1996 – Page 94 – Lollipop Magazine

Love and Rockets – with The Dandy Warhols at the Paradise – Review

May 1, 1996

Love and Rockets burst into “Ball of Confusion.” The band comes across even better live, an aural overload of loud buzzing wah-wah guitar effects.

Big Lick – Review

May 1, 1996

It may be standard-issue horns-‘n’-whistles-‘n’-baseball-caps white-boy ska, but Big Lick goes through their paces as well as any.

Belloluna – Pleasant Music For Nice People – Review

May 1, 1996

Some can pull off Neo-Lounge, some can’t. Avoid Belloluna as you would a leprous rabid pit bull with an automatic pistol and a bad case of syphilis.

Battalion of Saints a.d. – Cuts – Review

May 1, 1996

An integral part of the early ’80s hardcore scene, now renamed Battalion of Saints A.D., the new CD, Cuts, proves the band has not lost its spunk or its edge.

Anathema – Pentecost III – Review

May 1, 1996

Over 40 minutes of doom metal, divided into five distinct views of desolation and despair.

Sydra – at the Loud Music Festival – Review

May 1, 1996

Baystate Cabaret hosted Sydra, a Boston-based trio that was all decibel, no direction.

A Few of my Favorite Things – Christopher Walken’s Three Best Film Quotes – Column

April 1, 1996

“Tell the angels in heaven you’ve never seen evil so singularly personified than on the face of the man that killed you.”

A Few of my Favorite Things – One of the Two Best Double Albums… – Column

April 1, 1996

Game Theory – Lolita Nation – Scott Miller (now of The Loud Family) remains both one of pop music’s finest confectioners and one of its least appreciated.

A Few of my Favorite Things – Best Opening Couplet to Any Song Ever at Press Time – Column

April 1, 1996

Oh, the snot has caked against my pants… It has turned into crystal…

Thick Records – Zak Einstein – Interview

April 1, 1996

An interview with Zak Einstein