Lollipop Magazine

Teen Idols – Pucker Up! – Review

June 1, 1999

Teen Idols layer male/female harmonies in a way that’s unlike the glut of “whoa-whoa” punkpop. Evidently, it’s the Nashville bluegrass/rockabilly influence.

Boris the Sprinkler – Suck – Review

June 1, 1999

Former MaximumRockNRoll columnist, Rev. Nørb, has a band, and the guy can rant out a song as well as he can rant in that archaic medium, print.

Babylon Whores – Deggael – Review

June 1, 1999

With a swaggering rock style and a hearty vocalist, Babylon Whores isn’t dreary doom, introspective Goth rock, or anything so passive.

Lothlorien – The Primal Event – Review

June 1, 1999

The Primal Event displays a band smack in the middle of a feeding pit, populated by acts fusing black metal, death metal, and traditional power metal.

Black Tape for a Blue Girl – As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire – Review

June 1, 1999

Ashen-faced lovers who equate death with the soul-sapping pain of passion fill this minimalist recording while maintaining meaning for the crushed velvet Goth.

Armchair Martian – Hang, On Ted – Review

June 1, 1999

Armchair Martian convey a sorrow, a loneliness, and a human warmth that’s made country affect a larger number of Americans than any other genre, hands down.

Winter into Spring ’99 – The Biography of Everett Stillwell – Column

June 1, 1999

Feeling scared and vulnerable, Stillwell decided to play it cool and hitchhike into the mountains, eat weeds, and have nothing to do with movies for a while.

Decoded Feedback – Bio-Vital – Review

June 1, 1999

I like this band a lot. Their last album had all the elements of electro I like with enough energy to lease to 10 other electro bands who need it.

Choice of Evil – Andrew Vachss – Review

June 1, 1999

“The only light was somewhere in the back room. No noise. She came out with a hypo, hit herself on a fleshy part of her upper arm, and pushed the plunger.”

Arcturus – La Masquerade Infernale – Review

June 1, 1999

Few others can wallow in worm-infested dirt, offer somber hymns to the moon-drenched night, and chainsaw trees with such teeth, and also implement breakbeats.