative.”

Jughead’s Revenge – Image Is Everything – Review

October 1, 1996

A tough LA punk band with a raw, old-school sound, Jughead’s Revenge release another album of stand-alone anthems for self-alienated, angry youth.

Jazz Butcher – Draining The Glass – Review

October 1, 1996

Underground rock’s greatest shame is its perennial neglect of Britain’s Jazz Butcher, Patrick Fish, a remarkable songwriter who deserves a far better fate.

Incredible Force of Junior – Let the World Fall Apart – Review

October 1, 1996

Fuzzy indie pop jangly as a silver bracelet. In “Walrus,” the chick screeches like one of my aunts after too much chardonnay-in-a-box.