Lollipop Magazine

Meathead – Cop Shoot Cop – Dick Smoker Plus – Review

February 1, 1997

Meathead and Cop Shoot Cop remix songs by each other, but still can’t disguise the fact that the songs aren’t very interesting.

McRackins – Best Friend – Review

February 1, 1997

Ripping out the raw leads, shouting out the harmonies, and picking up the pace to a frenzied slam, Best Friend shows a different side of the McRackins.

Luscious Jackson – Fever In Fever Out – Review

February 1, 1997

The album’s strong points are the tangible rainy day ambience it produces, the honesty of its well-sung lyrics, and the clear but distant production.

Los Ass-Draggers – Abbey Roadkill – Review

February 1, 1997

21 songs crammed into 22 minutes of eye-bulgin’, sweat-stinkin’, raw-throat-hollerin’, jacked-to-the-limit, speed-thrills good times.

Less Than Jake – Crash Course In Being an Asshole – Review

February 1, 1997

Sans ska-stylings, Less Than Jake here play pop punk in the Screeching Weasel vein. Predictable “whoas” are placed in the usual, slightly off-time format.

Laibach – Jesus Christ Superstars – Review

February 1, 1997

Joy Electric – Old Wives Tales – Review

February 1, 1997

Dreamy textures of synthetic sounds, layered like a fantastic banquet cake decorated with colorful oddities and scrumptious frosting.

J. Church – Kittums In a Coma – Review

February 1, 1997

This three song release has one original tune, “Lines,” which is a Bay Area punk interpretation of Hüsker Dü’s hardcore period.

Jane Jensen – Comic Book Whore – Review

February 1, 1997

A futuristically contemporary masterpiece with a driving, industrial-oriented sound overlaid with Jensen’s seductive/ menacing/charming vocals.

Iris – Iris / Swirlies split – Vents Of The Ocean Floor – Review

February 1, 1997

Iris’ “Statements by Scientists” brings a summer-afternoon-in-the-park feel to the cutesy confrontation of grrrl groups like Bratmobile.