1996 – Page 29 – Lollipop Magazine

Emily’s Sassy Lime – Desperate, Scared, But Social – Review

October 1, 1996

They render the riot grrrl ethic to understatement. Cutesy garage that won’t offend anyone but sound engineers was never the point.

Eels – Beautiful Freak – Review

October 1, 1996

It kicks off with a suite of five pretty impressive songs. The stop-start rhythms and kitchen-sink arrangement of “Novocaine For the Soul” are entertaining.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute – Review

October 1, 1996

It brings music’s royalty together for a tribute to Honor an artist we have lost, celebrate his life, and the music he served with it.

American Buffalo – Review

October 1, 1996

Ethics, honor, responsibility, and hunger. These are the elements that float American Buffalo, one of Mamet’s more popular productions.

Dirty Three – Horse Stories – Review

October 1, 1996

Instrumentals all, evocative of life’s elemental offerings: birth and death, love and loss, hope and despair, loneliness and longing, growth and decay.

Desultory – Swallow The Snake – Review

October 1, 1996

Foot-to-the-floor angstfests so poundingly mixed, you barely notice they sound like pretty much every massively-produced song you’ve driven recklessly to.

Coyote Shivers – Review

October 1, 1996

Coyote Shivers could quite possibly be Thunders reborn: The glitter glam-slam attitude and outfits and the smarmy sneer, at once inviting and dangerous.

Chester Copperpot – Poems & Short Stories – Review

October 1, 1996

This power pop threesome are from Sweden and enjoy volleyball, dolphins, lazing around, and writing simple, catchy songs.

Blitz – Voice of a Generation – Review

October 1, 1996

This 1982 LP belongs near the top of the list of the best punk albums of all time alongside those of Fear, the Misfits, DKs, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, etc.

Bliss Blood – Like Wow / Bliss Blood split – Review

October 1, 1996

The B-side is lo-fi blues with some strange sounds included like a singing saw and a jug bass. Not to mention an incredibly cool punk ukulele.