Lollipop Magazine

Baby Ray – Monkeypuzzle – Review

January 1, 1999

Minus a small quotient of fizzly ballads, this is energy pop with extra CO2 to shoot up your sinuses and make your eyes bulge.

At The Drive-In – In/Casino/Out – Review

January 1, 1999

At The Drive-In combines the anger of post-hardcore, the melodies of emo, and the chord structures of Sonic Youth to produce a truly unique sound.

Angelique – Present – Review

January 1, 1999

Somewhere between ’70s funkadelic feline woman disco goofiness and ’80s gimmicky synth-with-backup-singer dance pop bops Angelique.

Am I Blood – Agitation – Review

January 1, 1999

Someone listened to a lot of early Testament and Metallica and took their teachings to heart. That is by no means a slag, it’s just a reference point.

Garbage Pail – Things That Disturb Me – Column

January 1, 1999

My growing suspicion that the letters in Penthouse Forum are real, but the ones I’ve been getting from my mother aren’t.

Coroner’s Corner – A Time to Kill? – Column

January 1, 1999

The plan was to provoke Alex to attack them so that they could kill him justifiably in defense. The premise is stupid as hell… but I love it.

Six Finger Satellite – Law of Ruins – Review

January 1, 1999

6FS uses drum machines, Moogs, Vocoders, and synth washes. But all the quirky technical trickery culminates in a sound that is the very essence of grunge.

Silver Jews – American Water – Review

January 1, 1999

About halfway through American Water, the music begins to warm to the words’ expansive wit and well-tempered calibration.

Memory Holers – The Death and Death of Carlos Castaneda – Column

January 1, 1999

Even the nether corners of the Internet registered the news of Carlos Castaneda’s death like a great Dane lapping up an errant Cheerio from the linoleum.

Second Coming – Review

January 1, 1999

Add Seattle’s slow-learnin’ Second Coming to the playlist.