September 1999 – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

Melvins – The Maggot – Review

September 1, 1999

Forget Limp Bizkit and Korn, kids, Melvins will make you feel like you’ve been listening to Janet Jackson all these years.

Robyn Hitchcock – Jewels for Sophia – Review

September 1, 1999

Lyrics junk and jumble up in a scrumptious, psychotic scrapple. If this smelled, it would be lady slipper, dissection preservative and Ho-Hos.

Marine Research – Sounds from the Gulf Stream – Review

September 1, 1999

Buoyed by a languorous fluidity befitting a global undersea current, the warm, moist, melodies of Marine Research take listeners on a long distance float.

Madder Rose – Hello June Fool – Review

September 1, 1999

Ebbing and flowing like the tides of the moon, Hello June Fool takes us through the many splendors of honest pain.

River City Rapists – Love Hurts – Review

September 1, 1999

Full-bore hatefuck mumbles goin’ straight-up lowest common denominator crotch starin’/scratchin’/grabbin’. This is cock rock punk whether ya want it or not.

The Weaklings – Just the Way We Like it – Interview

September 1, 1999

An interview with singer Bradley Wayne Shaver and drummer Steve “The Kid” Mickelson

Machine Head – The Burning Red – Review

September 1, 1999

Since the brilliant debut, Burn My Eyes, Machine Head only bores the listener to death with a repetition of riffs and beats that sound exactly alike.

Luscious Jackson – Electric Honey – Review

September 1, 1999

Luscious Jackson are comfortable enough in their funky, city-voiced altos to slide smooth and warm as viscous smiles down a chewing gum-funky sidewalk.

Decay – Destiny – Review

September 1, 1999

Japan’s Decay play energetic, “old school” hardcore, but somehow make it a lot catchier and generally better than their American contemporaries.

Lords of Acid – Expand Your Head – Review

September 1, 1999

Among those involved in improving the songs are KMFDM, Critter, Chris Vrenna (ex-NIN), God Lives Underwater, and Frankie Bones. Not an essential album.