Lollipop Magazine

Lick Us Back – Reader’s Responses – Column

September 1, 1998

“What does “in this day and age” have to do with the four letter word F_ _ _! There is no place or need for that kind of language. Shame on you!!!”

Devilnyn – Anger – Review

September 1, 1998

Saturated with insanely fast riffs, abrupt time signature shifts, guttural vocals, and a rhythm section that pummels you into a bloody mass.

Demonic – The Empire of Agony – Review

September 1, 1998

Organs, scary keyboards, and fist-banging rhythms offset the hyperspeed paces – but in the end, it seems so random. And “inconsistent” production doesn’t help.

Decoded Feedback – Technophoby – Review

September 1, 1998

Cold, precise electro combined with great songwriting. This album is devoid of filler, and even better, has very few intros over a minute.

Dawn – Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) – Review

September 1, 1998

Mostly breakneck-speed black metal, with dabbles of supporting keyboards. When the tempo “slows,” the riffing approaches memorable, almost singable, beauty.

David J – On Glass – The Singles – Review

September 1, 1998

The hard-to-find material he recorded from ’83 to ’85, most of it in an appealing light-pop vein that suits his thin voice and none-too-overreaching lyrics.

Damn the Diva – Flow and Steer – Review

September 1, 1998

Falling for a ballad may come easily to some, but not to all. Simple, sweet, addictive, reminiscent of… something I can’t quite place.

Crimpshrine – Duct Tape Soup – Review

September 1, 1998

Crimpshrine, along with Green Day and Operation Ivy, defined the Gilman scene in Berkeley, by writing simple songs with hooks galore.

Cows – Sorry in Pig Minor – Review

September 1, 1998

Pinwheel-eyed, portable-meth-lab cowboy music, the kind of pockmarked psychotidelia with a bloated-floater-blue streak of juvenile humor.

Cornelius – Fantasma – Review

September 1, 1998

To catalogue all the elements Cornelius cobbles together so brilliantly would be both exhausting and a douse on the fun that awaits you here.