Lollipop Magazine

Fuck – Pardon My French – Review

December 1, 1997

Full of folky strums, fragile vocals, and a fleet-fingered sense of construction that seems almost too casual until you realize how well it holds together.

Front Line Assembly – Reclamation – Review

December 1, 1997

Reclamation is not a new album, it’s a “best-of” collection that documents most of their 11 year career, starting with their singles circa ’89 .

Freedom Fighters – My Scientist Friends – Review

December 1, 1997

Smart guys who’ve read Kafka and know the oppression of peons the world over. Musically though, the start/stop trashcan pound sound leaves me kinda distant.

Wire – Coatings – Review

December 1, 1997

Fair-weather fans have no need for different takes on the same material, completists have it already, and ’70s Wire-heads have no use for this period, period.

Everclear – So Much For the Afterglow – Review

December 1, 1997

Artie’s shrink oughtta remind him once in a while that he’s a rich fuckin’ rock star and maybe he should please shut the fuck up and get fat or something.

Eric Matthews – The Lateness of the Hour – Review

December 1, 1997

An uncloseted romanticist who packs more mature pop sensibility into a single measure than an entire posse of fretboard-throttlers could manage in a lifetime.

Entombed – DCLXVI To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth! – Review

December 1, 1997

Buried underneath all the slash’n’burn death roaring and chainsaw production (courtesy, again, of Tomas Skogsberg), there lies a rock’n’roll band.

Volcano – Review

December 1, 1997

Sure, Dante’s Paek had a beautiful mountain, but Volcano has fireballs and whole city blocks getting destroyed.

The Vandals – Sweatin’ to the Oldies – Review

December 1, 1997

Sweatin’ to the Oldies shows the Vandals at their sweaty, hyperactive, and always humorous best.

Rosewood – Review

December 1, 1997

Rosewood is one of those rare movies that is beautifully set, rich and believable in time, place, and culture, yet painful for those exact same reasons.