Lollipop Magazine

Chris Cornell – Euphoria Morning – Review

January 1, 2000

Euphoria Morning, with its undeniable charisma, desperation, and playfulness, is paralleled in its “solo” brilliance only by Jason Falkner and Jeff Buckley.

The Katies – Review

January 1, 2000

You glance around to make sure no one sees you getting sentimental over dumb pop, but it’s dark already and the music really isn’t that bad.

Acid King – Busse Woods – Review

January 1, 2000

Little to no actual songcraft happening here, but lotsa heavy riffing, grumbling low-end, and psychotic, tortured vocals for six to ten minutes at a time.

Chris Cornell – Euphoria Morning – Review

January 1, 2000

This thing’s quite a snoozer, a cross between Radiohead, Oasis, soft Lenny Kravitz, softer Manic Street Preachers, and the mellow bits of Soundgarden.

Bill Rieflin – Birth of a Giant – Review

January 1, 2000

Not what you’d expect from Bill Rieflin, Ministry’s drummer from ’86 to ’94. Birth of a Giant is skewed art-rock semi-atonal musings much in the Crimson style.

Unruh – Setting Fire to Sinking Ships – Review

January 1, 2000

Unruh joins the ranks of countless other hardcore-gone-wannbe death metal bands – bad screaming, bad breakdowns, and all.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with Calvin Johnson – Sideways Soul – Review

January 1, 2000

With the pretensions of both parties, the result is a clash of plunder-minded egos that fans of both of these rock’n’roll Napoleons are gonna find annoying.

Abhinanda – Rumble – Review

January 1, 2000

Ex-guitarist of Refused, drummer of Komeda. Abhinanda’s third full-length willll make you sweat, roar happily at its might, and wow at its daring moments.

Chris Cornell – Euphoria Morning – Review

January 1, 2000

A diverse collection of tunes á la Scott Weiland’s underrated solo disc. While the above mentioned songs fail to grab me, there are some masterpieces here.

United – Distorted Vision – Review

January 1, 2000

Japan’s United have updated their sound (finally), switching from a thrash/speedmetal band to a roaring, dark nü metal band with strong urges to thrash about.