Lollipop Magazine

The Jackie Papers – I’m in Love – Review

January 1, 2000

Ex-Pink Lincoln Chris Barrows returns with three beauties to release a 12-minute, six-song EP mixed by Bill Stevenson (ALL/Descendents) at The Blasting Room.

Chris Cornell- Euphoria Morning – Review

January 1, 2000

What a disappointment. Chris Cornell was the singer in a fine rock band. What did he do after the band broke up? He made a wimpy singer/songwritery solo album.

Bigwig – Stay Asleep – Review

January 1, 2000

They’re trying too hard to show how far they’ve come. Last record fave was “The Girl in the Green Jacket,” although most hit the mark, due to pure charm.

The Irving Klaws – The Pervasonic Sounds of… – Review

January 1, 2000

Purists may find their nutso bigbeat from the schizo ward not as authentic as some of their labelmates, but the Klaws rock like Torrette’s Syndrome.

Cave In – Creative Eclipses – Review

January 1, 2000

180 degrees from their last output (the math-metalcore of Until Your Heart Stops), Cave-In’s new EP spits in the faces of Hessians and hardcore tough guys.

77 – Revolution Rock – Review

January 1, 2000

77’s lead weirdo, Paulo Eno, is supposedly this intellectual, a professor of some kind in Coimbra, Portugal, but mostly he yells and grunts a whole lot.

The Insects – Return to the Foreign Legion – Review

January 1, 2000

They play not-very-interesting mid-tempo rock with a halfway decent sense of hooks and frequent obliging nods to Lennon/McCartney, Lou Reed, and Tom Verlaine.

Bell – A New Kind of Rome – Review

January 1, 2000

At their best, they resemble X with two Exenes. At their most neutral, they toss off an okay alt-country jangle. At their worst, they’re AOR radio schmucks.

Caustic Resin – Trick Question – Review

January 1, 2000

Good to very-good guitar stroke concerned with things falling apart, (minds, relationships, feelings). Total blues feeling w/o adhering to any conventions.

59 Times the Pain – End of the Millennium – Review

January 1, 2000

Hardcore guitar sound, youth crew vocals, rebellious lyrics… but laced with an early-punk/Oi/ Ramones feel.