April 1999 – Page 18 – Lollipop Magazine

Liquid Spider Station – Firewhistle – Review

April 1, 1999

Sing-along punk with too much “musician rock” for my taste. Jangle rock and whoa-whoa anthems side-by-side and a singer who sometimes reminds me of Rick Astley.

Lid – In the Mushroom – Review

April 1, 1999

Lid is Trouble’s singer (Eric Wagner) and Anathema’s Danny Cavanaugh. It’s damn near a Trouble record on ‘shrooms.

Lagwagon – Let’s Talk About Feelings – Review

April 1, 1999

Combining the technicality of their earlier work with the vocal-driven, new material, Lagwagon has perfected elbow-swinging fun and tear-jerking introspection.

Roachpowder – Viejo Diablo – Review

April 1, 1999

Roachpowder are a Swedish thing, fronted by a Canadian, but pertinently produced by Entombed twiddler Tomas Skogsberg.

Welt – Broke Down – Review

April 1, 1999

Personal, dark yet hinting of hope on the horizon lyrics set to catchy, peppy, gritty punkpop. Masterful production by Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton.

Knapsack – This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now – Review

April 1, 1999

Riff-heavy yet symmetrical in its arrangement, the songs are muscular in their punch and catchy in their sensibilities.

VVV – Endless – Review

April 1, 1999

Vega’s “return to roots” album (if the misshapen, denuded weedlets that sprout from the cracks of Avenue A can be considered roots).

Joshua – EP – Review

April 1, 1999

The tradition continues here with Joshua, a three-piece from New York that delivers nothing short of great, jagged post-hardcore.

Raise Hell – Holy Target – Review

April 1, 1999

Fellow scribes have mentioned Dissection and Children Of Bodom as similar warpspeed blacksters, and the comparisons are apt.

You’ve Got The Fucking Power – Review

April 1, 1999

With eight songs, 33 minutes of digital hardcore, this should be called You’ve Got The Fucking Power To Give Me A Fucking Headache.