1997 – Page 91 – Lollipop Magazine

Fun Lovin’ Criminals – “Scooby Snacks” – Review

February 1, 1997

These guys are all the rage with pseudo-hip hop fans. They’re actually quite good when they’re singing. When they try to rap it’s just “go, white boy, go!”

Flexie – Galaxie Park – Review

February 1, 1997

More female-fronted alternarock. Sigh. Not too much innovation, but I’m sure the radio will love these cookie cutter songs.

Field Day – Big Wheels – Review

February 1, 1997

They sound a little bit like Face to Face, a band they have toured with. Problem is, they sound like the weak tracks off a Face to Face album.

Shiva Speedway – Shiva Speedway / Enduro split – “Moonshine” / “Sister” – Review

February 1, 1997

The vocalist’s tortured screams complement the music without saying, “look at me, I’m a drunk and disgruntled starving musician!”

Elliott Smith – “Speed Trials” – Review

February 1, 1997

Like Lou Barlow riding on a particularly moody wavelength with only an acoustic guitar and whispering drums. Simultaneously depressing and celebratory.

Zeke – Flat Tracker – Review

February 1, 1997

These Seattlites froth and curse like white trash, whiskey drinkin’, drug usin’, hard livin’, hard fuckin’, hot rod racin’, law hatin’, fight startin’ cretins.

Millers Crossing – Review

February 1, 1997

After redefining noir and slapstick for the ’80s, the two-headed beast they call Coen jitterbugged into the ’90s the most complex gangster pix of the decade.

Windy and Carl – Drawing of Sound – Review

February 1, 1997

At times Tangerine Dream, at times E.A.R., Windy and Carl create accessible ambient music.

Blood Simple – Review

February 1, 1997

Moviegoers for whom Fargo is their first Coen film may want to head back to frame one and get a load of the raw material that unspools through Blood Simple.

Barton Fink – Review

February 1, 1997

John Turturro again turns in a paranoid tour de force as our hero, a poor, disillusioned playwright creating his art not for commerce, but for the common man.