1997 – Page 84 – Lollipop Magazine

Welt – Kicked in the Teeth Again – Review

April 1, 1997

Losing two members after last year’s raw and melodic Better Days, Welt returns with a darker, grittier punk pop sound. Still as catchy and singable as ever.

Beck – Stereopathic – Review

April 1, 1997

Like Origin of Species, a haphazard genealogy littered with low-fi fossils of noise-folk, folk-noise, softcore punk, slide-rule guitar, gut-busting silliness.

Underball – Gimme Back My Ball – Interview

April 1, 1997

An interview with Greg Fiore, Ed Devlin, and Peter DeVincent

Banco de Gaia – Live At Glastonbury – Review

April 1, 1997

Toby Marks travels the globe picking up exotic sound samples from spiritual chants and instrumentals. He then sets them to imaginative electronic compositions.

Wave That Freak-Flag High – Column

April 1, 1997

Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets album inspired a lotta modern groups to assimilate the best elements of ’60s garage-punk and re-create them with better recording.

Garbage Pail – Scene Splicing – Column

April 1, 1997

Scene Splicing: Four Non Blondies (“What’s Going On? Call Me.”). REM Speedwagon (“I Can’t Fight This Feeling, Kenneth”).

Badawi – Bedouin Sound Clash – Review

April 1, 1997

Hip hop scratching and Orbital-style machine musings move dub into the future, while analog recording and multivox echo chamber preserve the link to dub’s past.

Angry Johnny and the Killbillies – Hankenstein – Review

April 1, 1997

Bent-roots-rockabilly-club-you-over-the-head whiskey-and-hemoglobin drinking music with a scary number of references to chainsaws and pickle jars.

Garbage Pail – Column

April 1, 1997

Finally! A web site that goes soggy in milk! Links to the Vitamin B homepage! Helps you download more smoothly! And goes great with java!

Anal Cunt – I Like It When You Die – Review

April 1, 1997

In this 52 song, 42 minute sprawl of over-distorted, mic-swallowing mass of incomprehensibility, some parts actually sound like songs. Have A.C. sold out?