Lollipop Magazine

The Divine Comedy – Casanova – Review

December 1, 1996

Who but a Limey could blow his arrogance to Empire-sized proportions and slyly deflate it with every over-emotive syllable from his stiff upper lip?

Flipside – #104 – Review

December 1, 1996

The grandpappy of all U.S. punkzines remains densely teeming with torrents of tiny text and a far wider frame of reference than most any other ‘zine.

TchKunG! – Post World Handbook – Review

December 1, 1996

A barrage of drums, an intensity that far surpasses punk rock. Similar to almost no one except, perhaps, Crash Worship meeting Worldbeat.

Annals of Improbable Research – Review

December 1, 1996

Egghead humor never gets the credit it deserves, probably because so few people actually get it.

Spacetime Continuum – Remit Recapes – Review

December 1, 1996

A compilation of their older stuff remixed by different artists/producers. As a whole, it rivals any of their other releases, at times surpassing them.

Attrition – 3 Arms and a Dead Cert – Review

December 1, 1996

Analog/digital electronics deal with his saint hysteria dew-drop subjects. An intense female joins the techno-fest with crescendos of operatic vocals.

Skeleton Key – Review

December 1, 1996

Great skronk-work, with some grinding rock, and a slight dab of alterna-rock. Off-center engine part rhythms, and influences from Pere Ubu to Jesus Lizard.

Atonement – Final Cut – Review

December 1, 1996

“Electro-industro-funk” is how they describe themselves. Great groove, wonderful effects, nice production.

Six Volt Sunbeam – Sur La Table – Review

December 1, 1996

Could’ve been the music playing in the heads of the characters in Slackers, but more reminiscent of the attitude and mentality of Clerks.

Aroma – Aromatic for the People – Review

December 1, 1996

The usual strung-out angst and distorted guitars and the requisite throwback to arena rock grandiosity, but also some quirky pop sensibility.