1996 – Page 27 – Lollipop Magazine

Mark Brodie & the Beaver Patrol – Shreddin’ and Surfin’ – Review

October 1, 1996

Cruising in the pipeline of the current surf instrumental revival. There’s no attempt at a new twist, just something to remind you how vital this music is.

Rosa Mota – Bionic – Review

October 1, 1996

One hot minute, it’s incantantory punk and Kate Pierson (or Cindy Wilson) the next, it’s string-mopped U.K. hee-hey with a sickly-sweet Pixie-sticky bassline.

Red Aunts – Saltbox – Review

October 1, 1996

Even after every ‘zine with any taste gushed over #1 Chicken, the banshee bitches didn’t let it go to their heads and, like, learn how to play or anything.

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.”