April, 1997 | Lollipop Magazine

Kataklysm – Temple of Knowledge – Review

April 1, 1997

“I’m going to a triplety-triplety vocal like I burned my hand and I’m hopping around the room, then I’m going to howl like a demonchild who wants his mommy.”

Juneau – Space is Hot – Review

April 1, 1997

Though they bear a resemblance to Spacemen 3, Juneau achieve a close approximation of their effects with more straightforward rock instrumental imperatives.

JB 3 – Cose Grind – Review

April 1, 1997

Joey Beltram’ eschews the countless electronic sub-genres that he unwittingly helped to create, sticking with his bread-and-butter, “less is more” philosophy.

Humble Gods – No Heroes – Review

April 1, 1997

Combining ex-members of Descendents, Pennywise, Doggy Style, and Dag Nasty with a massively (over)-produced ’90s punk sound, Humble Gods can’t go wrong.

Her Vanished Grace – Soon – Review

April 1, 1997

NYC’s husband and wife team successfully blends alternapop, grunge, Goth, and psychedelia into a digestible album with only a few clunkers.

Flesh and Boredom in Vegas – Column

April 1, 1997

Combine porn stars who show up to sign autographs and pose for pictures and their admirers and you have hundreds of male dogs in need of a leg to hump.

Grip Inc. – Nemisis – Review

April 1, 1997

Fist-bang favorites, time changes, key changes, and while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-through-lots-of-effects, with Lombardo’s heavy tribal drumming influences.

Future Sound of London – Dead Cities – Review

April 1, 1997

Two guys who spend a lot of time at home. Prior to Dead Cities, they released ISDN, their “live” album, as a follow-up to their tremendous Lifeforms album.

Informätik – Direct Memory Access v2.0 – Interview

April 1, 1997

An interview with Da5id Din and Matthew Crofoot

Funeral Oration – Believer – Review

April 1, 1997

The sound is sparse, no-frills, and straightforward, the lyrics down-to-earth and to the point.