Lollipop Magazine

Sleep – Jerusalem – Review

December 1, 1997

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: No band can play one song for 52 minutes straight and make it interesting.

Shonen Knife – Explosion! – Review

December 1, 1997

As anyone who’s heard the little Knife-ettes knows, these kittens stick to the bare essentials of rock: Simple pop songs written with as few chords as possible.

Rubberneck – Victim – Review

December 1, 1997

Soon Pennywise, Face To Face, and Blink-182 fans will be putting Rubberneck stickers on their skateboards.

Pizzicato Five – Happy End of the World – Review

December 1, 1997

Upbeat disco-like Bacharach-isms for the ’90s, but it’s good to hear them taking into account some of the modern sounds of the dance floor.

Pastels – Up For a Bit with… – Review

December 1, 1997

One of the most beloved indie bands of our era, their early singles created the template that other bands and entire labels (like K) would take for their own.

Paradise Lost – One Second – Review

December 1, 1997

Paradise Lost has always pushed certain limits, but have they pushed a new boundary here, or just followed an oft-pushed boundary a bit further?

Pantera – Official Live: 101 Proof – Review

December 1, 1997

Fourteen live tracks spanning the albums, two new studio cuts at the end.

Moby – I Like To Score – Review

December 1, 1997

This compilation captures a time when Moby was at his turntable peak. Rather than a random collection of work, this disc features 12 tracks from movie scores.

Luke Vibert – Big Soup – Review

December 1, 1997

Big Soup delivers some sample-basted, old school-flavored funkhop that will appeal to fans of the Beasties’ Check Your Head material.

Love American Style – Undo – Review

December 1, 1997

If you miss the days of wan-voiced, incomprehensibly emotional English boys droning musical eulogies, Love American Style might be your panacea.