1999 – Page 83 – Lollipop Magazine

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.

Baby Ray – Monkeypuzzle – Review

January 1, 1999

Minus a small quotient of fizzly ballads, this is energy pop with extra CO2 to shoot up your sinuses and make your eyes bulge.

At The Drive-In – In/Casino/Out – Review

January 1, 1999

At The Drive-In combines the anger of post-hardcore, the melodies of emo, and the chord structures of Sonic Youth to produce a truly unique sound.

Angelique – Present – Review

January 1, 1999

Somewhere between ’70s funkadelic feline woman disco goofiness and ’80s gimmicky synth-with-backup-singer dance pop bops Angelique.

Am I Blood – Agitation – Review

January 1, 1999

Someone listened to a lot of early Testament and Metallica and took their teachings to heart. That is by no means a slag, it’s just a reference point.