March 1998 – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

Your Flesh Quarterly – Review

March 1, 1998

Its selection of features on semi-obscure bands and fringe artists remains impeccable, as does its criticism. One of the best-marbled slabs o’ beef on the stands.

My Brother’s Gun – Review

March 1, 1998

The shiny stolen BMW. Killer and Heiress. Two strangers chasing death, never having been more alive. And, beyond, wet grass, sparrows, sky. The Lust of Speed.

TV Terror – Review

March 1, 1998

36 industrial bands covering TV theme songs! The best thing about these tracks is that they’re usually only as long as the original themes.

Kill Kill Faster Faster – Review

March 1, 1998

Back from the dead, the whirl of the underworld, where nobody ever escapes. Nobody. No body ‘cept Joey. Joey did. Joey free. Free on bail. Free to roam.

Born For Bliss – Flowing with the Flue – Review

March 1, 1998

The Goth pretension shtick wears pretty thin when the passion coursing through the melody is textbook, spider-scrawled or not.

Apollo Four Forty – Electro Glide in Blue – Review

March 1, 1998

I’m sure a good number of you have heard the Van Halen-inspired “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub” by Apollo Four Forty. The album it’s off is Electro Glide in Blue.

AFI – Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes – Review

March 1, 1998

From the more hardcore side of punk rock, AFI has a surprising number of hooks and harmonies amidst all the shouting and chugging guitars.

Adhesive – Sideburner – Review

March 1, 1998

Swedish speed punk tripping over itself with singable melodies, harmonies, and thundering drums. Adhesive is thoughtful, genuine, and hard-working.

The Essential Pebbles Collection – Review

March 1, 1998

The Essential Pebbles Collection – Volume One, a bargain-priced two-disc collection skimming the most exquisitely curdled cream of the circa-’66 crop.

The Saints – (I’m) Stranded – Review

March 1, 1998

At the vanguard of the new punk explosion, even though the album that followed, named for the single, mined a fairly-pure vein of derived sound.