Lollipop Magazine

CIV – Thirteen Day Getaway – Review

January 1, 1999

Somewhere in its fur, clutched in its curled paw, is a marker, still poised to deface an image of youth oppression… can you see it?

Blonde Redhead – The Expression of the Inexpressible – Review

January 1, 1999

I hope to God that these conceptual purty-anti-melodic noodler nitwits aren’t as fucking earnest as they come off.

Block – Timing Is Everything – Review

January 1, 1999

Block smartly and sharply provides a soundtrack to the great tack that is America in the 1990s.

Blindspot – Acceleration Zero – Review

January 1, 1999

Buried in this thick mix is a good band. Ska with heavy guitars, like stripped-down early Fishbone without the manic howls and clever lyrics.

Bis – Intendo – Review

January 1, 1999

Where Bikini Kill had a crazed humor for all its man-eating madness, Manda’s yelps are just irritating. Memorable only for their small bird-killing frequency.

Better Than Ezra – How Does Your Garden Grow – Review

January 1, 1999

The record refuses to linger, spinning from psychotrope to meditative musical montage, from brilliant electric brain impulses to blue-purple aural tears.

Benediction – Grind Bastard – Review

January 1, 1999

Combining the freight train aggression of their older stuff with the slower style of The Dreams…, they’ve found a balance just right.

Bauhaus – Crackle – Review

January 1, 1999

Far from being bleak and forbidding, Bauhaus was inclusive, their cold blood a warm sacrament for the scrabbling weevils crawling over the teenage underbelly.

Battery – Momentum EP – Review

January 1, 1999

When Battery started, their voltage was comparable to rubbing socks on a carpet. Now they could power up an electric chair and fry a guy to bacon.

Bass Mekanik – Sonic Overload – Review

January 1, 1999

This album is made to be cranked until you feel the bass, and then bust your speakers.