Lollipop Magazine

The Upper Crust – The Decline & Fall of the Upper Crust – Review

December 1, 1997

With 11 innuendo-filled, AC/DC-flavored pastries on this platter, The Decline & Fall is a treat like no other band can serve.

The Toy Dolls – One More Megabyte – Review

December 1, 1997

It’s fun, manic, talented, destructive, and sarcastic. Think Schlong humping White Lion and you’ve got the idea. The first Toy Dolls record with US distro.

The Tonics – Looking For the Good Times – Review

December 1, 1997

Retro-ranting from five stompin’ Canucks who bang out the big beat like it was 1966 and cover Neil Diamond and Billy Childish and do ’em both justice.

The Other – Review

December 1, 1997

Part jellybean, part prog rock, part punkpop anthem, The Other deserves their name.

The Nixons – Review

December 1, 1997

The Nixons simply continue blending deep guitar grooves with drums that pop in your mouth and echo in your throat and ears.

Television Personalities – They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles – Review

December 1, 1997

A reissue of a nostalgia act, which makes it double-retro, alongside Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” video and the impending big-screen re-release of Grease.

Symposium – Review

December 1, 1997

British popcore? It’s the sound of Brit-punk becoming more like American hardcore and punk, yet keeping the pop vocals and accents.

Stickmen – Life Colored Green – Review

December 1, 1997

Heavy groovecore, stomping choruses, pogo-able sing-a-longs, and a variety of styles anyone into Korn, Powerman 5000, or Sam Black Church could get into.

Southern Culture on the Skids – Plastic Seat Sweat – Review

December 1, 1997

Judging by the way they fuse punk’s chug with cowbell rock twang, it’s clear they know exactly what they’re doin’. Countrysploitation anyone?

Slick Shoes – Rusty – Review

December 1, 1997

Okay, I’ll admit Slick Shoes sound a hell of a lot like NOFX, but since when was that such a sin?