1996 – Page 89 – Lollipop Magazine

Pan-Thy-Monium – Ill Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-ion – Review

May 1, 1996

Expect the unexpected, as blast beats overlap swinging sax while walls of noise merge into pan flute parts – all throwing your head for motion overload.

Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black – Pachuco Cadaver – Review

May 1, 1996

Beefheartian purists may blanch at the liberties Eug ‘n’ Jim have taken – Chad taking known tunes and wringing ’em out ’til they’re scarcely recognizable.

Elend – Les Tenebres du Dehors – Review

May 1, 1996

Using opulent, romantic and classical formations, Elend twists the overly consonant traditions and skews the melodies to redirect them in the darkness.

O.Z. Willis – The Great Unwashed – Review

May 1, 1996

A rock band from Albany, NY, with music school credentials, experimental tinkerings, and white boy funk/blues rock stagger/industrial metal, on one CD.

Overkill – The Killing Kind – Review

May 1, 1996

While the second half may slump into rebel stomp mediocrity, weighty Metallica-esque conceptualizations, and a ballad, the record starts off strong, really.

Edgewise – Review

May 1, 1996

A punishing mish-mosh of hard notes and vocals. This band sounds like a vacuum of hardcore influences being rolled together and churned out as one.

O-matic – Dog Years – Review

May 1, 1996

With the longest song clocking in at just over three minutes, O-matic wastes no time in getting down to the business of getting down to business.

Edge of Sanity – Review

May 1, 1996

Crimson is death metal, but with more creative lyrical composition and inventive, if not completely amazing, songsmithing.

Invasion of the Indie Snatchers – Review

May 1, 1996

24 songs by 24 bands. They have no relation to one another stylistically or thematically. I’m not sure why they’re all crammed together on the same CD.

Neutral Milk Hotel – On Every Island – Review

May 1, 1996

Their acoustic/electric, fuzz-heavy, ramshackle sound combined with a great sense of melody recalls none other than the mighty Flaming Lips.