1997 – Page 24 – Lollipop Magazine

Kenickie – At the Club – Review

October 1, 1997

They sing the word “yeah” 72 freakin’ times in layered harmonies of bratty “nyah-nyah” sing-song. Teen anthems of scathing criticism, tongue-in-cheek fuck-alls.

We Will Fall : The Iggy Pop Tribute – Review

October 1, 1997

You should know how great most of these songs are by now, as simple and unimprovable as old blues tunes and therefore pretty hard to fuck up.

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack – Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope – Review

October 1, 1997

Jimmie’s bears more than a passing resemblance to Primus – musicianly metal propelled by beefy, funkified bass and witty lyrics.

Random – Review

October 1, 1997

A two-CD, 26-artist tribute to the Original Replicant just in time for the new millennium he monotoned about in “We Are Glass.” His songs hold up.

Jeremy Toback – Perfect Flux Thing – Review

October 1, 1997

Some kind of twisted Hootie/Dave Mathews Band/folk rock fantasy blown up into this huge, pathetic, unlistenable, blithering Robert Blye nightmare.

Japanese Torture Comedy Hour – Japanese Torture Comedy Hour / Autoerotichrist split – Review

October 1, 1997

Replace your stylus with a dental drill and put on a Nurse With Wound drone-disc and you’ll get a similar effect.

Mash It Up 4 – Review

October 1, 1997

Joining some of Beantown’s old favorites, like Bim Skala Bim and Skavoovie, are some great new acts, like S.M.A. and Big D and the Kids Table.

Hot Damn! – “Beaver Shot” – Review

October 1, 1997

The Damn-sels cover The Periscopes’ “Beaver Shot” and The Genteels’ “Take It Off!.” Mostly instrumental. If you know the titles, you know the words.

KAOS Theory – Review

October 1, 1997

Like a good public radio station, everything might not go down nice and easy, but any fan of indie music is bound to find something of value here.

Hi-Standard – Angry Fist – Review

October 1, 1997

Angry Fist is as non-stop punch-packing as its title suggests. As quick-tempoed, melodic, and well-produced as we’ve come to expect from Fat Wreck Chords.