Lollipop Magazine

The Pawn Rook Four – Songs for a Romantic Evening – Review

September 1, 1999

A pop quartet full of Beatle and Beach Boy-isms. Not all young male bands are spiked, distorted, and playing shitty imitation Slayer/Dead Kennedys!

Electronic ‘80s Vol. 2 – Review

September 1, 1999

The songs to which stony-faced New Wavers stood rhythmically cemented in place, jerking arms and shoulders like malfunctioning mannequins with attitude.

The Nitwitz – Dark Side of the Spoon – Review

September 1, 1999

These Dutch punk vet nobodies usedta be BGK before they were the Nitwitz and before they were BGK they were the Nitwitz.

The Mount McKinleys – Stacked Up (and Get It!) – Review

September 1, 1999

These Pittsburgh garage shockers do noisy drowning man imitations to make even grumpy old Billy Childish crack a smirk cuz he knows he stole it all, too.

Electronic ‘80s Vol. 1 – Review

September 1, 1999

If you wish to revive deeply repressed realizations, Electronic ’80s just might buzz ’em out of your slouch sock memory bank.

The Mayflies USA – Summertown – Review

September 1, 1999

This is the strummy, sunny, swaying head harmony stuff that’s so impressive at free, bandshell concerts… but a little droopier when you get it home on CD.

Clubland Soundtrack – Review

September 1, 1999

Soundtrack to a movie about what it takes for bands to “make it” in the L.A. music scene, so it’s not surprising that this CD is good, diverse, and listenable.

Center of the Universe – Review

September 1, 1999

Five bands, three songs apiece, total running time 40 minutes, all recorded at The Blasting Room in CO with full-lengths either out or on the way from O&O.

Beauty in Darkness Vol. 3 – Review

September 1, 1999

Part black metal, part Goth rock/metal, all excitingly scary and sexy. For anyone into darkwave, Goth, or whatever else they’re calling it, ya gotta get this.

The Loons – Love’s Dead Leaves – Review

September 1, 1999

Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives flew in and recorded ’60s psychedelic revivalists The Loons, then went back to Sweden and added instrumental overdubs.