Lollipop Magazine

The Candy Snatchers – Live on a Five – Volume 2 – Review

February 1, 1997

A five-inch record from one of today’s punk bands who fondly remember the late ’70s/early ’80s. They could have been on stage in one of those ’80s movie sets.

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – Review

February 1, 1997

The indie firm of Pavitt and Poneman makes the most of its licensing deal with Capitol and resurrects 3 precious pieces of the ever-elusive California dream.

The Apples in Stereo – Science Faire – Review

February 1, 1997

The Apples’ juicy fruit is not forbidding, grown from the fertile seeds of pop and ripened with just the right amount of tart psych-fi additives and coloring.

Tenderloin – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review

February 1, 1997

Tenderloin’s “Leave This Town” is crankin’ Southern rock-style punk with harmonicas that aren’t meant as a gimmick. George Thorogood, beware!

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

February 1, 1997

At their best, the Swirlies are a nice collage of extreme slack-i-tude, at their worst, completely pointless. Every song is a little of both.

Supersuckers – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review

February 1, 1997

Supersuckers sound like, well, the Supersuckers. I think they were sober when they recorded this one.

Suicide King – “She’s Dead” / “Sick Sick” – Review

February 1, 1997

Their veins-protruding-from-the-forehead, eyeball-popping punk is rivaled only by the Dwarves in their ability to channel and pervert MC5 intensity.

Stone Fox – Review

February 1, 1997

An intense girl rock band. And, yes, there’s a smattering of the Quartet of Pro-Brunettes. I like it. It makes me happy.

Steel Miners – Irony – Review

February 1, 1997

Blue-collar throwbacks to the guys who slaved in the mills and pits all day and then threw back shots all night. They’re characters in Springsteen songs.

Speedball – Drive Like Hell – Review

February 1, 1997

Grimy, gritty, and pumped up to let it rip on the drag strip, Speedball play a brand of rock not often heard these days.